A Study of Channeling in the Use of Nonprescription Paracetamol and Ibuprofen in an Electronic Medical Records Database: Evidence and Implications

Completed

Conditions studied: Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Kidney Diseases

In brief

The Purpose of this study is to examine whether evidence of channeling exists by analyzing within a cohort of participants with first prescriptions of single-ingredient paracetamol or ibuprofen (or both) whether participants with paracetamol were more likely to have an ibuprofen-related contraindication.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02830178

Run by

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

People needed

144337

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Enrolled in up-to-standard practices (practices that have been qualified for research purposes by the Clinical Practice Research Datalink [CPRD] administrators) in the CPRD
• Received a first prescription for paracetamol or a first prescription for ibuprofen in 2012
• Were age 18 or older in the date of their qualifying prescription in 2012

You may not qualify if…

• Who received a prescription for paracetamol or ibuprofen in the 6 months prior to their qualifying prescription in 2012
• Who received a prescription for any acetaminophen- or ibuprofen-containing combination products in the 6 months prior to the qualifying prescription in 2012

Where it is running

• Study site — Raritan, New Jersey, United States

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