NCT04084834: AktiWeb

Feasibility of a Web-based, Peer-supported Exercise Program for Patients With Hip and/or Knee Osteoarthritis

Completed NA Last updated 22 September 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Exercise in Osteoarthritis, Knee in 31 participants. Completed in 1 June 2020.

Timeline

9 October 2019

Primary endpoint
1 June 2020

1 June 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	31
Start date	9 October 2019
Primary completion	1 June 2020
Estimated completion	1 June 2020
Sites	1 location across Norway

Drugs / interventions tested

• Exercise

Conditions studied

• Osteoarthritis, Knee — all drugs for Osteoarthritis, Knee →
• Osteoarthritis, Hip — all drugs for Osteoarthritis, Hip →

Sponsor

Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Who can join

Adults 40 to 80, any sex, with Osteoarthritis, Knee or Osteoarthritis, Hip. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

In this project, a web-based exercise program is developed in co-creation between specialized health care, the Norwegian Association for Rheumatic diseases (NRF) and a group of experienced patient representatives. The project emerges from the evidence that exercise is recommended as first-line treatment for patients with chronic diseases like hip- and knee-osteoarthritis (OA). However, the number of patients in need of targeted exercise will increase considerably the next decades, and their treatment needs cannot be fully handled within the health care system. Development of innovative and effective treatment trajectories and follow-up strategies is urgently required. Peer-support is recognized as an effective way to increase patients' long-term adherence to exercise. Thus, patient-organizations may be an unutilized resource in support and follow-up of patients who need long-term exercise as part of their treatment plan. After discharge from examination in hospital, patients with hip/knee OA will be recruited to follow-up in a novel web-based, peer-supported exercise program, and the feasibility of the intervention will be evaluated.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The AktiWeb study: feasibility of a web-based exercise program delivered by a patient organisation to patients with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis.
   Joseph KL, Dagfinrud H, Hagen KB, Nordén KR, et al · · 2022 · cited 6× · PMID 35859065 · DOI 10.1186/s40814-022-01110-3
2. Adherence to a Web-based Exercise Programme: A Feasibility Study Among Patients with Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis.
   Joseph KL, Dagfinrud H, Hagen KB, Nordén KR, et al · · 2023 · cited 2× · PMID 37578100 · DOI 10.2340/jrm.v55.7139