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Home > Archives for PharmacoEpidemiology

PharmacoEpidemiology Group (PEG) conducts research in the areas prescription drug utilization, epidemiological research methods, evaluation of drug policy and educational interventions, and drug safety and effectiveness. Selected journal articles and reports co-authored by PEG members are listed below.

Tofacitinib Persistence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

October 1, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

Editor's Pick: The Journal of Rheumatology, January 2021, 48(1):16-24. Anat Fisher, Marie Hudson, Robert W. Platt and Colin R. Dormuth for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators Abstract Objective: To compare medication persistence of tofacitinib with persistence of injectable biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD) in … [Read more...]

Effectiveness and Safety among Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Multi‐Database Cohort Study with Meta‐Analysis

November 30, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, November 2020 Madeleine Durand, Mireille E. Schnitzer, Menglan Pang, Greg Carney, Sherif Eltonsy, Kristian B. Filion, Anat Fisher, Min Jun, I. fan Kuo, Alexis Matteau, J. Michael Paterson, Jacqueline Quail, Christel Renoux for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators Abstract Background: There are conflicting … [Read more...]

Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and the Risk of Below-Knee Amputation: A Multicenter Observational Study

August 25, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

Diabetes Care Aug 2020, dc200267; DOI: 10.2337/dc20-0267 Oriana Hoi Yun Yu, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Baiju R. Shah, Vanessa C. Brunetti, Jean-Marc Daigle, MichaelFralick, Antonios Douros, Nianping Hu, Silvia Alessi-Severini, Anat Fisher, Shawn C. Bugden, Paul E.Ronksley, Kristian B. Filion, Pierre Ernst, Lisa M. Lix for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) … [Read more...]

Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events: multi-database retrospective cohort study

September 23, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

BMJ 2020; 370 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3342 (Published 23 September 2020) Kristian B Filion, Lisa M Lix, Oriana HY Yu, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Antonios Douros, Baiju R Shah, Audray St-Jean, Anat Fisher, Eric Tremblay, Shawn C Bugden, Silvia Alessi-Severini, Paul E Ronksley, Nianping Hu, Colin R Dormuth, Pierre Ernst, Samy Suissa, on behalf of the Canadian Network for Observational Drug … [Read more...]

Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and the Risk for Diabetic Ketoacidosis

July 28, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

Annals of Internal Medicine 2020 July 28. DOI: 10.7326/M20-0289 Antonios Douros, MD, PhD; Lisa M. Lix, PhD; Michael Fralick, MD, PhD; Sophie Dell’Aniello, MSc; Baiju R. Shah, MD, PhD; Paul E. Ronksley, PhD; Eric Tremblay, BPharm, MSc; Nianping Hu, PhD; Silvia Alessi-Severini, PhD; Anat Fisher, MD, PhD; Shawn C. Bugden, PharmD, MSc; Pierre Ernst, MD, MSc; and Kristian B. Filion, PhD; for the … [Read more...]

Rapid monitoring of health services utilization following a shift in coverage from brand name to biosimilar drugs in British Columbia—An interim report

June 1, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020;1–8. First published: 28 May 2020. Fisher A, Kim JD, Dormuth CR Purpose: We explored changes in health services utilization associated with the Biosimilars Initiative introduced in British Columbia on May 27, 2019. To maintain drug coverage, the policy requires users of originator infliximab or etanercept to transition to biosimilar versions. We present a … [Read more...]

Sodium‐glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and the Risk for Urosepsis – A Multi‐site Prevalent New‐user Cohort Study

May 13, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

First published: 08 May 2020 Abstract AIMS The United States Food and Drug Administration has warned of an increased risk of serious urinary tract infection (UTI) and Fournier’s gangrene in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 treated with sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i). However, evidence on these risks is limited. We aimed to compare urosepsis rates in SGLT2i users with … [Read more...]

Communicating emerging risks of SGLT2 inhibitors—timeliness and transparency of medicine regulators

April 30, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

BMJ 2020; 369:m1107 (Published 29 April 2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1107 Key messages Sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors came to market amid heightened concern over the safety of diabetes drugs The drugs have received several serious safety warnings since approval, but the number, timeliness, and strength of these safety communications have differed … [Read more...]

New Publications from the TI PharmacoEpidemiology Group

New Publications from the TI PharmacoEpidemiology Group

April 1, 2020 News, PharmacoEpidemiology Leave a Comment

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We are highlighting 2 recent articles published by members of the PharmacoEpidemiology Group (PEG) of the Therapeutics Initiative: Comparative effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation in real-world practice: a population-based cohort study protocol US Food and Drug Administration Safety Advisories and Reporting to the Adverse Event Reporting System … [Read more...]

A rapid monitoring plan following a shift in coverage from brand name to biosimilar drugs for rheumatoid arthritis in British Columbia

February 21, 2020 PharmacoEpidemiology

Dormuth CR, Fisher A, Carney G Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety. 2020 https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.4957 Abstract Purpose: To describe a rapid monitoring plan to assess the impacts of a shift in drug coverage for biosimilar drugs in British Columbia following the introduction of a new policy on 27 May 2019. The Biosimilars Initiative requires users of originator infliximab or … [Read more...]

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