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The Cherokee Study: Cherokee Health for Elderly Residents With Osteoarthritis of the Knee

NCT04946344 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2024-06-12

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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 Cherokee, North Caroling that will recruit American Indian participants; 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 phone calls/emails/texts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    collaborator OTHER

  • 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

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-12
Primary Completion
2023-04-20
Completion
2023-04-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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