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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 25 May 2015
Main ID:  NCT02438020
Date of registration: 03/05/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Juan Pablo Castanedo-Cazares
Public title: Study of Efficacy of Metformin in the Treatment of Acanthosis Nigricans in Children With Obesity
Scientific title: Double-blind Randomized Trial Using Oral Metformin Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Acanthosis Nigricans in Children With Obesity
Date of first enrolment: June 2015
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02438020
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Mexico
Contacts
Name:     Juan P Castanedo-Cazares, MD
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Telephone: 524448342795
Email: castanju@yahoo.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Francisco Goldaracena-Orozco, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"
Name:     Bertha Torres-Alvarez, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"
Name:     Juan P Castanedo-Cazares, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Signed informed consent from children and parents.

- Children younger than 18 years.

- Clinical diagnosis of acanthosis nigricans.

- Obesity.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Diabetes mellitus.

- Neurological diseases.

- Congenital diseases.

- Oral treatment for obesity in the last two months.

- Topical treatment for the last two months.



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: 17 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acanthosis Nigricans
Intervention(s)
Other: Placebo
Drug: Metformin
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical improvement of acanthosis nigricans [Time Frame: baseline and 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Depigmentation of acanthosis nigricans [Time Frame: baseline and 12 weeks]
Histological improvement of acanthosis nigricans [Time Frame: baseline and 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
MET-AN
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"
Ethics review
Results
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