Active clinical trials for "Diabetes, Gestational"

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects up to 3-5% of all pregnancies. When diagnosed with GDM, women undergo nutritional counseling, blood sugars monitoring and are encouraged to exercise regularly. Women who do not meet therapeutic targets may need to add insulin injections. Activity promoting video games are an attractive possibility for improvement of exercise compliance. The objective of this study is to determine whether providing women recently diagnosed with GDM with a Nintendo Wii™ activity promoting gaming platform will increase activity levels, improve glycemic control of sugar levels and decrease the need for supplementary insulin treatment.

Alterations in the intrauterine environment can have profound effects on fetal development. Diabetes during gestation results in multiple deleterious short-term outcome differences, and is correlated with long-term developmental deficits. Multiple studies, in neonates through school-aged children, have demonstrated differences in language, attention and psychomotor development in offspring of diabetic pregnancies. Neonatal EEG is a promising and non-invasive tool for assessment of abnormal brain development or "dysmaturity" in this population. Multiple conventional EEG (cEEG) and amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) parameters change predictably with advancing gestational development and have been used to differentiate between at risk groups in neonatal studies. The investigators hypothesize that neonatal EEG can identify brain dysmaturity in infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) compared to gestational-age matched controls. The primary aim is documentation of brain dysmaturity in IDMs using cEEG. The secondary aim is establishment of aEEG as a more accessible tool to quantify the effects of maternal diabetes on neonatal brain development. The investigators will conduct a pilot study comparing cEEG and aEEG parameters of cases to gestational-age matched controls. Cases will be IDM neonates of at least 35 weeks' gestation whose mothers were recommended treatment with either insulin or an oral glycemic agent. Video EEG recording will be planned for approximately 60 minutes and obtained between 24 hours and 5 days of life during birth hospitalization. Additional data will be extracted from maternal and neonatal medical records and a maternal questionnaire. In addition to evaluating the measures of cEEG and aEEG, this project will establish a research cohort. A subsequent study involving developmental evaluations will allow for correlation of EEG results with long-term outcomes. The ability to identify those at risk at birth would provide the opportunity to intervene in order to mitigate outcome differences, particularly in language development. More significantly, we hope to establish neonatal CNS outcome measures for future diabetic pregnancy intervention studies. .

Background: Breastfeeding has been associated with attenuated risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes in children born to women with diabetes. However, breast milk (BM) components responsible for the protective effects remain to be unveiled. Objective: To evaluate the hormone concentrations in BM of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and their influence on early infant growth. Design: The investigators followed nulliparous women with and without GDM and their breastfed term singletons. Women diagnosed with GDM received dietary therapy or insulin injection to maintain euglycemia during pregnancy. Hormone concentrations in BM (i.e., adiponectin, leptin, insulin, and ghrelin) were tested and infant growth was evaluated on days 3, 42 and 90. The investigators compared the hormone concentrations between the GDM and healthy groups, and tested the associations of hormone concentrations with maternal factors (i.e., BMI, plasma glucose concentration, gestational age, and delivery mode) and early infant growth. Hypothesis: Hormone concentrations in BM could be determined by multiple maternal factors, including metabolic and obstetrical factors. GDM should be a significant influencing factor for hormone concentrations in BM.

The primary hypothesis underlying this proposal is that the introduction of a Promotora to provide education and proactive follow-up to women with GDM will increase compliance with postpartum glucose tolerance testing. The secondary hypothesis is that the Promotora will improve participation in referral visits for diabetes or preventive care. We will develop the promotora program and begin pilot implementation.

The effects of physical exercise on pregnancy remain to be elucidated. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to study the impact of exercise on maternal and perinatal outcomes. Our hypothesis is that physical exercise reduces preeclampsia incidence and improves birthweight when started early in pregnancy, with no impact on pregnancy duration, Apgar scores and neonatal complications.

this study will investigate the effectiveness of PRP in wound healing among diabetic patients undergoing elective cesarean sections

Insulin has many disadvantages for mothers with GDM including the need to give injections, frequent daily testing for monitoring, and risks of hypoglycemia, increase in appetite, weight gain and high cost. Metformin, an oral biguanide, may be a more logical alternative to insulin for women with GDM who are unable to cope with the increasing insulin resistance of pregnancy. This study aim to compare maternal weight gain during pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes, treated by insulin versus metformin.

The purpose of this research study is to find out if watching an educational video about nutrition helps participants learn about how different foods affect their blood sugar and how Gestational Diabetes affects pregnancy.

With the increasing prevalence of diabetes in pregnancy it is necessary to design a simple, sensitive, cost effective method for screening of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy specially in resource constrained settings. There is no universally agreed screening and diagnostic criteria to detect hyperglycemia in pregnancy. In present study, DIPSI (non-fasting OGTT) is compared with fasting oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of both methods in our population.

With the opening up of the two-child policy , the composition of pregnant women in China has changed significantly . The proportion of high-risk pregnant women in the elderly has increased significantly , and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes has also increased . Among them , gestational diabetes mellitus ( GDM ) is the most common complication during pregnancy . The incidence of GDM in China is as high as 18 % due to the economic growth , lifestyle changes and dietary habits . GDM not only threatens perinatal maternal and child health , but also increases the risk of offspring insulin resistance , obesity and metabolic diseases in adulthood . But it is still lack of experience on intervening and managing them effectively. Therefore , on the basis of previous studies , this study intends to explore the effects of intensive diet and exercise intervention by obstetricians and nutritionists on pregnancy weight gain , pregnancy outcome , glucose and lipid metabolism and postpartum weight retention under the mobile medical platform through a large sample cluster intervention test in the real world. In order to supervise and improve the compliance of the intervention subjects and realize the ultimate change of their behaviors, this study intends to use the APP software, the mobile medical technology, to monitor and evaluate diet , exercise and weight. Through the above research , it aims to improve the current management schemes of diet and weight during pregnancy , not only helps to optimize and improve the quality of perinatal health care , but also prevents the adult chronic diseases from the fetal period. This research has important theoretical and practical value .