Physical Therapy Versus Internet-Based Exercise Training for Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT ID: NCT02312713

Last Updated: 2017-10-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

350 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-11-30

Study Completion Date

2017-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of standard physical therapy and an internet-based exercise program for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Both of these programs will be compared to a "waiting list" control group. The investigators hypothesize that both treatments will result in greater improvement than the control condition and that the treatments will be similarly effective. The investigators also expect that some patients may do better with one treatment type or another and will explore this.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Knee Osteoarthritis

Keywords

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Osteoarthritis Knee Osteoarthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Standard Physical Therapy

Participants assigned to the PT arm will receive 3-8 individual visits with a physical therapist. The content of these visits will be "semi-standardized," meaning that they will include some common core components (e.g., evaluation, prescription of home exercise program), but the therapists will have flexibility in terms of how many visits are appropriate and the details of the visit content.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Physical Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants assigned to the internet-based exercise training arm will be given access to a program that aims to tailor exercises based on individuals' functional levels. The program assigns specific exercises, progresses these exercises as appropriate over time, and shows individual video clips to demonstrate appropriate performance of exercises.

Internet Based Exercise Training

Participants assigned to the internet-based exercise training arm will be given access to a program that aims to tailor exercises based on individuals' functional levels. The program assigns specific exercises, progresses these exercises as appropriate over time, and shows individual video clips to demonstrate appropriate performance of exercises.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Internet Based Exercise Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants assigned to the PT arm will receive 3-8 individual visits with a physical therapist. The content of these visits will be "semi-standardized," meaning that they will include some common core components (e.g., evaluation, prescription of home exercise program), but the therapists will have flexibility in terms of how many visits are appropriate and the details of the visit content.

Wait list control

no intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Internet Based Exercise Training

Participants assigned to the PT arm will receive 3-8 individual visits with a physical therapist. The content of these visits will be "semi-standardized," meaning that they will include some common core components (e.g., evaluation, prescription of home exercise program), but the therapists will have flexibility in terms of how many visits are appropriate and the details of the visit content.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Physical Therapy

Participants assigned to the internet-based exercise training arm will be given access to a program that aims to tailor exercises based on individuals' functional levels. The program assigns specific exercises, progresses these exercises as appropriate over time, and shows individual video clips to demonstrate appropriate performance of exercises.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Knee Osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria

* no internet access
* rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or any other rheumatic condition
* severe fibromyalgia
* gout in your knees
* on a waiting list for joint replacement surgery, or are you planning to have joint replacement surgery during the next year
* total knee replacement surgery, other knee surgery, a torn meniscus in your knee, or a torn ACL in your knee during the past 6 months
* hospitalized for a stroke, heart attack, heart failure, or had surgery for blocked arteries in the past 3 months
* currently undergoing physical therapy for knee OA
* meeting current recommendations for physical activity levels
* participating in another interventional study related to knee osteoarthritis or a study that involves physical activity
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Kelli D Allen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Locations

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UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Kim S, Kosorok MR, Arbeeva L, Schwartz TA, Callahan LF, Golightly YM, Nelson AE, Allen KD. Precision Medicine-Based Machine Learning Analyses to Explore Optimal Exercise Therapies for Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis: Random Forest-Informed Tree-Based Learning. J Rheumatol. 2023 Oct;50(10):1341-1345. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2022-1039. Epub 2023 Aug 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37527856 (View on PubMed)

Coffman CJ, Arbeeva L, Schwartz TA, Callahan LF, Golightly YM, Goode AP, Huffman KM, Allen KD. Application of Heterogeneity of Treatment-Effects Methods: Exploratory Analyses of a Trial of Exercise-Based Interventions for Knee Osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Aug;74(8):1359-1368. doi: 10.1002/acr.24564. Epub 2022 May 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33463020 (View on PubMed)

Flowers PPE, Schwartz TA, Arbeeva L, Golightly YM, Pathak A, Cooke J, Gupta JJ, Callahan LF, Goode AP, Corsi M, Huffman KM, Allen KD. Racial Differences in Performance-Based Function and Potential Explanatory Factors Among Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Sep;72(9):1196-1204. doi: 10.1002/acr.24018.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31254451 (View on PubMed)

Pignato M, Arbeeva L, Schwartz TA, Callahan LF, Cooke J, Golightly YM, Goode AP, Heiderscheit BC, Hill C, Huffman KM, Severson HH, Allen KD. Level of participation in physical therapy or an internet-based exercise training program: associations with outcomes for patients with knee osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018 Jul 19;19(1):238. doi: 10.1186/s12891-018-2139-y.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30025540 (View on PubMed)

Allen KD, Arbeeva L, Callahan LF, Golightly YM, Goode AP, Heiderscheit BC, Huffman KM, Severson HH, Schwartz TA. Physical therapy vs internet-based exercise training for patients with knee osteoarthritis: results of a randomized controlled trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2018 Mar;26(3):383-396. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2017.12.008. Epub 2018 Jan 5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29307722 (View on PubMed)

Gunn AH, Schwartz TA, Arbeeva LS, Callahan LF, Golightly Y, Goode A, Hill CH, Huffman K, Iversen MD, Pathak A, Taylor SS, Allen KD. Fear of Movement and Associated Factors Among Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Dec;69(12):1826-1833. doi: 10.1002/acr.23226. Epub 2017 Nov 6.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28371481 (View on PubMed)

Williams QI, Gunn AH, Beaulieu JE, Benas BC, Buley B, Callahan LF, Cantrell J, Genova AP, Golightly YM, Goode AP, Gridley CI, Gross MT, Heiderscheit BC, Hill CH, Huffman KM, Kline A, Schwartz TA, Allen KD. Physical therapy vs. internet-based exercise training (PATH-IN) for patients with knee osteoarthritis: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2015 Sep 28;16:264. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0725-9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26416025 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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14-1331

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id