Preventing T2DM After GDM With Immediate Postpartum Screening

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Massachusetts, Worcester

About this trial

The overall goal of this proposal is to create and test an implementation protocol for in-hospital immediate postpartum diabetes screening for postpartum patients with pregnancies affected by GDM.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

pregnancy complicated by GDM as diagnosed with traditional two step testing in the third trimester according to Carpenter-Coustan Criteria

receiving prenatal care at UMASS Memorial and plans to deliver at UMASS Memorial

able and willing to provide informed consent

ability to complete immediate in hospital postpartum glucose testing

Disqualifiers

known diagnosis of pre-existing pre-gestational diabetes in pregnancy

inability to complete oral glucose tolerance test (e.g. gastric bypass surgery history, gastric dumping syndrome history, vomiting of oral glucose tolerance test) in pregnancy or immediately postpartum

systemic steroid use

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Glucose tolerance test (2 hour)
  • Active Comparator

Treatment groups

116 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups