Castration Compared to Castration Plus Metformin as First Line Treatment for Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
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Official title
Phase II, Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Double Blind, Prospective Study of Castration Compared to Castration Plus Metformin as First Line Treatment for Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01620593
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Other
- Enrollment
- 41 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Placebo Drug
- Metformin Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- Male
- 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
- Mar 31, 2011
- Primary completion
- Jun 30, 2016
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2016
- Last update posted
- May 22, 2018
2011 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Therapy and Research Center University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted May 22, 2018 · Synced Jul 23, 2026
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