# The Effects of Calorie Restriction With or Without Metformin on Weight and Insulin Resistance

> **NCT00134290** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Hospital, Ghent** · enrollment: 48 (—)

## Conditions studied

- Body Weight
- Insulin Resistance

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** metformin
- **BEHAVIORAL:** "standard diet advice"
- **BEHAVIORAL:** "personal diet advice"

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00134290
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Ghent
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2002-01
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2004-05
- **Target enrollment:** 48 (—)
- **Last updated:** 2007-12-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00134290

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00134290, "The Effects of Calorie Restriction With or Without Metformin on Weight and Insulin Resistance". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00134290. Licensed CC0.

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