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Can a phone app tame gestational diabetes?
NCT ID NCT05348863
First seen Aug 10, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a smartphone app called SPARK can help women with gestational diabetes manage their condition. Participants receive standard care, and some also use the app to support healthy eating, physical activity, and blood sugar tracking. The study looks at blood sugar control, diet, activity, and pregnancy outcomes, as well as health one year after birth.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SPARK smartphone app for lifestyle support and glucose monitoring
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this app could offer a scalable way to help women with gestational diabetes control blood sugar and reduce health risks for mother and baby.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early trial, and the app's benefits may be modest or not apply to all women. Success depends on user engagement and adherence.
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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 360 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- 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 to 50 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * a confirmed diagnosis of GDM detected by oral glucose tolerance test in accordance with the World Health Organization guidelines Exclusion Criteria: * known pre-pregnancy diabetes * twin pregnancy * \<18 years of age * severe co-morbidities that would limit participation or a previously diagnosed severe psychiatric illness.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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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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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Maternity health care, Region Östergötland
RECRUITINGLinköping, 58185, Sweden
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