Osteoarthritis and Body Composition: Evaluation of Systematic Mediators

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Knee Osteoarthritis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between body composition and knee osteoarthritis, and effects of inflammatory, metabolic, and hormonal factors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00771082

Run by

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

People needed

1033

Starts

2003-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-06-06

Who can join

Age: 20 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants of the BLSA who have had 1 or more DXA scans AND who were either classified as having radiographic knee OA (Kellgren \& Lawrence 2 or higher) or as having no radiographic knee OA on two or more xrays (KL 0-1)

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
• Diagnosis of malignancy
• Reported use of prednisone and other immunosuppressive medications or insulin

Where it is running

• National Institute on Aging — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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