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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 7 August 2023
Main ID:  NCT02922192
Date of registration: 28/09/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Biologics & Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium
Public title: Incidence of Hospitalizations for Serious Infections in Patients Receiving Biologic Anti-Inflammatories for Rheumatologic, Psoriatic, and Gastrointestinal Conditions: A Descriptive Analysis
Scientific title: Incidence of Hospitalizations for Serious Infections in Patients Receiving Biologic Anti-Inflammatories for Rheumatologic, Psoriatic, and Gastrointestinal Conditions: A Descriptive Analysis
Date of first enrolment: January 1, 2012
Target sample size: 90360
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02922192
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:     Kevin Haynes, PharmD, MSCE
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Affiliation:  Anthem HealthCore, Inc.
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Individuals with baseline period of 365 days with continuous medical and pharmacy
coverage preceding the first prescription fill

- new and users of the following exposures

- TNF -a antagonists (including adalimumab, certolizumab, etanercept [not included
for IBD], golimumab, infliximab, and natalizumab [IBD only])

- Non-TNF-alpha antagonist biologics in RA only (abatacept, rituximab, and
tocilizumab)

- Non-biologic medications (after any use of methotrexate in the previous year
includes RA: hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide, or sulfasalazine; IBD: 6-
mercaptopurine or azathioprine; PsO-PsA-AS: methotrexate, leflunomide, or
sulfasalazine).

Exclusion Criteria:

- During baseline 365 days, any patient with

- Active cancer or a history of non-melanoma cancer*

- Any immunocompromising conditions (organ transplantation, HIV, and advanced
kidney/liver disease)*

- *if occur during the follow-up period, patients also will be censored.

- During baseline 183 days, any patient with hospitalization for any infection



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Psoriasis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Psoriatic Arthritis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Intervention(s)
Drug: TNF-a antagonists, non-TNFs, DMARD non-biologics
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of hospitalization for serious infections [Time Frame: Anticipated completion January 2017]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
BBCIC-Anti-inflammatory
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Kaiser Permanente
Aetna, Inc.
University of Alabama; Rheumatologist and Healthcare Research
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Amgen
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
HealthCore, Inc.
AbbVie
Boehringer Ingelheim
Pfizer
University of Pittsburgh
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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