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Assessing the association of pioglitazone use and bladder cancer through drug adverse event reporting

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Piccinni, Carlo, Motola, Domenico, Marchesini, Giulio, Poluzzi, Elisabetta·2011·Diabetes Care

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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between pioglitazone use and bladder cancer through a spontaneous adverse event reporting system for medications. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Case/noncase bladder cancer reports associated with antidiabetic drug use were retrieved from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) between 2004 and 2009 and analyzed by the reporting odds ratio (ROR). RESULTS: Ninety-three reports of bladder cancer were retrieved, corresponding to 138 drug-reaction pairs (pioglitazone, 31; insulin, 29; metformin, 25; glimepiride, 13; exenatide, 8; others, 22). ROR was indicative of a definite risk for pioglitazone (4.30 [95% CI 2.82–6.52]), and a much weaker risk for gliclazide and acarbose, with very few cases being treated with these two drugs (6 and 4, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: In agreement with preclinical and clinical studies, AERS analysis is consistent with an association between pioglitazone and bladder cancer. This issue needs constant epidemiologic surveillance and urgent definition by more specific studies.

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  • There is some suggestion of a possible link between pioglitazone and bladder cancer, so individuals with a history of bladder cancer or unexplained hematuria should probably not receive this drug.

    “There is also some suggestion of a possible link between pioglitazone and bladder cancer and therefore individuals with a history of bladder cancer or unexplained hematuria should probably not receive this drug.98,99”

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Authors
Piccinni, C., Motola, D., Marchesini, G., & Poluzzi, E.
Affiliations
University of Bologna (IT)
Corresponding author
Poluzzi, Elisabetta
Venue
Diabetes Care
Published
2011-05-20
Volume
34
Issue
6
Pages
1369-1371
ISSN
  • 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-5548
OpenAlex
W2133104620
Cited by
239
References
12
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FWCI
56.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Diabetes Care (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
Keywords
pioglitazone, bladder cancer, drug adverse events, antidiabetic drugs, FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, reporting odds ratio, insulin, metformin, glimepiride, exenatide, gliclazide, acarbose, drug safety
MeSH terms
Pioglitazone, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Male, Middle Aged, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems, Thiazolidinediones

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