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Immediate Postpartum Glucose Tolerance Testing
Immediate Postpartum Glucose Tolerance Testing Among Gestational Diabetics: A Comparison to the Gold Standard
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · Women · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or recently postpartum (postpartum day 0 or 1) * ≥ 18 years of age * Gestational age ≥34 weeks * A1 or A2 gestational diabetes Exclusion Criteria: * Medical exclusion from completing glucose tolerance testing * Steroid administration within 10 days prior to enrollment * Chronic steroid use
About the study
The objective of this study is to compare the accuracy of a 2hr glucose tolerance test administered during the postpartum hospitalization with the standard of care glucose tolerance testing (administered at 6 weeks postpartum). The primary hypothesis is that the glucose tolerance test administered in the postpartum period will be accurate and will improve compliance with postpartum testing for gestational diabetics.
What is being tested
- Glucose tolerance test (diagnostic test)
Sponsor: MemorialCare Health System · Participants: 300 · Started: Sep 1, 2020
Contact the study team
- Alice Sherman-Bron, MD · Phone: (562) 997-8510
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04199676
Locations in the U.S.
| California | Long Beach Memorial Medical Center/Miller Children's and Women's Hospital, Long Beach |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.