The Use of Metformin in the Treatment of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Schizophrenia (The METS Study)
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Official title
Metformin in the Treatment of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Schizophrenia (METS) - Pilot Study
Brief summary
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This study will test the usefulness of the medication metformin in treating people with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who are overweight and also taking antipsychotic medications.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00816907
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 146 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 2009 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Feb 2010 (Actual)
- Completion
- Mar 2010 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Mar 27, 2013
2009 – 2010
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 16
- U.S. states
- 12
- U.S. cities
- 16
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | Palo Alto | California | 94305 | — |
| Mental Health Advocates | Boca Raton | Florida | 33431 | — |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | — |
| Clinical Research Institute | Wichita | Kansas | 67207 | — |
| Clinical Insights | Glen Burnie | Maryland | 21061 | — |
| Freedom Trail Clinic | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| University of Massachusetts | Worcester | Massachusetts | 01605 | — |
| University of Minnesota School of Medicine | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55454 | — |
| New Mexico VA Healthcare System | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 87108 | — |
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| University of Rochester | Rochester | New York | 14623 | — |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45267 | — |
| Vanderbilt University Schizophrenia Research | Nashville | Tennessee | 37212 | — |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas | Texas | 75235 | — |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
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