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NCT Number: NCT04869280

Post-Marketing Study of Prucalopride Safety In Pregnancy

This study collects information on pregnant women with ongoing constipation who took prucalopride and those who did not take prucalopride. The main aim of the study is to learn if any medical problems in pregnant women or their infants might be related to taking prucalopride during pregnancy.

Participants are not required to take prucalopride during the study. The study is non-interventional. Women and their infants are followed during pregnancy and for 1 year after pregnancy to collect information on maternal, pregnancy, and infant outcomes.

During the study, participants will be asked questions during 3 telephone interviews; 2 during pregnancy and 1 just after their expected delivery date. Participants who took or are taking prucalopride will be asked more detailed questions about this during these interviews. All information is collected remotely, and no visits to the study site are required.

Also, all participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their baby when their baby is about 1 year old.

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Key information

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of California San Diego

La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Cohort 1: Prucalopride-Exposed (MOTEGRITY, RESOTRAN) Cohort:

  • Pregnant women.
  • Exposure to MOTEGRITY or RESOTRAN (generic forms of prucalopride not allowed) for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) or irritable bowel syndrome-constipation (IBS-C), for any number of days, at any dose, and at any time from the 1st day of the LMP up to and including the 12th week after the first day of the LMP. If the date of LMP is unclear, or if a first-trimester ultrasound has been done and the estimated date of conception is more than one week discrepant from the menstrual period calculation, the first-trimester ultrasound-derived date will be used to calculate a date for LMP and conception.
  • Agree to the conditions and requirements of the study including the interview schedule, and release of medical records.

Cohort 2: Disease-Matched Comparison Cohort:

  • Pregnant women.
  • Diagnosed with CIC or IBS-C; frequency matched to the exposed group by disease indication, with the indication validated by medical records when possible.
  • Agree to the conditions and requirements of the study including the interview schedule, and release of medical records.

Exclusion criteria

Cohort 1: Prucalopride-Exposed (MOTEGRITY, RESOTRAN) Cohort

  • Women who have first contact with the project after prenatal diagnosis of any major structural defect.
  • Women who have enrolled in the prucalopride cohort study with a previous pregnancy (women may only enroll once in the Prucalopride Pregnancy Cohort Study).
  • Women who have used prucalopride for an indication other than CIC or IBS-C.
  • Women who do not have exposure in the first trimester of pregnancy.
  • Retrospective enrollment after the outcome of pregnancy is known (i.e. the pregnancy has ended prior to enrollment).
  • Results of a diagnostic test are positive for a major structural defect prior to enrollment. However, women who have had any normal or abnormal prenatal screening or diagnostic test prior to enrollment are eligible as long as the test result does not indicate a major structural defect.

Cohort 2: Disease-Matched Comparison Cohort:

  • Women who have first contact with the project after prenatal diagnosis of any major structural defect.
  • Exposure to prucalopride (brand name or generic) anytime during the current pregnancy; may or may not have taken another medication for their disease in the current pregnancy.
  • Women who have enrolled in the prucalopride cohort study with a previous pregnancy (women may only enroll once in the Prucalopride Pregnancy Cohort Study).
  • Retrospective enrollment after the outcome of pregnancy is known (i.e. the pregnancy has ended prior to enrollment).
  • Results of a diagnostic test are positive for a major structural defect prior to enrollment. However, women who have had any normal or abnormal prenatal screening or diagnostic test prior to enrollment are eligible as long as the test result does not indicate a major structural defect.

Treatment and study plan

No intervention

Other

This is a non-interventional study.

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants With Major Structural Defects

    Time frame: Up to 1 year of age

    Major structural defects are defined and classified using the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coding manual that is used for the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program (MACDP) classification of major structural defects. All major structural defects will be adjudicated by the co-investigator on this study.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Spontaneous Abortion/Miscarriage

    Time frame: 20 weeks post-last menstrual period (LMP)

    Spontaneous abortion/miscarriage is defined as non-deliberate fetal death that occurs prior to 20 weeks post-LMP.

  2. Number of Participants With Stillbirth

    Time frame: From 20 weeks post-LMP to end of pregnancy

    Stillbirth is defined as non-deliberate fetal death anytime in gestation at or after 20 weeks post-LMP.

  3. Number of Participants With Elective Termination/Abortion

    Time frame: At the end of pregnancy or through 9-month pregnancy period

    Elective termination/abortion is defined as deliberate termination of pregnancy through medication or surgical procedures. Elective abortions are classified for medical or social reasons.

  4. Number of Participants With Premature Delivery

    Time frame: Through 9-month pregnancy period

    Premature delivery is defined as live birth prior to 37 weeks gestation as counted from LMP (or calculated from first-trimester ultrasound-derived due date if LMP uncertain or more than 1 week discrepant). Elective caesarian deliveries or inductions prior to 37 completed weeks will be considered separately.

  5. Incidence of Small for Gestational Age

    Time frame: At birth

    Small for gestational age is defined as birth size (weight, length or head circumference) less than the 10th centile for sex and gestational age using standard pediatric CDC growth curves for full term or preterm infants.

  6. Number of Participants With Postnatal Growth Deficiency

    Time frame: Up to 1 year of age

    Postnatal growth deficiency is defined as postnatal size (weight, length or head circumference) less than the 10th centile for sex and age using National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) pediatric growth curves, and adjusted postnatal age for premature infants if the postnatal measurement is obtained at less than 1 year of age.

  7. Screening for Neurodevelopmental Milestones

    Time frame: 1 year of age

    Screening for neurodevelopment performed using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ). An abnormal score is defined in the scoring guidelines.

  8. Incidence of Hospitalization in Live Born Children

    Time frame: Up to 1 year of age

    Hospitalizations is defined as any hospitalization of the infant within the first year of life after discharge following delivery.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Takeda

Industry

Collaborators

  • The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists

Registry information

Official study title

Prucalopride (MOTEGRITY®, RESOTRAN®) Pregnancy Exposure Study: A VAMPSS Post-Marketing Surveillance Study of Prucalopride Safety in Pregnancy

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
May 3, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 21, 2026

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