Study | Country Study period |
Population source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Sample size | Rmk |
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Källén (control exposed to ergots), 2011 |
Sweden 1995 - 2008 |
All deliveries in Sweden (1 211 670 women) recorded in the Medical Birth Register with data from antenatal care. | Infants born to women who had used Eletriptan during pregnancy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
exposed to other treatment, sick
Infants born to women who had used Ergots drugs for migraine during pregnancy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
14 / 527 | Exposed groups of the whole study: drugs for migraine (ergots or triptans). |
Källén (control unexposed, disease free), 2011 |
Sweden 1995 - 2008 |
All deliveries in Sweden (1 211 670 women) recorded in the Medical Birth Register with data from antenatal care. | Infants born to women who had used Eletriptan during pregnancy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed, disease free
Infants born to women who did not use drugs for migraine. |
14 / 1229901 | Exposed groups of the whole study: drugs for migraine (ergots or triptans). 1229901= Total number of infants (n=1233228) - Number of infants whose mother used drugs for migraine in 1st trimester (n=3327) |
Nezvalová-Henriksen (Control unexposed, disease free), 2013 |
Norway 2004 - 2007 |
All singleton deliveries (after the 12th gestational week) without chromosomal abnormalities during the study period. | Eletriptan prescription redemption during pregnancy ('anytime' or 'during the first trimester' or 'during the second trimester' or 'during the third trimester'). (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed, disease free
Pregnant women did not redeem triptans during the study period (the population comparison group). |
207 / 178565 | |
Nezvalová-Henriksen (Control unexposed, sick), 2013 |
Norway 2004 - 2007 |
All singleton deliveries (after the 12th gestational week) without chromosomal abnormalities during the study period. | Eletriptan prescription redemption during pregnancy ('anytime' or 'during the first trimester' or 'during the second trimester' or 'during the third trimester'). (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed, sick
Triptan prescription redemption between 7 and 1 month prior to pregnancy only. |
207 / 1095 | |
Spielmann (Control mainly exposed other treatments, sick), 2017 |
Germany 1999 - 2014 |
Cohort of pregnant women enrolled by the German Embryotox system for risk assessment related to pregnancy. | Pregnant women with Eletriptan use for migraine disorder any time from conception to delivery. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
exposed to other treatment, sick
Pregnant women suffering from migraine disorder but not taking triptans between their last menstrual period and delivery. |
18 / 475 | The majority of exposed women took triptans in the first trimester (75.2%). Sumatriptan was the most frequently used triptan. Other triptans also studied. |
Spielmann (Control unexposed, disease free), 2017 |
Germany 1999 - 2014 |
Cohort of pregnant women enrolled by the German Embryotox system for risk assessment related to pregnancy. | Pregnant women with Eletriptan use for migraine disorder any time from conception to delivery. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed, disease free
Pregnant women without migraine disorder who were neither exposed to triptans nor to one of the following established teratogens or fetotoxicant. |
18 / 1733 | The majority of exposed women took triptans in the first trimester (75.2%). Sumatriptan was the most frequently used triptan. Other triptans also studied. |
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