Harmonizing RCT-Duplicate Emulations: A Real World Replication Program Analyzing Three Clinical Trials, CANVAS, LEADER, and SAVOR TIMI in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

RCT-duplicate (RCT-D) is an initiative led by the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, that selected 30 clinical trials as part of an empirical experiment where these trials would be emulated using RWD. AstraZeneca will replicate three emulations CANVAS, LEADER, and SAVOR TIMI from among the 30 plus clinical trials analyzed in RCT-D. These clinical trials assess type 2 diabetes mellitus drugs. The replications will be conducted on the Instant Health Data PANALGOS (IHD) platform to assess these studies in two claims databases Optum and IBM Watson Market Scan. The aim is to recreate these three emulations to investigate the reproducibility of the emulations, increase transparency and better understand the process of trial emulations; and where possible, contribute with potential improvements to the RCT-D framework.