Can video coaching help ease arthritis symptoms?
NCT ID NCT03965650
First seen Jul 16, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a home-based exercise program guided by online videos can improve symptoms and quality of life in people with axial spondyloarthritis, a type of arthritis affecting the spine. Participants follow video exercises for 3 months, and researchers compare their progress to those who receive standard exercise advice. The goal is to see if video coaching makes it easier to stay active and feel better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a video coaching program of physical exercises
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient, home-based way to manage symptoms and improve quality of life for people with axial spondyloarthritis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit over standard exercise advice may be modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient between 18 and 65 years; * Patient can read and understand French; * Signed informed consent form to participate in the study; * Axial spondylarthritis according to ASAS criteria; * Patient with a BASDAI score between 2.5 and 5; * No change of biotherapy anti-TNF or anti-IL17 during the 3 months preceding the inclusion; * Patient equipped with an internet access; * Medical certificate of proposed physical activities. Exclusion Criteria: * All diseases (cardiovascular disease or chronic neurological disease or others) contraindicating the requested exercises according to physician; * Axial spondyloarthritis in remission defined by a BASDAI \< 2.5/10 or in excessive inflammatory activity, defined by BASDAI \> 5/10; * Pregnant woman (positive pregnant test) or woman try to conceive in following 6 months; * Patient with articular prosthesis; * Patient who already participate in a specific exercise program or practice a sport (including Yoga or Tai Chi) more than one hour per week; * Severe obesity ( BMI \> 35); * Patient without health insurance; * Patient legally unable.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service de rhumatologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, 92100, France
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