Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Ursodeoxycholic Acid vs Metformin in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Lead Sponsor:

King's College London

Collaborating Sponsors:

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Conditions:

Gestational Diabetes

Eligibility:

FEMALE

16-45 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

GUARD is a Clinical Trial that wants to explore the impact of UDCA compared to metformin in the treatment of GDM. The trial wants to recruit 158 women who are overweight or obese who have been diagnos...

Detailed Description

GUARD is a two-armed, randomised, controlled, open label multicentre clinical trial with optional observational mechanistic study in a subgroup from each arm, comparing Ursodeoxycholic Acid to Metform...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women between 16 and 45 years of age with GDM diagnosed at 26+0 to 30+6 weeks' gestation in accordance with the NICE guidelines (one or more glucose concentrations of ≥5.6 mmol/l fasting or ≥7.8 mmol/l 2 hours after a standard 75g OGTT, and requiring pharmacological treatment).
  • Overweight or obese (Booking BMI ≥25 kg/m2)
  • Planned antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care at the participating centre (i.e. not planning to move before delivery).

Exclusion

  • Unwilling/unable to give written informed consent and comply with the requirements of the study protocol
  • Multiple pregnancies (twins, triplets etc) in current pregnancy
  • Congenital anomaly on ultrasound requiring fetal medicine input
  • Previous diagnosis of diabetes outside pregnancy
  • HbA1c at booking \>48 mmol/mol or ≥6.5% during current pregnancy (if available)
  • Significant pre-pregnancy comorbidities that increase risk in pregnancy, for example renal failure, severe liver disease, transplantation, cardiac failure, psychiatric conditions requiring in-patient admission (within previous year) in the opinion of the responsible clinician or the CI.
  • Significant co-morbidity in the current pregnancy, nephropathy (estimated GFR \<60ml/min), other physical or psychological conditions likely to interfere with the conduct of the study and/or interpretation of the trial results in the opinion of the responsible clinician or the CI.
  • Not fluent in English and absence of interpreter or translation services (ie telephone translation services)
  • Participating in another intervention study where the results could influence GDM-related endpoints, in the opinion of the responsible clinician or the CI, or participation in a CTIMP during current pregnancy.
  • Known allergy/hypersensitivity/intolerance to the active substance or excipients, or patients taking any medications which are contraindicated as per IMP SmPC

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 31 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

64 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04407650

Start Date

July 1 2021

End Date

May 31 2025

Last Update

April 25 2025

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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

London, United Kingdom, SE1 7EH