Living Healthy and Aging Well – June 11, 2022

Clarence Shannon, MD, Pain Program Director and Site

Principal Investigator for SKOAP at the Department of

Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota, Candace

Nelson, Clinical Research Manager, and Alicia Bulleri, Clinical

Research Coordinator from the Dept. of Anesthesiology join

host Ken Haglind on “Living Healthy and Aging Well” radio show

to discuss the treatment of knee osteoarthritis and their large,

NIH study ‘SKOAP’, a multi-center study that consists of 2

phases. Phase 1 compares combinations of different

conservative treatments that include best practices for

osteoarthritis, the FDA-approved antidepressant duloxetine,

and an online pain-coping skills module. Phase 2 compares

three interventions/procedures for knee osteoarthritis: a joint

injection, a nerve block, and nerve ablation. For more

information about the study, please visit the study website at

SKOAPstudy.org.