# The Effect of Metformin on Reducing Lupus Flares

> **NCT02741960** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **RenJi Hospital** · enrollment: 180 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** metformin
- **DRUG:** placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02741960
- **Lead sponsor:** RenJi Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-05-24
- **Primary completion:** 2017-12-13
- **Final completion:** 2018-12-07
- **Target enrollment:** 180 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-09-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02741960

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02741960, "The Effect of Metformin on Reducing Lupus Flares". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02741960. Licensed CC0.

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