A Pragmatic Trial To Determine the Benefit of Exercise Incentives and Corticosteroid Injections in Osteoarthritis of the Knee
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Official title
A Pragmatic Trial to Determine the Benefit of Exercise Incentives and Corticosteroid Injections for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Brief summary
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Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is one of the most common and disabling conditions among Veterans. Management of KOA is challenging as there are few effective treatments other than joint replacement. Importantly, low levels of physical activity in patients with knee problems might worsen pain and disability. This study aims to determine the feasibility of using methods to change behavior that use social incentives and promote physical activity through playing games and interacting with a web-based platform. The study will also evaluate an important and widely used treatment, namely corticosteroid injections. Participants will be randomized into one of 4 arms and will receive a different combination of social incentives and injections. The study will evaluate which approach is most effective at promoting physical activity and reducing pain and disability.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03835910
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 34 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Social Incentives and Gamification to Promote Exercise Behavioral
- Corticosteroid Injection given in A-B order Procedure
- No Social Incentive applied Behavioral
- Corticosteroid Injection given in B-A order Procedure
Behavioral · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 40 Years to 80 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 7, 2019
- Primary completion
- Apr 30, 2021
- Completion
- Jun 29, 2021
- Last update posted
- Jul 26, 2021
2019 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 26, 2021 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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