Pregnant women have been systematically excluded from clinical trials for 90 per cent of medications available worldwide, and experts say it is putting them at risk.
When she became pregnant after careful planning and medical support, Angelie O’Brien was faced with a choice women’s health experts say she should not have had to make: take medication that had not been trialled in pregnant women for her chronic disease, lupus, or risk potential disaster.
Angelie O’Brien says being pregnant on top of being a chronic lupus sufferer would have been less anxiety-triggering if there was more research data on the safety and efficacy of the drugs she needed to take.“We’re causing harm because women are being exposed to a lack of evidence to inform their best care … not doing anything is causing harm,” said Palmer, an obstetrician and researcher.
“We’re finding that pregnant women are incredibly keen to have the opportunity to be involved in research … about 30 per cent will say ‘yes’ to participating in a clinical trial, particularly when it is trial treatments for complications they are experiencing,” she said, so long as good oversight and constant assessment is in place.
Infectious disease physician Professor Michelle Giles said considering pregnant women earlier for inclusion in vaccine research, for example, could potentially save lives, especially if the disease is more severe in pregnancy.
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