Testing a home-based exercise and weight program for older adults with knee osteoarthritis
Tests a home exercise and weight program in older adults with knee osteoarthritis.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Where
- Lebanon, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- The Feasibility of a Virtual/Home-based OA Treatment Program in Older Adults With OA and Multimorbidity
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 50 people, planned
- Starts
- May 2027
- Expected to end
- Jan 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Home-based exercise and weight management program
- Record updated
- 6 November 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 adults aged 65 or older with knee osteoarthritis, obesity, and heart or blood vessel disease and/or diabetes. They will test a home-based exercise and weight program.
- Age
- 65 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Knee osteoarthritis diagnosed by a clinician, with obesity (BMI >30) and cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes mellitus.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Inflammatory arthritis (joint swelling caused by the immune system)
- A sudden injury before the knee problem began
- Regular use of a wheelchair
- Moderate to severe dementia
- People who do not speak English cannot join
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Clinician-diagnosed osteoarthritis of the knee
- Obesity (BMI >30)
- Cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes mellitus
- English speaking
Who cannot take part
- Moderate to severe dementia
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Antecedent acute trauma
- Consistent use of a wheelchair
Where in United States
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanon, United StatesContact: Lindsey A MacFarlane, MD, MPHNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Knee Osteoarthritis is one of the most common causes of chronic joint pain. Although clinical guidelines recommend weight loss and regular physical activity as first line treatments this can be difficult for patients to do. This study aims to better understand what makes it harder or easier for patients to participate in weight management or exercise programs and to design a weight and exercise program specifically tailored to older adults managing chronic health issues.
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Based on input from patients and providers we will design and pilot a virtual exercise and weight management program to help patients with knee osteoarthritis in their home. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires about their knee pain and have phone or video check-ins with the study team to monitor progress.
The group in the trial
- Home-based exercise and weight management programTreatment being tested
The foundation of the program will be based on current activity as well as weight guidelines and recommendations; adjustments will be made to maximize facilitators and minimize barriers identified in previous studies.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- The Feasibility of a Virtual/Home-based OA Treatment Program in Older Adults With OA and Multimorbidity
- Plain-language title
- Testing a home-based exercise and weight program for older adults 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
- 6 November 2026