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George P, Jagun O, Liu Q, Wentworth C, Napatalung L, Wolk R, Anway S, Zwillich SH. Prevalence of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and mental health conditions among an alopecia areata cohort from a US administrative claims database. J Dermatol 2023; 50:1121-1128. [PMID: 37291688 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.16839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Alopecia areata (AA) is associated with an increased burden of autoimmune and inflammatory disease and mental health conditions that may have a negative impact on quality of life. However, the exact burden of comorbidities on US patients with AA and the clinical subtypes alopecia totalis (AT) and alopecia universalis (AU) compared with those without AA is not well understood. This retrospective cohort study aimed to assess the incidence rates and prevalence of AA and its clinical subtypes and examine the autoimmune and inflammatory disease and mental health condition diagnosis burden in US patients with AA and a matched cohort without AA. The Optum Clinformatics Data Mart database was used to select patients aged ≥12 years enrolled between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2020, who had two or more AA diagnosis codes for the AA cohort. Three patients without AA were age-, sex-, and race-matched to each patient with AA. Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and mental health conditions were evaluated at baseline and up to 2 years after the index date. In total, 8784 patients with AA (599 with AT/AU) and 26 352 matched patients without AA were included. The incidence rate of AA was 17.5 per 100 000 person-years (PY; AT/AU: 1.1 per 100 000 PY; non-AT/AU: 16.3 per 100 000 PY), and the prevalence was 54.9 per 100 000 persons (AT/AU: 3.8; non-AT/AU: 51.2). Patients with AA had a higher prevalence of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases than the matched non-AA cohort, including allergic rhinitis (24.0% vs 14.5%), asthma (12.8% vs 8.8%), atopic dermatitis (8.3% vs 1.8%), and psoriasis (5.0% vs. 1.6%). The proportions of anxiety (30.7% vs 21.6%) and major depressive disorder (17.5% vs 14.0%) were higher in patients with AA than those without AA. Patients with AT/AU generally had a greater prevalence of autoimmune and inflammatory disease and mental health conditions than patients with non-AT/AU AA.
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- Pfizer Inc, New York, New York, USA
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- Pfizer Inc, New York, New York, USA
- Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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George P, Jagun O, Liu Q, Wentworth C, Napatalung L, Wolk R, Anway S, Zwillich SH. Incidence Rates of Infections, Malignancies, Thromboembolism, and Cardiovascular Events in an Alopecia Areata Cohort from a US Claims Database. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) 2023:10.1007/s13555-023-00937-9. [PMID: 37296372 PMCID: PMC10366041 DOI: 10.1007/s13555-023-00937-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune disease with an underlying immuno-inflammatory pathogenesis. Treatments can include systemic corticosteroids and immunomodulators (such as Janus kinase inhibitors); these medications may be associated with a risk of some adverse events. However, large-scale observational studies of baseline incidence rates (IRs) of infection, cardiovascular disease, malignancy, and thromboembolism in US patients with AA, including those with alopecia totalis or alopecia universalis (AT/AU), are limited. This real-world, US claims-based study aimed to estimate the incidence of events in patients with AA compared with matched patients without AA. METHODS Patients aged ≥ 12 years enrolled in the Optum Clinformatics Data Mart database from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2020, with ≥ 2 AA diagnosis codes were included in the AA cohort. Patients without AA were age-, sex-, and race-matched 3:1 to patients with AA. Baseline comorbidities were evaluated during the 12-month period pre-index date. Incident cases of serious/herpes infections, malignancies, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and thromboembolic events were evaluated post-index date. Data are presented using descriptive statistics, proportional percentages, frequencies, and IRs (calculated with 95% CI). RESULTS Overall, 8784 patients with AA, 599 of whom had AT/AU, were matched to 26,352 patients without AA. IRs per 1000 person-years among the AA and non-AA cohorts, respectively, were 18.5 and 20.6 for serious infections, 19.5 and 9.7 for herpes simplex infections, 7.8 and 7.6 for herpes zoster infections, 12.5 and 11.6 for primary malignancies, 16.0 and 18.1 for MACE, and 4.9 and 6.1 for venous thromboembolisms. Compared with patients with non-AT/AU AA, patients with AT/AU largely had higher IRs for most baseline comorbidities and outcome events evaluated. CONCLUSION Patients with AA had a higher IR of herpes simplex infection than the matched non-AA cohort. Patients with AT/AU generally had higher rates of outcome events than patients without AT/AU.
