Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Papers
(The TQCC of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Statins and risk of diverticular disease: Nested case–control study56
Effect of 5‐HT2C receptor gene polymorphism (HTR2C759C/T) on metabolic adverse effects in Thai psychiatric patients treated with risperidone49
Social media for early characterization of pandemic symptoms: A qualitative analysis of patient‐reported COVID‐19 experiences40
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Use of Causal Framework to Evaluate Effect of Abuse Deterrent Properties of Extended‐Release Oxycodone on Tampering in a Real‐World Settings30
INSIGHT: A Tool for Fit‐for‐Purpose Evaluation and Quality Assessment of Standardized Observational Data Sources for Real World Evidence on Medicine and Vaccine Safety28
Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Stimulant Prescribing Among Adults27
Success of the German Cystic Fibrosis Registry23
Data Resource Profile: The Danish National Hospital Medicine Register23
Real‐World Evidence of Indapamide‐Induced Rhabdomyolysis: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records23
Validity of inpatient electronic health record‐based measures of oxygen‐related therapy in the United States: Lessons applicable for studying COVID‐19 endpoints22
Use patterns of systemic immunomodulators in the United States before and after dupilumab approval in adults with atopic dermatitis22
Incidence and outcomes of adverse drug reactions to first‐line anti‐tuberculosis drugs and their effects on the quality of life: A multicenter prospective cohort study22
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Stability of individual dementia diagnoses in routine care: Implications for epidemiological studies20
Joint longitudinal trajectories of pain intensity and opioid prescription in veterans with back pain19
Control yourself: ISPE‐endorsed guidance in the application of self‐controlled study designs in pharmacoepidemiology19
Delayed pregnancy detection and return to fertility with extended levonorgestrel‐containing oral contraceptives: A real world setting cohort study19
Optimizing therapeutic decision‐making for off‐label medicines use: A scoping review and consensus recommendations for improving practice and research+19
A cross‐sectional survey to evaluate prescribers' knowledge and understanding of safety messages following Dengvaxia® product information update18
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Heterogeneity after harmonisation: A retrospective cohort study of bleeding and stroke risk after the introduction of direct oral anticoagulants in four Western European countries17
Validation of diagnosis codes for chorioamnionitis in medical encounter data, 2013–201817
Cinacalcet and gastrointestinal bleeding risk in patients receiving hemodialysis17
Prescriber perceptions of boxed warnings: A qualitative study16
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Antifungal medication use during pregnancy and the risk of selected major birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–201115
Overview of the European post‐authorisation study register post‐authorization studies performed in Europe from September 2010 to December 201815
Using multiple random index dates with the reverse waiting time distribution improves precision of estimated prescription durations15
External validity in distributed data networks14
The use of uncertain exposure—A method to define switching and add‐on in pharmacoepidemiology14
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Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in China: Clinical pharmacists' approach to assessment and categorization14
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Initiation of quarterly palmitate paliperidone in French clinical practice: Results from the observational, cross‐sectional OPTIMUS study13
Validity of self‐reports of medication treatment of depression in general population surveys13
Sampling in the case‐time‐control design among drug users when outcome prevents further treatment13
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AfRIG 2021 Virtual Meeting12
Validation of coding algorithms for the identification of herpes zoster among children12
Hepatitis B vaccine and risk of acute myocardial infarction among individuals with diabetes mellitus12
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The use of narrative electronic prescribing instructions in pharmacoepidemiology: A scoping review for the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology12
Use of methylphenidate and reporting of valvular heart disease: Global pharmacovigilance analysis in children and adults11
Landscape review of global real‐world data sources for studying medication use in pregnancy and lactation that support regulatory decision making11
Impact of direct‐acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C on cardiovascular diseases and extrahepatic cancers11
A feasibility assessment of real‐world data capabilities for monitoring vaccine safety and effectiveness in China: Human papillomavirus vaccination in the Yinzhou district as a use case11
Development and validation of case‐finding algorithms to identify acute pancreatitis in the Veterans Health Administration11
To wait or not to wait: Weighing the pros and cons of early identification of safety concerns for medications used in pregnancy11
Correlation of drug dose estimated from national prescription registers with mean blood level of antiseizure medication in pregnancy11
The impact of more restrictive hydrocodone rescheduling on unintentional pediatric opioid exposures11
Quality of rheumatoid arthritis recording in United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum11
ABSTRACTS of ICPE 2022, the 38th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), Copenhagen, Denmark, 26–28 August, 202210
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Identification of risk factors for adverse drug reactions in a pharmacovigilance database10
