Pregnancy and infant outcomes in women receiving ocrelizumab: analysis of over 3,000 pregnancies

<h3>Objectives</h3> Evaluate Roche safety database reported pregnancies/infant outcomes in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving ocrelizumab (OCR). <h3>Methods</h3> Maternal exposure: receiving ≥1 OCR infusion; in utero fetal exposure: last infusion occurring within 3 months prior to LMP/during pregnancy. Fetal death termed spontaneous abortion (SA) &lt;22 gestational weeks (GW), or stillbirth (SB) if later. Live births (LB) were Preterm &lt;37 GW. Major congenital anomalies (MCA) classified via EUROCAT 1.5. <h3>Results</h3> 3,244 pregnancies reported by July 2023. 2,444 prospectively, 739 retrospectively, 7 unspecified. Of the 2,444 prospectively reported pregnancies, 855 (35.0%) had in utero exposure, 574 (23.5%) no in utero exposure, 1,015 (41.5%) unknown exposure. Outcomes for 1,144 prospectively reported pregnancies: 956 (83.6%) LB; 14 (1.2%) ectopic pregnancies (EP); 58 (6.2%) elective terminations (ET); 115 (10.2%) SA; 1 (&lt;0.1%) SB. Of 855 prospectively reported pregnancies exposed in utero, 512 known outcomes: 431 (84.2%) LB; 4 (0.8%) EP; 38 (7.4%) ET; 38 (7.4%) SA; 1 (0.2%) SB. Total of 16 (1.7%) MCAs in prospectively reported LB, 9 in utero exposure. <h3>Conclusions</h3> <i>In utero</i> OCR exposure did not increase the risk of adverse pregnancy or infant outcomes compared with previous reports as well as with epidemiologic background of both MS and general population.

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2024-11-01
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https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2024-abn.200
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Pregnancy and Medication Impact
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Pregnancy and infant outcomes in women receiving ocrelizumab: analysis of over 3,000 pregnancies

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Pregnancy and infant outcomes in women receiving ocrelizumab: analysis of over 3,000 pregnancies

Kerstin Hellwig, Carlo Pietrasanta, Michael A. Thomas, Vukusic Sandra, B Riley, Dobson Ruth, Oreja-Guevara Celia, Lin Chien-Ju, Pasquarelli Noemi, Zecevic Dusanka
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<h3>Objectives</h3> Evaluate Roche safety database reported pregnancies/infant outcomes in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving ocrelizumab (OCR). <h3>Methods</h3> Maternal exposure: receiving ≥1 OCR infusion; in utero fetal exposure: last infusion occurring within 3 months prior to LMP/during pregnancy. Fetal death termed spontaneous abortion (SA) &lt;22 gestational weeks (GW), or stillbirth (SB) if later. Live births (LB) were Preterm &lt;37 GW. Major congenital anomalies (MCA) classified via EUROCAT 1.5. <h3>Results</h3> 3,244 pregnancies reported by July 2023. 2,444 prospectively, 739 retrospectively, 7 unspecified. Of the 2,444 prospectively reported pregnancies, 855 (35.0%) had in utero exposure, 574 (23.5%) no in utero exposure, 1,015 (41.5%) unknown exposure. Outcomes for 1,144 prospectively reported pregnancies: 956 (83.6%) LB; 14 (1.2%) ectopic pregnancies (EP); 58 (6.2%) elective terminations (ET); 115 (10.2%) SA; 1 (&lt;0.1%) SB. Of 855 prospectively reported pregnancies exposed in utero, 512 known outcomes: 431 (84.2%) LB; 4 (0.8%) EP; 38 (7.4%) ET; 38 (7.4%) SA; 1 (0.2%) SB. Total of 16 (1.7%) MCAs in prospectively reported LB, 9 in utero exposure. <h3>Conclusions</h3> <i>In utero</i> OCR exposure did not increase the risk of adverse pregnancy or infant outcomes compared with previous reports as well as with epidemiologic background of both MS and general population.

Roche (Switzerland) (CH), Brigham and Women's Hospital (US), Queen Mary University of London (GB), University of California, San Francisco (US), Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (IT), Hospital Clínico San Carlos (ES), Observatoire Français de la Sclérose en Plaques (FR), Roche (United Kingdom) (GB), St. Josef-Hospital (DE), Katholisches Klinikum Bochum (DE)
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