Common diabetes pill may hold key to stopping lung cancer before it starts

NCT ID NCT04931017

Summary

This study is testing if a widely used, safe diabetes medication called metformin can lower the chance of developing lung cancer. It involves 50 overweight former and current smokers who are at high risk for the disease. Researchers want to see if taking metformin daily for six months can 'reprogram' the immune system to be better at fighting off cancer cells.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • BC Cancer Research Centre

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1L3, Canada

  • Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • University of British Columbia Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5, Canada

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