[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular safety profile of romosozumab: a pharmacovigilance analysis of the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System …

A Vestergaard Kvist, J Faruque… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A Vestergaard Kvist, J Faruque, E Vallejo-Yagüe, S Weiler, EM Winter, AM Burden
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021mdpi.com
Background: Cardiovascular safety concerns for major cardiovascular events (MACE) were
raised during the clinical trials of romosozumab. We aimed to evaluate the cardiovascular
safety profile of romosozumab in a large pharmacovigilance database. Methods: All cases
reported between January 2019 and December 2020 where romosozumab was reported
were extracted from the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System
(FAERS). The outcome of interest was MACE (myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, or …
Background: Cardiovascular safety concerns for major cardiovascular events (MACE) were raised during the clinical trials of romosozumab. We aimed to evaluate the cardiovascular safety profile of romosozumab in a large pharmacovigilance database.
Methods
All cases reported between January 2019 and December 2020 where romosozumab was reported were extracted from the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). The outcome of interest was MACE (myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, or cardiovascular death). A disproportionality analysis was conducted by estimating the reporting odds ratios (RORs) and 95% confidence intervals. Disproportionality analyses were stratified by sex and reporting region (US, Japan, other).
Results
Of the 1995 eligible cases with romosozumab, the majority (N = 1188; 59.5%) originated from Japan. Overall, 206 suspected MACE reports were identified, of which the majority (n = 164; 13.8%) were from Japan, and 41 (5.2%) were from the United States (US). Among Japanese reports, patients were older and more frequently male than reports from the US. Similarly, cases with a reported MACE were older and had higher reports of cardioprotective drugs than those without cardiovascular events. Elevated reports for MACE (ROR 4.07, 95% CI: 2.39–6.93) was identified overall, which was primarily driven by the significant disproportionality measures in the Japanese reports.
Conclusions
The current pharmacovigilance study identified a potential signal for elevated MACE, particularly in Japan. The results support the current safety warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to avoid use in high-risk patients.
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