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Adding Metformin to docetaxel chemotherapy for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer showed no benefit


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Adding the diabetic medicine metformin to docetaxel chemotherapy for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer showed no benefit.

A different trial is due to report on using metformin with docetaxel for non-metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer in 2024.

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Dr Marc Martin presented the results of the TAXOMET clinical trial at the ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) 2019 meeting.

The reasons for running the trial were:

  • Metformin decreases prostate cancer incidence in a large cohort study (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.74-0.96)1
  • Metformin improves time to castration-resistance and survival in prostate cancer diabetic patients compared to non-metformin users2
  • Metformin may be an effective chemosensitizer for docetaxel in preclinical models3
  • It is a well-known antidiabetic molecular, low cost, and with minimal side effects

 

An account by Dr Zachary Klaassen is here:

https://www.urotoday.com/conference-highlights/asco-2019-annual-meeting/asco-2019-prostate-cancer/112904-asco-2019-a-french-prospective-multicenter-randomized-controlled-phase-ii-study-comparing-docetaxel-plus-metformin-versus-docetaxel-plus-placebo-in-mcrpc.html

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