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- Pfizer Inc., 66 Hudson Blvd. East, New York, NY, 10001, USA.
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- Pfizer Inc., 66 Hudson Blvd. East, New York, NY, 10001, USA
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- Pfizer Inc., 66 Hudson Blvd. East, New York, NY, 10001, USA
- Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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Arena PJ, Mo J, Liu Q, Zhou X, Gong R, Wentworth C, Murugesan S, Huang K. The incidence of acute myocardial infarction after elective spinal fusions or joint replacement surgery in the United States: a large-scale retrospective observational cohort study in 322,585 patients : Post-surgical myocardial infarction data. Patient Saf Surg 2021; 15:30. [PMID: 34537067 PMCID: PMC8449870 DOI: 10.1186/s13037-021-00305-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an uncommon but fatal complication among patients undergoing elective spinal fusion surgery (SF), total hip arthroplasty (THA), and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Our objective was to estimate the incidence of AMI among adults undergoing elective SF, THA, and TKA in different post-operative risk windows and characterize high-risk sub-populations in the United States. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from a longitudinal electronic healthcare record (EHR) database from January 1, 2007 to June 30, 2018. ICD codes were used to identify SF, THA, TKA, AMI, and selected clinical characteristics. Incidence proportions (IPs) and 95% confidence intervals were estimated in the following risk windows: index hospitalization, ≤ 30, ≤ 90, ≤ 180, and ≤ 365 days post-operation. Results A total of 67,533 SF patients, 87,572 THA patients, and 167,480 TKA patients were eligible for the study. The IP of AMI after SF, THA, and TKA ranged from 0.36, 0.28, and 0.25% during index hospitalization to 1.05, 0.93, and 0.85% ≤ 365 days post-operation, respectively. The IP of AMI was higher among patients who were older, male, with longer hospital stays, had a history of AMI, and had a history of diabetes. Conclusion The IP of post-operative AMI was generally highest among the SF cohort compared to the THA and TKA cohorts. Additionally, potential high-risk populations were identified. Future studies in this area are warranted to confirm these findings via improved confounder control and to identify effect measure modifiers. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13037-021-00305-6.
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- Patrick J Arena
- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc., 235 E 42nd St, New York, NY, 10017, USA
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- Safety Surveillance Research, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc., 235 E 42nd St, New York, NY, 10017, USA
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- Real World Evidence Center of Excellence, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc., 235 E 42nd St, New York, NY, 10017, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc., 235 E 42nd St, New York, NY, 10017, USA.
