2023
Multinational patterns of second line antihyperglycaemic drug initiation across cardiovascular risk groups: federated pharmacoepidemiological evaluation in LEGEND-T2DM
Khera R, Dhingra L, Aminorroaya A, Li K, Zhou J, Arshad F, Blacketer C, Bowring M, Bu F, Cook M, Dorr D, Duarte-Salles T, DuVall S, Falconer T, French T, Hanchrow E, Horban S, Lau W, Li J, Liu Y, Lu Y, Man K, Matheny M, Mathioudakis N, McLemore M, Minty E, Morales D, Nagy P, Nishimura A, Ostropolets A, Pistillo A, Posada J, Pratt N, Reyes C, Ross J, Seager S, Shah N, Simon K, Wan E, Yang J, Yin C, You S, Schuemie M, Ryan P, Hripcsak G, Krumholz H, Suchard M. Multinational patterns of second line antihyperglycaemic drug initiation across cardiovascular risk groups: federated pharmacoepidemiological evaluation in LEGEND-T2DM. BMJ Medicine 2023, 2: e000651. PMID: 37829182, PMCID: PMC10565313, DOI: 10.1136/bmjmed-2023-000651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchType 2 diabetes mellitusSecond-line treatmentCardiovascular risk groupsDiabetes mellitusCardiovascular diseaseAntihyperglycaemic drugsLine treatmentRisk groupsObservational Health Data SciencesGlucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistsElectronic health recordsSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitorsCalendar year trendsPeptide-1 receptor agonistsUS databaseOutcomes of patientsCotransporter 2 inhibitorsAdministrative claims databaseSecond-line drugsHealth recordsSodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitorsMedication useMetformin monotherapyGuideline recommendationsOutcome measures
2020
Principles of Large-scale Evidence Generation and Evaluation across a Network of Databases (LEGEND)
Schuemie MJ, Ryan PB, Pratt N, Chen R, You SC, Krumholz HM, Madigan D, Hripcsak G, Suchard MA. Principles of Large-scale Evidence Generation and Evaluation across a Network of Databases (LEGEND). Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2020, 27: 1331-1337. PMID: 32909033, PMCID: PMC7481029, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNetwork of databasesLarge-scale Evidence GenerationObservational Health Data SciencesObservational health care databasesHealth Data SciencesHealth care dataElectronic health recordsData sciencePublication biasPatient-level informationGeneric overviewHealth recordsMethods addressAforementioned concernsHealth care databasesAnalytic codeNetworkNew paradigmSuch dataHackingEvidence generationDissemination of evidenceHypertension treatmentResidual confoundingAdministrative claims