NCT06359171Completed
Effectiveness of the ARTH-e Application for Exercise Adherence in People With Knee Osteoarthritis : RCT
Effectiveness of the ARTHE-e App for Exercise Adherence in People With Knee Osteoarthritis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (ARTHe 3)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a smartphone-based e-health application (intervention group) compared with standard care (control group) in terms of changes in adherence in patients with knee osteoarthritis using the EARS questionnaire. In addition, other questionnaires presented in the appendix (KOOS, TSK, EPAP, EQ-5D-3L, pain) will be given to all patients in order to meet the secondary evaluation criteria.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (actual)
- First submitted
- 13 Feb 2024
- Start date
- 14 May 2024
- Primary completion date
- 6 Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
- NCT number
- NCT06359171
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 120
- From 14 May 2024 to the primary completion date, 6 Nov 2025
- 4 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Patients who have undergone knee surgery (total or partial prosthesis, tibial transposition surgery, arthrodesis)
Other
- pregnant or breast-feeding women Patients under legal protection measures (guardianship, curatorship or protection of the court)
- Patients with inflammatory rheumatism
- Patients with neurological sequelae
- Contraindications to physical activity for medical reasons
- Patients with difficulties in understanding the French language
- Refusal to participate
- Patients who have already participated in the ARTH-e 2 study or who are already included in a research protocol that could influence the current protocol
Who the study is looking for
- Patients aged between 40 and 85 years with uni or bilateral knee osteoarthritis according to EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism) criteria, symptomatic and diagnosed prior to inclusion by a specialist or not.
- Having an involvement of at least one knee.
- Own a smartphone or tablet running at least Android 5 or iOS 11.
- Able to give written consent to participate in the study.
- Beneficiary of a social security plan.
Age in the registry: 40 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (4)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU Clermont-Ferrand Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clermont-Ferrand | France | Unknown status |
| CH Emile Roux Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Le Puy-en-Velay | France | Unknown status |
| CHU Montpellier Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montpellier | France | Unknown status |
| CHU Nantes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nantes | France | Unknown status |
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