Ziprasidone

Exposed non-exposed, cohort studies

Study Country
Study period
Study design
Data source Exposure definition Non-exposure definition Exposition period Sample size
(exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control)
Remarks Risk of bias
Huybrechts (Controls unexposed, NOS)
2023
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and USA.
1996 - 2018
population based cohort retrospective
The International Pregnancy Safety Study (InPress) Consortium, a collaboration among research groups from the 5 Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and the USA (nationwide Medicaid Analytic eXtract). Pregnancies with 1 or more prescriptions of Ziprasidone during the first trimester, the period for organogenesis. unexposed (general population or NOS)
Pregnancies who did not fill any antipsychotic prescriptions during the 3 months prior to pregnancy until the end of the first trimester.
1st trimester -9 / 6455324 Overlapping: Data of Huybrechts 2016 totally included in this larger study. Number of Ziprasidone exposures suppressed due to country-/data-specific small cell suppression policies.
Exposure to atypical and typical antipsychotics was defined based on filling 1 or more prescriptions of the respective drug class during the first trimester, the period for organogenesis. => Prescription databases.
Huybrechts (Controls unexposed, sick)
2023
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and USA.
1996 - 2018
population based cohort retrospective
The International Pregnancy Safety Study (InPress) Consortium, a collaboration among research groups from the 5 Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and the USA (nationwide Medicaid Analytic eXtract). Pregnancies with 1 or more prescriptions of Ziprasidone during the first trimester, the period for organogenesis. unexposed, sick
Pregnancies in women with mental health condition, who did not fill any antipsychotic prescriptions during the 3 months prior to pregnancy until the end of the first trimester.
1st trimester -9 / 318731 Overlapping: Data of Huybrechts 2016 totally included in this larger study. Number of Ziprasidone exposures suppressed due to country-/data-specific small cell suppression policies.
Exposure to atypical and typical antipsychotics was defined based on filling 1 or more prescriptions of the respective drug class during the first trimester, the period for organogenesis. => Prescription databases.
Park
2018
USA
2000 - 2010
retrospective cohort (claims database)
The Medicaid Analytic eXtract Pregnant women who had two or more prescriptions dispensed during the first 140 days of their pregnancy for Ziprasidone (also received before pregnancy). Exclusion if more than 1 studied antipsychotic. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). unexposed, sick
Pregnant women who had no prescriptions dispensed for an anti- psychotic medication during the first 140 days of pregnancy were classified as “discontinuers.”
at least 1st trimester 140 / 431 Primary analyses performed individually for each substance (aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, or ziprasidone).
The Medicaid Analytic eXtract, nationwide claims database that contains information on pharmacy dispensing records.
Sorensen
2015
Denmark
1997 - 2008
population based cohort retrospective
Nationwide Danish health registries (the Danish National Hospital Register, the Danish National Prescription Register and the Danish Medical Birth Register). Any prescription of Ziprasidone redeemed by the pregnant women during the exposure window, and recorded in the Danish National Prescription Register. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). unexposed (general population or NOS)
Unexposed women were defined as pregnant women who did not redeem any prescription of antipsychotic medications during the exposure window.
early pregnancy 41 / 841183 Primary analyses performed on antipsychotics versus unexposed. Authors also analysed each antipsychotic (typical and atypical) substance separately.
Any prescription recorded in the Danish National Prescription Register

Case-control studies

Study Country
Study period
Study design
Data source Case Control Exposition Exposition period Sample size
(exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control)
Remarks Risk of bias

Risk of bias: : NA;   : low;   : moderate;   : serious;   : critical;   : unclear;  

Empty. There are no case-control studies available for this drug.

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