Safety Alerts: An Observational Study in Portugal (Safety alerts)

Study type

• Study topic:
  Disease /health condition
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Other
• If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study:
  Analysis and description of safety alerts
• Data collection methods:
  Secondary use of data

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Other
• Non-interventional study design, other:
  Sentinel sites

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  Portuguese population
• Age groups:
  • Preterm newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
  • Term newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
  • Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)
  • Children (2 to < 12 years)
  • Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
  • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
  • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
  • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
  • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
  • Adults (85 years and over)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  0

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  This study sought to analyze all safety alerts published by the Portuguese National Authority of Medicines and Health Products I.P. (INFARMED).
• Data analysis plan:
  We conducted an observational study of all alerts published on the INFARMED website from January 2002 through December 2014. From the data included in the alerts, the following information was abstracted: active substance name (and trade name), event that led to the alert, and the resulting safety measures. Active substances were classified according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code.