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Weight Loss and Exercise for Communities With Arthritis in North Carolina

NCT02577549 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 823

Last updated 2023-06-27

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Summary

This study aims to develop and demonstrate the effectiveness of a systematic, practical, cost-effective diet-induced weight loss and exercise intervention in both urban and rural communities that can reduce pain and improve other clinical outcomes in knee OA patients. This pragmatic community-based trial will determine if the investigators previous findings translate to real-world settings and will address common concerns about barriers to effectiveness/ implementation.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Diet & Exercise

Participants will attend exercise and diet classes.

BEHAVIORAL

Attention Control

Participants will attend healthy living classes and receive health newsletters and phone calls/emails/texts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    collaborator NIH

  • Wake Forest University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephen P Messier, PhD · Wake Forest University

  • Leigh Callahan, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2021-05-28
Completion
2021-05-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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