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ReviewPharmacoepidemiology and drug safety2025

Evaluation of Drug-Drug Interactions in Pharmacoepidemiologic Research.

Cheng Chen, Thanh Phuong Pham Nguyen, John E Hughes, Sean Hennessy, Charles E Leonard, Todd A Miano, Antonios Douros, Joshua J Gagne, Katsiaryna Bykov

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Review in Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Cheng ChenDivision of Epidemiology II, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3240-8153
Thanh Phuong Pham NguyenDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
John E HughesSchool of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Sean HennessyDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Charles E LeonardDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Todd A MianoDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Antonios DourosInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6005-4006
Joshua J GagneJohnson & Johnson, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Katsiaryna BykovDivision of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3336-5412

Funding

U.S. Deprescribing Research NetworkR24AG064025 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI BOYD, CYNTHIA MELINDA, STEINMAN, MICHAEL A. · 2019 to 2023
$9.9M
Drug interactions involving psychoactive drugsR01AG060975 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Charles Edward Leonard · 2019 to 2026
$3.9M
Drug-Drug Interactions Involving Methadone and BuprenorphineR01DA048001 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HENNESSY, SEAN · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
Impact of Anticholinergic and Dopamine Receptor Blocking Drug Exposure on Parkinson Disease Trajectory and OutcomesR01NS099129 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WILLIS, ALLISON · 2017 to 2021
$2.9M
Leveraging a Natural Experiment to Determine the Effects of Integrated Palliative Care on Health Service Outcomes and Disparities in Parkinson Disease and Lewy Body DementiaRF1NS132673 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WILLIS, ALLISON · 2023 to 2023
$2.3M
Drug Interactions Involving Second-generation Antipsychotic Agents Leading to Sudden Cardiac ArrestR01MH130435 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HENNESSY, SEAN · 2022 to 2024
$2.2M
Stimulant Overdose in the Medicaid Population: Who is at Risk, and When are They at RiskR01CE003347 · CE · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HENNESSY, SEAN · 2021 to 2023
$1.1M
Drug-drug interactions and kidney disease in hospitalized patientsK08DK124658 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MIANO, TODD ANTHONY · 2021 to 2025
$791k
Novel approaches to identify and quantify the impact of drug-drug interactions in older adults with diabetes, with a focus on multimorbidity and polypharmacyK01AG068365 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BYKOV, KATSIARYNA · 2021 to 2025
$621k
AHRQ HHS R01 HS027623AHRQ HHS R01HS027623Heisenberg Program of the German Research FoundationIrish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme GOIPG/2021/1213NCIPC CDC HHS R01 CE003347NIA NIH HHS K01 AG068365NIA NIH HHS R01 AG060975NIA NIH HHS R24 AG064025NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA048001NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK124658NIH HHS K01AG068365NIH HHS K08DK124658NIH HHS R01AG060975NIH HHS R01CE003347NIH HHS R01DA048001NIH HHS R01MH130435NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH130435NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099129NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS132673
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) represent a significant concern for clinical care and public health, but the health consequences of many DDIs remain largely underexplored. This knowledge gap underscores the critical need for pharmacoepidemiologic research to evaluate real-world health outcomes of DDIs. In this review, we summarize the definitions commonly used in pharmacoepidemiologic DDI studies, discuss common sources of bias, and illustrate through examples how these biases can be mitigated.

Indexed as

PharmacoepidemiologyBiasDrug InteractionsDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsHumansbiasesdesign considerationsdrug–drug interactionmethodologyreviewstudy design

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PMID39805810
PMCPMC12074612

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