Study type

Study topic

DiseaseĀ /health condition
Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Drug utilisation

Data collection methods

Secondary use of data
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cohort
Study drug and medical condition

Name of medicine, other

Effient

Medical condition to be studied

Acute coronary syndrome
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Patients who had the first prescription records of prasugrel, also referred to as prasugrel initiators, in the IMS Disease Analyzer and CPRD after prasugrel launch in France, the UK, and Germany. All prasugrel initiators in the IMS Disease Analyzer (France, the UK, and Germany) and CPRD were included.

Age groups

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)

Special population of interest

Other

Special population of interest, other

Patients with acute coronary syndrome

Estimated number of subjects

4106
Study design details

Main study objective

The objectives of the study were to provide descriptive statistics for the contraindication of TIA/stroke, maintenance dose, indication, patient characteristics, co-morbidities, co-prescriptions, and patterns of drug usage in outpatient practices in France, the UK, and Germany

Data analysis plan

The study population consisted of patients who had at least 1 prescription record of prasugrel in France and Germany using the IMS Disease Analyzer and in the UK using the IMS Disease Analyzer and the CPRD. The date of the first prasugrel prescription recorded in the databases was defined as the index date. The patients were followed from the index date until death, transfer out of the practice, or the end of the study, whichever came first. Descriptive statistics (that is, mean SD, median, and quartile ranges for quantitative variables, and frequencies and percentages for qualitative variables) were provided for the contraindication of TIA/stroke, maintenance doses, body weight, patient demographic characteristics, co-morbidities, co-prescriptions, and patterns of drug usage in outpatient practices in respective countries.
Documents
Study results
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