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Epidemiology of Osteoarthritis (OA) Pain

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01557231

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Official title

Epidemiology of OA Pain

Brief summary

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Chronic pain, by definition, persists over long periods of time, but both sufferers of pain and their caregivers are aware that pain levels can fluctuate greatly over time. Being able to define pain variability and its underlying causes would be an important advance in our understanding of chronic pain, and would in turn lead to better approaches to the treatment of chronic pain. In this study, the investigators propose to evaluate in 60 people with chronic pain of the knee due to osteoarthritis over 3 months, collecting data regarding magnitude of pain, physical activity level, and medication status twice daily during this period of time. The investigators then will assess the variability in pain levels over time, the frequency of "flares" of osteoarthritis (OA) pain and their relationship to physical activity, medications, and clinical descriptors of the population, e.g., age, gender, body mass index (BMI). Additionally, evaluations will be made regarding temporal patterns of OA knee pain as well as assessment of subgroups of patients with the overall group being studied.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01557231
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Northwestern University
Other
Enrollment
86 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Not listed

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
40 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 29, 2012
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2015
Completion
Aug 31, 2015
Last update posted
Mar 28, 2018

2012 – 2015

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois 60611

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