Table 1.
In-Scope Post-approval Activities (Company-Sponsored) Focused on Data Generation in Pregnancy.
| Pregnancy registry | Observational/non-interventional cohort study with or without a comparison group including pregnancy sub-studies in product or disease registries |
| Database study |
Non-interventional study with or without a comparison group that utilizes electronic administrative claims databases and/or EHR or other data to assess pregnancy outcomes Note: For purposes of the survey, responding companies were asked to consider a study that uses a registry as data source under the first category: pregnancy registry |
| Enhanced pharmacovigilance (PV) | Enhanced follow-up activities or data collection for specific product(s) in addition to what is routinely performed for any spontaneous reports related to pregnancy received by a company. For example, there may be additional time points of follow-up (i.e., subset of products for which follow-up is performed at 6 months after birth and 1 year after birth) or specific data collection form used for specific product(s) |
| Interventional study | Clinical trial or pharmacokinetic (PK) study with or without comparison groups in pregnant women |
| Drug utilization study | Study to determine product use in pregnancy to inform on further work (e.g. pregnancy registry, database study, interventional study) |