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Anti-diabetic drugs could lower risk of primary and secondary brain cancer.

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Press release issued: 22 February 2024

Diabetic patients who take anti-diabetic drugs - known as glitazones – long term had a lower risk of primary and secondary brain cancer compared with diabetic patients on other medications, new research led by the University of Bristol has found.

The study, published in BMJ Open , suggests these drugs could be repurposed to prevent brain metastasis in cancer patients who are at high risk of secondary cancers, if the current research is supported by future studies.

PPAR- α agonists (fibrates) and PPAR γ agonists (glitazones) drugs are clinically important due to their widespread safe use to treat high cholesterol (hyperlipidaemia) and diabetes.  Previous studies have suggested that fibrates and glitazones may have a role in brain tumour prevention. Given the drugs safety and cost, they have the potential to be repurposed to prevent brain cancers and reduce the risk of secondary tumours by stopping tumour growth.

Using primary care records from the UK GP database Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), which contains data from a network of over 2,000 GPs from more than 670 practices across the UK, the researchers examined if this theory could be supported.

The research team carried out two case–controlled studies using primary and secondary brain tumours identified within CPRD between 2000 and 2016.  Cases and controls were selected from people who had been treated with any anti-diabetic or anti-hyperlipidaemic drug.

The study identified 7,496 individuals with any brain tumour (4,471 primary; 3,025 secondary) in total.  There were 1,950 cases and 7,791 controls in the fibrate and 480 cases with 1,920 controls in the glitazone analyses.

The researchers found long-term glitazone drug use by diabetic patients was associated with reduced primary and secondary brain tumour risk compared with diabetic patients on other medications.  No association was found between fibrate use for hyperlipidaemic patients and any type of brain tumour. 

Kathreena Kurian , Professor of Neuropathology and Head of the Brain Tumour Research Centre at the University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant at North Bristol NHS Trust , and one of the study’s authors, said: “The anti-diabetic drugs glitazones could potentially be involved in a pathway which prevents primary brain tumours and brain metastasis in diabetic and other patients.

“Our research could also be used to better understand pathways which prevent the development of primary brain tumours, such as glioma.”

Yoav Ben-Shlomo , Professor of Clinical Epidemiology in the Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences (PHS) and corresponding author, added: “This is the largest study in diabetic patients showing a link between long term glitazone use and decreased primary brain tumour and brain metastasis.

“If our research is validated in larger studies and trials, these drugs could be repurposed to prevent brain metastasis in cancer patients who are at high risk of secondary cancers, such as breast and lung cancer.”

Further research is required to investigate whether these findings are replicated using independent datasets that are larger in size and/or with better data on blood sugar control and other potential causes-and-effects.

If the glitazone association is biologically causal, this could lead to a better understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms and potential therapies for the prevention of brain cancers.  The researchers suggest this hypothesis could be tested in a future double-blind clinical trial if stronger evidence emerges from other studies, given the safety and current use of glitazones for managing diabetes.

The research was supported by Southmead Hospital Charity ; Cancer Research UK (CRUK); and Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme (ICEP).

‘ Use of drugs for hyperlipidaemia and diabetes and risk of primary and secondary brain tumours: nested case–control studies using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) ’ by Jamie W Robinson, Richard Martin, Kathreena M Kurian, Yoav Ben-Shlomo et al. in BMJ Open [open access].

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About Southmead Hospital Charity Southmead Hospital Charity funds ground-breaking medical research; provides specialist equipment at the cutting-edge of technology and improves treatment facilities for generations to come.  It raises money to support the work of North Bristol NHS Trust at Southmead Hospital, Cossham Hospital and community health services in the Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset areas. 

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  • Cancer Research UK’s pioneering work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives. 
  • Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of the progress that has already seen survival in the UK double in the last 40 years. 
  • Today, 2 in 4 people survive their cancer for at least 10 years. Cancer Research UK wants to accelerate progress and see 3 in 4 people surviving their cancer by 2034.
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About Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme (ICEP) The Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme (ICEP) builds on our world-leading expertise in causal analysis (specifically, Mendelian randomization) and population-based bioinformatics and genomic sciences. These methods facilitate robust discrimination between causal exposures that are possible targets for behavioural or therapeutic interventions to prevent cancer (primary prevention) or its progression (tertiary prevention), from non-causal biomarkers which may nevertheless act as predictive biomarkers (secondary prevention). ICEP is funded by Cancer Research UK.

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