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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Aug 18;10(12):3149–3155. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.013

Table 1.

Characteristics of studies included in the review.

Medication Disease Study design Timing of exposure Number
of
patients
exposed
Live births Major
birth
defects
Low
birth
weight
Preterm
births
Stillbirths
1 Omalizumab Asthma The Observational Study of the Use and Safety of Xolair (omalizumab) During Pregnancy (EXPECT) (Namazy, Blais et al. 2020) [8, 9] 246 patients were exposed during first trimester 230 233 (99.1%) (223 singletons and 10 twins) (8.1%) (13.7%) (15%) 2 (0.9%)
2 Asthma Retrospective case study (Gemicioğlu, Yalçin et al. 2021) [12] Variable 20 23 (2 twins) 0 3 5 0
3 Asthma Case reports (Kupryś-Lipińska, Tworek et al. 2014) [13] Throughout pregnancy 2 2 0 0 0 0
4 Asthma Case report (Hirashima, Hojo et al. 2012) [14] First trimester 1 1 0 1 1 0
5 Asthma Case report (Kuschnir, Emerson et al. 2012) [15] First trimester 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Asthma Case report (Cortese, Di Lizia et al. 2013) [16] First trimester 1 1 0 NA 1 0
7 Asthma Case report (Majou, Moreira et al. 2021) [17] Throughout pregnancy 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 CIU Observational study (EXPECT) (Namazy, J., 2021) [18] First trimester 30 29 2 1 4 0
9 CIU Case report (Cuervo-Pardo, Barcena-Blanch et al. 2016) [19] Throughout pregnancy 4 4 0 0 0 0
10 CIU Case report (Liao, Yu et al. 2021) [20] Variable 2 2 0 0 0 0
11 CIU Case report (Losappio, Mirone et al. 2020) [21] Throughout pregnancy 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 CIU Case report (Ensina, Cusato-Ensina et al. 2017) [22] Variable 2 3 (2 twins) 0 0 0 0
13 CIU Case report (Ghazanfar and Thomsen 2015) [23] Throughout pregnancy 1 2 (conceived twice) 0 0 0 0
14 CIU Case report (Gonzalez-Medina, Curto-Barredo et al. 2017) [24] Variable 2 2 0 0 0 0
15 Mepolizumab Asthma Case report (Ozden and Pinar Deniz 2021) [28] First trimester 2 1 0 0 0 0
16 Severe eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis Case report (Kasuya, Kitano et al. 2019) * Exposed after delivery 1 N/A (Due to time of exposure) N/A N/A N/A N/A
17 Benralizumab Hypereosinop hilic syndrome with severe eosinophilic gastrointestin al involvement Case report (Manetz, Marie et al. 2021) [32] Throughout pregnancy 1 1 0 (0 eosinophil count at birth to 7 months) 0 0 0
18 Asthma Case report (Saco and Tabatabaian 2018) [33] ** Third trimester N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
19 Dupilumab Atopic dermatitis Case series (Bosma, Gerbens et al. 2021) [48] 2 men at conception 2 women prior to conception 4 4 0 0 0 0
20 Atopic dermatitis Case report (Lobo, Lee et al. 2021) [40] First and second trimester 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 Atopic dermatitis Case report (Kage, Simon et al. 2020, Kage, Simon et al. 2021) [41, 42] Throughout pregnancy 1 1 0 0 0 0
22 Atopic dermatitis Case report (Mian, Dunlap et al. 2020) [43] Third trimester 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 Atopic dermatitis Case report (Gracia-Darder, Pons De Ves et al. 2021) [44] Throughout pregnancy 1 1 0 0 0 0
24 Atopic dermatitis Case report (Costley and Murphy 2021) [45] Throughout pregnancy 1 1 0 0 0 0
25 Atopic dermatitis Case report (Akhtar, Khosravi-Hafshejani et al. 2022) [47] Throughout pregnancy 1 1 0 1 0 0
26 Pemphigoid gestationis Case report (Riquelme-McLoughlin and Mascaró 2021) [46] Third trimester 1 1 0 N/A 1 0
Total 313 318 21 38 47 2

N/A = Not available/Not applicable

CIU = Chronic idiopathic urticaria

*

Mepolizumab was given after the delivery. Therefore, pregnancy outcomes could not be attributed to mepolizumab use.

**

Exposed to benralizumab during pregnancy. However, no further information on fetal outcomes was provided.