Cancer Chemoprevention by Metformin Hydrochloride Compared to Placebo in Oral Potentially Malignant Lesions

NCT03684707 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2018-09-26

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Summary

Evaluation of the metformin drug effect as a drug that found to improve the quality of tissues, decrease signs \& symptoms of cancer, and decrease histo-pathological criteria of dysplasia.

This will be done by the aid of measuring salivary Micro RNA 31 \& 210 in saliva in addition to measure cyclin A2 as an immuno-histochemical analysis.

Conditions

  • Oral Cancer

Interventions

DRUG

Metformin Hcl 500Mg 24Hr Sa Tab

Glucophage 500 mg once daily

OTHER

starch tablet

starch tablets

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ain Shams University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fathia Z. Zahran, PHD · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-15
Primary Completion
2019-06-15
Completion
2019-09-15
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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