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A trial looking at metformin for early breast cancer (MA32)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at adding metformin to for . It was for women who had already had surgery to remove the cancer and had a higher risk of it coming back.

The trial was open for women to join between 2010 and 2013. The team published the results in 2022.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 25 June 2010

Recruitment end: 29 March 2013

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Alastair Thompson

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/11/034.

Last reviewed: 7 March 2024

CRUK internal database number: 8774

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