Effect of Conventional vs Intensive Management on Gestational Diabetes and Maternal Fetal Outcomes

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-45
SponsorKhyber Medical University Peshawar

About this trial

This study involved two management protocols to manage diabetes in pregnancy. Sixty patients having GDM will be recruited on the basis of the OGTT and randomly allocated to two management groups. One group of patients will receive counselling and the conventional method of management. while the other group will receive a tailored diet plan and physical activity with low caloric and moderate intense exercises. Both groups will receive a dietary plan based on their sugar levels weekly basis and physical activity with pharmacotherapy to adjust their sugar levels, while the intensive group will have rigorous monitoring on a monthly basis and frequent visits with repeated lab checks. This will help us to reduce short and long-term complications with improved maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Maternal age between 18-45 years

Gestational age at enrollment 24 - 28 weeks

Patients having Hba1c levels less then 6%

Disqualifiers

Patients having twin pregnancies

Patients having PCOS

Diabetes diagnosed prior to pregnancy

Patients having severe hypertension

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Dietary intervention + Physical Activity + Monitoring
  • Usual care

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Khyber Medical University Peshawar

Lead sponsor

Northwest General Hospital and Research centre

Collaborator

Hayatabad Medical Complex

Collaborator