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| Name | Class |
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| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | OTHER |
| Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government | OTHER_GOV |
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Hypothesis: Treatment with metformin in overweight non-diabetic individuals with coronary heart disease and on standard cardiovascular risk reducing agents including statins will have a beneficial impact on carotid artery atherosclerosis compared to placebo.
Rationale: Once subjects have a heart attack, they remain at much higher than average risk of another heart attack and stroke, despite the best current therapies to lower their cholesterol and blood pressure and thin their blood. Many subjects with heart disease also have problems metabolising (i.e. processing) sugar even if they do not have diabetes. There is some evidence that metformin, a drug which improves sugar metabolism, decreases the risk of future heart attacks in diabetic patients. However, whether metformin further reduces the risk of heart disease beyond established treatments in people without diabetes is unknown.
Method: The investigators will test the ability metformin, a drug with proven safety, to slow the progression of furring up (known as atherosclerosis) of blood vessels in non-diabetic subjects with heart disease. This will be achieved by treating 2 groups of subjects with metformin and placebo pills respectively. To measure atherosclerosis, the investigators will carry out ultrasound scans of the big blood vessels in the neck at the start of the study, after 1 year and after 1.5 years of therapy.The investigators will then be able to assess whether metformin has had a beneficial impact.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Metformin | Experimental |
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| Placebo | Placebo Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Metformin | Drug | White film-coated tablets, 850mg tablet twice daily, 1.5 years duration |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Difference in progression of carotid intima-media thickness (measured in millimetres) between groups treated with metformin and placebo | 1.5 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Correlation of HbA1C, t-PA, CRP, IL-6, HOMA-IR and ICAM-1 with change in carotid IMT in metformin- and placebo-treated groups will be evaluated. | 1.5 years | |
| Difference in progression of carotid total plaque area (measured in square millimetres) between groups treated with metformin and placebo |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Naveed Sattar, PhD | University of Glasgow | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Glasgow Clinical Research Facility, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | Glasgow | G11 6NT | United Kingdom |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 27271181 | Derived | Preiss D, Welsh P, Sattar N. Metformin Therapy and Circulating NT-proBNP Levels: The CAMERA Trial. Diabetes Care. 2016 Aug;39(8):e114-5. doi: 10.2337/dc16-0887. Epub 2016 Jun 6. No abstract available. | |
| 24622715 | Derived | Preiss D, Lloyd SM, Ford I, McMurray JJ, Holman RR, Welsh P, Fisher M, Packard CJ, Sattar N. Metformin for non-diabetic patients with coronary heart disease (the CAMERA study): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2014 Feb;2(2):116-24. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(13)70152-9. Epub 2013 Nov 7. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003324 | Coronary Artery Disease |
| ID | Term |
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| D003327 | Coronary Disease |
| D017202 | Myocardial Ischemia |
| D006331 | Heart Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D008687 | Metformin |
| ID | Term |
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| D001645 | Biguanides |
| D006146 | Guanidines |
| D000578 | Amidines |
| D009930 | Organic Chemicals |
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| Placebo | Drug | White coated tablet; one tablet twice daily; 1.5 years duration |
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| 1.5 years |
| Difference in progression of carotid total plaque volume (measured in cubic millimetres) between groups treated with metformin and placebo | 1.5 years |
| D001161 |
| Arteriosclerosis |
| D001157 | Arterial Occlusive Diseases |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |