Study type

Study topic

Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness

Data collection methods

Secondary use of data
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cohort
Study drug and medical condition

Name of medicine, other

anifrolumab

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

ANIFROLUMAB

Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code

(L04AG11) anifrolumab
anifrolumab

Medical condition to be studied

Systemic lupus erythematosus
Population studied

Short description of the study population

For MCM analysis, a total number of 732 live and non-live births (183 anifrolumab and 549 comparator) using a matching ratio of 1:3. For the select adverse pregnancy loss outcomes analysis, a total number of 244 pregnancies (61 anifrolumab and 183 comparator) using a matching ratio of 1:3 would be necessary.

Age groups

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

Special population of interest

Pregnant women

Estimated number of subjects

976
Study design details

Study design

The study will utilise a non-interventional longitudinal population-based retrospective cohort
design. It will be conducted using secondary data derived from multiple databases which record
longitudinal medical data.

Main study objective

The aim of this study is to describe major congenital malformations (MCM), adverse pregnancy, and birth outcomes in pregnancies/offspring from women with moderate/severe SLE exposed to anifrolumab and compare the occurrence of these outcomes to outcomes observed in women with moderate/severe SLE whose pregnancies were not exposed to anifrolumab

Outcomes

The primary outcomes of interest are MCM (defined as a composite of all major MCMs) occurring in live or non-live offspring and select pregnancy loss outcomes (composite of spontaneous abortion and stillbirth), Minor congenital malformations (mCM), Adverse pregnancy outcomes, Adverse birth outcomes

Data analysis plan

A full description of the analytical approach will be developed and described in the SAP. Also details on data derivations, category definitions, analyses, and presentation of the study results will be provided in SAP.
The SAP will be finalised prior to the conduct of the study analyses. All study results will be presented separately for each data source in the study reports, as appropriate when data become available.
The full study reports for all data sources, including all descriptive, comparative, exploratory, and sensitivity analyses, as well as the meta-analysis results will be provided in the final report.