Metformin Hydrochloride in Preventing Oral Cancer in Patients With an Oral Premalignant Lesion
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02581137. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
M4OC-Prevent: Metformin for Oral Cancer Prevention
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02581137
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NIH
- Enrollment
- 26 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other
- Metformin Hydrochloride Drug
Other · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- 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
- Jun 9, 2016
- Primary completion
- Oct 11, 2017
- Completion
- Dec 18, 2026
- Last update posted
- Apr 12, 2026
2016 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest | San Diego | California | 92103 | — |
| University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55455 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02581137, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- 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 Apr 12, 2026 · Synced May 20, 2026
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