Remote follow-up after total knee replacement

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This randomized trial will compare remote monitoring with video consultations to routine face-to-face follow-up after primary total knee replacement for osteoarthritis. Participants aged 50 and older at Diakonhjemmet Hospital will be randomly assigned to remote follow-up, with scheduled digital questionnaires and video visits as needed, or to usual care with in-person physiotherapist visits at 2 and 12 months. The primary outcome is the proportion of OMERACT-OARSI responders at six months, and secondary outcomes include health-related quality of life, healthcare costs, patient-reported adverse events, and satisfaction. Key exclusions are revision surgery, major comorbidities, cognitive dysfunction, inflammatory joint disease, inability to use Norwegian-language digital tools, or being judged unsuitable for remote monitoring by the surgeon.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Men and women, 50 years of age or older
* Referred to total or unicondylar knee replacement surgery due to knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria:

* Revision of previous knee replacement surgery
* Serious comorbidities (such as severe malignancies, severe diabetes mellitus, severe infections, uncontrollable hypertension, severe cardiovascular disease, severe respiratory disease)
* Congitive dysfunction
* Knee replacement surgery due to trauma or inflammatory joint disease (such as psoriatic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis)
* Unable to understand Norwegian
* Low digital competency/ cannot answer questionnaires digitally (lack BankID, do not possess a smartphone)
* Deemed inappropriate for remote monitoring by orthopedic surgeon

Where it's running

• Diakonhjemmet Hospital
  Oslo, Please Select, Norway Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Anne Therese Tveter, PhD
• Email: a.t.tveter@medisin.uio.no
• Phone: +47 91115550

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.