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‹ Fri · 24 Jul 2026
Promising but preliminary

Semaglutide for prevention of type 2 diabetes in women with postpartum prediabetes after gestational diabetes: protocol for a Belgian multicentre double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial.

A diabetes drug prevents type 2 diabetes development in women with recent gestational diabetes, a high-risk population.

INTRODUCTION: Women with postpartum pre-diabetes following gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at particularly high risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT05569772.

What the study was

Study design
Randomized study
Population
patients
Sample size
252
Category
Prevention
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
BMJ open

Why it surfaced

Score 6/10 [PROMISING_PRELIMINARY]: Randomized study (Journal Article) matched 'Cardiovascular-metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, '. Components — novelty:1/3, relevance:2/3, design:2/2, population:1/2. Confidence: high. Conservative scoring applied per v1.3 rubric.

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