The risk of chronic diseases and congenital malformations during childhood and adolescence after in utero exposure to thiopurines

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BACKGROUND: Women with autoimmune diseases, particularly inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), often need to continue immunomodulatory therapies during pregnancy. While the evidence of birth and short-term outcomes in children exposed in utero to these medicines is reassuring, long-term safety data are lacking.

AIM: To assess any association between in utero exposure to thiopurines and diagnoses of chronic diseases (type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease, thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, IBD and asthma) and congenital malformations during childhood and adolescence.

METHODS: This nationwide cohort study was based on information using Danish registers and comprised all live-born children from 1995 to 2015 (N = 1 308 778). Children exposed in utero to thiopurines were followed for a median of 8.9 years (25%-75% percentiles 5.5-12.4 years); children not exposed were followed for 13.9 years (25%-75% percentiles 8.7-19.0 years). Analyses were adjusted for a number of confounders including the type of maternal underlying disease.

RESULTS: A total of 1047 children had been exposed to thiopurines in utero; 96 developed a chronic disease and 126 were diagnosed with congenital malformations during follow-up. The adjusted hazard ratio for rheumatoid arthritis was 0.78 (95% CI 0.35-1.73); for IBD, it was 1.45 (95% CI 0.64-3.27); for asthma 0.94 (95% CI 0.73-1.21), and for congenital malformations, it was 0.95 (95% CI 0.78-1.15). For type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease, thyroid disease and ulcerative colitis, we had insufficient data to perform adjusted analysis.

CONCLUSION: We found no increased risk of seven common chronic diseases or congenital malformations during childhood and adolescence after gestational exposure to thiopurines.

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CommentIn: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Oct;54(8):1088-1089. - PMID 34564890

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E-Artikel

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

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Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 54(2021), 8 vom: 31. Okt., Seite 1061-1069

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Englisch

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Jølving, Line Riis [VerfasserIn]
Anru, Pavithra Laxsen [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Friedman, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Nørgård, Bente Mertz [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 13.10.2021

Date Revised 13.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Oct;54(8):1088-1089. - PMID 34564890

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1111/apt.16578

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NLM33007153X