Study type

Study topic

DiseaseĀ /health condition
Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study
Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness
Effectiveness study (incl. comparative)

Data collection methods

Secondary data collection

Non-interventional study design

Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Active surveillance of existing databases
Study drug and medical condition

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

CRIZOTINIB
ERLOTINIB
GEFITINIB
CERITINIB

Medical condition to be studied

Non-small cell lung cancer
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Patients who were diagnosed with primary lung cancer and receive dispensation/prescription for crizotinib, ceritinib, erlotinib, or gefitinib as recorded in national or regional health care databases in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the US from September 1st , 2011 to June 30th, 2017. In addition, all other cancer patients receiving crizotinib dispensation/prescription were included.

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)

Special population of interest

Hepatic impaired
Renal impaired

Estimated number of subjects

2683
Study design details

Main study objective

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of crizotinib among ALK positive NSCLC patients in the real world setting. Safety and effectiveness will be measured with data from pre-existing European and US databases, and these data will be validated with information e

Outcomes

To estimate the incidence rate and incidence proportion over a 3-year period of observation for hepatotoxicity, pneumonitis/ILD, QTc prolongation related events, bradycardia, and visual disorders among lung cancer patients receiving crizotinib dispensation. To estimate the incidence of the primary endpoints for lung cancer patients receiving ceritinib/erlotinib/gefitinib dispensation, To estimate the incidence of renal cysts, edema, leukopenia, neuropathy, and photosensitivity among lung cancer patients receiving crizotinib, ceritinib, erlotinib, or gefitinib dispensation,To estimate Kaplan-Meier survival probabilities for patients in the study.

Data analysis plan

This study will link existing national or regional databases within Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, and the United States. Demographics, tumor characteristics, pertinent medical history, comorbidities, safety outcomes of interest, and overall patient survival will be examined.All statistical analyses will be descriptive. Incidence rates and incidence proportions for all study endpoints will be calculated. Subgroup analyses by age, presence or absence of brain metastases, and pre-existing renal or hepatic impairments at baseline will be conducted for all primary study endpoints. Kaplan-Meier survival probability will be estimated for all patients. In addition, sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value (PPV) of primary study endpoints captured using ICD codes (compared to patient medical records) will be calculated.
Documents
Study report
English (3.23 MB - PDF)View document
English (151.16 KB - PDF)View document
Study, other information
English (151.16 KB - PDF)View document