NCT03832296

Brief Summary

The study team is currently conducting a pragmatic, community-based assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) in overweight and obese adults \> 50 years with knee OA in both urban and rural counties in North Carolina. As the participants randomized to the 18 month diet and exercise group in the WE-CAN study successfully complete the intervention (≥ 5% weight loss), the study team has the unique opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of a theoretically-based tapered weight maintenance intervention. Eligible participants will be randomized to either the weight-loss maintenance or health education attention control groups.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
105

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2018

Typical duration for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

3 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 29, 2018

Completed
10 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 4, 2019

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 6, 2019

Completed
1.4 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 30, 2020

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 30, 2020

Completed
Last Updated

February 26, 2021

Status Verified

November 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

2.3 years

First QC Date

February 4, 2019

Last Update Submit

February 23, 2021

Conditions

Keywords

ArthritisKneeweight loss

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Weight-Loss Maintenance

    Compare the effects of a 6-month weight-loss maintenance intervention grounded in social cognitive theory to a health education intervention on maintaining weight loss subsequent to a 12-month unsupervised follow-up period.

    18 Months

Secondary Outcomes (17)

  • Knee Pain measured by the WOMAC Index

    18 Months

  • Function measured by the WOMAC Index

    18 Months

  • Health Related Quality of Life: SF-36

    18 Months

  • Mobility- 6 minute walk test

    18 Months

  • Self-Efficacy - Perceived Stress: questionnaire

    18 Months

  • +12 more secondary outcomes

Other Outcomes (11)

  • Mobility - SPPB & GaitRite

    18 Months

  • Mobility - stair activity

    18 Months

  • Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)

    18 Months

  • +8 more other outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Weight-Loss Maintenance

EXPERIMENTAL

Weight Loss Maintenance Intervention

Behavioral: Weight-Loss Maintenance

Health Education (Attention Control)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Health Education Intervention

Behavioral: Health Education (Attention Control)

Interventions

Over the course of the first 6-months, participants will build their self-efficacy to maintain weight loss on their own, empowered to do what is needed to achieve personal goals and long-term behavior change (months 7-18). The first 6 months of I-CAN will prepare participants for successful independent weight-loss maintenance in months 7-18. During the 12-month independent weight-loss maintenance phase participants exercise on their own and maintain their weight loss (or increase weight loss if they choose) with the only contact from interventionists being two newsletters at months 9 and 15.

Weight-Loss Maintenance

Participants in the control group will attend an individual session during month 1, and a monthly face-to-face group meeting during months 2-6. The sessions will provide attention, social interaction, and physician-based health education. Participants will receive a newsletter during months 9 and 15.

Health Education (Attention Control)

Eligibility Criteria

Age51 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • age ≥ 51
  • achieved a weight loss ≥ 5% in the D+E intervention arm of the WE-CAN trial

You may not qualify if:

  • Weight loss \< 5% of baseline body weight
  • Significant co-morbid disease that would threaten safety or impair ability to participate in interventions or testing (Blindness; Type 1 diabetes; Severe coronary artery disease)
  • Inability to finish 18-month study or unlikely to be compliant (Planning to leave area \> 2 month during the next 18 months)

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (3)

Johnston County - UNC Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27516, United States

Location

Haywood County - Haywood Regional Medical Center

Clyde, North Carolina, 28721, United States

Location

Forsyth County - Wake Forest University/Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

ArthritisWeight Loss

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Joint DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesBody Weight ChangesBody WeightSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • Stephen P Messier, PhD

    Wake Forest University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Leigh Callahan, PhD

    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Masking Details
Each eligible participant will be randomized to one of the two arms of the clinical trial (weight-loss maintenance, control) according to a variable block-length algorithm that will be controlled by the Data Management Group. Randomization will be stratified by intervention site to ensure nearly equal sample sizes for the two interventions to balance local population characteristics. Randomization uses a web-based system that is part of the study data management system. Intervention visits will not include any assessments and outcome assessors will remain blinded to group assignment. The lead biostatistician of the Data Management Group will develop the randomization table.
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE CARE
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: Participants will include 212 older adults aged ≥ 51 yrs. with knee OA who achieved a weight loss ≥ 5% in the D+E intervention arm of the WE-CAN trial. Eligible WE-CAN D+E participants will be randomized to either the weight-loss maintenance or health education attention control groups.
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 4, 2019

First Posted

February 6, 2019

Study Start

March 29, 2018

Primary Completion

June 30, 2020

Study Completion

June 30, 2020

Last Updated

February 26, 2021

Record last verified: 2020-11

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

The investigators support data sharing and will comply with all NIH guidelines as outlined in the NIH Data Sharing Policy and Implementation Guidance document. The primary means of data sharing and dissemination will be through scientific publications and presentations. Ensuring patient privacy and confidentiality will be of primary importance in creating the files to be shared. All data files will be de-identified. De-identification procedures will meet HIPAA criteria detailed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46, Section 164.514. The study team will create a link on our website that describes the data files. Documentation will also be provided along with the redacted data files. The documentation will include electronic versions of the protocol, data collection forms (with instructions for scoring, if needed), data dictionary, data code book, labels, and formats. Requests for data will be answered via completion of an online request form and data-sharing agreement.

Shared Documents
STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
Time Frame
All data will be released within three years of completing collection, even if planned papers have not been written or accepted.

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