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 @ 7:39 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:39 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01280903
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age 50 years or older.
* Is community dwelling.
* Has osteoarthritis of the knee.
* Has hypertension for which monotherapy or combination pharmacological treatment is prescribed.
* Able to complete a behavioral run-in consisting of completing questionnaires, using a 7-day electronic-diary, and wearing an ActiGraph accelerometer at the waist for 7 days.
* Has written permission to participate from the physician.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Reports currently doing lower extremity exercise =\> 2 times/week.
* Reports currently fitness walking =\> 90 minutes/week.
* Incapable of managing their own treatment regimen.
* Does not have, or cannot use, a telephone or is unwilling to provide a telephone number.
* Has received cortisone or Synvisc injections in the knee, angioplasty, stents, or a pacemaker in the past 6 months.
* Reports unstable cardiovascular, pulmonary, or metabolic disease or signs and symptoms suggestive of cardiovascular, pulmonary, or metabolic disease that restrict activity.
* Has resting systolic blood pressure =\> 160 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure =\> 100 mm Hg.
* Reports other conditions, such as osteoarthritis of the hip, spinal stenosis, inflammatory arthritis, foot drop, diabetes treated with insulin, or diabetic complications that may affect performance of lower extremity exercise and participation in fitness walking.
* Reports current knee conditions, such as meniscus tears and knee ligament ruptures.
* Reports major depression that may impact the ability to fully participate in this study.
* Is scheduled to undergo a major surgical procedure in the next 13 months.
* Is concurrently participating in a drug or psychoeducational trial that may confound, or be confounded by, participation in this study.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Study:
NCT01280903
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01280903