Pregnancy & Lactation : הריון/הנקה

4.6   Fertility, pregnancy and lactation

Contraception in males and females
Women of childbearing potential should use effective contraception while receiving trastuzumab emtansine and for 7 months following the last dose of trastuzumab emtansine. Male patients or their female partners should also use effective contraception.

Pregnancy

There are no data from the use of trastuzumab emtansine in pregnant women. Trastuzumab, a component of trastuzumab emtansine, can cause foetal harm or death when administered to a pregnant woman. In the post-marketing setting, cases of oligohydramnios, some associated with fatal pulmonary hypoplasia, have been reported in pregnant women receiving trastuzumab. Animal studies of maytansine, a closely related chemical entity of the same maytansinoid class as DM1, suggest that DM1, the microtubule inhibiting cytotoxic component of trastuzumab emtansine, is expected to be teratogenic and potentially embryotoxic (see section 5.3).

Administration of trastuzumab emtansine to pregnant women is not recommended and women should be informed of the possibility of harm to the foetus before they become pregnant. Women who become pregnant must immediately contact their doctor. If a pregnant woman is treated with trastuzumab emtansine, close monitoring by a multidisciplinary team is recommended.


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Breast-feeding
It is not known whether trastuzumab emtansine is excreted in human milk. Since many medicinal products are excreted in human milk and because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in breast-feeding infants, women should discontinue breast-feeding prior to initiating treatment with trastuzumab emtansine. Women may begin breast-feeding 7 months after concluding treatment.

Fertility

No reproductive and developmental toxicology studies have been conducted with trastuzumab emtansine.