Infliximab

Major congenital malformations

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.
S4077
R8656
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
R8657
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
R4113
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
R4743
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
S5000
R13114
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 2 studies 3.11 [1.32;7.31] 28 158
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 Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015 3.05[1.28; 7.30]2815696%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 (2 studies) I2 = 0% 3.11[1.32; 7.31]281580.910.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 3.11[1.32; 7.31]281580%NAWeber-Schoendorfer, 2015 Hyrich, 2006 2 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 5.00[0.07; 366.35]-2 -NAHyrich, 2006 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 3.11[1.32; 7.31]281580%NAWeber-Schoendorfer, 2015 Hyrich, 2006 2 All studiesAll studies 3.11[1.32; 7.31]281580%NAWeber-Schoendorfer, 2015 Hyrich, 2006 20.510.01.0

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 4077

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 3.05[1.28; 7.30]28156 -NAWeber-Schoendorfer, 2015 1 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 5.00[0.07; 366.35]-2 -NAHyrich, 2006 10.510.01.0