Study type

Study topic

Disease /health condition
Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness
Disease epidemiology
Drug utilisation

Data collection methods

Primary data collection
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cohort
Study drug and medical condition

Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code

(B01AC) Platelet aggregation inhibitors excl. heparin
Platelet aggregation inhibitors excl. heparin
(C07A) BETA BLOCKING AGENTS
BETA BLOCKING AGENTS
(C09A) ACE INHIBITORS, PLAIN
ACE INHIBITORS, PLAIN
(C09C) ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS (ARBs), PLAIN
ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS (ARBs), PLAIN
(C10AA) HMG CoA reductase inhibitors
HMG CoA reductase inhibitors
(C10AB) Fibrates
Fibrates
(C10AC) Bile acid sequestrants
Bile acid sequestrants
(C10AD) Nicotinic acid and derivatives
Nicotinic acid and derivatives

Medical condition to be studied

Myocardial infarction
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Subjects with post-myocardial infarction treated with cardiovascular drugs including beta-blockers, acetylsalicylic acid or other antiplatelet agents, statins or other lipid lowering agent, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers, and omega-3 supplementation identified from April 2006 to June 2009.

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

Other

Special population of interest, other

Myocardial infarction patients

Estimated number of subjects

5527
Study design details

Main study objective

To assess the impact of recommended secondary prevention drugs and dietary lifestyle guidelines in real-life practice to all cause mortality in secondary prevention of myocardial infarction in France after 6 years of follow-up.

Outcomes

All cause mortality at 6 years follow-up, Coronary & cardiovascular mortalityCoronary & cardiovascular morbi-mortalityPersistence of prescription of recommended secondary prevention drugs (according to the European & the French recommendations)Differential between cardiologist prescription & patient declaration for recommended secondary prevention drugsDietary lifestyle guidelines follow-upEvolution of self-perceived health

Data analysis plan

Statistical analysis will be carried out by the Bordeaux pharmacoepi according to a documented and approved Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP). Statistical analysis will be performed after database lock using SAS® software (SAS Institute, last version, North Carolina, USA). Blind double programming will be used for the main outcome measures. Qualitative variables (dichotomous or categorical) will be described in terms of number and frequency. Quantitative variables will be described in terms of mean, standard deviation, median, first and third quartiles, as well as deciles.The Kaplan Meier estimate will be used to estimate the occurrence of all-cause death. The Cox proportional hazard regression model adjusted for gender, age, cardiovascular risk factors, other myocardial infarction prevention drugs and propensity score to be exposed at inclusion will be used to estimate the risk of death in patients exposed and not exposed to each secondary prevention drug.
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