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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
1417914 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2014-03-31
2015-04-30
Brief Summary
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The investigators will carry out separate population based cohort studies using administrative health databases in six jurisdictions in Canada, the US, and the UK. Cohorts will be defined by the initiation of a new anti-diabetic drug when incretin-based drugs entered the market, with follow-up until hospitalization for AP. The results from the separate sites will be combined to provide an overall assessment of the risk of AP in users of incretin-based drugs and by class of incretin-based drugs.
Detailed Description
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Study population
In each jurisdiction, the investigators will assemble a base cohort that includes all patients with a first-ever prescription for a non-insulin anti-diabetic drug, including biguanides, sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, DPP-4 inhibitors, GLP-1 analogs, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, meglitinides or combinations of these drugs from the earliest availability of data at each site to the last date of availability of data. The date of prescription (for the CPRD) or dispensation (for all other sites) of the first-ever non-insulin anti-diabetic drug will define the date of base cohort entry. From this base cohort, a study cohort will be created including all patients who initiated a new anti-diabetic drug class during the year in which incretin-based drugs entered the market in each jurisdiction or any time thereafter. These new users consist of both those who are newly-treated for diabetes, as well as those who switch to or add on a new anti-diabetic drug class not included as part of their previous treatment history. The date of study cohort entry is defined by the prescription date of the newly-prescribed drug class. Patients in the study cohort will be followed from the date of study cohort entry until an event (defined below) or censoring due to death, departure from the database, loss of continuous health plan or drug plan enrolment, entry into a long-term care facility, an incident diagnosis of HIV or new prescription of HAART, or the end of the study period (June 30, 2014 or the last date of data availability at that site), whichever occurs first.
Case-control selection
The cohort defined above will be analyzed using a nested case-control analysis, where cases are defined as a hospitalization for AP. Risk set sampling will be used to randomly select up to 20 controls for each case, matched on sex, age (± 365 days), date of study cohort entry (± 180 days), duration of treated diabetes (± 90 days), and duration of follow-up in days.
Exposure assessment
Current exposure to an anti-diabetic drug will be defined as any prescription whose duration plus a 30-day grace period overlaps the index or event date. Current exposure will be classified hierarchically based on the following five mutually-exclusive categories: 1) incretin-based drugs; 2) insulin; 3) ≥2 oral anti-diabetic drugs used in combination therapy; 4) oral anti-diabetic drug monotherapy; and 5) no current exposure to an anti-diabetic drug. Oral anti-diabetic drugs used in combination will serve as the primary reference category as incretin-based drugs are second- to third-line therapy and thus used at a comparable point in the disease management.
Statistical analyses
Conditional logistic regression will be used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the association of hospitalization for AP, comparing incretin-based drugs to current use of oral anti-diabetic drug combinations. This is considered the primary analysis. Secondary analyses will include sub-classifying current users of incretin-based drugs by type (i.e., DPP-4 inhibitor vs GLP-1 analog) and duration of current use (≤ 365 days, 366-729 days, and ≥730 days). The potential presence of effect modification by history of acute pancreatitis will also be examined. In addition, seven sensitivity analyses will be conducted; all defined a priori, to assess the robustness of the results. Finally, all site-specific estimates will be meta-analyzed using random-effects models with inverse variance weighting, with fixed-effects analyses conducted as sensitivity analyses. The amount of between-site heterogeneity will be estimated using the I square statistic.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
RETROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Treated with incretins
Current use of incretin-based drugs ((DPP-4 inhibitors \[sitagliptin, vildagliptin, and saxagliptin\] or GLP-1 analogs \[exenatide, liraglutide\]) alone or in combination with other anti-diabetic drugs (if the prescription overlaps with the index or event day with a 30-day grace period).
DPP-4 inhibitors
Current exposure to DPP-4 inhibitors (ATC A10BH, A10BD07-A10BD13) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
GLP-1 analogs
Current exposure to GLP-1 analogs (ATC A10BX04, A10BX07) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace
Treated with insulin
Any use of insulins between base cohort entry and the index or event day (alone or in combination with other antidiabetic drugs) and no current use of incretin-based drugs.
