PMID- 36175609 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221103 LR - 20221103 IS - 1179-1918 (Electronic) IS - 1173-2563 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 11 DP - 2022 Nov TI - Safety of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: A Real-World Study Based on the US FDA Adverse Event Reporting System Database. PG - 965-975 LID - 10.1007/s40261-022-01202-1 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are used as adjunctive therapy to lifestyle intervention and metformin treatment in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, as most GLP-1RAs have cardiovascular benefits; however, a number of adverse events (AEs) have been reported in postmarketing surveillance. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the AEs associated with GLP-1RA monotherapy and identify important medical event (IME) signals for GLP-1RAs. METHODS: Data from 1 April 2005 to 31 December 2021 from the US FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database were extracted to conduct disproportionality analysis and Bayesian analysis. AEs and IMEs were classified by system organ classes (SOCs) and preferred terms (PTs) according to the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA((R))). The reporting odds ratio (ROR) and information component (IC) were used to indicate the disproportionality. RESULTS: A total of 71,515 records involving GLP-1RA monotherapy were submitted to the database, of which 16,350 records were GLP-1RA/IME pairs. Significant disproportionality emerged in five SOCs: 'gastrointestinal disorders' (n = 13,104; lower end of the 95% confidence interval (CI) of the IC [IC(025)] = 1.34), 'investigations' (n = 6889; IC(025) = 0.64), 'metabolism and nutrition disorders' (n = 2943; IC(025) = 0.44), 'neoplasms benign/malignant' (n = 1989; IC(025) = 0.01), and 'hepatobiliary disorders' (n = 1497; IC(025) = 0.38). The most common AEs were pancreatitis, nausea, and weight decrease. Unexpected significant AEs were detected, such as ileus, osteomyelitis, renal cell carcinoma, nephrolithiasis, and drug-induced liver injury. CONCLUSION: The majority of AEs have been listed in the prescribing information or reported in previous studies, however we found significant disproportionality in some specific tumor- and liver-related AEs. Clinicians should pay more attention to the newly detected disproportionality that may be triggered by GLP-1RAs, especially in the vulnerable population after long-term use. Considering the limitations of the FAERS database, there is a need for additional pharmacoepidemiological approaches to validate the results of this study. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. FAU - Wu, Tingxi AU - Wu T AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, 119 Nansihuan West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China. FAU - Zhang, Yang AU - Zhang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2600-0343 AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, 95 Yongan Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China. zhangyang1987@ccmu.edu.cn. AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. zhangyang1987@ccmu.edu.cn. FAU - Shi, Yanfeng AU - Shi Y AD - Center of Excellence for Omics Research, National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Yu, Kefu AU - Yu K AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, 119 Nansihuan West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China. FAU - Zhao, Mei AU - Zhao M AD - Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Shangyi AU - Liu S AD - School of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China. FAU - Zhao, Zhigang AU - Zhao Z AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, 119 Nansihuan West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China. 1022zzg@sina.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220930 PL - New Zealand TA - Clin Drug Investig JT - Clinical drug investigation JID - 9504817 RN - 0 (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Bayes Theorem MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy MH - Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor MH - *Neoplasms MH - Pharmacovigilance MH - United States MH - United States Food and Drug Administration MH - Databases, Factual EDAT- 2022/09/30 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/02 06:00 CRDT- 2022/09/29 23:32 PHST- 2022/09/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/29 23:32 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s40261-022-01202-1 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40261-022-01202-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Drug Investig. 2022 Nov;42(11):965-975. doi: 10.1007/s40261-022-01202-1. Epub 2022 Sep 30.