A Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (DIGITAL-G)

September 2, 2019 updated by: Peking University Third Hospital

Diabetes Mellitus, Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Intervention Action-Leading Trial- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Study

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome and developing type 2 diabetes after delivery. It is well recognized that behavioral intervention is effective in preventing type 2 diabetes in high risk population. Recently, some studies showed that exercise, dietary and weight control reduced the risk of developing GDM in obese/over weight women or in women with GDM history. With the increasing use of smartphones, mobile applications (APPs) can be applied in the education and management of chronic diseases, including diabetes. Therefore, the investigators will conduct a multi-centered, two-armed, open-labeled, randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether early lifestyle intervention with a mobile APP can prevent the occurrence of GDM in pregnant women who are at high risk of this disease.

The investigators hypothesis that behavioral intervention from the first trimester of pregnancy with mobile APP that incorporates nutrition, exercise and phycological support will:

  1. Reduce the risk of developing GDM in pregnant women with risks of GDM.
  2. Improve the pregnant women's adherence of behavioral intervention and their satisfaction of prenatal medical care.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Detailed Description

Participates will be recruited from five research centers in the mainland of China. Pregnant women will be screened for risks of GDM at their first visit for prenatal care during their first trimester (less than 12 gestational weeks). Obstetricians will introduce the study to women who have one or more risk factors.

Women who meet the eligibility criteria and who are willing to provide informed consent will be enrolled and randomized to behavioral intervention group and control group. Women in the behavioral intervention group will be educated about the risks of GDM, and then applied with a mobile APP that provides nutrition, exercise and phycological support starting from their first trimester. This behavioral support will be modified individually and continuously according to the pregnant women's feedback of their daily performance through the APP. Both groups will have regular prenatal care.

During 24-28 gestational weeks, GDM will be diagnosed by a 75g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) according to the new World Health Organization criteria as fasting glucose level in fasting whole blood ≥5.1mmol/L, or 1-hour value ≥10.0mmol/l, or 2-hour value ≥8.5mmol/L. Investigators will compare the GDM risk in the two groups to evaluate whether behavioral intervention with mobile APP can reduce the risk of GDM in Chinese pregnant women who are at high risk of GDM. Participants' adherence with the behavioral intervention will be evaluated by analyzing the data collected by the APP, and participants' satisfaction of the prenatal care will be evaluated with questionnaires during 24-28 gestational weeks. Intervention with the APP will be stopped in the third trimester. All the participates will receive standard medical management until they give birth.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

1200

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

  • Name: Hong Tianpei, MD,PhD
  • Phone Number: +8615611908212 +8613683265725
  • Email: tpho66@bjmu.edu.cn

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

    • Beijing
      • Beijing, Beijing, China
        • Recruiting
        • Haidian Maternal&Child Health Hospital
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

30 years to 45 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Chinese pregnant women aged between 30 and 45 years who have one or more risk factors when they are on their first prenatal care visit. The risk factors are listed as following:

    1. Fasting plasma glucose level ≥ 4.4 mmol/l.
    2. Body mass index ≥ 24 kg/m^2
    3. Systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 80 mmHg.
    4. First-degree family history of diabetes
    5. History of GDM
    6. History of polycystic ovary syndrome.
  • Willing to keep reading the education articles and supporting materials that delivered by the mobile APP.
  • Willing to provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • First prenatal care visit later than 12 gestational weeks
  • Fasting plasma glucose level value ≥5.6 mmol/l, or glycated hemoglobin value ≥ 5.6%.
  • Continuous use of antidiabetic medicine for 7 days or more within the current 3 months
  • Spontaneous abortion twice or more
  • Body weight loss for 10% or more within the current 3 months
  • History of other diseases including but not limited to:

    1. Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure or stroke
    2. Systolic blood pressure ≥160 mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg.
    3. Hematological system diseases. For anemia patients, hemoglobin ≥90g/l is acceptable.
    4. Renal dysfunction or liver dysfunction
    5. Rheumatic diseases, currently receiving glucocorticoids or other immunosuppressors
    6. Serious diseases of respiratory system with current use of glucocorticoids.
    7. Diseases of endocrine system. But it is acceptable that the hypothyroidism has been controlled with levothyroxine.
  • Other conditions that investigators consider inappropriate for this study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Behavioral intervention
Pregnant women randomized to the behavioral intervention group will recieve a face-to-face education about the risks of GDM at their local rearch centers. Then they will be provided with a mobile APP incorporating nutrition, exercise and phycological support. They will also have regular prenatal care in their local hospitals.
The face to face education class will be conducted by an obstetrician, an endocrinologist and a nutritionist together. Then the lifestyle intervention will be launched by an APP that installed in participants' private mobile phones, including nutrition, exercise and phycological support. Nutrition guidance is conducted according to the Chinese Dietary Guide, Chinese and international guidelines of gestation diabetes management. Exercise support is given based on the Guidelines for National Fitness of China, Chinese and international guidelines of gestation diabetes. Phycological support is given by sending education articles on mental health. Participants are encouraged to update data about their diet, exercise and body weight through the APP, and based on the data investigators will individualize the suggestions.
No Intervention: Control group
Pregnant women randomized to the control group only have regular prenatal care in their local hospitals.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
Time Frame: 24-28 gestational weeks
GDM will be diagnosed by a 75g OGTT according to the World Health Organization criteria as fasting plasma glucose level ≥5.1 mmol/L, or 1-hour value ≥10.0mmol/l, or 2-hour value ≥8.5mmol/L. Investigators will calculate the occurrence rate of GDM to represent the risk of GDM.
24-28 gestational weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Adherence of behavioral intervention during pregnancy
Time Frame: up to 28 gestational weeks
Participants will be encouraged to update their data about their diet, exercise and body weight. The frequency of their update and feedback data will be used to evaluate the adherence of behavioral intervention.
up to 28 gestational weeks
Satisfaction of prenatal medical care; questionnaires
Time Frame: up to 24-28 gestational weeks

Participants' satisfaction of prenatal medical care will be evaluated with questionnaires. The questionnaire was designed by the investigators according to references (Stoyanov SR. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 2015, 1(3): e27. et al) named the " Satisfaction Questionnaire of Behavioral Intervention to Prevent GDM". It includes 7 subscales. The final form of each subscale is a five-point scale (5 Strongly agree / 4 agree / 3 don't know / 2 disagree / 1 strongly disagree, modified from Likert Scale) which is used to allow the participants to express how much they agree or disagree with the satisfaction statement.

  1. Convenience and feasibility of behavioral intervention
  2. Effects of behavioral intervention
  3. Behavioral intervention do not have adverse reactions
  4. Ease use of APP
  5. Good engagement of APP
  6. High information quality of APP
  7. The investigators serve well

Summarize each scale to compute a total score. Higher values represent a better outcome.

up to 24-28 gestational weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hong Tianpei, MD,PhD, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University Third Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 16, 2019

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

November 30, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 12, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 14, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

June 17, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 4, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 2, 2019

Last Verified

April 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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