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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2013; 19(17): 2591-2602
Published online May 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i17.2591
Published online May 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i17.2591
Ref. | Study type | Disease | Anti-TNF-αagent | Exposure to other drugs | Exposures in pregnancies with documented outcome | Maternal exposure: Pregnancy stage | Live births (n) | SA/SB (n) | PTB/PMB (n) | LBW/SGA (n) | CA (n) | Pregnancy outcomes: Details/complications |
Chambers et al[18] | Prospective | RA | IFX | NS | 4 | T1 | 3 | 1 SA | 2 | |||
Mahadevan et al[19] | Prospective | CD: (4) UC: (1) | IFX | NS | 5 | T2/T3 other exposure details NS | 5 | |||||
Berthelot et al[20] | Case series | Rheumatologic disease | IFX | -1 | 3 | C/T1: 1 C/T1/T2: 2 | 3 | |||||
Chakravarty et al[21] | Case series | RA | IFX | Some pts | 1 | Pregnancy, not otherwise specified | 1 | |||||
Correia et al[22] | Case series | CD | IFX | Yes: 1 | 2 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 2 | 1 | 1 SGA | 1 preterm/premature birth due to placental detachment (31 wk, 1.6 kg with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation × 24 h and intensive care × 40 d; healthy at 8 mo follow-up) | ||
No: 1 | ||||||||||||
Hyrich et al[23] | Case series | Rheumatologic disease | IFX | Some pts | 3 | C/T1 | 2 | 1 SA | ||||
Kane et al[24] | Case series | CD | IFX | Some pts | 3 | T1/T2/T3: 2 T2/T3: 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Katz et al[25] | Case series | CD: (82) | IFX | Some pts | 100 | C: 53 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | CA (3): |
UC: (1) | T1: 30 | SA | LBW | 1 full-term with tetralogy of Fallot | ||||||||
RA: (8) | > 3 mo | 1 intestinal malrotation | ||||||||||
JRA: (2) | prior to C: 7 | 1 | 1 developmental delay and hypothyroidism | |||||||||
Unknown:(3) | Unknown: 6 | SB | 1 complicated neonatal course: | |||||||||
Respiratory distress/jaundice/seizure. Mother was also exposed to several antibiotics for pulmonary and urinary infections, azathioprine, hydrocortisone, and total parental nutrition early in pregnancy | ||||||||||||
Miscarriages (14): | ||||||||||||
10 SA | ||||||||||||
1 SB (mother exposed to leflunomide) | ||||||||||||
3 unknown type | ||||||||||||
Mahadevan et al[26] | Case series | CD | IFX | Some pts | 10 | T1: 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 neonatal jaundice (resolved) | ||
T3: 1 | LBW | 1 complicated neonatal course: term delivery at 39 wk with respiratory distress/desaturation/gastric ulcer day 5; healthy at 6 mo follow-up | ||||||||||
C/T1/T2/T3: 8 | ||||||||||||
Rosner et al[27] | Case series | Rheumatologic disease | IFX | Yes | 3 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 3 | 1 | 1 premature rupture of membranes | |||
Schnitzler et al[28] | Case series | CD/UC/IC | IFX | NS | 10 | C/T1/T2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |||
SB | ||||||||||||
Weber-Schoenderfer et al[29] | Case series | NS | IFX | NS | 25 | T1 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | CA (2): | |
SA | 1 ventricular septal defect | |||||||||||
1 growing hemangioma requiring therapy | ||||||||||||
Zelinkova et al[30] | Case series | CD: (3) | IFX | Some pts | 4 | C/T1/T2: 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | CA (1): | ||
UC: (1) | C/T1/T2/T3: 1 | L hand polydactyly (Infant also had respiratory depression after anesthetics that resolved spontaneously. Mother was taking methotrexate 2 mo prior to conception without folic acid supplement.) | ||||||||||
Akinci et al[31] | Case report | Rheumatologic disease | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Angelucci et al[32] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
LBW | ||||||||||||
Angelucci et al[33] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | T1 | 1 | |||||
Antoni et al[34] | Case report | Psoriatic Arthritis | IFX | NS | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | |||||
Arai et al[35] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2 | 1 | |||||
Aratari et al[36] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | T2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
SGA | ||||||||||||
Burt et al[37] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Chaparro et al[38] | Case report | CD | IFX | NS | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cheent et al[39] | Case report | CD | IFX | NS | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | 1 | Infant developed disseminated BCG after vaccination at 3 mo and died at 4.5 mo | |||
Epping et al[40] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Hou et al[41] | Case report | CD | IFX | NS | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
James et al[42] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | T2 | 1 | |||||
Kinder et al[43] | Case report | RA | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
SA | ||||||||||||
Østensen et al[44] | Case report | RA | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | Oligohydramnios detected on 18 wk ultrasound that resolved with discontinuation of Nimesulide | ||||
Puig et al[45] | Case report | Psoriasis | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Srinivasan et al[46] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 12 | C/T1 | 1 | 1 | Preterm premature birth (24 wk) complicated by intracerebral and intrapulmonary hemorrhages and neonate died at 3 d | |||
Mother was also exposed to metronidazole, azathioprine, and mesalamine for fistulizing CD | ||||||||||||
