Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:02 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:02 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00324857
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC, AA primary care patients \> age 50 who meet clinical criteria for knee OA (i.e., chronic, frequent knee pain based on the NHANES questions, WOMAC score = 39, and radiographic evidence of knee OA with K-L grade =2) are eligible for enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who have prior history of any:
* major joint replacement
* terminal illness (e.g., end-stage cancer)
* physician-diagnosed inflammatory arthritis (i.e., rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disease, ankylosing spondylitis or other seronegative spondyloarthropathy)
* contra-indications to replacement surgery (e.g., lower extremity paralysis as result of stroke)
* Patients who are not willing to be randomized
* Do not have the presence of knee OA
* Do not have telephone service
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Study:
NCT00324857
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00324857