Umbilical cord blood glucose and risk of neonatal hypoglycemia v2.419
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Can Umbilical cord blood glucose predict the risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia in Diabetic mothers
IRAS ID
248123
Contact name
Gitika Joshi
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
In this study, we would like to see if measuring the level of sugar in the blood taken from the umbilical cord, immediately after delivery, could be used to predict the risk of low blood glucose in the baby of a diabetic mother, on medical treatment with insulin or Metformin. If we can predict that a baby will have low blood glucose level, we can give extra milk and other forms of sugar to the baby to reduce the changes of dangerously low blood glucose levels. Good blood sugar control in the baby from the beginning will help, babies feed better, decrease the need for admission for special care, and be ready to go home sooner.
With this in mind, in this study we aim to check the relationship between the blood sugar levels in the umbilical cord with the baby’s chances of having dangerously low blood sugar level (i.e. neonatal hypoglycaemia). This will be in baby's born to a diabetic mothers on medical treatment for Diabetes.REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/LO/0721
Date of REC Opinion
24 Apr 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion