Overview

An Observational Study to Assess the Risk of Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Death in Users of Domperidone, Users of Proton Pump Inhibitors, and Users of Metoclopramide

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The purpose of this observational study is to assess the risk of out-of-hospital Sudden Cardiac (heart) Death (SCD) associated with current use of domperidone compared to current use of a Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI), current use of metoclopramide, or non-use of any of these medications.
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Treatments:
Domperidone
Metoclopramide
Proton Pump Inhibitors
Criteria
Inclusion criteria:

- Patients registered in English practices whose data are linkable to Hospital Episode
Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics, UK (ONS). Patients are required to
have at least 1 year in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink before they can enter the
study

Exclusion criteria:

- Patients with a diagnosis of cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer

- Patients from practices not linkable to HES and ONS data

- Patient time corresponding to the period between hospital admission date and 30 days
after discharge date