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Trial reportMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

MetAAA Trial Patients Receiving Metformin Therapy Show Limited Improvement in Quality of Life Compared to AAA Patients with Placebo Intake-A Double-Blind, Randomized, and Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Johannes Klopf, Robin Willixhofer, Diana Ahmadi-Fazel, Andreas Scheuba, Lukas Fuchs, Anna Sotir, Anders Wanhainen, Christine Brostjan, Christoph Neumayer, Wolf Eilenberg

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Johannes KlopfDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-9283-5133
Robin WillixhoferDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Diana Ahmadi-FazelDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Andreas ScheubaDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0009-0007-2536-1573
Lukas FuchsDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5322-4265
Anna SotirDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Anders WanhainenDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3273-8726
Christine BrostjanDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1462-5397
Christoph NeumayerDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1407-4185
Wolf EilenbergDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9322-6193

Funding

FWF Austrian Science Fund SFB project F 5409-B21Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna project 15012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Aortic Aneurysm, AbdominalMetforminQuality of LifeAgedDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeHypoglycemic AgentsMetforminabdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)health-related quality of life (QoL)metforminpatient-reported outcome measure

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PMID41283274
PMCPMC12641964

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