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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04625244
Other study ID # 20-865
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 9, 2021
Est. completion date June 14, 2024

Study information

Verified date February 2023
Source Carilion Clinic
Contact Linsen T Samuel, MD
Phone 540-521-1474
Email ltsamuel@carilionclinic.org
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will investigate a video assisted, home therapy program where participants complete hand therapy on their own following thumb arthroplasty. In this program, participants will receive prerecorded informational videos. Half of the participants in this study will do standard of care, in-person therapy. The other half will be enrolled in the home therapy program. Participants will fill out an assessment of their physical ability before surgery and again three months after surgery. These assessments will be compared between groups. The study team hypothesizes that the video-assisted, home therapy program will be noninferior to traditional in-person therapy.


Description:

Current postoperative hand therapy regimens can be burdensome to patients and non-compliance rates are high. Our service area has a lack of hand therapists in the rural areas and the most common barrier to receiving care is access and transportation. In-person therapy requires patients to have significant flexibility in transportation, work schedule and childcare. Travel time and distances put patients who are already disadvantaged at an increased risk of failed treatment. Furthermore, our hand therapy clinics have high utilization after first CMC arthroplasty (thumb joint replacement) procedures, for which therapy is protocol-driven and results are predictable-two aspects that lend this procedure to amenable results from a virtual, unsupervised program. This study's central hypothesis is that video assisted therapy can be used in postoperative hand therapy without a change in subject outcomes. In this study, the investigators choose to study therapy for one of the most common postoperative diagnoses seen in Carilion Clinic's hand therapy clinics: thumb arthroplasty (replacement of a thumb joint). Specific Aim 1 is to determine if a video-assisted, home therapy program (pre-recorded instructional videos) can effectively replace in-person occupational therapy for thumb arthroplasty. Hypothesis: Outcomes of a therapy program consisting of pre-recorded instructional videos will be noninferior to the standard of care regimen for thumb arthroplasty. The significance of this study is that it investigates a home therapy solution that the investigators expect to increase access to healthcare in rural populations. This study is novel because it will be the first prospective, randomized control trial to investigate the utility of video-assisted home therapy following hand surgery.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 134
Est. completion date June 14, 2024
Est. primary completion date September 14, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Undergoing elective carpometacarpal (CMC) arthroplasty (CPT code 25447) - Access to a cellphone, tablet or home computer that is connected to internet and has a 5.5" or larger screen Exclusion Criteria: - Bilateral procedures - Revision procedures - All concomitant procedures, except MCP fusion, CTS release, and thumb trigger finger release - Artificial CMC joint replacement - Inability to provide informed consent for the study - Non-native English speakers

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Video assisted home therapy
Subjects will follow along with prerecorded therapy videos.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Carilion Clinic Orthopaedic Surgery Roanoke Virginia

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Carilion Clinic Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Hoogland J, Wijnen A, Munsterman T, Gerritsma CL, Dijkstra B, Zijlstra WP, Annegarn J, Ibarra F, Zijlstra W, Stevens M. Feasibility and Patient Experience of a Home-Based Rehabilitation Program Driven by a Tablet App and Mobility Monitoring for Patients After a Total Hip Arthroplasty. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 Jan 31;7(1):e10342. doi: 10.2196/10342. — View Citation

Lee DJ, Calfee RP. The Minimal Clinically Important Difference for PROMIS Physical Function in Patients With Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis. Hand (N Y). 2021 Sep;16(5):638-643. doi: 10.1177/1558944719880025. Epub 2019 Oct 18. — View Citation

Srikesavan C, Williamson E, Cranston T, Hunter J, Adams J, Lamb SE. An Online Hand Exercise Intervention for Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis (mySARAH): Design, Development, and Usability Testing. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Jun 27;20(6):e10457. doi: 10.2196/10457. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Upper extremity function, as assessed by the change in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) v. 2.0 Upper Extremity assessment. Improvement in PROMIS upper extremity score from baseline. PROMIS scores are translated into t-scores and range from 0 (worst possible function) to 100 (best possible function). Positive improvement values indicate improvement in function. Negative values indicate a decline in function. Change from baseline to Day 90 after surgery.
Secondary Upper extremity function, as assessed by the change in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) v. 2.0 Upper Extremity assessment. Improvement in PROMIS upper extremity score from baseline. PROMIS scores are translated into t-scores and range from 0 (worst possible function) to 100 (best possible function). Positive improvement values indicate improvement in function. Negative values indicate a decline in function. Change from baseline to Day 365 after surgery.
Secondary Pain interference, as assessed by the change in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) v. 1.0 Pain Interference 6a. Difference in PROMIS pain interference score from baseline. PROMIS scores are translated into t-scores and range from 0 (minimum pain interference) to 100 (maximum pain interference). Negative differences from baseline indicate improvement in pain interference. Positive differences from baseline indicate worsening of pain interference. Change from baseline to Day 90 after surgery.
Secondary Pain interference, as assessed by the change in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) v. 1.0 Pain Interference 6a. Difference in PROMIS pain interference score from baseline. PROMIS scores are translated into t-scores and range from 0 (minimum pain interference) to 100 (maximum pain interference). Negative differences from baseline indicate improvement in pain interference. Positive differences from baseline indicate worsening of pain interference. Change from baseline to Day 365 after surgery.
Secondary Grip strength Improvement in grip strength from baseline in operative hand. Measured in pounds force with a dynamometer. A positive change indicates gain of strength. Change from baseline to Day 90 after surgery.
Secondary Key pinch strength Improvement in key pinch strength from baseline in operative hand. Measured in pounds force with a dynamometer. A positive change indicates gain of strength. Change from baseline to Day 90 after surgery.
Secondary 3-finger pinch strength Improvement in 3-finger pinch strength from baseline in operative hand. Measured in pounds force with a dynamometer. A positive change indicates gain of strength. Change from baseline to Day 90 after surgery.
Secondary Thumb radial abduction Improvement in thumb radial abduction from baseline in operative thumb. Measured in degrees with a goniometer. A positive change indicates gain of motion. Change from baseline to Day 90 after surgery.
Secondary Thumb palmer abduction Improvement in thumb palmer abduction from baseline in operative thumb. Measured in degrees with a goniometer. A positive change indicates gain of motion. Change from baseline to Day 90 after surgery.
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