NCT07603973Recruiting
Effect of an Information- and Self-management App for People With Knee Osteoarthritis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The primary aim of the trial is to assess if an information- and self-management app provided in the period between referral and consultation in specialist healthcare can improve knowledge about osteoarthritis and decision quality during consultation in patients with knee osteoarthritis. 204 patients will be randomized to either being on the waiting list for consultation, accessing publically available information about osteoarthritis (control group) or getting access to an 8-week information- and self-management intervention delivered through the Genus app prior to consultation. Pasients with answer questionnaires at baseline, 4 weeks (intervention group only), 8 weeks, post consultation and 1 and 2 years after consultation. The Genus app contains information videos, exercise videos, quizzes, feedback and questionnaires provided in a progressive order over an 8 week period.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 204 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 11 Dec 2025
- Start date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Oct 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Diakonhjemmet Hospital
- NCT number
- NCT07603973
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 204
- From 30 Oct 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Oct 2028
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Received joint replacement or are under consideration for revision in the referred joint
- Have undergone joint replacement surgery in opposite knee
Other illness
- Are seeking care for recent knee trauma conditions (less than 6 months after trauma) or mainly psoriatic/rheumatoid arthritis
Other
- Have uncontrolled serious comorbidities
- Have cognitive deficits
- Unable to understand Norwegian
- Do not possess a smartphone
Who the study is looking for
- Men and women \> 50 years referred to specialist healthcare for knee OA management
Age in the registry: 50 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diakonhjemmet Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Recruiting |
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