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Treatment to Regress to Normoglycemia in Women with a Recent History of GDM

A Phase 4 interventional study of Semaglutide Pen Injector [Ozempic] and Placebo semaglutide pen injector in Pre Diabetes and Postpartum Disorder, sponsored by Woman's. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-03-13.

Sponsored by Woman's · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jan 2026, 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Jan 2022; still recruiting 4 years 9 months later.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
102
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the efficacy of semaglutide 1mg (Ozempic®) to aid recently postpartum women with dysglycemia and a history of GDM to regress to normoglycemia; thereby filling a gap in efficacious pharmacologic intervention options for clinicians to support postpartum diabetes recovery and reduce future risk of T2DM in young women.

Read the detailed description

The diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy identifies young women with abnormalities in pancreatic beta cell function that worsen over time, leading to diabetes. It is estimated that between 15% and 70% of women with a history GDM will progress to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, upon an impaired glucose tolerance test result in the early postpartum period, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists only recommend considering referral for management, weight loss and physical activity counseling, considering metformin if testing results are severe enough, and yearly assessment of glycemic status. In many cases, it is possible to reverse diabetes by losing weight in the early stages before permanent, systemic damage occurs. Therefore, there is a dire need for efficacious pharmacologic intervention options in this period of postpartum diabetes recovery to return women to normoglycemia and lower future T2DM risk. Weight loss and medications that mitigate impairments in insulin secretion show the best promise for delaying or preventing T2DM, the dominant form of diabetes that develops after GDM. The primary study objective is "to examine the efficacy of semaglutide 1mg compared to placebo on regression to normoglycemia in women with dysglycemia and a recent history of gestational diabetes mellitus (i.e., 6-36 months postpartum)" to answer the research question of: "Among women with dysglycemia and a recent history of gestational diabetes mellitus, can acute treatment of semaglutide 1mg lead to regression to normoglycemia?"

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Conditions studied

  • Pre Diabetes
  • Postpartum Disorder
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In context

Glucose Intolerance

793 studies on the registry are indexed under Glucose Intolerance; 115 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 102 is above the median of 56 across 661 interventional studies indexed under Glucose Intolerance.

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Lead sponsor

Woman's is the lead sponsor of 19 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 1 (20%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Female
  2. 18 - 45 years old (inclusive)
  3. History of gestational diabetes in most recent pregnancy
  4. 6 months - 10 years postpartum
  5. ≥ 25 kg/m2
  6. Use of long-acting reversible or bilateral tubal ligation
  7. Dysglycemia as determined by glycemic response to 75g, 2-hour OGTT: either impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), or both (IFG/IGT):

    1. Fasting glucose 100-125mg/dL (inclusive) and/or
    2. 120 minute glucose 140-199mg/dL (inclusive)
  8. Willingness to maintain physical activity level throughout study duration
  9. Willingness to standardize diet for 3 days prior to OGTT
  10. Ability to provide before any trial-related activities

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Body weight > 350lb
  2. Pregnant or the intention of becoming pregnant or not using adequate measures.
  3. Breastfeeding within 3 months of screening visit 1
  4. Desiring pregnancy within study participation period or two months after participation ends (i.e. 10 months from enrolment)
  5. Use of tobacco products within past 6 months
  6. Substance or alcohol abuse
  7. Presence of significant systemic disease including: diabetes mellitus (type 1 or type 2), cardiac disease (e.g. congestive heart failure), renal impairment (e.g. serum creatinine levels ≥ 1.4 mg/dL or \< 60), hepatic disease (including viral hepatitis, toxic hepatic damage, jaundice of unknown aetiology, or abnormal liver function tests), pancreatitis, uncontrolled thyroid disease (e.g. documented abnormal TSH), adrenal disease (including Cushing's syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia), hyperlipidemia (fasting triglycerides > 399mg%), untreated or poorly controlled hypertension (resting blood pressure >159/94 mmHg)
  8. History of or presence of: eating disorder, malignant disease requiring chemotherapy, or debilitating psychiatric disorder such as psychosis or neurological condition that could confound outcome variables
  9. History of bariatric surgery
  10. Use of medications for glucose regulation: insulin (e.g. Humalog, Novolog, Humulin), pramlintide, metiglinides, metformin, thiazolidinediones, GLP-1 receptor agonists, DPP-4 inhibitors, SGLT2 inhibitors within four weeks of screening visit 1
  11. Use of medications for anti-obesity or weight loss within four weeks of screening visit 1
  12. Use of medications known to exacerbate glucose dysfunction (such as isotretinoin or ) within four weeks of screening visit 1
  13. Known or suspected allergy to trial medication, , or related products
  14. to study medications: patients with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer or in patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN 2)
  15. Current or recent past (within 3 months) participation in another experimental drug trial
  16. Previous randomization in this trial
  17. Receipt of any drug within 6 months prior to this trial
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BMI (body mass index)

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Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
102 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Semaglutide Pen Injector (Ozempic)

    Weekly injections of semaglutide for 8 months total (2 months of titration; 6 months of full dose- 1mg/week)

    Drug: Semaglutide Pen Injector [Ozempic]

  • Sham comparator
    Placebo

    Weekly injections of placebo for 8 months total

    Drug: Placebo semaglutide pen injector

Interventions

  • Start injection of semaglutide 0.25mg subcutaneously (SC) once a week for 4 weeks; step up to 0.5 mg SC QD for once a week for 4 weeks to a final dose of 1.0 mg semaglutide SQ weekly for 24 doses

    Also known as: Semaglutide 1mg, Ozempic

  • DrugPlacebo semaglutide pen injector

    Start injection of placebo semaglutide 0.25mg subcutaneously (SC) one a week for 4 weeks; step up to 0.5 mg SC QD for once a week for 4 weeks to a final dose of 1.0 mg semaglutide SQ weekly for 24 doses

    Also known as: Placebo Semaglutide 1mg, Placebo Ozempic

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Regression to normoglycemia

    Glucose tolerance to be determined by glycemic response to a 75 gram, two-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Regression to normoglycemia is defined by fasting glucose \<100mg/dL and 120 minute glucose \<140 mg/dL

    Time frame: After 24 weeks of full-dose treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in HbA1c

    Hemoglobin to be determined

    Time frame: After 24 weeks of full-dose treatment

  2. Change in body weight

    Fasted body weight after intervention minus fasted body weight at enrollment

    Time frame: After 24 weeks of full-dose treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 13, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04873050
Lead sponsor
Woman's
Collaborators
Novo Nordisk A/S
Responsible party
Elizabeth F Sutton, PhD (Director of Scientific Research, Woman's) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 5, 2021
Start date
Jan 13, 2022
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 13, 2025

Study contacts

Briasha Jones, MPH
Contact
briasha.jones@womans.org
225-924-8446
Elizabeth Sutton, PhD
Contact
elizabeth.sutton@womans.org
225-924-8446
Elizabeth Sutton, PhD
principal investigator · Woman's Hospital, Louisiana

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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