NCT04862390

Incidence of Hypoglycemia in Pregnant Ladies With or Without Gestational Diabetes Fasting Ramadan

Incidence of Hypoglycemia in Pregnant Women With or Without Diabetes During Fasting in Ramadan

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: King Abdullah International Medical Research Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 48 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The physiological change in food and sleep pattern during Ramadan impacted hypoglycemia risks among pregnant women. Few studies investigated the incidence of hypoglycemia pregnant women with or without diabetes during fasting in Ramadan in Saudi Arabia. This study aims to understand the glucose variability in pregnant women during fasting Ramadan in Saudi Arabia.

Detailed description

Women with normal pregnancy will be compared to women with gestational diabetes on diet or Metformin alone during Fasting Ramadan. They will be monitored and will be observed for incidence of hypoglycemia using continuous glucose monitoring devices.

Conditions

• Pregnancy in Diabetic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Continuous glucose monitoring	Home continuous glucose monitoring to be installed for two weeks during fasting Ramadan

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-28
• Primary completion: 2021-06-27
• Completion: 2021-08-01
• First posted: 2021-04-28
• Last updated: 2022-01-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia