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Group Education & Lifestyle Modification's Impact on Weight Loss & Quality Life of Patients with OA

NCT04439019 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2025-02-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients referred to Calgary's Alberta Hip \& Knee Clinic, while awaiting consultation with an orthopedic surgeon for hip or knee osteoarthritis, will be offered the opportunity to participate in a dietary counseling program with the goal of attaining weight loss prior to surgery. Those patients interested in participating in the program will be offered the opportunity to participate in the research trial.

Conditions

  • Obesity
  • Osteo Arthritis Knee
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip

Interventions

OTHER

Lifestyle and dietary modification program

The "OA Optimization Program" is a lifestyle and dietary modification program. All Patients will be offered this optional program while they await orthopedic consultation. There is an initial group information session for participants followed by medical assessment which includes medical history and physical examination, a previous dietary history, a readiness for change assessment, and screening for contraindications to the program. The patients will then attend group counselling sessions every 3 months for 1 year, or until their surgical date.Patients are encouraged to attend sessions with a family member. Improvement in Quality of Life measures including pain and disability in patients with severe osteoarthritis, as well as improvements in markers of health such as BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, medication use in diabetic and hypertensive patients, and markers such as serum lipids and markers of inflammation will be shown.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Calgary

    collaborator OTHER

  • Alberta Hip and Knee Clinic

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-01
Primary Completion
2025-01-30
Completion
2025-01-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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