Publications - Medication Safety and Effectiveness

Sheehy O, Tchuente V, Eltonsy S, Hawken S, Kaul P, Walker M, Pugliese M, Dragan R, Savu A, Leal L, Morin L, Malhamé I, Pana R, Bérard A. Late Pregnancy Antiseizure Medication Exposure and Offspring Neurodevelopmental Risk: A Multi-Child Cohort Study. Ann Neurol. 2026;99(3):761-776. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.78084

de Bruin O, Maisonneuve E, Hurley E, Nordeng HME, Bérard A, Sheehy O, Kaul P, Shinde MU, Cosgrove A, Lyons JG, Messenger-Jones E, Kempner ME, Toh S, Hua W, Hernández-Muñoz JJ, Sahin L, Cesta CE, Hägg D, Gini R, Paoletti O, Poblador-Plou B, Jordan S, Thayer D, Rodríguez-Bernal CL, Sánchez-Sáez F, Lassalle R, Bernard MA, Alsina E, Ahmadizar F, Favre G, Panchaud A, Bloemenkamp KWM, Plueschke K, de Vries C, Siiskonen SJ, Sturkenboom MCJM; CONSIGN Collaboration Group (Geisler BP, Walker M, Hawken S, Bernatsky S, Eltonsy S, Hoffman E, Petrone AB, Mosley J, Ko J, Bartolini C, Roberto G, Limoncella G, Girardi A, Hyeraci G, Gimeno-Miguel A, Carmona-Pírez J, Poncel-Falcó A, Moreno-Juste A, Prados-Torres A, Thayer D, Farr I, Ahmed S, Scanlon I, Sanfélix-Gimeno G, Hurtado I, Garcia-Sempere A, Peiro S, Jové J, Sakr D, Droz-Perroteau C, Alsina E, Baud D, Engjom HM, Riera-Arnau J, Sabaté Gallego M, Ballarín Alins E, Aguilera Martin C, Kampman M, Brasil C). Medications Used Among Nonhospitalized Pregnant Women With COVID-19: A Prospective Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis in Europe and North America. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2026;35(1):e70303. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.70303

Zekavat OR, Zarsanj N, Sadeghdoust A, Lavu A, Bordbar M, Eltonsy S, Peymani P. Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Potential Drug-Drug Interactions in Hospitalized Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Prospective Pharmacoepidemiologic Study. Cancers. 2025 Sep 18;17(18):1-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17183054

Goubran J, Okunnu OG, Lavu A, Eltonsy S. Third generation antiseizure medications exposure during pregnancy and neonatal adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review. Sci Prog. 2024 Apr-Jun;107(2):368504241234781. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504241234781

Desrochers B, Lavu A, Valencia E, Vaccaro C, Peymani P, Eltonsy S. Risks of congenital malformations and neonatal intensive care unit admissions with gabapentin use in pregnancy: A cohort study and scoping review with meta-analysis. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024;38(6):486-494. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13086

Haidar L, Crane HM, Nance RM, Webel A, Ruderman SA, Whitney BM, Willig AL, Napravnik S, Mixson LS, Leong C, Lavu A, Aboulatta L, Dai M, Hahn A, Saag MS, Bamford L, Cachay E, Kitahata MM, Mayer KH, Jacobson J, Moore RD, Delaney JAC, Drumright LN, Eltonsy S. Weight loss associated with semaglutide treatment among people with HIV. AIDS. 2023 Nov 17. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003791

Aboulatta L, Haidar L, Abou-Setta A, Askin N, Rabbani R, Lavu A, Peymani P, Zarychanski R, Eltonsy S. Efficacy and Safety of MAO-B Inhibitors Safinamide and Zonisamide in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. CNS Drugs. 2023 Nov;37(11):941-956. Epub 2023 Nov 16. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40263-023-01048-x

Lavu A, Vaccaro C, Zusman E, Aboulatta L, Aloud B, Alessi-Severini S, Haidar L, Peymani P, Ng MC, Ruth C, Falk J, Desrochers B, Valencia E, Shouman W, Rabbani R, Eltonsy S. Antiseizure medication use during pregnancy and neonatal growth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2024;90(8):1827-1837. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15752

Azoulay L, St-Jean A, Dahl M, Quail J, Aibibula W, Brophy JM, Chan A-W, Bresee L, Carney G, Eltonsy S, Tamim H, Paterson JM, Platt RW for CNODES. Hydrochlorothiazide use and risk of keratinocyte carcinoma and melanoma: A multi-site population-based cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2023;89(2):243-253. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2023.04.035