Recruiting

Group PT

Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Code:

NCT07215572

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Implementation Strategy: Foundational Arm

Implementation Strategy: REACH Arm

Study Details

Brief summary:

Implementing Group Physical Therapy for Veterans with Knee Osteoarthritis (Group PT): Function QUERI 3.0 aims to compare two implementation approaches for implementing Group PT in 20 VA facilities using a type III effectiveness-implementation hybrid study framework and parallel cluster randomized trial (CRT) design.

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Study ID

NCT07215572

Start date

Apr 30, 2026

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Sep 30, 2030

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 30, 2030

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Sites are eligible to participate if they have:

  • 2 outpatient PT clinicians (one primary and one back-up) for delivering Group PT
  • space to conduct group sessions (if delivering Group PT in person) or ability to conduct visits via telehealth (video)

Patients will be eligible for Group PT if they have a clinician diagnosis of symptomatic knee OA.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Site will be ineligible to participate if they are already conducting a group physical therapy class for patients with knee OA.
  • Patients will be ineligible for Group PT if they have a substantial fall risk or co-occurring health conditions that would make participation in a group exercise class unsafe.

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Foundational Arm

Foundational Arm uses the Replicating Effective Program (REP) implementation strategy and includes 3 elements that were developed and tested in our prior Function QUERI work: program initiation, self-guided resources, and technical assistance.

experimental: REACH (Reach Equity And Collective Health) Arm

The REACH Arm will include the same activities as the foundational arm plus REACH activities: 1) external facilitation and 2) equity-focused data-driven monitoring.

Interventions

Implementation Strategy: Foundational Arm

The Foundational Arm includes the following activities: Toolkit, kickoff call, SharePoint, TEAMS channel, office hours calls, site specific data reports.

Implementation Strategy: REACH Arm

The REACH Arm includes everything in the Foundational Arm, plus additional components: targeted data reports and external facilitation.

Primary outcome measure

  • Reach [ Time Frame: 18 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Caitlin B Kappler, MSW

(919) 286-6936Caitlin.Kappler@va.gov

Locations

Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC

Recruiting

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705-3875

Contacts

Heidi D Bassani

(919) 286-0411Heidi.Bassani@va.gov

Principal Investigator:

Kelli Dominick Allen, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

VA Office of Research and Development

Last update posted

May 7, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Keywords

  • Veterans
  • Implementation Science
  • Functional Status
  • Physical Therapy
  • Osteoarthritis

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by VA Office of Research and Development on 2026-05-07.