Understanding the Differences in the Management of Patients With Arthritis of the Knee or Hip

Completed

Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis, Arthritis, Degenerative, Osteoarthritis, Hip, Osteoarthritis, Knee

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine cultural and clinical context factors in African-American and white veterans with knee or hip osteoarthritis with a focus on how these factors may be potentially modifiable determinants of willingness to consider joint replacement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00105677

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

980

Starts

2004-08-01

Expected to finish

2006-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Chronic, frequent knee or hip pain based on the National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey
• Age >50 and <80 (at least 50 but not to exceed 79 years of age)
• Severe or extreme knee or hip OA on the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (i.e., score greater than or equal to 39)

You may not qualify if…

• Prior history of knee or hip joint replacement
• Terminal illness (i.e., end-stage cancer, CHF, COPD, etc.)
• Physician-diagnosed inflammatory arthritis
• Dementia
• Prosthetic leg

Where it is running

• VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA — Pittsburgh, Arizona, United States

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