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On-metformin vs Off-metformin: serious adverse events

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Measures6

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

MeasureValue95% interval, lower95% interval, upperMethodNote
Risk in group 100.000000000000000003470.0442wilson
Risk in group 2000.0464wilson
Risk difference, group 1 minus group 20-0.04640.0442newcombe hybrid score
Risk ratio, group 1 over group 2loga group has no participants with the outcome
Odds ratio, group 1 over group 2loga cell of the two-by-two table is zero
Number needed to harmfrom the risk difference intervalthe two groups' risks are equal

Groups2

Neither group, or both, names a comparator, so the groups keep ClinicalTrials.gov's order.

GroupTitleDescriptionWith the outcomeAnalysedClinicalTrials.gov code
Group 1On-metforminDiabetic patients receiving contrast media without discontinuing metformin.~Metformin: Incidence of lactic acidosis in diabetic patients receiving contrast media in the presence of metformin.083EG000
Group 2Off-metforminDiabetic patients receiving contrast media with discontinuation of metformin.079EG001

Harm

What it counts
Total, serious adverse events
Time frame

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial

Title
Safety of Continuing Metformin in Diabetic Patients With Normal Kidney Function Receiving Contrast Media
NCT number
NCT01873859
Phases
NA
Conditions
Diabetes Mellitus, Lactic Acidosis
Interventions
Metformin
Lead sponsor
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Results first posted
2014-06-16

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Source

Release
trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0
Release manifest SHA-256
f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57
AACT copy
2026-03-23
Tables read
outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
  • ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.

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