Remote Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis

ConditionKnee Osteoarthritis

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age50-100

SponsorTufts Medical Center

About this trial

The goal of this pragmatic randomized trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of remote Tai Chi to treat knee pain in adults with knee osteoarthritis. The main questions the trial aims to answer are:

* Compared to routine care, will patients with Knee OA receiving remote Tai Chi exhibit greater improvement in knee-related pain (WOMAC pain score, primary outcome), pain interference (PROMIS-Pain Interference, secondary outcome), and health-related quality of life at 3 months? * Does remote tai chi decreases healthcare utilization and analgesic use over the one-year study period?

Researchers will compare remote Tai Chi added to routine care to routine care alone to see if remote tai chi works to treat knee osteoarthritis pain. Participants will participate in remotely delivered web-based tai chi sessions, twice a week for 12 weeks, or will continue to receive routine care. Participants will be followed for 12 months after randomization.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age 50 years or older

Treating clinician diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

Have a score of 40 (visual analog version) or greater on at least 1 of the 5 questions in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain subscale (range of 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater pain) at baseline.

Able to provide informed consent

Disqualifiers

Currently practicing Tai Chi

Serious medical conditions (e.g., dementia, significant neurological deficits or neurodegenerative disorder, active cancer treatment, psychosis, sensory deficits) limiting the participant's ability to participate in the Tai Chi safely, as determined by the principal investigators

Unable to walk without a cane or other assistive device

Any previous or scheduled knee replacement

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Remote Tai Chi

Treatment groups

480 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Tufts Medical Center

Lead sponsor

Boston Medical Center

Collaborator

University of California, Los Angeles

Collaborator

The Cleveland Clinic

Collaborator

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov