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The Effects of Calorie Restriction With or Without Metformin on Weight and Insulin Resistance

NCT00134290 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2007-12-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a study to:

* Determine the difference between strong hypo-energetic "standard diet advice" and modest hypo-energetic "personal diet advice"; and
* Determine the influence of insulin-insensitivity on obesity and weight reduction by treating patients with metformin or placebo.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

metformin

BEHAVIORAL

"standard diet advice"

BEHAVIORAL

"personal diet advice"

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Ghent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mimi Giri, MD, PhD · University Hospital, Ghent

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-01-31
Completion
2004-05-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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