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NCT04090307Completed

Targeted Lifestyle Change Group Prenatal Care

Targeted Lifestyle Change (TLC) Group Prenatal Care for Obese Women at High Risk for Gestational Diabetes: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Feb 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

To conduct a randomized trial to determine the effect of Targeted Lifestyle Change Group Prenatal Care (TLC) on maternal and neonatal outcomes in women at high risk for developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
305 (actual)
First submitted
9 Aug 2019
Start date
26 Nov 2019
Primary completion date
20 Oct 2025
Lead sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT04090307

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 305
  • From 26 Nov 2019 to the primary completion date, 20 Oct 2025
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Type 2 diabetes (eligible for Diabetes Group Care)
  • Serious psychiatric illness, including schizophrenia, necessitating more care than can be safely provided in group setting, as deemed by medical provider (require extra care)

Lab values

  • Positive glucose challenge test during early pregnancy

Other

  • Multiple gestation (require extra care)
  • Major fetal anomaly (require extra care)
  • Serious medical co-morbidity necessitating more care than can be safely provided in group setting, as deemed by medical provider (require extra care)

Who the study is looking for

  • English speaking
  • ≤16 weeks gestation
  • Two or more of the following GDM risk factors:
  • BMI ≥ 25
  • Physical inactivity
  • First degree relative with diabetes
  • High risk race or ethnicity (African American, Latino, Native American, Asian American, Pacific Islander)
  • Prior infant weighing ≥ 4,000 g
  • Prior GDM
  • Hypertension (140/90 mm Hg or receiving treatment)
  • High-density lipoprotein cholesterol level \<35 mg/dL or triglycerides \> 250 mg/dL
  • Polycystic ovarian syndrome
  • A1c ≥ 5.7%
  • Impaired glucose tolerance
  • Impaired fasting glucose on previous testing
  • History of cardiovascular disease
  • Ability to attend group prenatal visits at specified days and times
  • Willingness to be randomized
  • Ability to give informed consent

Age in the registry: 13 years to - · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
Chapel HillUnited StatesUnknown status
Washington University in St. Louis
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
St LouisUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.