Understanding insulin production in gestational diabetes
Part of Hormones & metabolism, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study looks at how the body makes insulin during pregnancy to understand why some women get gestational diabetes. If you join, you'll have some extra blood tests during pregnancy and after birth to help researchers learn more.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are pregnant with one baby and have completed the second-trimester screening for gestational diabetes (usually between 24 and 28 weeks).
- You are willing to come to study visits during your pregnancy and after giving birth.
- You do not have health problems like chronic kidney disease or high blood pressure.
- You did not have diabetes before getting pregnant.
- Your early pregnancy blood sugar and A1C tests are within normal ranges.
- You have not had weight-loss surgery or other stomach surgery that changes digestion.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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