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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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of MS or CIS (in line with the locally approved indications) * Currently pregnant with singleton pregnancy at gestational week ≤30 at enrolment * Documentation that first and second obstetric ultrasound has been conducted before enrolment during the screening period * Documentation that the last exposure to ocrelizumab occurred up to 6 months before the LMP before the woman became pregnant OR during the first trimester of pregnancy Exclusion Criteria: * Last exposure to ocrelizumab \>6 months before the woman's LMP or later than the first trimester of pregnancy * Gestational age at enrolment \>30 weeks * Non-singleton pregnancy * Received the last dose of ocrelizumab at a different posology other than per the local prescribing information * Lack of access to ultrasound pre-natal care as part of standard clinical practice * Prior or current obstetric/gynecological conditions associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes * Pre-pregnancy body mass index \>35 kg/m2 * Any concomitant disease that may require chronic treatment with systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressants during the course of the study * Prior or current history of primary or secondary immunodeficiency, or woman in an otherwise severely immunocompromised state * Significant and uncontrolled disease that may preclude a woman from participating in the study * Women with known active malignancies or being actively monitored for recurrence of malignancy including solid tumors and hematological malignancies * Prior or current history of alcohol or drug abuse, or current use of tobacco * Positive screening tests for hepatitis B * Treatment with drugs known to have teratogenic effects * Planned treatment with interferons, glatiramer acetate, or pulsed corticosteroids as a bridging therapy after the last ocrelizumab dose and throughout pregnancy * Treatment with disease-modifying therapies for MS within their respective half-lives prior to the last ocrelizumab dose or prior to the LMP * Treatment with natalizumab within 12 weeks prior to the LMP * Treatment with teriflunomide within the last two years, unless measured plasma concentrations are \<0.02 mg/L. If levels are \>0.02 mg/L or not known, an accelerated elimination procedure is required * Treatment with any investigational agent within 6 months or five half-lives of the investigational drug prior to the last ocrelizumab dose or prior to the LMP
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hopital Pierre Wertheimer - Hopital Neurologique
Bron, 69003, France
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Hosp. Clinico San Carlos
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Hôpital de la Pitié Salpétrière
Paris, 75013, France
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Inselspital Bern
Bern, 3010, Switzerland
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MultipEL Studies - Institut für klinische Studien
Hamburg, 22179, Germany
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St. Josef Hospital GmbH
Bochum, 44791, Germany
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The Ken and Ruth Davee department of Neurology
Chicago, Illinois, 60611-4296, United States
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University Of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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Universitätsspital Basel
Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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