The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of metformin in addition to the conventional progestin therapy in the fertility-sparing treatment of early stage endometrial cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
77
Patients are given 750, 1500, and 2000 mgs of metformin per os daily (dose increases weekly, then maintain at 2000 mgs) in addition to 500 mgs of medroxyprogesterone acetate per os daily and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device for the treatment of early stage endometrial cancer.
Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITINGTreatment response rates
Measurements of the primary lesion by the RECIST criteria
Time frame: 3 months after the initiation of the treatment
Treatment response rates
Measurements of the primary lesion by the RECIST criteria
Time frame: 6 months after the initiation of the treatment
Treatment response rates
Measurements of the primary lesion by the RECIST criteria
Time frame: 9 months after the initiation of the treatment
Treatment response rates
Measurements of the primary lesion by the RECIST criteria
Time frame: 12 months after the initiation of the treatment
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