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Examining the potential direct cardiovascular benefit of tumor‐necrosis factor inhibitor in rheumatoid arthritis: Natural and controlled direct effect analyses10
SUPPLEMENTARY ABSTRACTS of ICPE 2021, the 37th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 23–25 August, 2021 (virtual)10
A strategy for assessment and validation of major bleeding cases in a primary health care database in Spain10
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Differential frequency in imaging‐based outcome measurement: Bias in real‐world oncology comparative‐effectiveness studies9
Association of Pharmacist Interventions With Adverse Drug Events and Potential Adverse Drug Events9
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Development and validation of case‐finding algorithms to identify prosthetic joint infections after total knee arthroplasty in Veterans Health Administration data9
Sex differences in the utilization of drugs for COVID‐19 treatment among elderly residents in a sample of Italian nursing homes8
An observational post‐authorization safety study (PASS) of naloxegol drug utilization in four European countries8
Sex disparities in treatment patterns after metformin initiation among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus8
Effect of the combination of diuretics, renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors, and non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs or metamizole (triple whammy) on hospitalisation due to acute kidney 8
Methods to refine and extend a Pregnancy Register in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink primary care databases8
Machine learning for improving high‐dimensional proxy confounder adjustment in healthcare database studies: An overview of the current literature8
Use of intravenous iron and risk of anaphylaxis: A multinational observational post‐authorisation safety study in Europe8
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The impact of regulatory restrictions on pregabalin use in Saudi Arabia: An interrupted time series analysis8
Validation of serostatus of rheumatoid arthritis using ICD‐10 codes in administrative claims data8
Method used to identify adenomyosis and potentially undiagnosed adenomyosis in a large, U.S. electronic health record database8
Validation of an electronic algorithm for Hodgkin and non‐Hodgkin lymphoma in ICD‐10‐CM8
STUDENT ABSTRACTS of ISPE's 2023 Mid‐Year Meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland, 23–25 April 20238
Assessing heterogeneity of electronic health‐care databases: A case study of background incidence rates of venous thromboembolism8
A descriptive analysis of postmarketing requirement studies and clinical trials8
Identifying inpatient mortality in MarketScan claims data using machine learning8
Risk of major congenital malformations associated with first‐trimester exposure to propulsives: A health administrative database study in Japan8
Validity of congenital malformation diagnoses in healthcare claims from a university hospital in Japan8
Pharmacovigilance network as an additional tool for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance7
Biases associated with epidermal necrolysis reporting in pharmacovigilance: An exploratory analysis using World Health Organization VigiBase7
Identifying frequent drug combinations associated with delirium in older adults: Application of association rules method to a case‐time‐control design7
The risk of melanoma with rasagiline compared with other antiparkinsonian medications: A retrospective cohort study in the United States medicare database7
Management of epilepsy in Lebanon: Medication reviews and drug‐related problems7
Prevalence of self‐medication practices among pregnant women in India: A systematic review and meta‐analysis7
Predicting obesity and smoking using medication data: A machine‐learning approach7
Evaluation of more than one billion outpatient prescriptions and eight‐year trend showing a remarkable reduction in antibiotic prescription in Turkey: A success model of governmental interv7
A systematic review of how missing data are handled and reported in multi‐database pharmacoepidemiologic studies7
Overview of global real‐world data sources for pediatric pharmacoepidemiologic research7
Abstracts of ICPE 2023, the 39th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), Halifax, Canada, 25–27 August 20237
International trends in prescription opioid sales among developed and developing economies, and the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional analysis of 66 countries7
Defining the duration of the dispensation of oral anticoagulants in administrative healthcare databases7
Linkage of public health and all payer claims data for population‐level opioid research7
Calculating daily dose in the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model7
Core Concepts in Pharmacoepidemiology: New‐User Designs6
Validation studies of Japanese administrative health care data: A scoping review6
Transparency of high‐dimensional propensity score analyses: Guidance for diagnostics and reporting6
Matching study design to prescribing intention: The prevalent new‐user design for studying abuse‐deterrent formulations of opioids6
Association between different diabetes medication classes and risk of Parkinson's disease in people with diabetes6
Use of hydrochlorothiazide and risk of skin cancer in a large nested case‐control study in Spain6
Effectiveness of Baricitinib Risk Minimization Activities in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis—A Cohort Study in Four Nordic Countries6
Bias of time‐varying exposure effects due to time‐varying covariate measurement strategies6
Exposure to Valsartan Products Containing Nitrosamine Impurities in the United States, Canada, and Denmark6
Barriers and Facilitators on Pharmacovigilance Practice Among Pharmacists in Metro Manila, Philippines6
Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions in Hospitalized Children: A Pilot Validation Study6
