New Options for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness Meditation; Behavioral: Sham Reiki; Behavioral: Reiki

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05541718

IRB_00153103

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be a single-site, four-arm, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Knee osteoarthritis patients (N=164) will be randomized to Reiki, Sham Reiki (placebo control), mindfulness meditation (active control), or a waitlist control condition. The three active interventions will be applied for 20 minutes, once a week, for four consecutive weeks in a university laboratory setting.

Enrollment: 164 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Osteoarthritis in at least one knee
• Report a WOMAC pain score average >/= 2
• Not using any kind of energy therapy different from the proposed study
• Ability to read, understand and speak English

Exclusion criteria

• Knee arthroplasty in the previous year
• Have cognitive impairment as determined by clinical interview

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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164 participants in 4 patient groups

Reiki

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reiki

Sham Reiki

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sham Reiki

Mindfulness Meditation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness Meditation

Waitlist Control

No Intervention group