Study type

Study topic

Disease /health condition
Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Safety study (incl. comparative)

Data collection methods

Primary data collection
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cohort
Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Post Authorisation Safety Study (PASS)
Study drug and medical condition

Study drug International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name

INSULIN DETEMIR

Medical condition to be studied

Diabetes mellitus
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Only women with either T1DM or T2DM who were treated with insulin detemir or other injectable antidiabetic treatment regimens and who had not changed basal insulin or other injectable antidiabetic product (for those not treated with insulin) 4 weeks prior to and following conception were included. During the pregnancy the women attended regular visits to specialist clinics for the treatment of their DM and therefore experienced clinics with a high number of potential candidates
were contacted to participate in the study.
Inclusion criteria
For an eligible patient, all inclusion criteria were to be answered “yes”.
1. Informed consent obtained before any data collection
2. Woman with a positive pregnancy test
3. Diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2, diagnosed prior to conception
4. On treatment with Levemir® or other injectable antidiabetic treatment(s)
5. Unchanged basal insulin or other injectable antidiabetic treatment product (for those not treated with basal insulin) 4 weeks prior to and following conception
An eligible woman could be included in the Diabetes Pregnancy Registry more than once, should the pregnancies had occurred within the recruitment period.
Exclusion criteria
1. Women who were pregnant for more than 16 weeks at baseline visit were excluded from the study.

Age groups

Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
Adults (18 to < 46 years)
Adults (46 to < 65 years)

Special population of interest

Other
Pregnant women

Special population of interest, other

Diabetes mellitus patients

Estimated number of subjects

2446
Study design details

Main study objective

The overall objective of the Diabetes Pregnancy Registry is to monitor and assess the safety of Levemir® use in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (DM), and to monitor their infants at 1 month and 1 year of age.

Outcomes

Comparison of the proportion of pregnancies in pregnant women who have completed 22 weeks of pregnancy and treated with Levemir® to pregnant women who have completed 22 weeks of pregnancy and treated with other basal insulin regimens resulting in none of the following events:- Major congenital malformations- Perinatal death- Neonatal deathAssessed at up to 4 weeks after delivery. Incidence of major hypoglycaemiaProportion of pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsiaProportion of pregnancies resulting in perinatal deathProportion of pregnancies resulting in neonatal deathProportion of pregnancies resulting in spontaneous abortionProportion of pregnancies resulting in pre-term deliveryHeight WeightProportion with changes of major congenital malformations

Data analysis plan

Continuous variables will be summarised with descriptive statistics and categorical variables will be displayed in frequency tables.
Documents
Study results
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Study report
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Study, other information
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