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Remote Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis

This study is looking at how well remote Tai Chi helps adults with knee osteoarthritis (a common condition causing knee pain and stiffness). Researchers want to see if adding remote Tai Chi to your usual care can reduce knee pain, improve your daily activities, and enhance your overall quality of life compared to just receiving usual care. You might be able to join if you are 50 years or older, have been diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis by your doctor, and have a certain level of knee pain. The main way they will measure success is by checking your pain levels using a score called the WOMAC Pain Score after 3 months. This study is currently unclear about its recruitment status.

Study design
This is a randomized study comparing remote Tai Chi plus routine care to routine care alone. It plans to include 480 participants.
What's involved
Participants will receive a 3-month, twice-weekly remotely delivered web-based Tai Chi intervention if assigned to that group. You will be evaluated at the start, at 3 months, and then again at 6 and 12 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 12 months after starting the study.

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NCT06384898

Remote Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis

Recruiting
NAAges 50+InterventionalTreatment
Tufts Medical Center
~480 participants
Updated 2026-09-04 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Remote Tai Chi

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
WOMAC Pain Score
Measured over 3 months from randomization

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusettsstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Tufts Medical Center
  • Robert Saper, MD, MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The Cleveland Clinic
  • Eric Roseen, DC, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Boston Medical Center
  • Helen Lavetrsky, MD, MS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of California, Los Angeles

Who to contact

Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc
[email protected]
617-636-3251
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Age 50 years or older
Treating clinician diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
Have a score of 40 (visual analog version) or greater on at least 1 of the 5 questions in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain subscale (range of 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater pain) at baseline.
Able to provide informed consent
If randomized to the Routine Care group, willing to abstain from Tai Chi programs until completion of the study
If randomized to the Tai Chi group, willing to comply with the Tai Chi program (twice-a-week remote sessions for 12 weeks)
Has access to a home computer or device that will allow telehealth (bidirectional audio and video) delivery of the intervention
Is an active patient at one of the 4 participating healthcare system

Exclusion

Currently practicing Tai Chi
Serious medical conditions (e.g., dementia, significant neurological deficits or neurodegenerative disorder, active cancer treatment, psychosis, sensory deficits) limiting the participant's ability to participate in the Tai Chi safely, as determined by the principal investigators
Unable to walk without a cane or other assistive device
Any previous or scheduled knee replacement
Reports severe depression defined by a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) score of 29 or more.
Reports suicidal ideations defined by a score on BDI-II item of 2 or 3 ('I would like to kill myself' or 'I would kill myself if I had the chance').
Not English speaking
Enrollment in any other clinical trial within the last 30 days

What this trial measures

  • WOMAC Pain Score3 months from randomization

    Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain score rated on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of 0-100 mm.