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Texts and trackers tame arthritis flares?

NCT ID NCT03458026

Disease control Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested whether giving people with spondyloarthritis a connected activity tracker and sending them text reminders to exercise could help them stay active and reduce disease flares. 108 adults with stable spondyloarthritis were split into two groups: one got the tracker and texts, the other just standard care. The researchers tracked how many flares each person reported every week. The goal was to see if technology can motivate regular physical activity better than a simple recommendation.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
connected activity tracker and SMS reminders
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help people with spondyloarthritis stay active and possibly reduce disease flares.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed study with 108 participants. The main outcome is self-reported flares, which may not be reliable. The intervention is just a reminder, not a treatment, so any benefit is likely modest.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

108 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2018

Finished

Mar 2019

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Presenting a spondyloarthritis according to the criteria of the ASAS (l'Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society) * Benefiting from a stable treatment by biotherapies for at least 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Patient presenting a cardiac pathology should be decompensating * Patients having a contraindication in the physical activity * Lung affection making impossible the effort * Patient already realizing a physical activity supervised in club or with sports coach

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Motor Activity Spondylarthritis spondyloarthropathy

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Spondyloarthritis

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHU de Nice

    Nice, France, 06003, France

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