The Beat Pain Better Trial
RecruitingPhase 3NCT06932887
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The Beat Pain Better study examines strategies to increase the reach of evidence-based interventions for persons with osteoarthritis (OA) in communities that experience disparities. The study is a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-imple-mentation trial using sequential, multiple assignment, ran¬domi¬zation to evaluate 1) two text mes¬saging strat¬egies to reach persons with OA and enroll them in physical activity counseling provided by physical therapists; and 2) two strat¬egies to engage enrolled persons in the Walk with Ease (WWE) intervention for sustained self-management.
Study details
- Official title
- Mountain West Arthritis Secondary Prevention Program - The Beat Pain Better Trial
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- Chronic Pain Management
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Text Messaging
- Behavioral: Motivational Messaging
- Behavioral: Physical Activity Counseling and Self-Directed Walk with Ease
- Behavioral: Enhanced Walk with Ease
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
- Start date
- 2025-05-28
- Primary completion
- 2028-03-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 45 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 3
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 45 or older; 2. Visit in participating medical clinic within the past 6 months 3. OA diagnosis code related to lower extremity and/or spine on the problem list or associ¬ated with an encounter in the past 6 months 4. Has functioning cell phone able to receive calls and texts Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to participate in a regular walking program defined as the ability to walk for at least five minutes with or without the use of an assistive device. 2. Medical contraindication to participation in physical activity 3. Unable to communicate in either Spanish or English
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06932887