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Pharmacovigilance of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors: what a clinician should know on disproportionality analysis of spontaneous reporting systems

Raschi, E., Poluzzi, E., Salvo, F., Pariente, A., De Ponti, F., Marchesini, G., Moretti, U.·2018·Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Abstract

Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2-Is) have consistently demonstrated a clinically significant reduction of cardiovascular mortality. However, their safety in clinical practice is still incompletely characterized, and post-marketing monitoring is required considering the expected increase in clinical use. Different analyses of international spontaneous reporting systems, known as disproportionality analyses (DAs), have highlighted the occurrence of ketoacidosis, amputations, acute renal failure and skin toxicity. In this viewpoint, we critically appraise these pharmacovigilance data on SGLT2-Is, with the aim of supporting clinicians in proper interpretation of these studies, and discussing their risk-benefit profile. To this aim, we offer a broad perspective on basic technical aspects subtending DAs of spontaneous reporting databases (describing peculiarities of the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System), their common and evolving uses, key pitfalls in presenting study results (in terms of "risk" or "association") and relevant strategies to account for major confounders. This will also facilitate reviewers and editors in proper evaluation of DAs, and prompt pharmacovigilance experts in converging towards a set of minimum requirements in standardization of design, performance and reporting of DAs. A consensus on quality assessment of DAs will finally establish their transferability to clinical practice. It is anticipated that DAs cannot be used per se as a standalone approach to assess a drug-related risk and cannot replace clinical judgment in the individual patient.

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Authors
Raschi, E., Poluzzi, E., Salvo, F., Pariente, A., De Ponti, F., Marchesini, G., & Moretti, U.
Affiliations
  • University of Bologna (IT)
  • Université de Bordeaux (FR)
  • University of Verona (IT)
Corresponding author
Poluzzi, E.
Venue
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-06
Volume
28
Issue
6
Pages
533-542
ISSN
0939-4753 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2789922753
Cited by
119
References
50
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FWCI
2.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
  • Oskar-Bordeaux (Universite de Bordeaux) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Institutional funds of the University of Bologna
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
Keywords
SGLT2 inhibitors, pharmacovigilance, disproportionality analysis, spontaneous adverse event reporting, FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, drug safety, ketoacidosis, acute kidney injury, skin toxicity, amputation, risk-benefit assessment, confounding
MeSH terms
Clinical Decision-Making, Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Risk Factors, Treatment Outcome, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems, Risk Assessment, Patient Selection, Pharmacovigilance

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