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Validation of diagnosis codes in healthcare databases in Taiwan, a literature review6
A review of the sampling methodology used in studies evaluating the effectiveness of risk minimisation measures in Europe6
Correction to “A data‐informed approach using individualised dispensing patterns to estimate medicine exposure periods and dose from pharmaceutical claims data”6
A data‐informed approach using individualised dispensing patterns to estimate medicine exposure periods and dose from pharmaceutical claims data6
Comparison of the incidence of bleeding between baloxavir marboxil and other anti‐influenza drugs among outpatients with influenza virus infection: A retrospective cohort study using an employment‐bas6
Patient Characteristics and Practice Variation Associated With New Community Prescription of Benzodiazepine and z‐Drug Hypnotics After Critical Illness: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the UK<6
Emulation of a randomized controlled trial in ulcerative colitis with US and French claims data: Infliximab with thiopurines compared to infliximab monotherapy6
Novel methods for pregnancy drug safety surveillance in the FDA Sentinel System6
Non‐adherence and non‐persistence with antiretroviral treatment in Belgium: A real‐world evaluation using a pharmacy database, 2018–20216
Mobile apps for quick adverse drug reaction report: A scoping review6
Mental Health and Medicine Use for Headache: A Nationally Representative Study of Adolescents in Denmark6
Corrigendum to “Factors of importance for discontinuation of thiazides associated with hyponatremia in Sweden – a population‐based register study”6
Predicting risk of suicidal behavior from insurance claims data vs. linked data from insurance claims and electronic health records6
Comparison of drug prescribing before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐national European study6
Identifying Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Cirrhosis Using Administrative Data in a National Cohort5
Use of Hydrochlorothiazide in the United States Following Label Update About Skin Cancer Risk5
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Validity of claims‐based algorithms for selected cancers in Japan: Results from the VALIDATE‐J study5
QTc prolongation in COVID‐19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, azithromycin, or lopinavir/ritonavir: A systematic review and meta‐analysis5
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Barbro Westerholm, 1933–20235
Core Concepts in Pharmacoepidemiology: Quantitative Bias Analysis5
The Awareness of and Adherence to the Pregnancy Prevention Program for Oral Retinoids: A Questionnaire Survey in Denmark5
Real world prescription of beta‐blockers in patients with asthma5
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Considerations for observational study design: Comparing the evidence of opioid use between electronic health records and insurance claims5
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Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety's core concepts in pharmacoepidemiology section at 1 year: Where do we go from here?5
Quantitative Benefit–Risk Assessment of Vaccination Against COVID‐19: A Systematic Review5
Monitoring Pregnancies Exposed to Galcanezumab for Migraine in a United States Administrative Claims Database5
Rhekiss—The German Register for Child Wish and Pregnancies in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases5
Correction to “Effect of tramadol and DOACs with special attention to dabigatran on concomitant use, on the risk of mayor bleeding using BIFAP database in Spain”5
Real‐world treatment patterns and outcomes for patients with advanced melanoma treated with immunotherapy or targeted therapy5
A new analytic tool for assessing the impact of the US Food and Drug Administration regulatory actions5
Moxifloxacin monotherapy for treatment of uncomplicated pelvic inflammatory disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials5
Validity of hospital ICD‐10‐GM codes to identify anaphylaxis5
Kidney function and prescribed dose in middle‐aged and older patients starting selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors4
Assessing cumulative effects of medication use: New insights and new challenges4
Comment on: Exploring the impact of design criteria for reference sets on performance evaluation of signal detection algorithms: The case of drug–drug interactions4
Dopamine agonists and risk of lung cancer in patients with restless legs syndrome4
Observed‐over‐Expected analysis as additional method for pharmacovigilance signal detection in large‐scaled spontaneous adverse event reporting4
Adverse drug reactions and hospital admissions: Large case‐control study of patients aged 65–100 years using linked English primary care and hospital data4
Systematically exploring repurposing effects of antihypertensives4
Core concepts in pharmacoepidemiology: Violations of the positivity assumption in the causal analysis of observational data: Consequences and statistical approaches4
Identification of Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy in Three Administrative Data Sources Among Medicaid‐Funded Births in California4
Valproate utilisation trends among women of childbearing potential in Ireland between 2014 and 2019: A drug utilisation study using interrupted time series4
Trajectories of opioid consumption as predictors of patient‐reported outcomes among individuals attending multidisciplinary pain treatment clinics4
Risk of ischemic stroke associated with direct oral anticoagulants discontinuation on patients with non‐valvular atrial fibrillation4
Alternative analytic and matching approaches for the prevalent new‐user design: A simulation study4
Beta‐blocker use and survival after pancreatic cancer surgery: A nationwide population‐based cohort study4
Evaluating the association between antidepressant dose trajectories and treatment augmentation in pediatric depression4
A case for screening real‐world data for collateral drug benefits: Glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonists and bile acid diarrhea4
