Trial Outcomes & Findings for Virtual Phone Visits Compared to In-Person Physical Visits for Post-Operative Follow-Up at a Sports Medicine Clinic (NCT NCT05998148)

Last Updated: 2025-12-15

Results Overview

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) GLOBAL Survey is divided into PROMIS Physical and PROMIS Mental. Minimum score 16.2, Maximum Score 67.2 for PROMIS Physical. Minimum score 21.2, Maximum score 67.6 for PROMIS Mental. Higher score means better outcome.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

Target enrollment

90 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

6 month post-operative visit

Results posted on

2025-12-15

Participant Flow

Recruitment started in March 2022 and ended in March 2023. The location of recruitment was a sports medicine clinic at a county hospital.

There are no significant events that occur after participant enrollment, but prior to assignment of participants to an arm or group.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	Virtual Phone Appointment Visits Randomly selected patients will receive virtual telemedicine post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.	Standard In-person Appointment Visits Randomly selected participants will attend standard in-person post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.
Allocation STARTED	48	42
Allocation COMPLETED	47	38
Allocation NOT COMPLETED	1	4
Follow-Up STARTED	47	38
Follow-Up COMPLETED	45	35
Follow-Up NOT COMPLETED	2	3

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure	Virtual Phone Appointment Visits Randomly selected patients will receive virtual telemedicine post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.	Standard In-person Appointment Visits Randomly selected participants will attend standard in-person post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.
Allocation Did not attend any appointments	1	4
Follow-Up Lost to Follow-up	1	2
Follow-Up Change in insurance	1	1

Baseline Characteristics

Virtual Phone Visits Compared to In-Person Physical Visits for Post-Operative Follow-Up at a Sports Medicine Clinic

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Virtual Phone Appointment Visits n=45 Participants Randomly selected participants will receive virtual telemedicine post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.	Standard In-person Appointment Visits n=35 Participants Randomly selected patients will receive standard in-person post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.	Total n=80 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous	43.6 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 15.98 • n=6009 Participants	41.83 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.26 • n=42 Participants	42.82 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.78 • n=77 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	14 Participants n=6009 Participants	14 Participants n=42 Participants	28 Participants n=77 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	31 Participants n=6009 Participants	21 Participants n=42 Participants	52 Participants n=77 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Racial Identity · Hispanic	24 Participants n=6009 Participants	26 Participants n=42 Participants	50 Participants n=77 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Racial Identity · Caucasian	12 Participants n=6009 Participants	3 Participants n=42 Participants	15 Participants n=77 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Racial Identity · Black	5 Participants n=6009 Participants	4 Participants n=42 Participants	9 Participants n=77 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Racial Identity · Asian	4 Participants n=6009 Participants	2 Participants n=42 Participants	6 Participants n=77 Participants
Region of Enrollment United States	45 Participants n=6009 Participants	35 Participants n=42 Participants	80 Participants n=77 Participants
Primary Language English	39 Participants n=6009 Participants	17 Participants n=42 Participants	56 Participants n=77 Participants
Primary Language Spanish	6 Participants n=6009 Participants	18 Participants n=42 Participants	24 Participants n=77 Participants
Type of Surgery Knee	27 Participants n=6009 Participants	26 Participants n=42 Participants	53 Participants n=77 Participants
Type of Surgery Shoulder	18 Participants n=6009 Participants	9 Participants n=42 Participants	27 Participants n=77 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 month post-operative visit

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Virtual Phone Appointment Visits n=45 Participants Randomly selected patients will receive virtual telemedicine post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.	Standard In-person Appointment Visits n=35 Participants Randomly selected participants will attend standard in-person post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.
PROMIS Physical and Mental Scores PROMIS Physical	50.46 score on a scale Standard Deviation 7.84	50.26 score on a scale Standard Deviation 7.76
PROMIS Physical and Mental Scores PROMIS Mental	56.51 score on a scale Standard Deviation 10.02	60.21 score on a scale Standard Deviation 8.47

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 month post-operative visit

Population: Only patients who underwent operative management on their knees filled out this survey.

Survey scores from Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement (KOOS JR) for knee injuries. Minimum score 0. Max score 100. Higher score is better.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Virtual Phone Appointment Visits n=27 Participants Randomly selected patients will receive virtual telemedicine post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.	Standard In-person Appointment Visits n=26 Participants Randomly selected participants will attend standard in-person post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement	72.25 score on a scale Standard Deviation 17.69	68.41 score on a scale Standard Deviation 22.85

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 month post-operative visit

Population: Only participants who underwent operative management of their shoulder filled out this survey

Survey scores from the Oxford Shoulder score for shoulder injuries. Minimum is 0. Maximum is 48. Higher score is better.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Virtual Phone Appointment Visits n=18 Participants Randomly selected patients will receive virtual telemedicine post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.	Standard In-person Appointment Visits n=9 Participants Randomly selected participants will attend standard in-person post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.
Oxford Shoulder Score	35.65 score on a scale Standard Deviation 9.08	32 score on a scale Standard Deviation 15.33

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 month post-operative visit

Patient satisfaction scores after in-person visit or virtual phone visit. Minium score is 1. Maximum Score 5. Higher score is better.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Virtual Phone Appointment Visits n=45 Participants Randomly selected patients will receive virtual telemedicine post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.	Standard In-person Appointment Visits n=35 Participants Randomly selected participants will attend standard in-person post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.
Patient Satisfaction Scores	4.5 score on a scale Standard Deviation 0.73	4.37 score on a scale Standard Deviation 0.60

Adverse Events

Virtual Phone Appointment Visits

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Standard In-person Appointment Visits

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Jonathan Wu

Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation

Phone: 6268227769

Email: [email protected]

Results disclosure agreements

Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
Publication restrictions are in place