Study | Country Study period |
Population source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Sample size | Rmk |
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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 Frovatriptan 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. |
19 / 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 Frovatriptan 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. |
19 / 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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