Steenholdt et al[47] | Case report | UC | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Stengel et al[48] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Tursi et al[49] | Case report | CD | IFX | NS | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Vasiliauskas et al[50] | Case report | CD | IFX | NS | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Wilbaux et al[51] | Case report | AS | IFX | NS | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | |||||
Xirouchakis et al[52] | Case report | CD | IFX | Yes | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | 1 | Preterm (29 wk) birth with neonatal hospitalization × 30 d post-delivery. Baby in “good condition” at follow-up | |||
Johnson et al[53,54] | Prospective | CD and RA | ADA | NS | 94 | T1 | 80 | 13 | 12 | 7 | CA (7) ( live births): | |
Other exposure details NS | SA | (among live births) | 1 undescended testicle | |||||||||
1 microcephaly | ||||||||||||
1 congenital hip dysplasia with inguinal hernia | ||||||||||||
1 congenital hypothyroidism | ||||||||||||
1 ventricular septal defect | ||||||||||||
1 bicuspid aortic valve and agenesis of corpus callosum (twin sibling had patent ductus arteriosus) | ||||||||||||
1 congenital hydronephrosis | ||||||||||||
CA (9) (all pregnancies): | ||||||||||||
In addition to above 7 defects were: | ||||||||||||
1 spina bifida and hydrocephalus (resulted in elective termination) | ||||||||||||
1 ectopia cordis and caudal regression (twin pregnancy resulting in a spontaneous abortion) | ||||||||||||
Berthelot et al[20] | Case series | Rheumatologic disease | ADA | -3 | 2 | C/T1: 1 | 2 | |||||
C/T1/T2/T3: 1 | ||||||||||||
Hyrich et al[23] | Case series | Rheumatologic disease | ADA | Some pts | 3 | C/T1 | 2 | 1 SA | ||||
Johnson et al[53,54] | Case series | CD and RA | ADA | NS | 122 | T1 | 122 | 5 | 5 CA (5): | |||
other exposure details NS | 2 chromosomal abnormalities | |||||||||||
1 atrial septal defect and peripheral pulmonic stenosis | ||||||||||||
1 ventricular septal defect | ||||||||||||
1 congenital hip dysplasia | ||||||||||||
Weber-Schoenderfer et al[29] | Case series | NS | ADA | NS | 28 | T1 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 infant with autosomal dominant disease (not otherwise specified); paternal inheritance | ||
SA | ||||||||||||
Abdul Wahab et al[55] | Case report | CD | ADA | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 2 | 1 | Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome | |||
(twins) | SGA | (1 small due to discordance) | ||||||||||
Ben-Horin et al[56] | Case report | CD | ADA | NS | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Bosworth et al[57] | Case report | CD | ADA | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Coburn et al[58] | Case report | CD | ADA | Yes | 1 | T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Dessinioti et al[59] | Case report | Psoriasis | ADA | NS | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | 1 | Infant reported as “normal” at 12 mo follow-up | |||
LBW | ||||||||||||
Jurgens et al[60] | Case report | CD | ADA | NS | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | |||||
Kraemer et al[61] | Case report | Takayasau’s Arteritis | ADA | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Mishkin et al[62] | Case report | CD | ADA | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
RA | ADA | NS | 1 | C/T1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Roux et al[63] | Case report | |||||||||||
Vesga et al[64] | Case report | CD | ADA | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Wibaux et al[51] | Case report | AS | ADA | Yes | 1 | C/T1/T2 | 1 | 1 | CA (1): | |||
Primary craniosynostosis requiring surgery | ||||||||||||
Kane et al[65] | Case series | CD | CTZ | NS | 14 | NS | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
SA | SGA | |||||||||||
Mahadevan et al[66] | Case report | CD | CTZ | Yes | 1 | T2/T3 | 1 | |||||
Ousallah et al[67] | Case report | CD | CTZ | NS | 1 | C/T1/T3 | 1 | |||||
Steinberg et al[68] | Case report | CD | CTZ | Yes | 1 | T2 | 1 |
Anti-TNF exposure | Birth outcomes, n (with relative percents) | ||||||
Fetal exposures | Live births | SA | SB | PTB/ PMB | LBW/SGA | CA | |
IFX/ADA/CTZ total | 472 | 405 (85.8) | 32 (8.2) | 2 (0.6) | 41 (19.9) | 8 (6.1) | 19 (4.1) |
IFX1 | 194 | 155 (79.9) | 15 (10.6) | 2 (1.1) | 21 (26.9) | 5 (4.4) | 6 (4.0) |
IFX in IBD2 | 151 | 117 (77.5) | 11 (8.9) | 2 (1.4) | 16 (36.4) | 5 (4.8) | 4 (3.5) |
ADA1 | 261 | 242 (92.7) | 16 (6.9) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (15.9) | 2 (28.6) | 13 (5.4) |
ADA in IBD2 | 224 | 210 (93.8) | 13 (5.8) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (17.0) | 2 (28.6) | 12 (5.7) |
CTZ1 | 17 | 8 (47.1) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) |
CTZ in IBD2 | 17 | 8 (47.1) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) |
Outcome percents in general US population[69-73] | 64.60% | 16.50% | 0.60% | 12.30% | 8.20% | 3.00%-5.00% |
Congenital abnormalities (n = 19) | Affected (n) | Anti-TNF exposure |
Ventricular septal defect | 3 | IFX (1), ADA (2) |
Chromosomal abnormalities | 2 | IFX |
Congenital hip dysplasia | 2 | IFX (1), ADA (1) |
Intestinal malrotation | 1 | IFX |
Congenital hypothyroidism | 1 | IFX |
Hemangiomas | 1 | IFX |
L hand polydactyly | 1 | IFX |
Tetralogy of Fallot | 1 | IFX |
Patent ductus arteriosus | 1 | ADA |
Atrial septal defect and peripheral pulmonic stenosis | 1 | ADA |
Bicuspid aortic valve and agenesis of corpus callosum | 1 | ADA |
Primary craniosynostosis | 1 | ADA |
Microcephaly | 1 | ADA |
Congenital hydronephrosis | 1 | ADA |
Undescended testes | 1 | ADA |
- Citation: Marchioni RM, Lichtenstein GR. Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor therapy and fetal risk: A systematic literature review. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(17): 2591-2602
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i17/2591.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i17.2591