Trial reportDiabetes care2016
The Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetes Prevention Strategies to Reduce Postpartum Weight Retention in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The Gestational Diabetes' Effects on Moms (GEM) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
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104 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digital Health Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
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- Preventing Type 2 Diabetes after Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review Mapping Physical Activity Components using the Socio-Ecological Model.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Pooled it
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- Systematic Review of Lifestyle Interventions for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2022Pooled it
- Reducing weight and BMI following gestational diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of digital and telemedicine interventions.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2021Pooled it
- Diabetes after pregnancy prevention trials: Systematic review for core outcome set development.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Lifestyle intervention reduces type 2 diabetes incidence among young women with previous gestational diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.Chinese medical journal · 2026Trial
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- Impact of behavioral phenotypes on response to a digital intervention to improve physical activity among postpartum individuals with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.Hypertension in pregnancy · 2025Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of a Behavioral Physical Activity Intervention for Pregnancy Hyperglycemia.Journal of pregnancy · 2025Trial
- The impact of a culturally adapted lifestyle intervention on the glycaemic profile of mothers with GDM one year after delivery - a community-based, cluster randomized trial in Sri Lanka.BMC endocrine disorders · 2024Trial
- A WIC-Based Behavior Change Intervention for Postpartum Women With Overweight and Obesity: A Pilot Feasibility Randomized Trial.Health promotion practice · 2024Trial
- Randomised Controlled Trial of a Customised Text Messaging and Activity Monitor Program for Lifestyle Improvement after Gestational Diabetes.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- The STAR-MAMA RCT: Bilingual Mobile Health Coaching for Postpartum Weight Loss.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Trial
- Postpartum home blood pressure monitoring and lifestyle intervention in overweight and obese individuals the first year after gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia: A pilot feasibility trial.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2023Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a shared decision making intervention for diabetes prevention for women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: The Gestational diabetes Risk Attenuation for New Diabetes (GRAND study).Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Trial
- The 6-Month Efficacy of an Intensive Lifestyle Modification Program on Type 2 Diabetes Risk Among Rural Women with Prior Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Trial
- Reach, acceptability, and perceived success of a telehealth diabetes prevention program among racially and ethnically diverse patients with gestational diabetes: the GEM cluster-randomized trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2022Trial
- Uptake of guideline-recommended postpartum diabetes screening among diverse women with gestational diabetes: associations with patient factors in an integrated health system in USA.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2022Trial
44 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of diabetes prevention strategies addressing postpartum weight retention for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) delivered at the health system level: mailed recommendations (usual care) versus usual care plus a Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)-derived lifestyle intervention. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThis study was a cluster randomized controlled trial of 44 medical facilities (including 2,280 women with GDM) randomized to intervention or usual care. The intervention included mailed gestational weight gain recommendations plus 13 telephone sessions between 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum. Primary outcomes included the following: proportion meeting the postpartum goals of 1) reaching pregravid weight if pregravid BMI <25.0 kg/m(2) or 2) losing 5% of pregravid weight if BMI ≥25.0 kg/m(2); and pregravid to postpartum weight change.
resultsOn average, over the 12-month postpartum period, women in the intervention had significantly higher odds of meeting weight goals than women in usual care (odds ratio [OR] 1.28 [95% CI 1.10, 1.47]). The proportion meeting weight goals was significantly higher in the intervention than usual care at 6 weeks (25.5 vs. 22.4%; OR 1.17 [1.01, 1.36]) and 6 months (30.6 vs. 23.9%; OR 1.45 [1.14, 1.83]). Condition differences were reduced at 12 months (33.0 vs. 28.0%; OR 1.25 [0.96, 1.62]). At 6 months, women in the intervention retained significantly less weight than women in usual care (mean 0.39 kg [SD 5.5] vs. 0.95 kg [5.5]; mean condition difference -0.64 kg [95% CI -1.13, -0.14]) and had greater increases in vigorous-intensity physical activity (mean condition difference 15.4 min/week [4.9, 25.8]).
conclusionsA DPP-derived lifestyle intervention modestly reduced postpartum weight retention and increased vigorous-intensity physical activity.
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