Glucose Control During Labour in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus With Insulin Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Summary

Pregnant women with gestational diabetes who are treated with insulin and their daily insulin dose is 30 IU or more will be randomized into two groups. Active treatment group will receive insulin-glucose-infusion during labour. In the observational group, blood glucose level during labour will be monitored and insulin-glucose-infusion is started only if needed. The hypothesis is that there will not be a difference in rate of hypoglycemia between the two groups and that the proportion of observational group participants that need infusion is low.

Timeline

Start

2015-09

Primary completion

2020-12

Completion

2021-11

Publications

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• Background Flores-le Roux JA, Sagarra E, Benaiges D, Hernandez-Rivas E, Chillaron JJ, Puig de Dou J, Mur A, Lopez-Vilchez MA, Pedro-Botet J. A prospective evaluation of neonatal hypoglycaemia in infants of women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012 Aug;97(2):217-22. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.03.011. Epub 2012 Apr 24.
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• Background Maayan-Metzger A, Lubin D, Kuint J. Hypoglycemia rates in the first days of life among term infants born to diabetic mothers. Neonatology. 2009;96(2):80-5. doi: 10.1159/000203337. Epub 2009 Feb 19.
• Background Metzger BE, Persson B, Lowe LP, Dyer AR, Cruickshank JK, Deerochanawong C, Halliday HL, Hennis AJ, Liley H, Ng PC, Coustan DR, Hadden DR, Hod M, Oats JJ, Trimble ER; HAPO Study Cooperative Research Group. Hyperglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcome study: neonatal glycemia. Pediatrics. 2010 Dec;126(6):e1545-52. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2257. Epub 2010 Nov 15.
• Background Stenninger E, Schollin J, Aman J. Early postnatal hypoglycaemia in newborn infants of diabetic mothers. Acta Paediatr. 1997 Dec;86(12):1374-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb14916.x.
• Background Ryan EA, Al-Agha R. Glucose control during labor and delivery. Curr Diab Rep. 2014 Jan;14(1):450. doi: 10.1007/s11892-013-0450-4.
• Background Ryan EA, Sia WW, Khurana R, Marnoch CA, Nerenberg KA, Ghosh M. Glucose control during labour in diabetic women. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2012 Dec;34(12):1149-1157. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35462-7.

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