“My Baby’s Brain and Me” (myBBM) study.

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  “My Baby’s Brain and Me” (myBBM) study: Exposure to maternal obesity and gestational diabetes in utero and their impact on the developing offspring brain, a longitudinal cohort study.

• IRAS ID

  266873

• Contact name

  Mary Rutherford

• Contact email

  mary.rutherford@kcl.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  King's College London

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  N/A, N/A

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  myBBM study is a longitudinal observational study which aims to investigate the effect of maternal obesity and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) on brain development in the offspring employing state-of-the-art imaging techniques. Equipped with ultra-precise magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies, we hope to show if higher incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders in the offspring are related to antenatal factors or more likely explained by postpartum events such as birth related events. The opportunity to measure placental function in pregnancy will allow us to explore its role in offspring brain development.

• REC name

  London - West London & GTAC Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/LO/1934

• Date of REC Opinion

  8 Apr 2020

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion