Preventing T2DM After GDM With Immediate Postpartum Screening

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Gestational Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06457139

Run by

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

People needed

116

Starts

2025-06-01

Expected to finish

2027-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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
• have evidence of impaired glucose metabolism defined as fasting glucose value of ≥126 mg/dL or 2-hour glucose value of ≥200 mg/dL

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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