Healthcare Professional Survey to Assess the Effectiveness of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for Dulaglutide (H9X-MC-B002)

16/08/2016
18/08/2017
EU PAS number:
EUPAS14792
Study
Finalised
Study type

Study topic

Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness

Data collection methods

Primary data collection
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cross-sectional
Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Survey Design
Study drug and medical condition

Study drug International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name

DULAGLUTIDE
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Certain health care professionals (HCPs) who have prescribed TRULICITY to at least 1 patient.
The participant must: live in the US, be a current or past prescriber of TRULICITY, and be an HCP (including physicians [family practice, internal medicine, and endocrinologists], nurse practitioners, physician assistants)

Age groups

  • 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

201
Study design details

Main study objective

This primary study objective is to evaluate the impact of the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy on HCP and understanding regarding the risk of pancreatitis and the potential risk of medullary thyroid carcinoma associated with dulaglutide therapy as communicated through the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy

Outcomes

The risk evaluation and mitigation strategy will be considered effective if the majority of respondents demonstrate they are aware of the key risks communicated.

Data analysis plan

Data collected from the survey will be reported as descriptive statistics. Frequency distributions with 95% CIs will be calculated for respondent responses to all questions that address the survey objectives.