The most important people in clinical research are volunteers.
Without people like you, clinical studies could not take place.
Taking medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Deciding whether to start a family can be a difficult choice to make for women with chronic diseases who rely on taking medications to control their disease. Because testing new drugs on pregnant or breastfeeding women can be risky, there often isn’t a lot of information available about how safe and effective the drugs are for pregnant or breastfeeding mothers.
Read moreThe BE CARING Study for breastfeeding mothers
The aim of the BE CARING Study is to gather information about the amounts of a drug called bimekizumab in the breast milk of breastfeeding mothers who are taking it for an autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease. The study will also assess the amounts of bimekizumab in the blood of the mother and (optionally) her breastfeeding baby.
Read moreWithout people like you, clinical studies could not take place.
The BE CARING Study is important because there isn’t much data available on the effects of drugs like bimekizumab on breastfeeding. The results of this study will help us understand this more fully and hopefully helping other families in the future.