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Clinical Trial Details

Trial ID: L0560
Source ID: NCT02252081
Associated Drug: Metformin
Title: Metformin in Kidney Disease
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Status: COMPLETED
Study Results: YES
Results: https://ClinicalTrials.gov/show/NCT02252081/results
Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease|Cardiovascular Disease|Metabolic Syndrome
Interventions: DRUG: metformin|DRUG: Placebo
Outcome Measures: Primary: Change is Leptin to Adiponectin Ratio (LAR), Change in leptin to adiponectin ratio (LAR) after 4 months of metformin vs. placebo will be assessed as a biomarker of insulin resistance in CKD, 16 weeks after start of treatment | Secondary: Change in Flow-mediated Dilation (FMD), Change in FMD after 4 months of treatment with metformin will be compared to change in the placebo group., 16 weeks after the start of treatment|Aortic Pulse-wave Velocity (aPWV), is a measurement of stiffening of the large elastic arteries and atherosclerosis. It is a subclinical marker of cardiovascular disease, 16 weeks after starting treatment | Other: Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), eGFR is a measurement of kidney function, this was a descriptive measurement, baseline and 16 weeks after starting treatment
Sponsor/Collaborators: Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Gender: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Phases: PHASE2
Enrollment: 125
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Study Designs: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: QUADRUPLE (PARTICIPANT, CARE_PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR)|Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
Start Date: 2014-10-01
Completion Date: 2019-12-31
Results First Posted: 2021-11-04
Last Update Posted: 2021-11-04
Locations: Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville Campus, Nashville, TN, Nashville, Tennessee, 37212-2637, United States
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02252081