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Arena PJ, Mo J, Sabharwal C, Begier E, Zhou X, Gurtman A, Liu Q, Shen R, Wentworth C, Huang K. The incidence of stroke among selected patients undergoing elective posterior lumbar fusion: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2020; 21:612. [PMID: 32928165 PMCID: PMC7488711 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-020-03631-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Although stroke is a rare complication among spinal surgery patients, the recognition of this adverse event is critical given the aging population undergoing surgical procedures. The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of stroke among selected adults undergoing elective posterior lumbar fusion (PLF) during various post-operative risk windows and among different subgroups. METHODS A retrospective cohort study using a longitudinal electronic healthcare record (EHR) database was conducted from January 1, 2007 to June 30, 2018. Elective PLF, stroke, and select clinical characteristics were defined based on International Classification of Disease codes. Patients aged 18 to 85 years with ≥183 days of enrollment in the database prior to undergoing elective PLF were followed from the index date until the occurrence of stroke, death, loss to follow-up, or end of study period, whichever occurred first. The incidence of stroke was estimated in the following risk windows: index hospitalization, ≤ 30 days, ≤ 90 days, ≤ 180 days, and ≤ 365 days post-operation. RESULTS A total of 43,063 patients were eligible for the study. The incidence of stroke following elective PLF was 0.29% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.25, 0.35%) during index hospitalization, 0.44% (95% CI: 0.38, 0.50%) ≤ 30 days, 0.59% (95% CI: 0.52, 0.67%) ≤ 90 days, 0.76% (95% CI: 0.68, 0.85%) ≤ 180 days, and 1.12% (95% CI: 1.03, 1.23%) ≤ 365 days post-operation. Stratified analyses revealed that older patients had a higher incidence of stroke. Additionally, black patients had higher stroke incidences. Post-operative stroke incidence was higher among patients with a history of type 2 diabetes than among patients without such history; similarly, stroke incidence was higher among patients with a history of stroke compared to patients without such history. CONCLUSIONS The incidence of stroke following elective PLF using an EHR database in this study is slightly higher than that reported in the literature. Our results suggest that stroke risk modification prior to PLF may be important for patients who are older, black, type 2 diabetic, and/or have a history of stroke.
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- Patrick J Arena
- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA.
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- Safety Surveillance Research, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
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- Vaccine Research & Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NY, USA
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- Vaccine Research & Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NY, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
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- Global Medical Epidemiology & Big Data Analysis, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
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Kogut S, Quilliam BJ, Marcoux R, McQuade W, Wojciechowski C, Wentworth C, Plonsky R, Wood N. Persistence with Newly Initiated Antidepressant Medication in Rhode Island Medicaid: Analysis and Insights for Promoting Patient Adherence. R I Med J (2013) 2016; 99:28-32. [PMID: 27035137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe persistence to newly prescribed antidepressant medications within the Rhode Island Medicaid population. METHODS This retrospective study analyzed antidepressant medication persistence in a cohort of new users for a period spanning 2013-2014, focusing on the acute treatment phase (first 12 weeks of treatment). Covariates assessed included patient gender, age, comorbidity status, and measures of health system utilization. RESULTS Only 53.8% of patients persisted with medication for at least 12 weeks. (Figure 1). Persistence was increased with age > 35, and lower among patients lacking a follow-up visit. Multivariable analyses revealed that patients having at least one office visit during the follow-up period were nearly 2.5 times more likely to persist as compared to patients lacking such visits (OR 2.44, 95% CI 1.77-3.35). Persistence was 22% more likely among patients receiving psychiatric services (OR 1.22; 95% CI 1.00-1.48). CONCLUSIONS Antidepressant treatment persistence within the R.I. Medicaid population is suboptimal, and lowest among patients lacking follow-up care.
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- Stephen Kogut
- Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Program in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
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- Professor and Associate Dean, URI College of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI
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- Clinical Associate Professor, URI College of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI
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- Healthcare Policy Analyst, RI Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Providence, RI
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- Program Specialist, R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Providence, RI
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- Vice President of Integrated Behavioral Health, Prospect CharterCare, LLC, Providence, RI
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- Administrator for Medical Services, RI Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Providence, RI
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Cook M, Baker N, Lanes S, Bullock R, Wentworth C, Arrighi HM. Incidence of stroke and seizure in Alzheimer's disease dementia. Age Ageing 2015; 44:695-9. [PMID: 26008894 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND the objective of the study was to estimate and compare the incidence rates of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke and seizure among cohorts with and without Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. METHODS we conducted a retrospective cohort study using electronic medical records (EMRs) from primary care practices that participated in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1990 to 31 July 2009. For each AD-dementia patient, we selected one general population control patient without AD-dementia matched to one AD-dementia patient on year of birth, sex and physician practice. FINDINGS the AD-dementia cohorts were 68% female and averaged 80 years of age at the start of follow-up. Populations for analysis included 19,902 AD-dementia and matched non-AD-dementia patients with no history of stroke at baseline in which 790 incident cases of stroke occurred, and similarly, 22,084 AD-dementia and matched patients with no history of seizure at baseline in which 286 cases of seizure occurred. After adjusting for risk factors for each outcome, hazard ratios comparing AD-dementia with non-AD-dementia patients indicated higher rates among AD-dementia patients for stroke (HR = 1.29, 95% CI 1.11, 1.50) and seizure (HR = 5.31, 95% CI 3.97, 7.10). For stroke and seizure, the incidence rate ratios comparing AD-dementia patients with non-AD-dementia controls were greatest for the younger age groups. AD-dementia was observed to be a risk factor for both haemorrhagic stroke and seizures. Increasing age was associated with a decrease in relative risk and an increase in absolute risk.
