Efficacy and Safety of Adjuvant Metformin for Operable Breast Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT00909506

Last Updated: 2015-07-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

105 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-06-30

Study Completion Date

2011-12-31

Brief Summary

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The investigators hypothesize that adjuvant metformin use in breast cancer patients with overweight or pre-diabetes mellitus (DM) may improve their body condition including weight loss.

In this study, the investigators aim to test the efficacy and safety of adjuvant metformin for operable breast cancer patients with overweight or pre-DM.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Placebo

Placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Control: Receive placebo pill once every evening on 1\~2 weeks.

Receive placebo pill in every morning and evening on 3\~24 weeks (twice a day).

Metformin 500 mg/d

Metformin 500 mg/d

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Metformin

Intervention Type DRUG

Metformin 500 mg/d: Receive oral metformin 500 mg dose once daily on 1\~2 weeks.

Receive placebo pill in every morning and oral metformin 500 mg in every evening on 3\~24 weeks.

Metformin 1000 mg/d

Metformin 1000 mg/d

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Metformin

Intervention Type DRUG

Metformin 1000 mg/d : Receive oral metformin 500 mg dose once daily on 1\~2 weeks. (Dose-escalate)

Receive oral metformin 500 mg in every morning and evening on 3\~24 weeks (metformin 500 mg \* twice a day = 1000 mg per day).

Interventions

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Placebo

Control: Receive placebo pill once every evening on 1\~2 weeks.

Receive placebo pill in every morning and evening on 3\~24 weeks (twice a day).

Intervention Type DRUG

Metformin

Metformin 500 mg/d: Receive oral metformin 500 mg dose once daily on 1\~2 weeks.

Receive placebo pill in every morning and oral metformin 500 mg in every evening on 3\~24 weeks.

Intervention Type DRUG

Metformin

Metformin 1000 mg/d : Receive oral metformin 500 mg dose once daily on 1\~2 weeks. (Dose-escalate)

Receive oral metformin 500 mg in every morning and evening on 3\~24 weeks (metformin 500 mg \* twice a day = 1000 mg per day).

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Operable Breast cancer patients with BMI ≥ 23 or 100 ≤ FBS \< 126
* From 6 month to 2 years since breast cancer operation and at least 4 weeks since chemotherapy or radiotherapy
* No drug use except Tamoxifen
* Normal OTPT \& Serum creatinine (\<=ULN)
* ECOG performance status 0-2 or Karnofsky PS 60-100%
* Life expectancy \> 12
* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 10\^9/L
* Platelets ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L
* Pregnancy(-) \& without plan for pregnancy
* Sign a written informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria

* Type I or II DM or concurrent use of DM control agents
* Prior use of Metformin
* Hypoglycemia (FBS\< 70 with clinical symptom)
* Concurrent investigational or commercial agents
* Other diet or drug intervention for weight loss
* Concurrent use of steroid
* Abnormal liver and/or renal function
* Symptomatic congestive heart failure / Cardiac arrhythmia / Angina pectoris
* Ongoing or active infection
* lactic acidosis
* Pregnancy or ongoing breast feeding
* Anorexia, bulimia, nausea due to other disease for longer than 1 month
* Allergies or allergic reactions attributed to oral medications
* Inability to swallow or digest oral medications
* Physical or psychiatric illness that would limit compliance with study protocol
* Participants in other clinical trial
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Seoul National University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Wonshik Han, M.D., Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of General Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine & Seoul National University Hospital

Locations

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Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

Other Identifiers

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adjuvant metformin for BC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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