Remote Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

OTHER

Remote Tai Chi

Tai Chi mind-body exercise is a complex, multi-component nonpharmacological intervention integrating physical, psychological, emotional, and behavioral elements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, Los Angeles

  collaborator OTHER

• The Cleveland Clinic

  collaborator OTHER

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

  collaborator NIH

• Tufts Medical Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc · Tufts Medical Center

• Robert Saper, MD, MPH · The Cleveland Clinic

• Eric Roseen, DC, PhD · Boston Medical Center

• Helen Lavetrsky, MD, MS · University of California, Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Max Age

100 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-04-07

Primary Completion

2027-12-31

Completion

2028-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations