Pregabalin (All indications) updated on 04-22-2025

Small for gestational age (weight)

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.
S16068
R66682
Christensen (All indications) (Controls exposed to LTG), 2024 Small for gestational age (a z-score for birth weight ≤10th percentile for gestational week, sex, and country (including newborns with congenital malformations)) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 1.43 [1.25;1.64] C
excluded (control group)
318/2,214   920/8,756 1,238 2,214
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S16025
R66521
Christensen (All indications) (Controls unexposed, general population), 2024 Small for gestational age (a z-score for birth weight ≤10th percentile for gestational week, sex, and country (including newborns with congenital malformations)) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: Yes 1.16 [1.02;1.31] 318/2,214   446,267/4,467,848 446,585 2,214
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S8541
R28341
Coste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Small for gestational age (weight) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) retrospective cohort (claims database) unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: No 1.13 [0.96;1.32] C 177/1,627   167,376/1,710,441 167,553 1,627
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S18025
R75960
Margulis (Pregabalin) (Indications other than epilepsy), 2019 Small for gestational age (defined within the Medical Birth Register from standard growth curves based on ultra- sound-derived fetal weights for singletons only) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: Yes 1.70 [0.70;4.00] -/498   -/1,808 - 498
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Total 3 studies 1.15 [1.05;1.27] 614,138 4,339
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 Christensen (All indications) (Controls unexposed, general population), 2024Christensen, 2024 1 1.16[1.02; 1.31]446,5852,21460%ROB confusion: seriousROB selection: lowROB classification: moderateROB missing: lowROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Coste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020Coste, 2020 2 1.13[0.96; 1.32]167,5531,62739%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Margulis (Pregabalin) (Indications other than epilepsy), 2019Margulis, 2019 3 1.70[0.70; 4.00]-4981%ROB confusion: seriousROB selection: lowROB classification: moderateROB missing: lowROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Total (3 studies) I2 = 0% 1.15[1.05; 1.27]614,1384,3390.55.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: All indications) (Controls unexposed, general population; 2: Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications; 3: Pregabalin) (Indications other than epilepsy;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 1.15[1.05; 1.27]614,1384,3390%NAChristensen (All indications) (Controls unexposed, general population), 2024 Coste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Margulis (Pregabalin) (Indications other than epilepsy), 2019 3 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed (disease free or unspecified)unexposed (disease free or unspecified) 1.15[1.04; 1.26]614,1383,8410%NAChristensen (All indications) (Controls unexposed, general population), 2024 Coste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 2 exposed to other treatment, sickexposed to other treatment, sick 1.70[0.71; 4.06]-498 -NAMargulis (Pregabalin) (Indications other than epilepsy), 2019 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 1.13[0.96; 1.32]167,5531,627 -NACoste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 1   - Yes  - Yes 1.17[1.03; 1.32]446,5852,7120%NAChristensen (All indications) (Controls unexposed, general population), 2024 Margulis (Pregabalin) (Indications other than epilepsy), 2019 2 All studiesAll studies 1.15[1.05; 1.27]614,1384,3390%NAChristensen (All indications) (Controls unexposed, general population), 2024 Coste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Margulis (Pregabalin) (Indications other than epilepsy), 2019 30.55.01.0

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 16068

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 1.15[1.04; 1.26]614,1383,8410%NAChristensen (All indications) (Controls unexposed, general population), 2024 Coste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 2 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls 1.43[1.25; 1.64]1,2382,7120%NAChristensen (All indications) (Controls exposed to LTG), 2024 Margulis (Pregabalin) (Indications other than epilepsy), 2019 20.510.01.0