Metformin to Augment Low Milk Supply (MALMS) Study
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Most new mothers in the United States will start off breastfeeding. For some mothers, despite
following best practices, they are not able to meet their breastfeeding goals due to
unexplained low milk supply. At the same time, nearly 1 in 4 new mothers are pre-diabetic
(elevated blood sugar, but not yet diabetic). My progression of research suggests that the
same metabolic factors causing pre-diabetes may also be causing low milk supply. Metformin is
a widely prescribed drug to treat high blood sugar. This study is a preliminary, small scale
randomized trial designed to test for a trend in the hypothesis that metformin is safe and
potentially effective in treating low milk supply in insulin resistant and pre-diabetic
mothers.