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Metformin in adults with type 1 diabetes: Design and methods of REducing with MetfOrmin Vascular Adverse Lesions (REMOVAL): An international multicentre trial

Abstract

AIMS: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a major cause of reduced life expectancy in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Intensive insulin therapy prevents CV complications but is constrained by hypoglycaemia and weight gain. Adjunct metformin reduces insulin dose requirement and stabilizes weight but there are no data on its cardiovascular effects. We have therefore initiated an international double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (REMOVAL: …

Authors

Petrie JR; Chaturvedi N; Ford I; Hramiak I; Hughes AD; Jenkins AJ; Klein BE; Klein R; Ooi TC; Rossing P

Journal

Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 509–516

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

April 2017

DOI

10.1111/dom.12840

ISSN

1462-8902