NCT02830178

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

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 144,337 (actual)
• Sponsor: Janssen Research & Development, LLC · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal
• Myocardial Infarction
• Stroke
• Kidney Diseases

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• Completion: 2016-09-01
• First posted: 2016-07-12
• Last updated: 2016-10-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States