Antipsychotics and Risk of Hyperglycemic Emergencies

October 20, 2015 updated by: Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies, CNODES

Atypical Antipsychotics and Hyperglycemic Emergencies: Multicentre, Retrospective Cohort Study of Administrative Data

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of atypical antipsychotic medication increases the risk of hospitalization for a hyperglycemic emergency.

The investigators will carry out separate population-based cohort studies using administrative health databases in eight jurisdictions in Canada and the UK. Cohort entry will be defined by the initiation of a new antipsychotic medication. Follow-up will continue until hospitalization for a hyperglycemic emergency or the end of 365 days. The results from the separate sites will be combined to provide an overall assessment of the risk of hyperglycemic emergencies among new users of various antipsychotic drugs.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to determine whether the use of atypical antipsychotics is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for hyperglycemic emergencies (hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state).

A common-protocol approach will be used to conduct retrospective cohort studies using administrative health care data from eight jurisdictions (the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, as well as the United Kingdom (UK) General Practice Research Database [GPRD]). Briefly, the Canadian databases include population-level data on physician billing, diagnoses and procedures from hospital discharge abstracts, and dispensations for prescription drugs. The data in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Alberta will be restricted to patients aged 65 years and older, as prescription data are not available for younger patients. The GPRD is a clinical database that is representative of the UK population and contains the records for patients seen at over 680 general practitioner practices in the UK.

In each jurisdiction, the investigators will assemble a study cohort that includes all patients newly prescribed an antipsychotic medication (WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code N05A) from April 1, 1998 (or the earliest date of data availability at each site) to March 31, 2010 (or the last date of data availability at each site if earlier). The date of study cohort entry will be defined by the date of the prescription (for GPRD) or dispensation (for all other sites) of the newly-prescribed antipsychotic. Patients in the study cohort will be followed from the date of study cohort entry until an event (defined below), censoring due to death or departure from the database, 365 days after cohort entry, or the end of the study period (March 31, 2011), whichever occurs first.

The exposure categories will be separated by the type of antipsychotic medication prescribed upon cohort entry as: 1) olanzapine users; 2) other atypical antipsychotic users; 3) typical antipsychotic users; and 4) risperidone users. Exposure to olanzapine will be defined as a prescription for olanzapine on the date of cohort entry. Exposure to other atypical antipsychotics will be defined as a prescription for an atypical antipsychotic other than olanzapine on the date of cohort entry. Exposure to typical antipsychotics will be defined as a prescription for a typical antipsychotic on the date of cohort entry. Exposure to risperidone will be defined as a prescription for risperidone on the date of cohort entry. The investigators will use an analysis analogous to an intention-to-treat approach. The primary outcome will be defined as a first hospitalization for a hyperglycemic emergency within 365 days of the initiation of the cohort defining antipsychotic medication.

The reference group throughout all analyses will be risperidone users. The primary comparator will be olanzapine users; other atypical antipsychotic users and typical antipsychotic users will both serve as secondary comparators.

Inverse probability treatment weighting (IPTW) using propensity scores to estimate marginal treatment effects will be used. These propensity scores will be estimated using logistic regression models where treatment with the comparator antipsychotic will be regressed on a number of pre-identified covariates that influence the risk of a hyperglycemic emergency. The absolute difference in the probability of a hyperglycemic emergency will be estimated. The cause-specific hazard for the comparator vs. risperidone will be estimated using Cox-proportional hazards regression models, incorporating the IPT weights and using a robust variance estimator. Meta-analyses of the site-specific results will then be performed using fixed-effects models with inverse variance weighting, with the amount of between site heterogeneity estimated using the I-squared statistic.

Secondary analyses will be performed by means of nested case-control analyses of the cohorts. Cases will be defined as subjects having a hyperglycemic event and will be matched to controls that did not experience a hyperglycemic event. The event date of the cases will serve as the index date for both controls and their matched cases. Exposure will be defined as the most recent antipsychotic medication prescribed prior to the index date. Conditional logistic regression will be used to estimate the odds ratio of a hyperglycemic event for the comparator vs. risperidone.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

725489

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1N8
        • Women's College Hospital, Women's College Research Institute

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

In each jurisdiction, the investigators will assemble a study cohort that includes all patients with a first-time prescription for an antipsychotic medication between April 1, 1998 (or one year after the beginning of data availability) and March 31, 2010. The date of study cohort entry is defined by the prescription date of the newly-prescribed antipsychotic.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with a with a first-time prescription for an antipsychotic medication
  • Patients at least 18 years of age at cohort entry (except Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, where patients will be a least 66 years of age)
  • Patients with at least 1 year of history in the database

