Repurposing Metformin as Anticancer Drug: in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Summary

This study evaluate the addition of metformin to standard of care in locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, half the patient will receive metformin in combination with standard treatment, and the other half will receive the standard of care only

Timeline

Start

2017-01

Primary completion

2018-01

Completion

2020-01

Publications

• Results Colquhoun AJ, Venier NA, Vandersluis AD, Besla R, Sugar LM, Kiss A, Fleshner NE, Pollak M, Klotz LH, Venkateswaran V. Metformin enhances the antiproliferative and apoptotic effect of bicalutamide in prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2012 Dec;15(4):346-52. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2012.16. Epub 2012 May 22.
• Results Dowling RJ, Goodwin PJ, Stambolic V. Understanding the benefit of metformin use in cancer treatment. BMC Med. 2011 Apr 6;9:33. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-33.
• Results Eriksson A, Attvall S, Bonnier M, Eriksson JW, Rosander B, Karlsson FA. Short-term effects of metformin in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2007 Jul;9(4):483-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2006.00624.x.
• Results Hamilton RJ. Metformin for castrate-resistant prostate cancer: learning more about an old dog's new tricks. Eur Urol. 2014 Sep;66(3):475-7; discussion 477-8. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.01.013. Epub 2014 Jan 23. No abstract available.
• Results Hankinson SJ, Fam M, Patel NN. A review for clinicians: Prostate cancer and the antineoplastic properties of metformin. Urol Oncol. 2017 Jan;35(1):21-29. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2016.10.009. Epub 2016 Nov 9.
• Results Mayer MJ, Klotz LH, Venkateswaran V. Metformin and prostate cancer stem cells: a novel therapeutic target. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2015 Dec;18(4):303-9. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2015.35. Epub 2015 Jul 28.
• Results Ranasinghe WK, Sengupta S, Williams S, Chang M, Shulkes A, Bolton DM, Baldwin G, Patel O. The effects of nonspecific HIF1alpha inhibitors on development of castrate resistance and metastases in prostate cancer. Cancer Med. 2014 Apr;3(2):245-51. doi: 10.1002/cam4.189. Epub 2014 Jan 27.
• Results Rothermundt C, Hayoz S, Templeton AJ, Winterhalder R, Strebel RT, Bartschi D, Pollak M, Lui L, Endt K, Schiess R, Ruschoff JH, Cathomas R, Gillessen S. Metformin in chemotherapy-naive castration-resistant prostate cancer: a multicenter phase 2 trial (SAKK 08/09). Eur Urol. 2014 Sep;66(3):468-74. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.12.057. Epub 2014 Jan 4.
• Results Saylor PJ, Smith MR. Metabolic complications of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. J Urol. 2009 May;181(5):1998-2006; discussion 2007-8. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.01.047. Epub 2009 Mar 14.
• Results Song CW, Lee H, Dings RP, Williams B, Powers J, Santos TD, Choi BH, Park HJ. Metformin kills and radiosensitizes cancer cells and preferentially kills cancer stem cells. Sci Rep. 2012;2:362. doi: 10.1038/srep00362. Epub 2012 Apr 12.
• Results Spratt DE, Zhang Z, Zelefsky MJ. Reply to Leah Bensimon, Samy Suissa, and Laurent Azoulay's letter to the editor re: Daniel E. Spratt, Chi Zhang, Zachary S. Zumsteg, Xin Pei, Zhigang Zhang, Michael J. Zelefsky. metformin and prostate cancer: reduced development of castration-resistant disease and prostate cancer mortality. Eur Urol 2013;63:709-16. Eur Urol. 2013 Aug;64(2):e29-30. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.04.015. Epub 2013 Apr 19. No abstract available.
• Results Heidenreich A, Bastian PJ, Bellmunt J, Bolla M, Joniau S, van der Kwast T, Mason M, Matveev V, Wiegel T, Zattoni F, Mottet N; European Association of Urology. EAU guidelines on prostate cancer. Part II: Treatment of advanced, relapsing, and castration-resistant prostate cancer. Eur Urol. 2014 Feb;65(2):467-79. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.11.002. Epub 2013 Nov 12.

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