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CompletedNCT03446404Updated May 26, 2021

Standing Computed Tomography (SCT) Imaging of the Knee Joint

An observational study in Osteoarthritis, Knee, sponsored by Neil A Segal. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 45 Years to 92 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-26.

Sponsored by Neil A Segal · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
826
Ages
45 Years to 92 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will help us decide the best way to image the knee for diagnostic purposes: Knee computed tomography vs knee x-ray. The computed tomography will provide a weight bearing 3D view.

Read the detailed description

This will be an ancillary study to the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) second renewal #201511711). Using a prototype Curve Beam Standing Computed Tomography (SCT) scanner to get a 3 dimensional picture of the knee joint, bilaterally. This scanner by Curve Beam 175 Titus Ave, Suite 300, Warrington, Pennsylvania 18976, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ankles and feet. This has been modified to do the scan of the knee but is not yet approved by the FDA for the knees. The proposed ancillary study would add the key benefit of providing more sensitive and accurate identification of prevalent knee osteoarthritis (OA) at baseline and incident knee OA at follow-up than is available with plain radiographs. In addition, it would enable biomechanical modeling of the knee joint on a larger scale than achieved in any prior study, allowing testing of biomechanical hypotheses regarding mechanisms of disease development and progression that have not been possible on this scale previously.

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Conditions studied

  • Osteoarthritis, Knee
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
45 Years to 92 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

The existing cohort will be age 62-92 years, average age approximately 71 years, at the start of this study. This cohort will consist of participants who already have symptomatic knee OA, in many cases advanced disease, or who had risk factors at the start of MOST but have not developed symptomatic knee OA. All of the existing cohort who have 1 or 2 "native" knees will be approached providing native knees are not considered to be KL grade 4 (bone on bone). The new cohort will consist of subjects with knee pain, aching or stiffness at baseline and participants without any knee symptoms in the previous 30 days. Both knees with KL grades of radiographic OA of 0, 1, or 2 in the tibiofemoral (TF) and patellofemoral (PF) compartments.

Inclusion criteria

Only participants in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) who attend a 0/144-month visit at the Iowa site are eligible for inclusion.

Additional Inclusion Criteria Include:

  • Completed knee radiograph (posteroanterior view) at 0/144-month visit of primary MOST-second renewal study at the Iowa Site

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
826 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • MOST Cohort

    One portion of the cohort will be age 62-92 years, average age approximately 71 years, at the start of this study. This cohort will consist of participants who already have symptomatic knee OA, in many cases advanced disease, or who had risk factors at the start of the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study but have not developed symptomatic knee OA. All of the existing cohort who have 1 or 2 "native" knees will be approached providing native knees are not considered to be Kellgren-Lawrence grade 4 (bone on bone). The other portion of the cohort will consist of subjects with knee pain, aching or stiffness at baseline and participants without any knee symptoms in the previous 30 days. Both knees with Kellgren-Lawrence grades of radiographic OA of 0, 1, or 2 in the tibiofemoral (TF) and patellofemoral (PF) compartments.

    Diagnostic Test: Standing Computed Tomography

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testStanding Computed Tomography

    Provides weight bearing 3D view of knees.

    Also known as: SCT

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Joint Space Width

    3D measurement of distance between articular surfaces of tibia and femur

    Time frame: Baseline and 2-years

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Iowa
    Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Segal NA, Frick E, Duryea J, Roemer F, Guermazi A, Nevitt MC, Torner JC, Felson DT, Anderson DD. Correlations of Medial Joint Space Width on Fixed-Flexed Standing Computed Tomography and Radiographs With Cartilage and Meniscal Morphology on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Oct;68(10):1410-6. doi: 10.1002/acr.22888. PubMed 26991547 ↗
  • Segal NA, Nevitt MC, Lynch JA, Niu J, Torner JC, Guermazi A. Diagnostic performance of 3D standing CT imaging for detection of knee osteoarthritis features. Phys Sportsmed. 2015 Jul;43(3):213-20. doi: 10.1080/00913847.2015.1074854. Epub 2015 Aug 3. PubMed 26313455 ↗
  • Segal NA, Stockman TJ, Findlay CM, Kern AM, Ohashi K, Anderson DD. Effect of a Realigning Brace on Tibiofemoral Contact Stress. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Aug;67(8):1112-8. doi: 10.1002/acr.22578. PubMed 25779857 ↗
  • Sheehy L, Culham E, McLean L, Niu J, Lynch J, Segal NA, Singh JA, Nevitt M, Cooke TD. Validity and sensitivity to change of three scales for the radiographic assessment of knee osteoarthritis using images from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST). Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 Sep;23(9):1491-8. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2015.05.003. Epub 2015 May 21. PubMed 26003948 ↗
  • Stefanik JJ, Gross KD, Guermazi A, Felson DT, Roemer FW, Zhang Y, Niu J, Segal NA, Lewis CE, Nevitt M, Neogi T. The relation of MRI-detected structural damage in the medial and lateral patellofemoral joint to knee pain: the Multicenter and Framingham Osteoarthritis Studies. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 Apr;23(4):565-70. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.12.023. Epub 2015 Jan 7. PubMed 25575967 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — As an ancillary study to the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST), data will be available to other researchers through the MOST Data Sharing Plan.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03446404
Lead sponsor
Neil A Segal
Collaborators
University of Kansas
Responsible party
Neil A Segal (Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Feb 26, 2018
Start date
Mar 1, 2016
Primary completion
Mar 9, 2020
Completion
Mar 9, 2020
Last update
May 26, 2021

Study contacts

Neil A Segal, MD, MS
principal investigator · University of Iowa and University of Kansas

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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