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Panaccio MP, Cummins G, Wentworth C, Lanes S, Reynolds SL, Reynolds MW, Miao R, Koren A. A common data model to assess cardiovascular hospitalization and mortality in atrial fibrillation patients using administrative claims and medical records. Clin Epidemiol 2015; 7:77-90. [PMID: 25624771 PMCID: PMC4296911 DOI: 10.2147/clep.s64936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Purpose Atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) is frequently associated with cardiovascular comorbidities. Observational health care databases are commonly used for research purposes in studies of quality of care, health economics, outcomes research, drug safety, and epidemiology. This retrospective cohort study applied a common data model to administrative claims data (Truven Health Analytics MarketScan® claims databases [MS-Claims]) and electronic medical records data (Geisinger Health System’s MedMining electronic medical record database [MG-EMR]) to examine the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization and all-cause mortality in relation to clinical risk factors in recent-onset AF and to assess the consistency of analyses for each data source. Methods Cohorts of patients with newly diagnosed AF (n=105,262 [MS-Claims] and n=3,919 [MG-EMR]) and demographically similar patients without AF (n=105,262 [MS-Claims] and n=3,872 [MG-EMR]) were followed from the qualifying AF diagnosis until cardiovascular hospitalization, death, database disenrollment, or study completion. A common data model standardized the data in structure, format, content, and nomenclature to allow for systematic assessment and comparison of outcomes from two disparate data sets. Results In both databases, AF patients had greater overall baseline comorbidity and higher incidence rates of cardiovascular hospitalization (threefold higher) and all-cause mortality (46% higher) than non-AF patients. For AF patients, incidence rates of cardiovascular hospitalization and all-cause mortality were increased by the concomitant presence of coronary disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke at baseline. Overall, the pattern of cardiovascular hospitalization in the MS-Claims database was similar to that in the MG-EMR database. Compared with the MS-Claims database, the use of cardiovascular medications and the capture of certain comorbidities among AF patients appeared to be higher in the MG-EMR data set. Conclusion Similar standardized analyses across EMR and Claims databases were consistent in the association of AF with acute morbidity and an increased risk of all-cause mortality. Areas of inconsistency were due to differences in underlying population demographics and cardiovascular risks and completeness of certain data fields.
