Effect of Fiber Supplementation on the Need for Medication with Gestational Diabetes

Description

The hypotheses to be tested are 1) Fiber supplementation will decrease the need for medication in patients with gestational diabetes, and 2) Fiber supplementation will decrease adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in these patients. In this study, the investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to limit bias in evaluating these hypotheses.

Conditions

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The hypotheses to be tested are 1) Fiber supplementation will decrease the need for medication in patients with gestational diabetes, and 2) Fiber supplementation will decrease adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in these patients. In this study, the investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to limit bias in evaluating these hypotheses.

Effect of Fiber Supplementation on the Need for Medication with Gestational Diabetes: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Fiber Supplementation on the Need for Medication with Gestational Diabetes

Condition
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Norfolk

Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Singleton gestation
  • * Known or new diagnosis of gestational diabetes without reason for medication
  • * Age \>=18 to \<=50
  • * - Non-English as primary language.
  • * Known or suspected fetal anomaly or aneuploidy.
  • * Known lower bowel disorder
  • * Known phenylketonuria
  • * Prisoners.
  • * Management of diabetes outside of Eastern Virginia Medical School Maternal Fetal Medicine.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Eastern Virginia Medical School,

Jerri Waller, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University

Study Record Dates

2026-08-26