Blood sugar tracker for pregnancy diabetes: does your background matter?
NCT ID NCT06436326
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether wearing a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) helps pregnant women with gestational diabetes control their blood sugar and improve outcomes for both mother and baby. Researchers will also examine how socioeconomic status, diet, and culture affect results. The trial involves 120 participants in Taiwan.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Continuous glucose monitor (Abbott FreeStyle Libre 2)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that continuous glucose monitoring helps manage gestational diabetes better, especially for women from different backgrounds.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (120 participants) focused on observation and correlation, not a treatment trial. Results may not apply broadly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or above * Pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus * Those who are willing to participate in this study Exclusion Criteria: * Those who have been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus "before pregnancy" * Those whose skin is likely allergic to some materials such as tapes (signs and symptoms such as redness, swelling, itching, painful, presenting blisters or rashes caused by wearing breathable tapes, patches, etc.) * Those who is with abnormal coagulation function
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch BioMedical Park Hospital
RECRUITINGHsinchu, 302058, Taiwan
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