Feasibility of Recruiting an Early Scottish Knee Osteoarthritis cohort
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Feasibility of Recruiting an Early Scottish Knee Osteoarthritis cohort (FRESKO)
IRAS ID
272131
Contact name
Gary J Macfarlane
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Aberdeen
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 31 days
Research summary
Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 800,000 people in Scotland. Current options for treatment are limited to painkillers and, when pain becomes disabling, joint replacement. Our ultimate aim is to recruit a cohort of people throughout Scotland with early knee OA (a common form of OA). Studying such people will allow us to better diagnose the disease in its early stages; identify what “biological markers” predict people whose disease will get worse quickly and why; and identify new (drug and non-drug) treatments. This would have the potential to identify for each patient the specific treatment most likely to improve their disease.
This is a feasibility study to: determine the most efficient method for identification and recruitment of people with early knee osteoarthritis; quantify the proportion of people approached who are eligible and agree to participate; determine the acceptability of the evaluation procedures during the recruitment study visit; and quantify the required resources for a future study.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
REC reference
19/NS/0176
Date of REC Opinion
18 Nov 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion