Effect of Metformin, a Drug Used to Treat Diabetes, vs Placebo
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Official title
Effect of Metformin ER With Hypocaloric Diet on Weight Loss in Overweight/Obese Patients With Increased Waist Circumference
Brief summary
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Metformin is a drug used to treat patients with diabetes. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Metformin along with a low-calorie diet on obese and/or overweight adults with an increased waist measurement. In addition, the study also aims to look at the effect of the drug vs. placebo on quality of life and physical activity.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05949008
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 150 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 21, 2023
- Primary completion
- Oct 29, 2027
- Completion
- Jul 29, 2028
- Last update posted
- Jun 7, 2026
2023 – 2028
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Center for Human Nutrition | Los Angeles | California | 90024 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jun 7, 2026 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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