Comparison of Metformin and Insulin for Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-06-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Gestational diabetic mellitus (GDM) patients randomised to metformin or insulin group.Aim was to achieve blood sugar levels of Blood sugar fasting (BSF) <5.3 mmol/l and 1 hour post meal<7.8mmol/l. Both groups were followed till delivery and outcome studied.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Pakistan
• Treatments: Insulin; Insulin, Globin Zinc; Isophane Insulin, Human; Metformin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:•

• All pregnant Diagnosed GDM in pregnancy by OGTT from 22 week to 34 week with singleton pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with Known diabetes mellitus

• Patients with multiple pregnancy

• With essential hypertension or pre eclampsia

• Patients having fetal malformation incompatible with life

• Patients with intrauterine death of fetus