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PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY
卷 21, 期 6, 页码 622-630出版社
WILEY PERIODICALS, INC
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2247
关键词
signal detection; disproportionality; performance characteristics
资金
- Patrice Matchaba (Global Head of Drug Safety and Epidemiology)
- Judith Sills (Global Head of Medical Safety Operations)
- Jurgen Kubler (Global Head of Statistical Safety Sciences)
Purpose The detection of safety signals with medicines is an essential activity to protect public health. Despite widespread acceptance, it is unclear whether recently applied statistical algorithms provide enhanced performance characteristics when compared with traditional systems. Novartis has adopted a novel system for automated signal detection on the basis of disproportionality methods within a safety data mining application (Empirica (TM) Signal System [ESS]). ESS uses two algorithms for routine analyses: empirical Bayes Multi-item Gamma Poisson Shrinker and logistic regression (LR). Methods A model was developed comprising 14 medicines, categorized as new or established. A standard was prepared on the basis of safety findings selected from traditional sources. ESS results were compared with the standard to calculate the positive predictive value (PPV), specificity, and sensitivity. PPVs of the lower one-sided 5% and 0.05% confidence limits of the Bayes geometric mean (EB05) and of the LR odds ratio (LR0005) almost coincided for all the drug-event combinations studied. Results There was no obvious difference comparing the PPV of the leading Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) terms to the PPV for all terms. The PPV of narrow MedDRA query searches was higher than that for broad searches. The widely used threshold value of EB05 = 2.0 or LR0005 = 2.0 together with more than three spontaneous reports of the drug-event combination produced balanced results for PPV, sensitivity, and specificity. Conclusions Consequently, performance characteristics were best for leading terms with narrow MedDRA query searches irrespective of applying Multi-item Gamma Poisson Shrinker or LR at a threshold value of 2.0. This research formed the basis for the configuration of ESS for signal detection at Novartis. Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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