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Assessing the Benefits and Harms of Pharmacotherapy in Older Adults with Frailty: Insights from Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies of Routine Health Care Data
The objective of this review is to summarize and appraise the research methodology, emerging findings, and future directions in pharmacoepidemiologic studies assessing the benefits and harms of pharmacotherapi...
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Open AccessPCSK9 Inhibitors and Infection-Related Adverse Events: A Pharmacovigilance Study Using the World Health Organization VigiBase
Protein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors (PCSK9i) are novel lipid-lowering agents used in patients with cardiovascular disease. Despite reassuring safety data from pivotal trials, increasing evide...
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Open AccessAngiotensin Receptor Blockers and the Risk of Suspected Drug-Induced Liver Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Record-Based Common Data Model in South Korea
Angiotensin receptor blockers are widely used antihypertensive drugs in South Korea. In 2021, the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety acknowledged the need for national compensation for a drug-induced liver...
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Open AccessPharmacokinetics of a Fixed-Dose Combination Product of Amlodipine, Losartan, Ezetimibe, and Rosuvastatin and Its Comparison with Co-administration of Four Individual Components in Healthy Participants
This study aimed to assess and compare the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of a fixed-dose combination product (FDCP) comprising four different drugs (two antihypertensive drugs, amlodipine and losa...
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Comparative Genitourinary Safety of In-class Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors among Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Cohort Study
The American Heart Association recommended sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) for the management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, little is known about their ...
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Exploring the effect of BRCA1/2 status on chemotherapy-induced hematologic toxicity in patients with ovarian cancer
BRCA1/2 are integral to the DNA repair mechanism and their germline pathogenic variants (gBRCA) result in a high risk for develo** breast and ovarian cancer. Patients with gBRCA mutations showed increased sensi...
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Eligibility and Cost-Utility Analysis of Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure Across the Whole Spectrum of Ejection Fraction in South Korea
The DAPA-HF and DELIVER trials demonstrated the clinical benefits of dapagliflozin in heart failure (HF) patients across the entire ejection fraction (EF) spectrum. However, further investigation is needed for...
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Open AccessReview of Adalimumab Biosimilar SB5 in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
SB5 is an approved biosimilar of adalimumab, a recombinant monoclonal anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antibody. The approval of SB5 was based on the comparison with reference adalimumab in analytical studies,...
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Validation of a Natural Language Machine Learning Model for Safety Literature Surveillance
As part of routine safety surveillance, thousands of articles of potential interest are manually triaged for review by safety surveillance teams. This manual triage task is an interesting candidate for automat...
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Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparisons of Brexucabtagene Autoleucel with Alternative Standard Therapies for Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adult Patients
Brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel), a CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, is approved for relapsed/refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults aged 18+/26+ years i...
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Open AccessReal-World Use, Safety, and Patient Experience of 20% Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin for Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
The CORE study aimed to provide a detailed understanding of real-world immune globulin subcutaneous (human) 20% solution (Ig20Gly) utilization in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) in Germa...
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Open AccessIn-Use Stability of SB12 (Eculizumab, Soliris Biosimilar) Diluted in Saline and Dextrose Infusion Solution after an Extended Storage Period
SB12 is a biosimilar to eculizumab reference product [SolirisTM (Soliris is a trademark of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)] that acts as a C5 complement protein inhibitor. The infusion stability of in-use (diluted...
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Open AccessReal-World Effectiveness and Safety of a Single-Pill Combination of Olmesartan/Amlodipine/Hydrochlorothiazide in Korean Patients with Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Patients with hypertension and additional cardiovascular risk factors pose a challenge by requiring more intensive blood pressure (BP) control. Single-pill combination (SPC) therapy can benefit these patients ...
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Clinical implications and chemo-sensitivity of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with poorly cohesive cells-gastric cancer
Poorly cohesive cells-gastric cancer (PCC-GC) represents distinct features within the GC spectrum. The present study investigated the clinicopathologic characteristics and chemo-sensitivity for a relatively la...
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Open AccessClinical Guidance on the Monitoring and Management of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (T-DXd)-Related Adverse Events: Insights from an Asia-Pacific Multidisciplinary Panel
Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd)—an antibody–drug conjugate targeting the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)—improved outcomes of patients with HER2-positive and HER2-low metastatic breast cancer. G...
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Does Opioid Use Disorder Matter for Health Care Utilization Among Lung Cancer Patients? Evidence from U.S. Hospitals During 2016–2020
The number of hospitalizations due to opioid use disorders in the USA increased steadily from 62,010 in 1998–2000 to 136,240 in 2015–2016; however, no health care utilization of lung cancer patients with opioi...
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Open AccessEffect of on-site first aid for industrial injuries on healthcare utilization after medical treatment: a 4-year retrospective longitudinal study
The number of industrially injured workers (IIW) is increasing in Korea. However, little research has been conducted on whether first aid is performed at industrial sites or on the association between first ai...
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Development and Application of an Active Pharmacovigilance Framework Based on Electronic Healthcare Records from Multiple Centers in Korea
With the availability of retrospective pharmacovigilance data, the common data model (CDM) has been identified as an efficient approach towards anonymized multicenter analysis; however, the establishment of a ...
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Systematic Review of the Economic Evaluation of Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Used as Treatment in Patients with Heart Failure
Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been recently used as therapeutic agents for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Recent clinical trials have shown that they are beneficial for reducing the risk of...
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Open AccessPreliminary feasibility of integrating tobacco treatment into SUD peer recovery coaching: a mixed-methods study of peer recovery coaches
Individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) have high prevalence of cigarette smoking and difficulty quitting. Peer recovery coaches (PRCs; individuals with lived SUD experience) facilitate SUD behavior chan...