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- Clinical Trial NCT01273584
Metformin in Obese Non-diabetic Pregnant Women (MOP)
Does Metformin Improve Pregnancy Outcomes (Incidence of LGA (≥90% Birth Weight Centile) Babies, Onset of Maternal GDM, Hypertension, PET, Macrosomia, Shoulder Dystocia, Admission to SCBU) in Obese Non-diabetic Women?
Obesity is on the rise in all developed countries. Of particular concern is that more young people including children are being recognised as being overweight or obese. We know from a recent large national enquiry into all maternal and child deaths in the UK, known as CEMACH, that obesity is a major risk both for the mother and her child. When all deaths in women during pregnancy are analysed, obesity comes out as the most common risk factor. Babies of obese mothers are more than 3 times as likely to need admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Traditionally, obesity is treated by lifestyle measures encouraging healthy eating and increasing physical activity. Unfortunately these measures are often insufficient to produce significant improvements in weight. If obese women gain little or even no weight during pregnancy, the outcome of the pregnancy is known to be improved. This was shown in a very large study of more than 120, 000 obese women.
The drug metformin has been used for years in the treatment of diabetes and more recently for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Studies in pregnant PCOS women and women with diabetes in pregnancy have shown it to be safe and effective. Fortunately it is relatively cheap and taken as a tablet with meals.
Metformin has the great advantage of not causing weight gain and often leads to a small amount of weight loss. It works by improving the body's sensitivity to insulin which is important as resistance to insulin is common in obesity.
We have a lot of experience using metformin to treat women with diabetes in pregnancy where it is greatly beneficial. We now wish to examine its potential for obese women who do not have diabetes. We are hoping to show that it will benefit these women by causing less weight gain, less high blood pressure, and less diabetes. We anticipate babies will also have better birth weights, will be easier to deliver naturally, will not need to go to special care baby units and will be healthier.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Obesity in Pregnancy has been identified by the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health [CEMACH] report (2007) as a major health risk to mother and baby:
- 35% of women who died were obese
- 30% of the mothers who had a stillbirth or a neonatal death were obese
Obesity increases the risk of miscarriages, GDM, pregnancy-induced hypertension/PET, Caesarean sections, deep venous thrombosis, puerperal sepsis and LGA babies. There is a 5-fold increase in costs of antenatal care. Results from various studies have concluded that limited or no weight gain during pregnancy in obese women results in more favourable pregnancy outcomes. By improving insulin sensitivity and enhancing GLP-1 release, metformin is associated with weight reduction by approximately 5.8% with no serious adverse events.
The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that management of obese non-diabetic pregnant women with standardised life-style intervention (diet and physical activity) plus metformin will lead to improved maternal and perinatal outcomes compared with life-style intervention alone.
The study will also seek to determine whether metformin will improve body fat distribution as measured by bioimpedance during pregnancy with particular emphasis on metabolic active visceral fat.
Genetic studies will investigate whether patients with polymorphisms of the candidate fat gene, FTO gene, differ in their response to metformin and whether this is associated with favourable pregnancy outcomes.
This is a randomised, multicentre, double blind, placebo-controlled trial.Assuming power 90%, significance level 5% and 2-sided testing, we will recruit 425 subjects per arm of the trial.This will allow the detection of a difference in mean centile (z-score) of 0.21 standard deviations.
All women will undergo oral glucose tolerance testing at booking and at 28 wks; those found to have GDM at 28 weeks will commence home glucose monitoring and will receive metformin if glucose values are outside target range.
The primary outcome will be the birth weight centile (z score). Secondary outcomes include maternal and neonatal outcomes, body composition scores, patient satisfaction and infant development at 2 years. The relation between FTO gene variants and pregnancy outcomes will be examined. Parametric and non-parametric tests will be used as appropriate.
This is a multicentre trial to be undertaken in 7 centres in the UK over a period of 3 years in order to reach the required sample size. Mr Hassan Shehata, Clinical lead and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist is the Chief Investigator of the trial and the trial will be centrally coordinated by Dr Jyoti Balani at Epsom and St Helier University Hospital. In the first phase of the research, we would be recruiting a total of 546 pregnant women into the trial. 200 women would be recruited at Epsom and St Helier Hospital, 200 women at kings college Hospital under the supervision of Professor Kypros Nicolaides and 146 at Royal Surrey County Hospital under the supervision of Dr Lesley Roberts.
Given the low cost of metformin and the potentially high impact on health for both mother and baby, we anticipate the study will show metformin to be highly cost-effective. We anticipate improved patient satisfaction scores in those taking metformin as they gain less weight and develop fewer complications. Improvements in the metabolic milieu during interuterine growth is expected to improve long term outcome for the infants of mothers treated with metformin.
