Common diabetes pill could be key to slowing rare blindness

NCT ID NCT04545736

Summary

This study is testing if the oral diabetes medication metformin is safe and can slow down the progression of ABCA4 retinopathy, a genetic eye disease that causes vision loss. It will involve about 56 participants aged 12 and older who have the disease. Participants will take metformin daily for two years while researchers track changes in their vision and eye health.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

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    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

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  • University of Michigan

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    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0624, United States

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