In utero exposure to thiopurines/anti-TNF agents and long-term health outcomes during childhood and adolescence in Denmark

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BACKGROUND: Data on long-term health outcomes of children exposed in utero to thiopurines and anti-TNF medications are lacking.

AIMS: To examine the association between in utero exposure to thiopurines and anti-TNF medications and child health outcomes of site-specific groups of infections, using a composite endpoint including psychiatric diagnoses/autism spectrum disorder (ASD)/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and malignancies during childhood/adolescence.

METHODS: A nationwide cohort study based on Danish health registries included 1 311 009 live born children during 1995 through 2015. Outcomes were based on hospital diagnoses (in-patients/out-patients/emergency department contacts).

RESULTS: In total, 1048 children were exposed in utero to thiopurines and 1 309 961 were unexposed. The adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for site-specific groups of infections in the first 3 years of life were close to unity. The adjusted HR of psychiatric diagnoses/ASD/ADHD was 1.11 (95% CI 0.81-1.52). The HR of malignancies was not calculated (only two events among the exposed). In total, 493 children were exposed in utero to anti-TNF medications and 728 055 were unexposed. Within the first year of life, the adjusted HR of respiratory, urological/gynaecological infections and other infections were 1.34 (95% CI 1.03-1.74), 2.36 (95% CI 1.15-4.81) and 1.61 (95% CI 1.21-2.13), respectively. We found no increased risk of other adverse outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: After in utero exposure to thiopurines, we found no increased risk of infections, psychiatric diagnoses/ASD/ADHD, or malignancies during childhood/adolescence. After in utero exposure to anti-TNF medications, the risk of respiratory, urological/gynaecological infections and other infections was increased during the first year of life.

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CommentIn: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Oct;52(8):1411. - PMID 33105975

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 52(2020), 5 vom: 19. Sept., Seite 829-842

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nørgård, Bente Mertz [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Friedman, Sonia [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 08.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Oct;52(8):1411. - PMID 33105975

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/apt.15956

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NLM312540906