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients aged <18 years on the date of cohort entry (or < 66 years in Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia)
  • Received a prescription for an antipsychotic medication in the 365 days prior to cohort entry
  • Patients who were hospitalized with the primary study outcome <30 days prior to cohort entry
  • Had <1 year of provincial Medicare or GPRD enrollment preceding cohort entry
  • Hospitalized for >30 consecutive days in the 365 days prior to cohort entry
  • Received renal dialysis or palliative care in the 365 days prior to cohort entry
  • Patients in a long term care facility
  • Patients who received >1 antipsychotic medication on the date of cohort entry

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Retrospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Olanzapine
Exposure to olanzapine will be defined as a prescription for olanzapine on the date of cohort entry.
Drug: Olanzapine
Exposure to olanzapine (ATC N05AH03) will be defined as a prescription for olanzapine on the date of cohort entry.
Other Names:
  • atypical antipsychotic
Other atypical antipsychotics
Exposure to atypical antipsychotics will be defined as a prescription for an atypical antipsychotic other than olanzapine (clozapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone, paliperidone, or aripiprazole) on the date of cohort entry.
Drug: atypical antipsychotics (other)
Exposure to other atypitical antipsychotics (ATC N05AH02, N05AH04, N05AE04, N05AX13, N05AX12) will be defined will be defined as a prescription for an atypical antipsychotic other than olanzapine on the date of cohort entry.
Other Names:
  • Paliperidone
  • Aripiprazole
  • Quetiapine
  • Clozapine
  • Ziprasidone
Typical antipsychotics
Exposure to typical antipsychotics will be defined as a prescription for a typical antipsychotic (chlormezanone, chlorpromazine, chlorprothixene, flupenthixol, fluphenazine, fluspirilene, haloperidol, levomepromazine, loxapine, mesoridazine, methotrimeprazine, perphenazine, pimozide, pipotiazine, tetrabenazine, thiopropazate, thioproperazine, thioridazine, thiothixene, trifluoperazine or zuclopenthixol) on the date of cohort entry.
Drug: typical antipsychotics
Exposure to typical antipsychotics (M03BB02, N05AA01, N05AF03, N05AF01, N05AB02, N05AG01, N05AD01, N05AA02, N05AH01, N05AC03, N05AB03, N05AG02, N05AC04, N07XX06, N05AB05, N05AB08, N05AC02, N05AF04, N05AB06, N05AF05) will be defined as a prescription for a typical antipsychotic on the date of cohort entry.
Other Names:
  • Loxapine
  • Chlormezanone
  • Chlorpromazine
  • Chlorprothixene
  • Flupenthixol
  • Fluphenazine
  • Fluspirilene
  • Haloperidol
  • Levomepromazine
  • Mesoridazine
  • Methotrimeprazine
  • Perphenazine
  • Pimozide
  • Pipotiazine
  • Tetrabenazine
  • Thiopropazate
  • Thioproperazine
  • Thioridazine
  • Thiothixene
  • Trifluoperazine
  • Zuclopenthixol
Risperidone (reference)
Exposure to risperidone will be defined as a prescription for risperidone on the date of cohort entry.
Drug: Risperidone
Exposure to risperidone (ATC N05AX08) will be defined will be defined as a prescription for risperidone on the date of cohort entry.
Other Names:
  • atypical antipsychotic

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Hospitalization for a hyperglycemic emergency
Time Frame: Patients will be followed from the date of study cohort entry until the occurrence of a hyperglycemic emergency, censoring, or for up to 365 days.
A first hospital admission associated with an admission diagnosis of hyperglycemia (ICD-9: 790.20; ICD-10: R739), diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) (ICD-9: 250.10,250.11,250.12,250.13; ICD-10: E10.1, E11.1, E13.1, E14.1), or hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state (HHS) (ICD-9: 250.20, 250.21,250.22,250.23; ICD-10: E11.0,E13.0, E14.0) in the 365 days following antipsychotic medication initiation (cohort entry).
Patients will be followed from the date of study cohort entry until the occurrence of a hyperglycemic emergency, censoring, or for up to 365 days.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies, CNODES

Collaborators

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network, Canada

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lorraine Lipscombe, MD, MSc, Women's College Hospital, Women's College Research Institute

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 20, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 20, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

October 21, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 21, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 20, 2015

Last Verified

October 1, 2015

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • Q10-12

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