MS drug during pregnancy: what happens to Baby's immune cells?

NCT ID NCT04998812

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study checked how the multiple sclerosis drug ocrelizumab passes from mother to baby during pregnancy. Researchers measured B cell levels in 70 infants whose mothers took the drug around the time of pregnancy. The goal was to see if the drug affects the baby's immune system at birth.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

ocrelizumab

What this could lead to

If successful, this could help doctors understand the safety of ocrelizumab during pregnancy and guide treatment decisions for women with MS.

What could go wrong

This is a small, completed observational study, not a treatment trial. It only measures effects, not outcomes, so it cannot prove safety or harm definitively.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

multiple sclerosis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hopital Pierre Wertheimer - Hopital Neurologique

    Bron, 69003, France

  • Hosp. Clinico San Carlos

    Madrid, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Hôpital de la Pitié Salpétrière

    Paris, 75013, France

  • Inselspital Bern

    Bern, 3010, Switzerland

  • MultipEL Studies - Institut für klinische Studien

    Hamburg, 22179, Germany

  • St. Josef Hospital GmbH

    Bochum, 44791, Germany

  • The Ken and Ruth Davee department of Neurology

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611-4296, United States

  • University Of Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of California San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • Universitätsspital Basel

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland