What does science say about Metformin?
- We don’t say yes or no. We show what has been studied.
- Working in a lab or in animals does not mean it works in people.
- Don’t stop or change your treatment without talking to your doctor.
The diseases in which Metformin has registered trials. Choose one to see every step.
- Cancer (all types)registered trials: 58
- Type 2 diabetesregistered trials: 110
- Obesityregistered trials: 52
- Endometrial cancerregistered trials: 10
- Type 1 diabetesregistered trials: 9
- High blood pressureregistered trials: 7
- Prostate cancerregistered trials: 7
- Childhood cancersregistered trials: 6
- Fatty liver disease (MASLD/MASH)registered trials: 6
- Glioblastomaregistered trials: 6
- Multiple sclerosisregistered trials: 6
- Heart failureregistered trials: 5
- HIVregistered trials: 5
- Psoriasisregistered trials: 5
- Chronic kidney diseaseregistered trials: 4
- Coronary artery diseaseregistered trials: 4
- Head and neck cancerregistered trials: 4
- Metastatic breast cancerregistered trials: 4
- Pancreatic cancerregistered trials: 4
- Parkinson diseaseregistered trials: 4
- Cervical cancerregistered trials: 3
- Colorectal cancerregistered trials: 3
- Lung cancerregistered trials: 3
- Melanomaregistered trials: 3
- Sarcomaregistered trials: 3
- Schizophreniaregistered trials: 3
- Triple-negative breast cancerregistered trials: 3
- Alzheimer diseaseregistered trials: 2
- Atrial fibrillationregistered trials: 2
- COPDregistered trials: 2
- Huntington's diseaseregistered trials: 2
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisregistered trials: 2
- Long COVID and ME/CFSregistered trials: 2
- Multiple myelomaregistered trials: 2
- Ovarian cancerregistered trials: 2
- Polycystic kidney diseaseregistered trials: 2
- Pulmonary arterial hypertensionregistered trials: 2
- Strokeregistered trials: 2
- Thalassaemiaregistered trials: 2
- Thyroid cancerregistered trials: 2
- Tuberculosisregistered trials: 2
- Ulcerative colitisregistered trials: 2
- Acute myeloid leukemiaregistered trials: 1
- ALS (motor neurone disease)registered trials: 1
- Asthmaregistered trials: 1
- Autismregistered trials: 1
- Bladder cancerregistered trials: 1
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemiaregistered trials: 1
- Cystic fibrosisregistered trials: 1
- Endometriosisregistered trials: 1
- Epilepsyregistered trials: 1
- Frontotemporal dementiaregistered trials: 1
- Gastric and esophageal cancerregistered trials: 1
- Glaucomaregistered trials: 1
- Liver and biliary tract cancerregistered trials: 1
- Myelodysplastic syndromesregistered trials: 1
- Osteoporosisregistered trials: 1
- Psoriatic arthritisregistered trials: 1
- Rheumatoid arthritisregistered trials: 1
- Sickle cell diseaseregistered trials: 1