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Dietary Intervention for Gestational Diabetes

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Led By Arpita Basu, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 12 weeks
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Study Summary

This trial will test whether nutrition education and after-meal physical activity guidance can help improve glycemic control and complications in women with gestational diabetes and pre-gestational diabetes.

Eligible Conditions
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~12 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Maternal Lipids
Maternal gestational weight gain
Maternal glycemic control
+1 more
Secondary outcome measures
Maternal inflammation
Maternal serum carotenoids

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Fruit/veggie + postprandial physical activityExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Nutrition education on increasing fruit and vegetable consumption and physical education on increasing postprandial physical activity for the duration from GDM diagnosis till delivery
Group II: Prenatal Care/Nutrition EducationActive Control1 Intervention
Standard prenatal care with primary care physician with USDA-based federal guidelines
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Dietary Intervention
2014
Completed Phase 2
~2550

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Nevada, Las VegasLead Sponsor
66 Previous Clinical Trials
13,754 Total Patients Enrolled
Arpita Basu, PhD5.01 ReviewsPrincipal Investigator - University of Nevada at Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2 Previous Clinical Trials
94 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any vacancies available for those wishing to join this clinical trial?

"According to clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is not enrolling patients presently as the most recent update was on November 1st 2022. Despite that fact, there are still 1412 other studies currently recruiting participants from a variety of locations."

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Am I a viable candidate for this clinical experiment?

"To be eligible for the trial, potential participants must have a diagnosed nutritional or metabolic disorder and fall between 18-45 years old. 45 individuals will take part in this medical investigation."

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Are applicants younger than fifty years of age eligible for this experiment?

"This clinical trial is only accepting patients between 18 and 45. Conversely, there are 216 trials for minors and 1038 studies recruiting elderly individuals."

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~11 spots leftby Apr 2025