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ArticlePaediatric drugs2014

Retapamulin prescriptions and monitored off-label use.

Linda M Mundy, Tim Sampson, John W Logie

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Article in Paediatric drugs, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Linda M MundyWorldWide Epidemiology, Quantitative Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Collegeville, PA, USA, linda.m.mundy@gsk.com.
Tim Sampson
John W Logie
GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) · GBGlaxoSmithKline (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionRetapamulin, a topical pleuromutilin that selectively inhibits bacterial protein synthesis, is approved for treatment of impetigo and secondarily infected traumatic lesions in adults and in children older than 9 months of age.

objectiveA 5-year study was conducted to monitor prescription use in children younger than 9 months of age.

methodsAnnual prescription events were monitored in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and the Clinformatics™ DataMart Multiplan (IMPACT), a product of OptumInsight Life Sciences, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN, USA), from the USA.

resultsIn the CPRD, of 148 prescriptions, three (2 %) were identified in children aged less than 9 months between years 2008 and 2011. In IMPACT, of 59,210 claims for retapamulin in children, 1,951 (3.3 %) were categorized as definitive, or uncertain for, less than 9 months of age between 2007 and 2011.

conclusionRetapamulin prescription events in children aged less than 9 months were relatively low compared with other recent estimations of off-label pediatric medicines. Our report provides a framework for future investigations and discussions that may facilitate off-label reporting schemes and promote pediatric drug safety.

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Off-Label UseAdolescentAdultAgedBridged Bicyclo Compounds, HeterocyclicChildChild, PreschoolDiterpenesHumansImpetigoInfantMiddle AgedBridged Bicyclo Compounds, HeterocyclicDiterpenesretapamulin

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PMID24935401
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