| Study | Country Study period  | 
                Population source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Sample size | Rmk | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broms (Controls exposed to other treatments), 2020 | 
                    Denmark, Finland and Sweden 2006 - 2013  | 
                All women who gave birth to a singleton infant during the study period. | Women who filled prescriptions for Etanercept within 90 days before their LMP until delivery. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    exposed to other treatment, sick
                     Women who filled prescriptions for Nonbiologic systemic treatment (mainly azathioprine, corticosteroids, sulfasalazine, anti-malarials, and methotrexate) within 90 days before their LMP until delivery.  | 
                510 / 9393 | |
| Broms (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2020 | 
                    Denmark, Finland and Sweden 2006 - 2013  | 
                All women who gave birth to a singleton infant during the study period. | Women who filled prescriptions for Etanercept within 90 days before their LMP until delivery. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, disease free
                     The general population (women without the diseases of interest and without treatment).  | 
                510 / 1623483 | |
| Bröms (controls unexposed, disease free), 2016 | 
                    Denmark and Sweden 2004/6 - 2012  | 
                Women and their infants up to 1 year of age (among all 15 million residents of Denmark and Sweden). | Women who had filled prescriptions for Etanercept within 90 days before and 90 days after their last menstrual period. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, disease free
                     Women without disease or TNF treatment (ie, the general population).  | 
                344 / 1250192 | Primary analyse on Anti-TNF, with individual result by substance (n=2 Certolizumab). Controls: Corticosteroids (7.7%); anti-inflammatory treatments (20.8%: AZA, mercaptopurine, cyclosporine, acitretin, mycophenolate...); MTX (0.2%). | 
| Bröms (controls unexposed, sick), 2016 | 
                    Denmark and Sweden 2004/6 - 2012  | 
                Women and their infants up to 1 year of age (among all 15 million residents of Denmark and Sweden). | Women who had filled prescriptions for etanercept within 90 days before and 90 days after their last menstrual period. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Women with chronic inflammatory disease but no anti-TNF treatment.  | 
                344 / 21549 | Primary analyse on Anti-TNF, with individual result by substance (n=344 ETN). Controls: Corticosteroids (7.7%); anti-inflammatory treatments (20.8%: AZA, mercaptopurine, cyclosporine, acitretin, mycophenolate...); MTX (0.2%). | 
| Carman (Control unexposed, disease free), 2017 | 
                    USA 1995 - 2012  | 
                All women with diagnosis or procedure codes suggestive of pregnancy and all mother‐infant pairs enrolled during the study period. | Pregnant women diagnosed with chronic inflammatory arthritis (cIA) or Psoriasis (PsO) treated with etanercept during pregnancy. | 
                    unexposed, disease free
                     General population comparator group without chronic inflammatory arthritis (cIA) or Psoriasis (PsO) or TNFi treatment (ETN, adalimumab, certolizumab, golimumab, or infliximab).  | 
                337 / 1685 | Addition of Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis (n=256) and Psoriasis (n=81) patients and their respective control group (n=1280 and 405). | 
| Carman (Control unexposed, sick), 2017 | 
                    USA 1995 - 2012  | 
                All women with diagnosis or procedure codes suggestive of pregnancy and all mother‐infant pairs enrolled during the study period. | Pregnant women diagnosed with chronic inflammatory arthritis (cIA) or Psoriasis (PsO) treated with etanercept during pregnancy. | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Pregnant women diagnosed with chronic inflammatory arthritis (cIA) or Psoriasis (PsO) not treated with any TNFi (ETN, adalimumab, certolizumab, golimumab, or infliximab).  | 
                337 / 2861 | Addition of Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis (n=256) and Psoriasis (n=81) patients and their respective control group (n=1512 and 1349). | 
| Chambers, 2015 | 
                    USA and Canada 2005 - 2012  | 
                Women enrolled in the OTIS Autoimmune Diseases in Pregnancy Project. | Pregnancy outcomes in women treated with Etanercept. A total of 344 women received ETA in the first trimester; and 51% used ETA in the third trimester. | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Pregnancy outcomes in disease-matched (DM) women.  | 
                370 / 164 | There were no significant differences between groups in prenatal or postnatal growth, rates of serious or opportunistic infections, or developmental concerns on the ASQ. No malignancies were reported. | 
| De Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2020 | 
                    Italy 2009 - 2017  | 
                Mothers who attended the Clinic. | Children born to mothers with autoimmune diseases on Etanercept therapy during pregnancy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, disease free
                     Children born to healthy mothers.  | 
                6 / 36 | |
| De Lorenzo (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 | 
                    Italy 2009 - 2017  | 
                Mothers who attended the Clinic. | Children born to mothers with autoimmune diseases on Etanercept therapy during pregnancy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Children born to mothers with autoimmune diseases not treated with Biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs).  | 
                6 / 32 | Unexposed: 13 of 32 neonates were born to mothers under no immunosuppressive, 15 to HCQ, 1 to AZA and 3 to both AZA and HCQ. | 
| Drechsel, 2020 | 
                    Not specified 2007 - 2018  | 
                Patients with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who were enrolled in BiKeR during childhood and were subsequently transferred to JuMBO, and reported at least one pregnancy in JuMBO. | Pregnancies with maternal etanercept only exposure. | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Pregnancies unexposed to disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD).  | 
                13 / 85 | Major congenital anomalies were classified according to the guidelines of the European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies. | 
| Fu, 2019 | 
                    China 2014 - 2017  | 