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- Health Engagement and Communications, Quintiles, Durham, NC, USA
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- US Medical Affairs, Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, USA
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- US Medical Affairs, Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, USA
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Schneider G, Juday T, Wentworth C, Lanes S, Hebden T, Seekins D. Impact of health care payer type on HIV stage of illness at time of initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the USA. AIDS Care 2013; 25:1470-6. [DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.774316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Jara M, Wentworth C, Lanes S. A new user cohort study comparing the safety of long-acting inhaled bronchodilators in COPD. BMJ Open 2012; 2:e000841. [PMID: 22619266 PMCID: PMC3364448 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate a possible increased risk observed in tiotropium clinical trials of stroke and other adverse events. DESIGN New users of long-acting anticholinergic therapy (tiotropium HandiHaler®) were compared with new users of long-acting β-agonist (LABA) monotherapy, and propensity scores were used to control confounding. SETTING UK healthcare system general practitioner electronic medical record database. PARTICIPANTS 10 840 patients newly prescribed tiotropium (n=4767) or LABA (n=6073), at least 40 years old, and not having asthma as their only respiratory illness. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Incidence rates of total stroke, myocardial infarction, angina and other adverse events. RESULTS Tiotropium was associated with increased rates of stroke (HR=1.49, 95% CI 0.91 to 2.45), angina (HR=1.38, 95% CI 0.88 to 2.16) and myocardial infarction (HR=1.26, 95% CI 0.72 to 2.21). Groups had similar rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation (HR=0.95, 95% CI 0.80 to 1.12) and pneumonia (HR=0.96, 95% CI 0.58 to 1.58). Tiotropium was associated with a lower rate of total mortality (HR=0.70, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.89) and asthma exacerbations (HR=0.46, 95% CI 0.36 to 0.57) than users of LABA. CONCLUSION Small increased risks of serious ischaemic cardiovascular events have been reported with inhaled anticholinergic medication from randomised and nonrandomized studies of ipratropium, tiotropium HandiHaler® and tiotropium Respimat®. Additional research is needed to understand the full extent of cardiovascular effects of inhaled anticholinergic medications and the patients who may be most susceptible.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Database Analytics, United BioSource Corp, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Database Analytics, United Biosource Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
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Feinberg BA, Gilmore JW, Haislip S, Wentworth C, Burke TA. Incidence and risk factors for chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting following highly or moderately emetogenic chemotherapy in community oncology practice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1548-5315(11)70576-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gilmore JW, Feinberg BA, Wisniewski T, Haislip S, Wentworth C, Burke TA. Risk factors for nausea and vomiting (NV) following highly or moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC or MEC) in U.S. community oncology practice. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.e19531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Jara M, Lanes SF, Wentworth C, May C, Kesten S. Comparative safety of long-acting inhaled bronchodilators: a cohort study using the UK THIN primary care database. Drug Saf 2008; 30:1151-60. [PMID: 18035867 DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200730120-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND Use of a long-acting inhaled bronchodilator, either an anticholinergic or a beta-adrenergic receptor agonist (beta-agonist), is recommended for maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In COPD, the organ system most frequently requiring medical care, other than the respiratory system, is the cardiac system. OBJECTIVES To compare the risk of total mortality and certain respiratory and cardiac adverse events among users of the two types of recommended long-acting bronchodilators, we conducted a cohort study. Specifically, the study compared the safety of the only approved long-acting anticholinergic, tiotropium bromide, with the single-ingredient long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) salmeterol or formoterol in a broad population of users. METHODS We used automated general practitioner data from the UK THIN (The Health Information Network) database as the data source for this study. We used Cox proportional hazards models to compute hazard ratio (HR) estimates and 95% CI controlling for propensity scores comprising various baseline demographic variables, medical therapies and illnesses. RESULTS The 1061 tiotropium users and 1801 LABA users were similar with regard to risk of total mortality (HR 0.93; 95% CI 0.59, 1.44) and most cardiac events, including angina (HR 0.77; 95% CI 0.37, 1.59), atrial fibrillation or flutter (HR 0.60; 95% CI 0.25, 1.42), myocardial infarction (HR 1.29; 95% CI 0.45, 3.66) and tachycardia (HR 0.66; 95% CI 0.29, 1.51). Though imprecise, there was evidence of a decreased risk of heart failure (HR 0.65; 95% CI 0.37, 1.12) in tiotropium users. As regards respiratory endpoints, the risk of COPD exacerbation (HR 1.15; 95% CI 0.79, 1.67) and pneumonia (HR 1.11; 95% CI 0.38, 3.26) were similar among users of each type of drug, although there was a decreased risk of asthma exacerbation (HR 0.41; 95% CI 0.26, 0.64) in tiotropium users compared with LABA users. CONCLUSIONS Users of tiotropium and single-ingredient LABA had similar risk of total mortality and cardiovascular endpoints. The decreased risk of asthma exacerbations with tiotropium may be due to residual confounding by indication. Confidence limits for most events include reduced risks for tiotropium and also small increases in risk. Nevertheless, the point estimates suggest that tiotropium was associated with a lower risk of each cardiac event except myocardial infarction. However, the small number of cases means that further studies are needed to confirm these results.
