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Metformin for the Treatment of mCRC Patients Undergoing FOLFIRI Plus Target Therapy
Led by Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Updated on 2025-02-13
110
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
165 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To investigate progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with chemotherapy FOLFIRI monotherapy or chemotherapy FOLFIRI combined with Metformin
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Metformin for the Treatment of mCRC Patients Undergoing FOLFIRI Plus Target Therapy
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Aged between 20 and 90 years old
- Diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer and scheduled to receive FOLFIRI chemotherapy
- Female participants must not be pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy during treatment and must use contraception
- No major physiological diseases such as acute myocardial infarction, acute stroke, malignant hypertension, acute kidney failure, or acute liver failure
- No allergies to the study drugs
- Able to follow doctor's instructions for medication
- Willing to sign informed consent
- Blood sugar level above 80 mg/dL
You will not qualify if you...
- Does not meet the main inclusion criteria
- Non-native speakers
- Known allergy to Metformin or its components
- Severe unstable diabetes (ketoacidosis)
- Blood sugar level below 80 mg/dL
- Heart failure or respiratory insufficiency
- Inadequate hematopoietic function (hemoglobin < 9 g/dL, ANC < 1,500/mm3, platelet count < 100,000/mm3)
- Inadequate organ function (total bilirubin > 2 times ULN, ALT or AST > 2.5 times ULN, creatinine > 1.5 times ULN)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University:
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 807
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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