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Using Metformin to Improve Sleep

Study Leader

Ruth Benca, MD


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    About This Study

    This study wants to find out if a medicine called metformin can help people sleep better. It looks at how metformin affects a special kind of sleep that helps with learning and memory. The study also checks if metformin can fix daily activity and rest patterns that get messed up by health problems.

    Volunteers cannot have severe diabetes and must have the recommendation to start metformin. Study team will provide more information.

    What Activities Are a Part of this Study?

    • Informed Consent Review
    • Use of Study Treatments or Placebo
    • Review of Medical History
    • Phone Calls and/or Emails
    • Study Visits and Consultations
    • Surveys/Questionnaires
    • Laboratory and Imaging Tests
    • Specimen Sample Collection
    • Diary/e-Diary Writing or Recordings

    Age & Gender

    • 45 - 80 years old
    • All Genders

    Language

    • This study enrolls English speakers only

    Additional Study Information

    • Compensation Offered
    • No reimbursement offered

    Study Locations

    • Greater Winston-Salem, NC

    Study Topics

    Sleep

    Study Locations and Contacts

    • Greater Winston-Salem, NC: Caitlin Carroll cmcarrol@wakehealth.edu
    • Study Information
    • IRB Number: IRB00104391

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