Impact of adherence to drugs for secondary prevention on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity: A population‐based cohort study. IMPACT study4
Oral phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors and priapism: A VigiBase analysis4
Gout and sodium‐glucose cotransporter‐2 inhibitors4
ABSTRACTS of the virtual 2nd Annual African Regional Interest Group Meeting (AfRIG), 11–13 July, 20224
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies of the association between the use of incretin‐based therapies and the risk of pancreatic cancer4
How to account for early overly small risk sets in the analysis of pregnancy outcome data?—Comparison of different methods for stabilizing the Aalen‐Johansen estimator4
Effect of ICD‐9‐CM to ICD‐10‐CM coding system transition on identification of common conditions: An interrupted time series analysis4
Bipolar disorder prevalence and psychotropic medication utilisation in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom4
Trends in strong opioid prescribing in Ireland: A repeated cross‐sectional analysis of a national pharmacy claims database between 2010 and 20194
Profiling real‐world data sources for pharmacoepidemiologic research: A call for papers4
Drug exposure misclassification in pharmacoepidemiology: Sources and relative impact4
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A comparison of confounder selection and adjustment methods for estimating causal effects using large healthcare databases4
Signal detection of adverse events associated with gabapentinoid use for chronic pain4
Generating Real‐World Evidence From the Excellence Network in Rheumatology3
Stratified analysis in comparative effectiveness studies that emulate randomized trials3
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Nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs associated acute kidney injury in hospitalized children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis3
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Comparison of characteristics of patients with lung cancer in U.K. primary care databases: Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum and GOLD3
Tying research question and analytical strategy when variables are affected by medication use3
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Prescriptions of analgesics during chronic cancer disease trajectories: A complete national cohort study3
Parity in female authorship in Australian pharmacoepidemiology research leveraging medicine dispensing data: How well are we doing?3
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Performance characteristics of code‐based algorithms to identify urinary tract infections in large United States administrative claims databases3
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Pandemic vaccine testing: Combining conventional and challenge studies3
Determining Targets for Antiretroviral Drug Concentrations: A Causal Framework Illustrated With Pediatric Efavirenz Data From the CHAPAS‐3 Trial3
Uncommon side effects of common drugs in patients with familial dysautonomia3
Association between adherence to warfarin and thrombotic events in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome in Japan: A claims‐based retrospective cohort study3
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Record linkage of claims and cancer registries data—Evaluation of a deterministic linkage approach based on indirect personal identifiers3
The role of prenatal exposure to antidepressants, anxiolytic, and hypnotics and its underlying illness on the risk of miscarriage using BIFAP database3
Acute kidney injury identification for pharmacoepidemiologic studies: Use of laboratory electronic acute kidney injury alerts versus electronic health records in Hospital Episode Statistics3
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Reviewers of manuscripts submitted in 20203
The impact of tightened prescribing restrictions on proton pump inhibitor use in Australia: An evaluation using interrupted time series analysis3
Use of gastrointestinal prokinetics and the risk of parkinsonism: A population‐based case‐crossover study3
Bayesian symmetry analysis3
Commentary/Response to Damkier et al.3
Pharmacological and epidemiological considerations while constructing treatment episodes using observational data: A simulation study3
Impact of Regulatory Risk Communication on Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome for COVID‐19 Adenovirus Vector Vaccines on European Healthcare Professionals3
Effect of concomitant antiplatelet therapy on ischemic and hemorrhagic events in patients taking oral anticoagulants for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in daily clinical practice3
Impact of Early Resumption of Oral Anticoagulation on Recurrence After Surgery for Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Target Trial Emulation3
Staging and clean room: Constructs designed to facilitate transparency and reduce bias in comparative analyses of real‐world data3
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Statin (mis)use in older people: A cross‐sectional study using French health insurance databases3
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Cases of acquired hemophilia A following COVID‐19 vaccines: Cogent safety signal or possible reporting/detection bias? Preliminary evidence from Tuscany, Italy3
Opioid prescribing and risks among commercially insured women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse repair3
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The impact of regulation changes in the spontaneous reporting system for vaccines on reporting trends and signal detection in Japan3
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Trends in use of proton pump inhibitors among adults in the United States from 1999 to 20183
Trends in antipsychotic use for youth with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and disruptive behavior disorders3
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