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Comparing two ways to offer group physical therapy to veterans with knee osteoarthritis

Compares two ways to bring group physical therapy to veterans with knee osteoarthritis.

Key facts

Who runs it
VA Office of Research and Development
Where
Durham, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Registry title
Implementing a Group Physical Therapy Program for Veterans (GroupPT): Function QUERI 3.0
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
20 people, planned
Started
30 Apr 2026
Expected to end
30 Sept 2030
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Implementation Strategy: Foundational Arm
  • Implementation Strategy: REACH Arm
Record updated
7 May 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for Veterans with knee osteoarthritis (wear-and-tear arthritis of the knee) at VA sites that offer group physical therapy. It compares two ways of setting up the program in 20 VA facilities.

Sex
All sexes can join.
Disease stage
Knee osteoarthritis that causes symptoms, diagnosed by a clinician.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • A high risk of falling.
  • Other health problems that would make a group exercise class unsafe.
  • Sites that already run a group physical therapy class for knee osteoarthritis cannot take part.

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Sites are eligible to participate if they have:
  • 2 outpatient PT clinicians (one primary and one back-up) for delivering Group PT
  • space to conduct group sessions (if delivering Group PT in person) or ability to conduct visits via telehealth (video); Patients will be eligible for Group PT if they have a clinician diagnosis of symptomatic knee OA

Who cannot take part

  • Site will be ineligible to participate if they are already conducting a group physical therapy class for patients with knee OA
  • Patients will be ineligible for Group PT if they have a substantial fall risk or co-occurring health conditions that would make participation in a group exercise class unsafe

Where in United States

  • Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NCDurham, United StatesContact: Heidi D BassaniTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Implementing Group Physical Therapy for Veterans with Knee Osteoarthritis (Group PT): Function QUERI 3.0 aims to compare two implementation approaches for implementing Group PT in 20 VA facilities using a type III effectiveness-implementation hybrid study framework and parallel cluster randomized trial (CRT) design.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Foundational ArmExisting treatment, for comparison

    Foundational Arm uses the Replicating Effective Program (REP) implementation strategy and includes 3 elements that were developed and tested in our prior Function QUERI work: program initiation, self-guided resources, and technical assistance.

    Treatment: Implementation Strategy: Foundational Arm

  • REACH (Reach Equity And Collective Health) ArmTreatment being tested

    The REACH Arm will include the same activities as the foundational arm plus REACH activities: 1) external facilitation and 2) equity-focused data-driven monitoring.

    Treatment: Implementation Strategy: REACH Arm

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Implementing a Group Physical Therapy Program for Veterans With Knee Osteoarthritis: Function QUERI 3.0 (QUE 25-008)
Plain-language title
Comparing two ways to offer group physical therapy to veterans with knee osteoarthritisGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
Record updated
7 May 2026