Human Milk: Understanding the Mechanisms Linked to the Prevention of Obesity and Diabetes in Children Exposed in Utero to Gestational Diabetes (LAIT-M)

Laval University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Gestational Diabetes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04263675

LAIT-M

Details and patient eligibility

About

Breastfeeding has been associated with decreased obesity. However, this relationship is not as clear in children who have been exposed to GDM and the mechanisms involved are little known. The overall objective of the project is to study the mechanisms of breastfeeding on the growth of children in women who have had a GDM. More specifically, the project want to compare the macronutrient and hormone composition of breast milk of women with and without GDM. Investigators also want to associate the levels of hormones related to satiety and energy metabolism (i.e. endocannabinoids, ghrelin, leptin) in the human milk of women with or without DG and the growth of the child. A total of 60 women (30 with GDM and 30 without GDM) will collect breastmilk at 2 months postpartum.

Full description

Other data collected:

Waist circumference, DXA, Fasted blood sample, Oral glucose tolerance test, Breastfeeding habits, Food habits, Baby's height et weight.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Breastfeeding women

Exclusion criteria

• Type 1 or type 2 diabetes
• Preterm birth
• History of bariatric surgery
• Multiple births

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

GDM+

Description:

Women with history of gestational diabetes

GDM-

Description:

Women without history of gestational diabetes