Status:
COMPLETED
Drug-Induced Sudden Death & Ventricular Arrhythmia
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pennsylvania
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Conditions:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 100 years
Brief Summary
To investigate the relationship between the use of prescription drugs and the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia and sudden death.
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND: Drug-induced sudden cardiac death (also called sudden death, SD) and ventricular arrhythmia (VA) have arisen as major public health concerns in the last decade. Sudden death/ventricular a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- This combined database will be used to conduct a series of nested case-control and case-crossover studies to measure the absolute and relative rate of all-cause death and sudden death/ventricular arrhythmia (SD/VA) associated with five of the most commonly used drug classes of greatest concern: antipsychotics, antidepressants, opioid analgesics, quinolone antibiotics, and macrolide antibiotics.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
31000000 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00102180
Start Date
January 1 2005
End Date
November 1 2008
Last Update
December 21 2020
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