Benefits to patients will be immediate from the time the project's findings are presented. Implementation into clinical practice is expected to greatly benefit the NHS.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 2
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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London, United Kingdom, SE5 8RX
- Kings College, London
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Kent
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Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom, ME7 5NY
- Medway Hospital NHS Trust
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Surrey
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Carshalton, Surrey, United Kingdom, SM5 1AA
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Obese pregnant women with BMI>35
- Informed written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diabetes at booking
- Presence of contra-indication to metformin(renal, liver, heart failure)
- moving out of study area for pregnancy management
- Participants who suffer with hyperemesis
- Participants who are 18 years and below
- Participants with significantly raised creatinine
- Participants with high alcohol intake
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Metformin
Tablet Metformin 500 mg, starting dose of 1 tablet twice a day with meals, gradually titrated upwards by 1 tablet every week to a maximum dose of 2 tablets three times a day. Tablets started at recruitment and continued till the delivery of the baby |
Maximum dosage 500 mg 2 tablets 3 times a day (with each meal) start with 1 tablet twice a day and gradually titrate upwards to maximum dose
Other Names:
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Tablet Placebo 500 mg, starting dose of 1 tablet twice a day with meals, gradually titrated upwards by 1 tablet every week to a maximum dose of 2 tablets three times a day. Tablets started at recruitment and continued till the delivery of the baby |
Placebo maximum dosage 2 tablets 3 times a day ( with meals) start with 1 tablet twice a day and gradually titrate upwards to maximum dose
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Birth Weight centile (z-score)
Time Frame: At Birth
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At Birth
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Maternal Weight gain
Time Frame: Weight at recruitment and at end of pregnancy
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Weight at recruitment and at end of pregnancy
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Development of Gestational Diabetes
Time Frame: 28 weeks of pregnancy
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A Glucose Tolerance Test would be conducted at 28 wks of pregnancy to diagonose diabetes
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28 weeks of pregnancy
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Development of hypertension/Preeclampsia
Time Frame: Throughout pregnancy
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Blood Pressure and urinary proteins would be monitored at each visit to diagonose hypertension/Preeclampsia
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Throughout pregnancy
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Caesarian Section
Time Frame: delivery
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delivery
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Postpartum haemorrhage
Time Frame: Delivery
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Delivery
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Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Time Frame: within 2 hours after birth and immediate post birth
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Blood glucose is checked within 2 hours after birth and before each feeding until consecutive glucose values of 2.6 mmol per liter (46.8 mg per deciliter) or greater were achieved. Neonatal hypoglycemia was defined as 2 capillary plasma glucose levels< 2.6 mmol/l at least 30 minutes apart. |
within 2 hours after birth and immediate post birth
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Prematurity
Time Frame: Delivery
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Born < 37 weeks gestation
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Delivery
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Hyperbilirubinemia
Time Frame: at birth and after
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Hyperbilirubinemia requiring phototherapy
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at birth and after
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Polycythaemia
Time Frame: At birth
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Cord blood hematocrit > 0.6
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At birth
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Respiratory Distress
Time Frame: At birth and within 24 hours
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4 or more hours of respiratory suppory or oxygen with associated diagnosis
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At birth and within 24 hours
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Macrosomia/Large for Gestational Age
Time Frame: At birth
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Birth weight>90th centile based on appropriate growth standards
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At birth
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Birth Trauma
Time Frame: At birth
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Shoulder dystocia, brachial plexus injury
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At birth
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Apgar score <6
Time Frame: 5 minutes after birth
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5 minutes after birth
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Admission to level 2 or greater neonatal unit
Time Frame: at birth and immediately after
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If yes, then length of stay
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at birth and immediately after
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Stillbirth/Intrauterine deaths
Time Frame: Throughout pregnancy
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Throughout pregnancy
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2nd trimester miscarriages
Time Frame: in 2nd trimester of pregnancy
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in 2nd trimester of pregnancy
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mr Hassan Shehata, MD MRCOG, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Study Director: Dr Steve Hyer, MD, FRCP, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Principal Investigator: Prof Kypros Nicolaides, PhD, MRCOG, King's College London
- Principal Investigator: Dr Jyoti Balani, MD, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Principal Investigator: Dr Ranjit Akolekar, Medway Hospital NHS Trust
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Frayling TM, Timpson NJ, Weedon MN, Zeggini E, Freathy RM, Lindgren CM, Perry JR, Elliott KS, Lango H, Rayner NW, Shields B, Harries LW, Barrett JC, Ellard S, Groves CJ, Knight B, Patch AM, Ness AR, Ebrahim S, Lawlor DA, Ring SM, Ben-Shlomo Y, Jarvelin MR, Sovio U, Bennett AJ, Melzer D, Ferrucci L, Loos RJ, Barroso I, Wareham NJ, Karpe F, Owen KR, Cardon LR, Walker M, Hitman GA, Palmer CN, Doney AS, Morris AD, Smith GD, Hattersley AT, McCarthy MI. A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity. Science. 2007 May 11;316(5826):889-94. doi: 10.1126/science.1141634. Epub 2007 Apr 12.
- Rowan JA, Hague WM, Gao W, Battin MR, Moore MP; MiG Trial Investigators. Metformin versus insulin for the treatment of gestational diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 8;358(19):2003-15. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0707193. Erratum In: N Engl J Med. 2008 Jul 3;359(1):106.
- Balani J, Hyer SL, Rodin DA, Shehata H. Pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational diabetes treated with metformin or insulin: a case-control study. Diabet Med. 2009 Aug;26(8):798-802. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02780.x.
- Glueck CJ, Goldenberg N, Wang P, Loftspring M, Sherman A. Metformin during pregnancy reduces insulin, insulin resistance, insulin secretion, weight, testosterone and development of gestational diabetes: prospective longitudinal assessment of women with polycystic ovary syndrome from preconception throughout pregnancy. Hum Reprod. 2004 Mar;19(3):510-21. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deh109. Epub 2004 Jan 29.
- Galtier-Dereure F, Boegner C, Bringer J. Obesity and pregnancy: complications and cost. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 May;71(5 Suppl):1242S-8S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/71.5.1242s.
- Syngelaki A, Nicolaides KH, Balani J, Hyer S, Akolekar R, Kotecha R, Pastides A, Shehata H. Metformin versus Placebo in Obese Pregnant Women without Diabetes Mellitus. N Engl J Med. 2016 Feb 4;374(5):434-43. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1509819.
Study record dates
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Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
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Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- WCH/2008/001
- 2008-005892-83 (EudraCT Number)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
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