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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: later-stage trial registry

2 of 17 indexed Gestational Diabetes Mellitus trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.

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17 US clinical trials · 2 currently recruiting · #1,004 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: 17 US clinical trials tracked, 2 recruiting.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is the subject of 17 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 2 of them currently open to new participants. 3 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University of Colorado, Denver, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition gestational-diabetes-mellitus

OPEN 2 | RECR 12% | LATE 3 | EARLY 1 | RANK #1004 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Healthy Subject (12% recruiting · 17 trials)

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus lists 2 open slots (12% of 17 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    2 of 17 indexed trials (11.8%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus trials is spread across many organizations.

    University of Colorado, Denver accounts for 2 of 17 trials (11.8%). 15 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Gestational Diabetes Mellitus enrolment sits around 199 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 199 among the 17 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 3 of those (17.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus research is mostly interventional.

    13 interventional and 4 observational studies make up this index (76.5% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 21Phase 31Phase 42

Open and recent trials

17 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 4 1,572 participants

DECIDE: A Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Metformin Versus Insulin for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes

Ohio State University

NCT06445946

RECRUITING NA 617 participants

Strawberry Candy Twists as an Alternative Screen for Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective Trial

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT02610179

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,500 participants

Supporting Transitions to Primary Care Among Under-resourced, Postpartum Women (STEP-UP)

Northwestern University

NCT05852054

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 395 participants

Elucidation of Breast Milk Composition and Structure Over the First Year of Lactation: UC Davis Lactation Study

University of California, Davis

NCT01817127

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 310 participants

A Shared Decision Making Intervention for Diabetes Prevention in Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT04897945

COMPLETED 643 participants

Utility Of Hemoglobin A1C For The Diagnosis Of Gestational Diabetes

Mike O'Callaghan Military Hospital

NCT02273193

COMPLETED NA 398 participants

Supporting American Indian/Alaska Native Mothers and Daughters in Reducing Gestational Diabetes Risk

University of Pittsburgh

NCT02723266

COMPLETED NA 225 participants

Assessing the Effectiveness of a Weight Watchers-based Lifestyle Intervention for the Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

Indiana University

NCT02000024

COMPLETED NA 199 participants

Pre-pregnancy Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent the Recurrence of Gestational Diabetes in Overweight and Obese Women

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

NCT02763150

COMPLETED Phase 2 180 participants

Diet, Exercise, and Breastfeeding Intervention Program for Women With Gestational Diabetes (DEBI Trial)

Kaiser Permanente

NCT00460018

COMPLETED NA 180 participants

Balance After Baby Intervention for Women With Recent Gestational Diabetes

Brigham and Women's Hospital

NCT02744300

COMPLETED 175 participants

Insulin Action During Pregnancy in Woman at High Risk for Gestational Diabetes

Woman's

NCT00687479

COMPLETED NA 114 participants

Intrapartum Glycemic Control With Insulin Infusion Versus Rotating Fluids

Geisinger Clinic

NCT03912363

COMPLETED NA 105 participants

Trial of Diet in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Metabolic Consequences to Mother and Offspring

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT02244814

COMPLETED Phase 4 56 participants

Patient Versus Provider-led Titration of Insulin for Glycemic Control in Gestational Diabetes (EMPOWER)

Ohio State University

NCT05922033

COMPLETED 26 participants

User Testing and Feedback for a Mobile Health Program for Postpartum Women: A Pilot Study

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT02384226

COMPLETED NA 8 participants

Evaluating the Feasibility of Using M-Health to Improve Serum Glucose Logs

Leslie Balcazar De Martinez

NCT03340311

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 2 1
Phase 3 1
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Choosing Healthy Options in Carbohydrate Energy Behavioral
1 trials
Low Carbohydrate/Conventional Behavioral
1 trials
iHealth Wireless Smart Gluco- Monitoring System (BG5) Device
1 trials
BABI-2 Lifestyle Intervention Behavioral
1 trials
Insulin infusion protocol Other
1 trials
Rotating fluids protocol Other
1 trials
Provider-led Insulin (standard care) Drug
1 trials
Patient-led Insulin (intervention group) Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 5 trials
Colorado 3 trials
Texas 2 trials
Rhode Island 2 trials
Pennsylvania 2 trials
Ohio 2 trials
Virginia 1 trials
Utah 1 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Gestational Diabetes Mellitus page

17 registered trials, 2 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Gestational Diabetes Mellitus condition card totals 17 registered trials; most-linked intervention Choosing Healthy Options in Carbohydrate Energy; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.