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This study is designed to determine if a postnatal lifestyle intervention will lead to weight reduction over a 12 month period post-delivery in women who have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus and who have a BMI greater that 25 compared to women who receive routine care.


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Diabetes during pregnancy (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is defined as high blood sugars during pregnancy and it is becoming increasingly common which affects around 18% of pregnant women. GDM is usually diagnosed by an oral glucose tolerance test around 28 weeks gestation. Women with previous GDM have a 50% risk of developing it again in any future pregnancy, and are 7 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes within the future compared to women without GDM.

There is evidence that lifestyle changes (diet and physical activity), can reduce the development of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk, such as women with previous GDM. The postnatal period (shortly after pregnancy) is an ideal time for women to make these changes to help prevent weight gain between pregnancies and generally reduce their risk of future type 2 diabetes. This study is designed to determine if a postnatal lifestyle intervention will lead to weight reduction over a 12 month period post-delivery.

Women who have been diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy (GDM) and had a body mass index (BMI) >25 kg/m2 at the start of pregnancy, will be invited to take part in the study.

During their routine appointment at 32-36 weeks gestation women will be randomly allocated either to the intervention program or control group.

Women in the intervention group, will receive a 1-hour educational session during their routine diabetes antenatal clinic visit. In addition, they will be offered an activity tracker (following consent) to help monitor their daily step count and physical activity.

Women in both the intervention and control groups will have a fasting glucose blood sample taken the morning after delivery. Those women with normal or borderline fasting glucose levels are eligible to remain in the study, but those with type 2 diabetes will be excluded and referred to their local diabetes team.

At 6-8 weeks postnatally, both groups will complete some questionnaires, give a blood sample, have weight and blood pressure measurements recorded. Women will be offered free referral to a commercial weight management organization for 12 weeks, with a possible extension for another 12 weeks). Over the 12 months of the study, the PAIGE2 team will contact participants intermittently by text and telephone to encourage them to eat healthily and increase their physical activity. If the participants' partner is also willing to take part, the partner will be sent an activity tracker to monitor physical activity and the research team will keep in intermittent contact with the partner by text and telephone during the study.

Women allocated to the control group will be offered a free 12-week referral to a commercial weight management organization at the end of the study.

Both groups will be asked to attend 2 further study visits at 6 and 12 months after delivery. This will involve completion of some questionnaires, a blood test, weight and blood pressure measurements. ;


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NCT number NCT04579016
Study type Interventional
Source Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Contact Laura Cassidy
Phone +44 (0) 28963 3549
Email laurax.cassidy@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date January 13, 2020
Completion date December 2022

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