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. 2019 Oct 7;2019(10):CD012160. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012160.pub2

NCT02065687.

Trial name or title Paclitaxel and carboplatin with or without metformin hydrochloride in treating participants with stage III, IV or recurrent endometrial cancer
Methods Accural: March 2014 to September 2019
 Accrual target: 540
 Multicentre, phase 2/3 RCT conducted in the USA
Participants Measurable stage III, IVA, IVB or recurrent endometrial carcinoma
 Histologic confirmation of endometrioid, serous adenoma, undifferentiated, clear cell, mixed cell epithelial, adenoca NOS
Measurable disease by RECIST
 First line ‐ must not have received prior chemotherapy or targeted therapy; may have received prior RT and prior hormonal therapy
Interventions Intervention: paclitaxel iv day 1, carboplatin iv day 1, metformin hydrochloride by mouth twice a day on days 1 to 21 (once a day in course 1). Treatment every 21 days for 6 cycles in absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Participants then receive maintenance therapy ‐ metformin hydrochloride by mouth twice a day on days 1 to 21
 Comparator: paclitaxel iv and carboplatin iv as per Intervention arm and placebo by mouth twice a day on days 1 to 21 (once a day in course 1) Treatment every 21 days for 6 cycles in absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Outcomes Primary outcomes:
‐ OS (phase II and III)
 ‐ PFS (phase II)
 Secondary outcomes:
 ‐ Proportion of participants responding to therapy
 ‐ Duration of response by treatment
 ‐ Adverse events
 ‐ Level of obesity
 ‐ OS in phase II
‐ PFS in phase III
Other outcomes:
‐ Expression of MATE2
 ‐ Incidence of PIK3 mutations/amplifications
 ‐ Levels of key targets of the metformin/mTOR signalling pathway
 ‐ Metabolic factor levels
Starting date Study start date: March 2014
 Estimated completion date: September 2019
Contact information Victoria Bae‐Jump NRG Oncology
Notes NCT02065687
 Sponsor: Gynecologic Oncology Group