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

Pregnancy Exposure Registry

Data collection methods

Combined primary data collection and secondary use of data
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Prospective, observational registry
Study drug and medical condition

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

DIMETHYL FUMARATE
PEGINTERFERON BETA-1A

Medical condition to be studied

Exposure during pregnancy
Multiple sclerosis
Population studied

Short description of the study population

The study population included pregnant women diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) who were exposed to a registry-specified Biogen MS product or who were unexposed to DMTs during the eligibility window for that product.

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)

Special population of interest

Other
Pregnant women

Special population of interest, other

Patients with multiple sclerosis

Estimated number of subjects

1125
Study design details

Main study objective

The primary objective of the study is to prospectively evaluate pregnancy outcomes in women with multiple sclerosis who were exposed to a Registry-specified Biogen Multiple Sclerosis product during the eligibility window for that product. The Registry-specified Biogen MS products being studied are dimethyl fumarate and peginterferon beta-1a.

Outcomes

Pregnancy loss: elective or therapeutic pregnancy terminations, spontaneous abortions (<22 weeks of gestation), fetal death/stillbirths (fetuses born dead at >=22 weeks of gestation), further classified as early fetal loss (fetal death occurring at >=22 weeks but <28 weeks of gestation) or late fetal loss. Live birth: premature or full-term birth (delivered <37 weeks or >=37 weeks respectively).

Data analysis plan

All cases will be reviewed based on earliest exposure within the associated eligibility window to a Registry-specified Biogen MS product. If a patient is exposed to multiple Registry-specified Biogen MS products within the product’s eligibility window, the case will be reviewed based on the earliest exposure. The Coordinating Center and Biogen Safety and Benefit-Risk Management will carefully review each pregnancy outcome and the calculations of risks of negative pregnancy outcomes. The prevalence of birth defects and spontaneous abortions and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the Registry population will be calculated to assess the presence or absence of any excessive risk associated with exposure to a Registry-specified Biogen MS product. All analyses will be conducted on an overall basis, as well as stratified by earliest trimester exposure. Other negative pregnancy outcomes will be similarly examined as sample size in each cohort permits.
Documents
Study results
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