Clinical Trial: Infants of Diabetic Mothers: A Cohort Study

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Study of Outcome of Infants of Diabetic Mothers in a Tertiary Hospital Set up

Brief Summary: Saudi Arabia has been named by the International Diabetes Federation as among the top ten countries with highest prevalence of diabetes. Women are said to have overall prevalence twice that for men. With high birth rate in the country we decided to look at the impact of diabetic pregnancies on their off-springs

Detailed Summary:

Diabetics are followed regularly in diabetic outpatient clinics where dietary and medical management are offered. Diabetic pregnancies are managed by a team consisting of diabetologist, obstetrician, feto-maternal obstetrician and dietician.

Management of these pregnancies depends on whether these women have pre-gestational or gestational diabetes. Very few diabetic women have exposure to preconceptual advice. For this reason we opted to find out the outcome of infants of diabetic mothers compared to those mothers who are essentially normal with no associated medical or obstetric disorders. Equally we wanted to see if there are differences in the outcome of infants born to pre-gestational and gestational diabetic mothers.


Sponsor: Security Forces Hospital

Current Primary Outcome: Congenital malformations [ Time Frame: At time of first clinical examination ]

Assess presence of congenital malformations in infants of diabetic mothers


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Length of hospital stay [ Time Frame: Until discharge from hospital or death ]

To assess the length of hospital stay for infants of diabetic mothers


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Security Forces Hospital

Dates:
Date Received: February 16, 2014
Date Started: January 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: May 22, 2015
Last Verified: May 2015