Walk after meals to tame pregnancy diabetes?
NCT ID NCT07250698
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test whether walking for 20 minutes after each meal helps pregnant women with type 2 diabetes keep their blood sugar in a healthy range. Forty women will be split into two groups: one that walks after meals and one that does not. The goal is to see if this simple activity can improve glucose control during pregnancy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- walking after meals
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to help pregnant women with type 2 diabetes manage their blood sugar.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 40 participants. The results may not apply to everyone, and walking may not be enough to control blood sugar in all cases.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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 to 50 years
- 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: * Singleton gestation * Known diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes OR meets new diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes in the first trimester (up to 13 weeks and 6 days) * Age ≥18 and \<50 years * Gestational age \<32 weeks 0 days gestation Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English as the primary language * Inability to participate in 20 minutes of walking at a time * Known or suspected fetal anomaly or aneuploidy * Prisoners * Management of diabetes outside of study location
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Eastern Virginia Medical School, Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States
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