Autopsy report · NCT01486043

Metformin and Transient Hyperglycemia

“The research project was terminated due to lower than projected patient recruitment within the period of time allowed for the study.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Ran for about 1 year 5 months before it stopped.
• 4 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 1 year 8 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Hyperglycemia; Insulin Resistance; Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

Metformin

Participants

4

Sites

1

Countries

United States

Trials that died the same way

• Surgery Induced Trauma After Total Versus Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (SITA)
  “The study was terminated due to poor participant accrual. Recruitment was limited by competing clinical studies at the participating site, and the resources required to prolong the recruitment period were not available.” (84% match in meaning)
• Long-term Extension Study of MCI-196
  “This study has been terminated because of insufficient patient recruitment.” (80% match in meaning)
• Comparison of the Live Birth Rate Between the PPOS and the GnRH Antagonist Protocol in Patients Undergoing IVF
  “The study was terminated due to difficulty in recruiting patients.” (80% match in meaning)
• A Study of Herceptin (Trastuzumab) in Patients With Metastatic or Advanced Gastric Cancer With Disease Progression
  “Study terminated due to slow patient recruitment.” (78% match in meaning)
• Safety and Tolerability of Clobazam as Adjunctive Therapy in Paediatric Patients Aged ≥1 to ≤16 Years With Dravet Syndrome
  “The study was terminated due to recruitment challenges” (78% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.