Infliximab

All congenital malformations (majors, minors, majors and minors, or unspecified)

R analysis
id Study   Lib. in paper Exposition period    Study type  Control type 
 
Tags OR 95%CI x1/n1 x0/n0 no cases no exposed ROB Ref.
S4966
R13041
De Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2020 Malformations at least 1st trimester retrospective cohort unexposed, disease free excluded Adjustment: No 4.60 [0.15;144.69] C
excluded (control group)
0/3   1/36 1 3
ref
S4967
R13047
De Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Malformations at least 1st trimester retrospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 12.60 [0.20;780.42] C 0/3   0/32 0 3
ref
S4077
R11362
Bröms (controls unexposed, disease free), 2016 Any major birth defect 3 months or more before pregnancy or1st trimester population based cohort retrospective unexposed, disease free excluded Adjustment: No 1.39 [0.71;2.73] C
excluded (control group)
9/156   52,592/1,250,192 52,601 156
ref
S4078
R11363
Bröms (controls unexposed, sick), 2016 Any major birth defect 3 months or more before pregnancy or1st trimester excluded population based cohort retrospective unexposed, sick Adjustment: Yes 1.31 [0.62;2.45]
excluded (exposition period)
9/156   1,019/21,549 1,028 156
ref
S2912
R11369
Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015 Major birth defects 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, disease free Adjustment: No 3.05 [1.28;7.30] C 7/156   21/1,385 28 156
ref
S3089
R11364
Casanova, 2013 Congenital malformations (NOS) 3 months (or more) before pregnancy or during pregnancy excluded retrospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: No 5.41 [0.21;137.20] C
excluded (exposition period)
0/20   1/318 1 20
ref
S3019
R4529
Schnitzler (Unexposed control, disease free), 2011 Malformations (NOS) 3 months (or more) before pregnancy or during pregnancy prospective cohort unexposed, disease free excluded Adjustment: No 1.61 [0.03;82.96] C
excluded (control group)
0/35   0/56 0 35
ref
S3020
R4530
Schnitzler (Unexposed control, sick), 2011 Malformations (NOS) 3 months (or more) before pregnancy or during pregnancy excluded prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 0.74 [0.03;18.61] C
excluded (exposition period)
0/35   1/78 1 35
ref
S5000
R15982
Hyrich, 2006 Major fetal abnormalities 1st trimester retrospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 5.00 [0.07;366.35] C 0/2   0/8 0 2
ref
Total 3 studies 3.30 [1.43;7.61] 28 161
x1: number of endpoints among exposed, n1: number of exposed; x0: number of endpoints among non exposed, n0: number of non exposed; C: calculated odds ratio from numbers of events and effectives

Forest plot

StudyTE95% CIn casesn exposedweightROBABCDEF De Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020De Lorenzo, 2020 1 12.60[0.20; 780.42]034%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015 3.05[1.28; 7.30]2815692%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Hyrich, 2006Hyrich, 2006 5.00[0.07; 366.35]024%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Total (3 studies) I2 = 0% 3.30[1.43; 7.61]281610.950.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Controls unexposed, sick;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 3.30[1.43; 7.61]281610%NADe Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015 Hyrich, 2006 3 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed (disease free or unspecified)unexposed (disease free or unspecified) 3.05[1.28; 7.30]28156 -NAWeber-Schoendorfer, 2015 1 unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 8.08[0.41; 158.42]-50%NADe Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Hyrich, 2006 2 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 3.30[1.43; 7.61]281610%NADe Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015 Hyrich, 2006 3 All studiesAll studies 3.30[1.43; 7.61]281610%NADe Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015 Hyrich, 2006 30.550.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot

Funnel plot not drawn. Less than 3 points.

Asymetry test p-value = NaN (by Egger's regression)

not enought points

p values plot

Funnel plot not drawn. Less than 3 points.

Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 3019, 4077, 4966

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 3.13[1.34; 7.28]291590%NADe Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2020 Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015 2 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 8.08[0.41; 158.42]-50%NADe Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Hyrich, 2006 20.510.01.0