Effect of Metformin on Behaviour and the Brain in Children Treated for a Brain Tumour

PHASE3RecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

140

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 1, 2022

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2027

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2027

Conditions
Medulloblastoma, ChildhoodCognitive Impairment
Interventions
DRUG

Metformin hydrochloride (HCl) 500mg tablet

"Metformin HCl 500mg tablets contain 500mg of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and are white, round, biconvex, film-coated tablets, with a score line on one face and debossed with HMR on the other. Each tablet contains the non-medicinal ingredients magnesium stearate and povidone. Tablet coating is comprised of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, polyethylene glycol and titanium dioxide."

DRUG

Placebo

Matching white round tablet containing excipients only. The placebo tablets will match the active drug as closely as possible in terms of appearance.

Trial Locations (19)

2145

WITHDRAWN

Children's Hospital in Westmead, Westmead

2305

RECRUITING

John Hunter Children's Hospital, New Lambton Heights

3052

RECRUITING

Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville

3168

RECRUITING

Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton

6009

RECRUITING

Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands

T3B 6A8

RECRUITING

Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary

T6G 2B7

RECRUITING

Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton

V6H 3V4

RECRUITING

Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver

R3E 0V9

RECRUITING

Cancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg

B3K 6R8

RECRUITING

Izaak Walton Killam (IWK) Health Centre, Halifax

L8S 4K1

RECRUITING

Hamilton Health Sciences - McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton

N6A 5W9

RECRUITING

Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London

K1H 8L1

RECRUITING

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa

M5G 1X8

RECRUITING

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

H3T 1C5

RECRUITING

CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal

H4A 3J1

RECRUITING

Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal

G1V 4G2

RECRUITING

CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Québec

J1G 2E8

RECRUITING

CHU de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

S7N 0W8

RECRUITING

Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Donald Mabbott

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