                Refractory recurrent spontaneous abortion patients with innate immune disorders and failure of conventional treatment for RSA (heparin, aspirin, prednisone, cyclosporine A). | Women administered basic treatment (heparin, aspirin, prednisone, cyclosporine) and etanercept (daily s.c. administration at a dosage of 25 mg from the end of menstruation until the occurrence of menstruation or to the end of the 10th week of gestation). | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Women administered basic treatment (heparin, aspirin, prednisone, cyclosporine) and placebo (daily with s.c. saline solution at the same dosage and same time).  | 
                95 / 93 | |
| Hoxha, 2017 | 
                    Italia 2008 - 2015  | 
                Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis attending four Rheumatology Units. | Pregnancies in patients which were treated with Etanercept at conception/ 1st trimester [anti-TNFa therapy was discontinued between 7th-11th weeks of gestations (WG)]. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Pregnancies in women withdrawn anti-TNFa prior to conception [anti-TNFa therapy was discontinued between one to six months prior to conception, following the leaflet recommendations].  | 
                17 / 11 | Primary analyse concerned AntiTNFa group, which was further categorized into those exposed to ETN (n=17), ADA (n=5) or CZP (n=2) at conception; and 3 paternal exposures (ETN). Raw individual data provided for each substance and used for the meta-analysis. | 
| Hyrich, 2006 | 
                    United Kingdom Until 2005  | 
                Patients with rheumatic diseases directly exposed to anti-TNFa therapies during or immediately prior to pregnancy. | Patients who were directly exposed to etanercept at the time of conception. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Patients who electively discontinued their anti-TNFa therapy prior to conceiving (range 1–10 months before conception).  | 
                17 / 9 | All but 2 etanercept patients discontinued their during the first trimester of pregnancy. | 
| Langen, 2014 | 
                    USA 2001 - 2009  | 
                All pregnancies complicated by Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) delivered at the institution. | Women with etanercept near the time of conception. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    exposed to other treatment, sick
                     Women with prednisone only near the time of conception. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study).  | 
                1 / 15 | Co-exposure Prednisolone, plaquenil and etanercept (discontinuation of Plaquenil and etanercept). | 
| Viktil (Controls exposed to other treatments), 2012 | 
                    Norway 2004 - 2007  | 
                Singleton pregnancies in women receiving at least 1 prescription during the study period. | Women with dispensation of Etanercept from 3 months prior to pregnancy to delivery. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    exposed to other treatment, sick
                     Women with dispensation of other anti-rheumatic drugs (Prednisolone, NSAIDs, Sulfasalazine, Hydroxychloroquine, Etanercept, Adalimumab, Methotrexate, Leflunomid, or Anakinra) from 3 months prior to pregnancy to delivery.  | 
                37 / 1424 | Analysis performed on anti-rheumatic drugs as a whole, no individual analyse for each substance. Raw data (number of exposed pregnancies and malformations) were available in the text and were used for this meta-analysis. | 
| Viktil (Controls unexposed, NOS), 2012 | 
                    Norway 2004 - 2007  | 
                Singleton pregnancies in women receiving at least 1 prescription during the study period. | Women with dispensation of Etanercept from 3 months prior to pregnancy to delivery. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed (general population or NOS)
                     Singleton pregnancies whose mothers did not received an anti-rheumatic drugs in the period 3 months prior to conception until labour.  | 
                37 / 154976 | Analysis performed on anti-rheumatic drugs as a whole, no individual analyse for each substance. Raw data (number of exposed pregnancies and malformations) were available in the text and were used for this meta-analysis. | 
| Vinet (Unexposed controls, disease free), 2018 | 
                    USA 2011 - 2015  | 
                The Pregnancies in RA Mothers and matched control group of children born to unaffected mothers. | Children born of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) women with ≥1 filled prescription of Etanercept during the preconception and/or gestational periods. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, disease free
                     Children born to non-RA mothers without TNFi exposure (i.e., no prescription filled or infusion procedure claim within the preconception and gestational periods).  | 
                195 / 14596 | Primary analysis performed on the group of TNFi, but raw data related to serious infections provided by type of TNFi and used in this meta-analysis. | 
| Vinet (Unexposed controls, sick), 2018 | 
                    USA 2011 - 2015  | 
                The Pregnancies in RA Mothers and matched control group of children born to unaffected mothers. | Children born of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) women with ≥1 filled prescription of Etanercept during the preconception and/or gestational periods. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, sick
                     Children born of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) women without TNFi exposure (i.e., no prescription filled or infusion procedure claim within the gestational period and the 12 weeks preceding it).  | 
                195 / 2476 | Primary analysis performed on the group of TNFi, but raw data related to serious infections provided by type of TNFi and used in this meta-analysis. | 
| Weber-Schoendorfer, 2015 | 
                    Australia, Finland, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland and the United Kingdom 1998 - 2013  | 
                Pregnant women who contact a Teratology information services (TIS), directly or via her health care professional. | Pregnant women who had been exposed to more than one dose of ETA at any time during the first 12 weeks after the last menstrual period (LMP). (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). | 
                    unexposed, disease free
                     Pregnant women identified through spontaneous TIS consultations for other conditions or exposures such as hairdyeing, urinary tract infection, asthma or depression.  | 
                140 / 1532 | Analyses were performed for the group of 5 TNF-α inhibitors (172 ADA, 7 CZP, 140 ETA, 3 GOL and 168 IFX). Indications: IBD (48,1%) et RA (26,9%). Raw data were provided for major malformations and used for the meta-analysis. | 
| Study | Country Study period  | 
                Case | Control | Sample size | Rmk | 
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21 studies, not fulfilled eligibility criteria, were excluded. See excluded tab for the list of these studies and reason of exclusion.