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A Pharmacovigilance Study of Torsade de Pointes

Completed
Conditions
Torsades de Pointe Caused by Drug
Interventions
Drug: Drugs, Generic
Registration Number
NCT04293432
Lead Sponsor
University of Peshawar
Brief Summary

Many cardiac and non-cardiac drugs are associated with TdP that may constitute a significant problem because of sudden cardiac death. This study aims to present a comprehensive overview and disproportionality analysis of TdP cases reported to the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) in order to identify new signals of TdP.

Detailed Description

Drug-induced Torsade de Pointes (TdP) is a serious but an overlooked adverse drug reaction because a wide range of marketed drugs associated with TdP are commonly prescribed in routine practice. Owing to the heightened concern of a vast number of drug-TdP associations including newly approved drugs, the investigators, therefore, aims to investigate drug-TdP associations by performing disproportionality analysis in order to identify new signals of TdP utilizing the individual case reports of TdP in the FAERS database.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
6670
Inclusion Criteria
  • TdP cases reported in the FAERS database till 31/03/2019
  • Adverse event reported was including the MedDRA term: Torsade de Pointes
Exclusion Criteria
  • Drugs with less than 10 TdP reports

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group/CohortDrugs, GenericTorsade de Pointes induced by drugs reported to the FAERS database from inception till first quarter of 2019 (1990-2019)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Identification of drugs associated with TdPCases reported to the FAERS database till 31/03/2019

The search includes MedDRA (v-22) Preferred Term, "Torsade de Pointes (MedDRA code: 10044066) for the identification of all TdP case reports and drugs.

Identification of new signals of TdPCases reported to the FAERS database till 31/03/2019

Signal detection using disproportionality analysis

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Validation of already known drug-TdP associationsCases reported to the FAERS database till 31/03/2019
Description of the population of patients having TdPCases reported to the FAERS database till 31/03/2019
Stratification of new signals with respect to ageCases reported to the FAERS database till 31/03/2019
Stratification of new signals with respect to genderCases reported to the FAERS database till 31/03/2019
Trends of TdP reports in FAERS databaseCases reported to the FAERS database till 31/03/2019

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Pharmacy, University of Peshawar

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Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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