Insulins
Current exposure to insulin (ATC A10A) will be defined as any use of insulin between base cohort entry and the index day.
Treated with ≥2 oral hypoglycemic agents
Current use of 2 or more non-insulin anti-diabetic medications (biguanides, sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, alphaglucosidase inhibitors, meglitinides) (if the prescriptions overlap with the index or event day with a 30-day grace period), and no current use of incretin-based drugs or insulins.
Biguanides
Current exposure to biguanides (ATC A10BA) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Sulfonylureas
Current exposure to sulfonylureas (ATC A10BB or A10BC) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Thiazolidinediones
Current exposure to thiazolidinediones (ATC A10BG) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
Current exposure to alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (ATC A10BF) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Meglitinides
Current exposure to meglitinides (ATC A10BX02, A10BX03) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index (event) day.
Treated with a single oral agent
Current use of any single non-insulin anti-diabetic medication (biguanides, sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, meglitinides) (if the prescription overlaps with the index or event day with a 30-day grace period) and no current use of more than 2 OHAs, incretin-based drugs, or insulins from base cohort entry.
Biguanides
Current exposure to biguanides (ATC A10BA) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Sulfonylureas
Current exposure to sulfonylureas (ATC A10BB or A10BC) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Thiazolidinediones
Current exposure to thiazolidinediones (ATC A10BG) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
Current exposure to alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (ATC A10BF) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Meglitinides
Current exposure to meglitinides (ATC A10BX02, A10BX03) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index (event) day.
Not currently exposed group
All patients not currently exposed to: incretin-based drugs, ≥2 OHAs, a single OHA and no use of insulins since base cohort entry.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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DPP-4 inhibitors
Current exposure to DPP-4 inhibitors (ATC A10BH, A10BD07-A10BD13) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
GLP-1 analogs
Current exposure to GLP-1 analogs (ATC A10BX04, A10BX07) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace
Insulins
Current exposure to insulin (ATC A10A) will be defined as any use of insulin between base cohort entry and the index day.
Biguanides
Current exposure to biguanides (ATC A10BA) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Sulfonylureas
Current exposure to sulfonylureas (ATC A10BB or A10BC) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Thiazolidinediones
Current exposure to thiazolidinediones (ATC A10BG) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
Current exposure to alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (ATC A10BF) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index day.
Meglitinides
Current exposure to meglitinides (ATC A10BX02, A10BX03) will be defined as a prescription duration plus a 30-day grace period (to account for non-adherence and the biological half-lives of these drugs) that overlaps with the index (event) day.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Patients with at least 1 year of history in the database.
* Patients at least 18 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients who never added-on or switched to a new anti-diabetic drug after incretin-based drugs entered the market up until June 30, 2014.
* Patients with a previous diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, those who underwent pancreatectomy, those with diagnoses of congenital defects of the pancreas, cystic fibrosis, lupus, or previous bariatric surgery, at any time prior to study cohort entry.
* Patients diagnosed with HIV or initiating HAART therapy before and at study cohort entry.
* Patients hospitalized for acute pancreatitis in the 30 days before study cohort entry.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network, Canada
OTHER
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
OTHER_GOV
Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies, CNODES
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Pierre Ernst, MD, MSc
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital - McGill University
Locations
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Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Countries
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References
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Azoulay L, Filion KB, Platt RW, Dahl M, Dormuth CR, Clemens KK, Durand M, Hu N, Juurlink DN, Paterson JM, Targownik LE, Turin TC, Ernst P; and the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators; Suissa S, Dormuth CR, Hemmelgarn BR, Teare GF, Caetano P, Chateau D, Henry DA, Paterson JM, LeLorier J, Levy AR, Ernst P, Platt RW, Sketris IS. Association Between Incretin-Based Drugs and the Risk of Acute Pancreatitis. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Oct 1;176(10):1464-1473. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.1522.
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Other Identifiers
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Q13-06B
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id