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- Michele Jara
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ridgefield, CT 06877-0368, USA.
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BACKGROUND Marketing approval of pharmaceutical products is often based on data from several thousand subjects or fewer. Evaluation of safety is greatly enhanced by augmenting the safety database with postapproval studies. METHODS We conducted a pooled analysis of adverse event data from 19 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials with tiotropium in patients with obstructive lung disease. We computed incidence rates and rate ratios (RRs) for various reported adverse event end points of interest. Patients contributed person-time to the analysis as long as they were in the study until 30 days after treatment (tiotropium, placebo), or until they had the event of interest, whichever came first. Studies were pooled using the Mantel-Haenszel estimator, and we used 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to assess the precision of effect estimates. RESULTS The pooled trial population includes 4,435 tiotropium patients and 3,384 placebo patients contributing 2,159 person-years of exposure to tiotropium and 1,662 person-years of exposure to placebo. Dyspnea, dry mouth, COPD exacerbation, and upper respiratory tract infection were the most commonly reported events. There was a higher relative risk of dry mouth in the tiotropium group (RR, 3.60; 95% CI, 2.56 to 5.05). There was a lower risk of dyspnea (RR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.50 to 0.81) and COPD exacerbation (RR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.64 to 0.82) in patients receiving tiotropium compared to patients receiving placebo. Other results of interest are as follows: (1) all-cause mortality (RR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.50 to 1.16); (2) cardiovascular mortality (RR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.26 to 1.26); and (3) respiratory mortality (RR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.29 to 1.74). The relative risk of urinary retention was 10.93 (95% CI, 1.26 to 94.88). CONCLUSIONS Pooling of adverse event data from preapproval and postapproval tiotropium clinical trials increase the precision of effect estimates and supports the present safety profile of tiotropium.
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- Steven Kesten
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877-0368, USA.
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Wentworth C, Wang YL. Linked-cluster series-expansion technique for quantum spin systems. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1987; 36:8687-8706. [PMID: 9942694 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.36.8687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Zoback MD, Zoback ML, Mount VS, Suppe J, Eaton JP, Healy JH, Oppenheimer D, Reasenberg P, Jones L, Raleigh CB, Wong IG, Scotti O, Wentworth C. New Evidence on the State of Stress of the San Andreas Fault System. Science 1987; 238:1105-11. [PMID: 17839366 DOI: 10.1126/science.238.4830.1105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 775] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Contemporary in situ tectonic stress indicators along the San Andreas fault system in central California show northeast-directed horizontal compression that is nearly perpendicular to the strike of the fault. Such compression explains recent uplift of the Coast Ranges and the numerous active reverse faults and folds that trend nearly parallel to the San Andreas and that are otherwise unexplainable in terms of strike-slip deformation. Fault-normal crustal compression in central California is proposed to result from the extremely low shear strength of the San Andreas and the slightly convergent relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates. Preliminary in situ stress data from the Cajon Pass scientific drill hole (located 3.6 kilometers northeast of the San Andreas in southern California near San Bernardino, California) are also consistent with a weak fault, as they show no right-lateral shear stress at approximately 2-kilometer depth on planes parallel to the San Andreas fault.
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Wang YL, Wentworth C, Westwanski B. Linked-cluster expansion for quantum spin systems and the perpendicular susceptibility of the Ising model. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1985; 32:1805-1812. [PMID: 9937226 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.32.1805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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