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Positive Minds Strong Joints for Knee Osteoarthritis

This study is testing a program called "Positive Minds, Strong Joints" (PMSJ) for Black adults aged 50 and older who have knee osteoarthritis (OA), knee pain, and symptoms of depression or anxiety. The PMSJ program combines exercise with mental health support for pain, depression, and anxiety. Researchers want to see if this 10-week program is practical and if people will participate and stay in the study. You would receive individual mental health sessions via video or phone and group exercise classes. The study aims to enroll between 20 and 40 participants. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study enrolling 20 to 40 Black adults. It is a feasibility study, meaning it aims to see if the intervention is practical.
What's involved
You would participate for about 26 weeks, including a 10-week intervention with weekly individual and group sessions. You will complete surveys at five specific times and weekly, and wear a movement sensor for 7 days at the beginning and end of the intervention.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
You will complete surveys at 6 weeks and 12 weeks after the 10-week intervention ends.

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NCT06493903

Positive Minds Strong Joints for Knee Osteoarthritis

Active, Not Recruiting
NAAges 50+InterventionalTreatment
Boston University Charles River Campus
~39 participants
Updated 2026-08-11 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Positive Minds, Strong Joints

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Recruitment Rate
Measured over Throughout the recruitment process
+4 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Knee

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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.

  • Boston University

    Boston, Massachusettsno site contact published

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

  • Deepak Kumar, PhD,PT · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Boston University Charles River Campus

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Age≥50
BMI ≤ 40 kg/m2
Self-identify as Black (including African American)
Knee pain ≥4/10 on a 11 numeric scale over the past week
Scored 5 or more on either the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and/or the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7)
Can speak and understand English at a sufficient level to understand the study procedures and informed consent
Available for study duration
Able to attend remote sessions

Exclusion

Knee, hip or ankle replacement
Intra-articular corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid knee injection within 3 months
Knee surgery within past 6 months
Currently receiving or received within 3-months any PT for knee OA
Currently receiving or received within 3 months any mental health intervention (excluding pharmacologic treatments)
Planning to initiate physical therapy for joint or low back pain in the next 3months
Planning to initiate any mental health treatment (excluding pharmacologic treatments) in the next 1 month.
Systemic inflammatory arthritis (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis)
Neurologic conditions (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's disease, etc.)
Contraindications to starting an exercise program.
Suspected substance abuse
Lack capacity to consent
Pregnancy (self-report)
Participation in another clinical trial for any joint or muscle pain
Planning for a major surgery in the next 6 months
Having high risk mental health symptoms (active suicidality, bipolar disorder, mania, psychosis, schizophrenia)
Receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy for cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)

What this trial measures

  • Recruitment RateThroughout the recruitment process

    Number of participants enrolled out of those screened

  • RetentionFrom the start of the study to end of the 10 week intervention

    Proportion of participants who complete patient-reported outcome surveys at 10 week timepoint

  • AttendanceDuring 10 weeks intervention period

    Proportion of participants that attended at least 80% of intervention sessions

  • Satisfaction with treatmentweek 10 and week 22

    Custom 2-item (0-10 scale) to determine satisfaction with individual components of the intervention (i.e., Positive Minds, Strong Joints). There are 2 items and each item is scored separately. Higher scores for each item mean greater satisfaction for that dimension.

  • Participant Feedbackweek 10 and week 22

    Custom survey asking the participants to provide feedback on a 5-point scale from very poor to excellent on various aspects of the intervention including content, interventionists, group aspects, overall rating, etc.