Study type

Study topic

Disease /health condition
Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Other

If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study

Observational cohort analysis

Data collection methods

Primary data collection
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cohort
Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Observational analysis
Study drug and medical condition

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

DOLUTEGRAVIR

Medical condition to be studied

Human immunodeficiency virus transmission
Population studied

Short description of the study population

The study population included all pregnant women living with HIV exposed to any DTG (TIVICAY®, TRIUMEQ®, JULUCA and D3) at any time during the pregnancy and their infants identified from the EPPICC network.

Age groups

Preterm newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
Term newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)
Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
Adults (18 to < 46 years)
Adults (46 to < 65 years)
Adults (65 to < 75 years)
Adults (75 to < 85 years)
Adults (85 years and over)

Special population of interest

Immunocompromised
Other
Pregnant women

Special population of interest, other

Patients with HIV transmission

Estimated number of subjects

150
Study design details

Main study objective

To describe trends and patterns of use of dolutegravir (DTG)-containing regimens in pregnancy in Europe, to describe frequency of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women using DTG in pregnancy, to describe the proportion of women on DTG who achieve viral suppression by the end of pregnancy, and to describe mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rates in mother-infant pairs with prenatal DTG use.

Outcomes

Pregnancy outcomes including spontaneous abortion, induced abortion, live birth, and still birth by trimester of exposure to DTG, adverse pregnancy outcomes including birth defects, preterm and severely preterm births, low birth weight, very low birth weight, and extremely low birth weight infants, maternal virological suppression at the end of pregnancy and MTCT rates.

Data analysis plan

Statistical analysis will be carried out using STATA® v12.0 software (StataCorp, College Station, Texas). Standard descriptive statistics will be used to summarize the data. For continuous variables, the sample size, median and interquartile range will be provided. Frequency distributions will be provided for categorical variables. For rates, 95% confidence intervals will be calculated.
Documents
Study results
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