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Maximizing Patient Goal Attainment

Maximizing Patient Goal Attainment, Motivations and Expectations (mGAME) in Elective Musculoskeletal Care

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05652270
Acronym
mGAME
Enrollment
258
Registered
2022-12-15
Start date
2023-05-30
Completion date
2027-02-04
Last updated
2026-08-31

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Knee Injuries, Knee Injuries and Disorders, Knee Osteoarthritis, Knee Pain Chronic

Keywords

Orthopaedic, Knee, Patient Goals

Brief summary

To evaluate the effectiveness of the goal development intervention in guiding individual patients through the identification of high quality, specific, measurable, relevant and time-bound goal for treatment.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALGoal Attainment

Development of an attainable goal

BEHAVIORALGoal Development

A Systematic process to help patients create "SMaRT " goals

BEHAVIORALGoal Tracking

Setting milestones to allow patients to track their progress towards their developed goal

Sponsors

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER
Medacta USA
CollaboratorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Individuals 21 years of age or older * New patients or existing patients with a new problem that are scheduled to see an orthopaedic surgeon in the Hip and Knee Arthroplasty service for a knee consult.

Exclusion criteria

* Individuals who are unable to consent or complete surveys without assistance * Non-English speaking * Patients who are less than 12 months from surgery on the knee they are being evaluated for, less than 6 months from surgery on the spine, or less than 3 months from another knee/hip surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To evaluate the effectiveness of the goal development intervention using the Goal Attainment Outcome Measure8 MonthsTo evaluate the effectiveness of the goal development intervention in guiding individual patients through the identification of high quality, specific, measurable, relevant and time-bound goal for treatment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To assess the intervention's ability to improve shared decision making using the collaboRATE measure8 MonthsTo assess the acceptability, usability, as well as qualitatively the appropriateness, feasibility, and scalability of integrating the brief patient goal development intervention into standard clinical care. To assess the intervention's ability to improve shared decision making.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORKevin J McGuire, MD

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 1, 2026