The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals.

<h4>Objective</h4>Mining the data contained within Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can potentially generate a greater understanding of medication effects in the real world, complementing what we know from Randomised control trials (RCTs). We Propose a text mining approach to detect adve...

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Main Authors: Ehtesham Iqbal, Risha Govind, Alvin Romero, Olubanke Dzahini, Matthew Broadbent, Robert Stewart, Tanya Smith, Chi-Hun Kim, Nomi Werbeloff, James H MacCabe, Richard J B Dobson, Zina M Ibrahim
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author Ehtesham Iqbal
Risha Govind
Alvin Romero
Olubanke Dzahini
Matthew Broadbent
Robert Stewart
Tanya Smith
Chi-Hun Kim
Nomi Werbeloff
James H MacCabe
Richard J B Dobson
Zina M Ibrahim
author_facet Ehtesham Iqbal
Risha Govind
Alvin Romero
Olubanke Dzahini
Matthew Broadbent
Robert Stewart
Tanya Smith
Chi-Hun Kim
Nomi Werbeloff
James H MacCabe
Richard J B Dobson
Zina M Ibrahim
author_sort Ehtesham Iqbal
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description <h4>Objective</h4>Mining the data contained within Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can potentially generate a greater understanding of medication effects in the real world, complementing what we know from Randomised control trials (RCTs). We Propose a text mining approach to detect adverse events and medication episodes from the clinical text to enhance our understanding of adverse effects related to Clozapine, the most effective antipsychotic drug for the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but underutilised due to concerns over its side effects.<h4>Material and methods</h4>We used data from de-identified EHRs of three mental health trusts in the UK (>50 million documents, over 500,000 patients, 2835 of which were prescribed Clozapine). We explored the prevalence of 33 adverse effects by age, gender, ethnicity, smoking status and admission type three months before and after the patients started Clozapine treatment. Where possible, we compared the prevalence of adverse effects with those reported in the Side Effects Resource (SIDER).<h4>Results</h4>Sedation, fatigue, agitation, dizziness, hypersalivation, weight gain, tachycardia, headache, constipation and confusion were amongst the highest recorded Clozapine adverse effect in the three months following the start of treatment. Higher percentages of all adverse effects were found in the first month of Clozapine therapy. Using a significance level of (p< 0.05) our chi-square tests show a significant association between most of the ADRs and smoking status and hospital admission, and some in gender, ethnicity and age groups in all trusts hospitals. Later we combined the data from the three trusts hospitals to estimate the average effect of ADRs in each monthly interval. In gender and ethnicity, the results show significant association in 7 out of 33 ADRs, smoking status shows significant association in 21 out of 33 ADRs and hospital admission shows the significant association in 30 out of 33 ADRs.<h4>Conclusion</h4>A better understanding of how drugs work in the real world can complement clinical trials.
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spelling doaj-art-173a618803c84fd89e956eb63e657d562025-08-20T03:25:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-011512e024343710.1371/journal.pone.0243437The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals.Ehtesham IqbalRisha GovindAlvin RomeroOlubanke DzahiniMatthew BroadbentRobert StewartTanya SmithChi-Hun KimNomi WerbeloffJames H MacCabeRichard J B DobsonZina M Ibrahim<h4>Objective</h4>Mining the data contained within Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can potentially generate a greater understanding of medication effects in the real world, complementing what we know from Randomised control trials (RCTs). We Propose a text mining approach to detect adverse events and medication episodes from the clinical text to enhance our understanding of adverse effects related to Clozapine, the most effective antipsychotic drug for the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but underutilised due to concerns over its side effects.<h4>Material and methods</h4>We used data from de-identified EHRs of three mental health trusts in the UK (>50 million documents, over 500,000 patients, 2835 of which were prescribed Clozapine). We explored the prevalence of 33 adverse effects by age, gender, ethnicity, smoking status and admission type three months before and after the patients started Clozapine treatment. Where possible, we compared the prevalence of adverse effects with those reported in the Side Effects Resource (SIDER).<h4>Results</h4>Sedation, fatigue, agitation, dizziness, hypersalivation, weight gain, tachycardia, headache, constipation and confusion were amongst the highest recorded Clozapine adverse effect in the three months following the start of treatment. Higher percentages of all adverse effects were found in the first month of Clozapine therapy. Using a significance level of (p< 0.05) our chi-square tests show a significant association between most of the ADRs and smoking status and hospital admission, and some in gender, ethnicity and age groups in all trusts hospitals. Later we combined the data from the three trusts hospitals to estimate the average effect of ADRs in each monthly interval. In gender and ethnicity, the results show significant association in 7 out of 33 ADRs, smoking status shows significant association in 21 out of 33 ADRs and hospital admission shows the significant association in 30 out of 33 ADRs.<h4>Conclusion</h4>A better understanding of how drugs work in the real world can complement clinical trials.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0243437&type=printable
spellingShingle Ehtesham Iqbal
Risha Govind
Alvin Romero
Olubanke Dzahini
Matthew Broadbent
Robert Stewart
Tanya Smith
Chi-Hun Kim
Nomi Werbeloff
James H MacCabe
Richard J B Dobson
Zina M Ibrahim
The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals.
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title The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals.
title_full The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals.
title_fullStr The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals.
title_full_unstemmed The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals.
title_short The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals.
title_sort side effect profile of clozapine in real world data of three large mental health hospitals
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0243437&type=printable
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