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Metformin in women with type 2 diabetes in pregnancy (MiTy): a multi-center randomized controlled trial.


ABSTRACT: The incidence of type 2 diabetes in pregnancy is rising and rates of serious adverse maternal and fetal outcomes remain high. Metformin is a biguanide that is used as first-line treatment for non-pregnant patients with type 2 diabetes. We hypothesize that metformin use in pregnancy, as an adjunct to insulin, will decrease adverse outcomes by reducing maternal hyperglycemia, maternal insulin doses, maternal weight gain and gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia. In addition, since metformin crosses the placenta, metformin treatment of the fetus may have a direct beneficial effect on neonatal outcomes. Our aim is to compare the effectiveness of the addition of metformin to insulin, to standard care (insulin plus placebo) in women with type 2 diabetes in pregnancy.The MiTy trial is a multi-centre randomized trial currently enrolling pregnant women with type 2 diabetes, who are on insulin, between the ages of 18-45, with a gestational age of 6 weeks 0 days to 22 weeks 6 days. In this randomized, double-masked, parallel placebo-controlled trial, after giving informed consent, women are randomized to receive either metformin 1,000 mg twice daily or placebo twice daily. A web-based block randomization system is used to assign women to metformin or placebo in a 1:1 ratio, stratified for site and body mass index. The primary outcome is a composite neonatal outcome of pregnancy loss, preterm birth, birth injury, moderate/severe respiratory distress, neonatal hypoglycemia, or neonatal intensive care unit admission longer than 24 h. Secondary outcomes are large for gestational age, cord blood gas pH?

SUBMITTER: Feig DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4952061 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Metformin in women with type 2 diabetes in pregnancy (MiTy): a multi-center randomized controlled trial.

Feig Denice S DS   Murphy Kellie K   Asztalos Elizabeth E   Tomlinson George G   Sanchez Johanna J   Zinman Bernard B   Ohlsson Arne A   Ryan Edmond A EA   Fantus I George IG   Armson Anthony B AB   Lipscombe Lorraine L LL   Barrett Jon F R JF  

BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20160719 1


<h4>Background</h4>The incidence of type 2 diabetes in pregnancy is rising and rates of serious adverse maternal and fetal outcomes remain high. Metformin is a biguanide that is used as first-line treatment for non-pregnant patients with type 2 diabetes. We hypothesize that metformin use in pregnancy, as an adjunct to insulin, will decrease adverse outcomes by reducing maternal hyperglycemia, maternal insulin doses, maternal weight gain and gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia. In addition, si  ...[more]

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