Helping primary care providers refer adults with arthritis to exercise programs
Tests a program helping providers refer adults with arthritis to physical activity.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Where
- Chapel Hill, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Osteoarthritis Care Tools for Primary Care Providers in Family Medicine and Geriatrics Clinics
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 205 people, planned
- Started
- 13 Nov 2026
- Expected to end
- 12 Nov 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- OACareTools+
- Record updated
- 9 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 healthcare providers and staff at the UNC Geriatrics and Family Medicine study clinics. It is also looking for adult patients who were referred to Walk With Ease, a walking program for people with arthritis, or signed up for it.
- Age
- Patients: 18 years or older (up to 99 Years).
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Earlier treatment
- Patients must have been referred to Walk With Ease by a provider at a UNC study clinic, or have used clinic flyers to sign up for it. They must also have agreed to a phone interview on the form filled in after Walk With Ease.
Main reasons for not taking part
- People who do not speak English cannot join.
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Healthcare provider participants: currently a healthcare provider or staff person in the UNC study clinics (Geriatrics and Family Medicine)
- Patient participants: 18 years or older; received a referral to Walk With Ease from a provider at a UNC study clinic or used clinic flyers to register for Walk with Ease and agreed to participate in the phone interview on the post-Walk With Ease evaluation form
Who cannot take part
- Both: non-English speaking
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 99 years old?
Where in United States
- UNC Thurston Arthritis Research CenterChapel Hill, United StatesContact: Katie HuffmanNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The purpose of this study is to test the implementation of OACareTools+, a program designed to help healthcare providers connect adults with arthritis to physical activity programs. OACareTools+ includes provider training, patient resources, and tools to make referrals easier. The goal is to increase awareness of programs like Walk With Ease and help more people with arthritis participate in them.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Healthcare providersTreatment being tested
Healthcare providers will receive the intervention, OACareTools+, which involves a training session on, patient resources about, and provider referral to Walk With Ease.
Treatment: OACareTools+
- PatientsTreatment being tested
A subset of patients who are referred through OACareTools+ to Walk With Ease will provide feedback on their experience with the referral process to Walk With Ease.
Treatment: OACareTools+
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
- OACareTools PLUS (OACareTools Primary Care-Led Usability & Scalability Study): Aim 3 Implementation and Evaluation
- Plain-language title
- Helping primary care providers refer adults with arthritis to exercise programsGenerated 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.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07925710, who can take part
- Record updated
- 9 November 2026