Study | Country Study period |
Population source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Sample size | Rmk |
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Ebrahimi (control unexposed, disease free), 2015 |
Germany 2006 - 2013 |
Pregnant women included in the registry for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and women who contacted the Motherisk. | Outcomes of RRMS women accidentally exposed to natalizumab during pregnancy: treatment with natalizumab from eight weeks prior to the start of the last menstrual period (LMP) and onward. |
unexposed, disease free
Outcomes of pregnant women with no teratogenic exposures (who contacted the Motherisk general or nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) lines between 1997 and 2012). |
102 / 98 | 'Exposure during pregnancy: 8 weeks prior to LMP (n=20), 0-9 weeks of gestation (n=76), 10–13 weeks of gestation (n=4), till the 31st week of pregnancy (n=1).' => Indexed as: '3 months (or more) before pregnancy and/or 1st trimester'. |
Ebrahimi (control unexposed, sick), 2015 |
Germany 2006 - 2013 |
Pregnant women included in the registry for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and women who contacted the Motherisk. | Outcomes of RRMS women accidentally exposed to natalizumab during pregnancy: treatment with natalizumab from eight weeks prior to the start of the last menstrual period (LMP) and onward. |
unexposed, sick
Outcomes of pregnant women with confirmed RRMS who were recruited prospectively (by Motherisk program between 1997 and 2013), and were not treated with natalizumab. |
102 / 95 | 'Control group: exposed to DMD in pregnancy: 25 (32%): 2 GLAT; 17 INFB-1a; 6 INFB-1.' 'Exposure during pregnancy: 8 weeks prior to LMP (n=20), 0-9 weeks of gestation (n=76), 10–13 weeks of gestation (n=4), till the 31st week of pregnancy (n=1).' |
Nguyen (control exposed to IFN), 2019 |
International 2005 - 2016 |
Women of child-bearing age (15–45 years inclusive), prospectively enrolled in MSBase with a diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). | Pregnancies occurring during Natalizumab therapy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the exposed group considered in the study). |
exposed to other treatment, sick
Pregnancies occurring during Interferon beta (all) therapy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the exposed group considered in the study). |
104 / 350 | |
Nguyen (control unexposed, sick), 2019 |
International 2005 - 2016 |
Women of child-bearing age (15–45 years inclusive), prospectively enrolled in MSBase with a diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). | Pregnancies occurring during Natalizumab therapy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed, sick
Pregnancies not exposed to disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) (pregnancy occurring within a year of DMT discontinuation or without DMT exposure in the prior year). |
104 / 886 | |
Portaccio (control exposed to IFN), 2018 |
Italy 2009 - 2015 |
All pregnancies beginning in MS patients diagnosed according to Mac-Donald’s criteria and referred to the participating centers were identified and tracked over the whole gestational period. | Pregnancies in MS patients who had discontinued natalizumab less than 8 weeks from conception. |
unexposed, sick
Pregnancies in MS patients who had discontinued the Interferon beta less than four weeks from conception. |
69 / 341 | |
Portaccio (control unexposed, sick), 2018 |
Italy 2009 - 2015 |
All pregnancies beginning in MS patients diagnosed according to Mac-Donald’s criteria and referred to the participating centers were identified and tracked over the whole gestational period. | Pregnancies in MS patients who had discontinued natalizumab less than 8 weeks from conception. |
unexposed, sick
Pregnancies in MS patients who had discontinued natalizumab (at least 8 weeks) or immunomodulatory injectable therapies prior to the last menstrual period; or who were never treated. |
69 / 341 |
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15 studies, not fulfilled eligibility criteria, were excluded. See excluded tab for the list of these studies and reason of exclusion.