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August 2024

Carelon Research is a proud sponsor of ICPE 2024. Visit us in person at booth #802, connect with our experts, and see our latest research. All presentations are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

SKILLS COURSE

Saturday, August 24, 2024 | 2:30 – 6:00 PM CEST
Session: Pre-conference skills course
Location: Auditorium

Using pharmacoepidemiology database resources to address drug safety research

This course will ‎define the different types of data resources available for pharmacoepidemiology and the selection criteria to ‎select the most appropriate resource.

Daniel Beachler, PhD, MHS
Sr. Director, Safety and Epidemiology

Copenhagen

Carelon Research presentations

Carelon Research authors are indicated in bold.
*Associate at time of study. 

Presentation

Session

Title

Authors

Affiliations

Oral

Monday, August 26
2:15 – 2:30 PM CEST
Conv Hall I C

Vaccine safety across ages and platforms

Evaluation of febrile seizure risk following ancestral monovalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccination among U.S. children aged 2-5 years

Forshee RA[1], Smith ER[2], Wan Z[2], Amend KL[3], Secora A[4], Djibo DA[5], Kazemi K[2], Song J[6], Parlett LE[7], DeShazo J[5], Seeger JD[3], Selvam N[4], McMahill-Walraven CN[5], Hu MI[2], Chillarige Y[2], Anderson SA[1]

[1]US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA, [2]Acumen LLC, Burlingame, CA, USA, [3]Optum Epidemiology, Boston, MA, USA, [4]IQVIA, Falls Church, VA, USA, [5]CVS Health, Blue Bell, PA, USA, [6]United Health, Boston, MA, USA, [7]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA

Oral

Monday, August 26
2:45 – 3:00 PM CEST
Room XV

The treatment and prevention of pregnancy-related infections

Maternal and infant outcomes following exposure to SPIKEVAX during pregnancy: An observational database study

Kalloo G[1], Guzman M[1], Crowe C[1], Lanes S[1], Coley B[1], Martin D[2], Zhu L[2], Dharia P[2], Esposito D[2]

[1]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [2]Moderna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA

Oral

Wednesday, August 28
8:30 – 8:45 AM CEST
Room XV

Real ID: methods and validation in pregnancy

High throughput signal identification of drug use in pregnancy for detection of adverse infant outcomes

Maro JC[1], Wiley M[1], Cole DV[1], Dashevsky I[1], Ewig CL[2], Haffenreffer K[1], Morris EJ[2], Siranosian E[3], Smolinski NE[2], Thai TN[1], Wang Y[2], Wang Y[2], Wolfe A[1], Suarez EA[4], Parlett LE[5], McMahill-Walraven CH[6], Adgent M[7], Rasmussen SA[8], Winterstein AG[2]

[1]Dept of Pop Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA, [2]University of Florida, College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL, USA, [3]University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, [4]Rutgers Institute for Health, Boston, MA, USA, [5]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [6]CVS Health, Blue Bell, PA, USA, [7]Dept of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA, [8]Dept of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Poster

Monday, August 26
12:00 – 1:30 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session A: CV conditions and treatments

[152] Characterizing patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) in claims data after the introduction of a specific diagnosis code

Hoffman SR[1], Parlett LE[1], Lanes S[1]

[1]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA

Poster

Monday, August 26
12:15 – 1:15 PM
CEST Foyer 3

Spotlight poster session A: databases

[ASPOT08] Towards a framework to describe diversity of real-world data sources: Findings from the DIVERSE Initiative

Pajouheshnia R[1], Gini R[1], Gardarsdottir H[3], Bennett D[4], Li L[5], Gulea C[6], Wientzek-Fleischmann AW[7], Bazelier M[3], Burcu M[8], Dodd CN[9], Duran CE[3], Kaplan S[10], Lanes S[11], Marinier K[12], Roberto G[2], Soman KV[3], Platt RW[13], Iwata SS[14], Hall GC[14], Zhou X[15]

[1]RTI Health Solutions, Netherlands, [2]ARS Toscana, Florence, Italy, [3]Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, [4]Takeda, Boston, MA, USA, [5]Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, USA, [6]MSD, Zurich, Switzerland, [7]Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany, [8]Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway, NJ, USA, [9]Panalgo, Amsterdam, Netherlands, [10]Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Israel, [11]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [12]IQVIA, Courbevoie, France, [13]McGill University, Montreal, Canada, [14]Rutgers University, Princeton, NJ, USA, [15]Gillian Hall, United Kingdom, [16]Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY, USA

Poster

Tuesday, August 27
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session B: vaccines

[358] Safety monitoring of bivalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccines among recipients 6 months and older in the United States

Lloyd PC[1], Smith ER[2], Gruber JF[1], Ondari M[2], Wong HL[1], Hu MI[2], Clarke TC[1], McEvoy R[2], Amend KL[3], Beachler DC[4], McMahill-Walraven CN[5], Seeger JD[3], Secora A[6], Djibo DA[5], Song J[6], Selvam N[7], DeShazo JP[5], Clifford R[3], Abente E[5], Chillarige Y[2], Forshee RA[1], Anderson SA[1], Shoaibi A[1]

[1]US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, [2]Acumen LLC, Burlingame, CA, USA, [3]Optum Epidemiology, Boston, MA, USA, [4]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [5]CVS Health, Blue Bell, PA, USA, [6]United Health, Boston, MA, USA, [7]IQVIA, Falls Church, VA, USA

Poster

Tuesday, August 27
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session B: pregnancy and lactation

[275] Linkage of mother and infant records using commercial claims data within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Biologics Effectiveness and Safety (BEST) Initiative

Zelaya CE[1], Gruber JF[1], Wan Z[2], Chillarige Y[2], Cho S[1], Hu M[2], Lloyd PC[1], Avula R[3], Lyu R[2], Bell EJ[4], Djibo DA[5], Clark TC[1], Varvaro V[2], Shah N[2], Shah P[2], Amend KL[4], Secora A[6], Selvam N[6], McMahill-Walraven CN[5], Seeger JD[4], Deng J[4], Forshee RA[1], Anderson SA[1], Shoaibi A[1]

[1]US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA, [2]Acumen LLC, Burlingame, CA, USA, [3]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [4]Optum Epidemiology, Boston, MA, USA, [5]CVS Health, Blue Bell, PA, USA, [6]IQVIA, Falls Church, VA, USA

Poster

Tuesday, August 27
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
CEST Foyer 3

Spotlight poster session B: RWE collaborative

[BSPOT41] Current applications of machine learning for causal inference in healthcare research using observational data

Onasanya O[1], Hoffman S[1], Harris K[1], Dixon R[1], Beachler D[1], Grabner, M[1]

[1]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA

Poster

Tuesday, August 27
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session B: pregnancy and lactation

[322] US claims adaptation of the European Concerted Action on Congenital Anomalies and Twins (EUROCAT) Guide 1.5 for use in pregnancy studies

Hoffman SR[1], Kalloo G[1], Lanes S[1], *Jamal-Allial Aziza[1], Sponhlotz T[1], *Brooks C[1], Guzman M[1], Van Rompay M[1], Onasanya O[1], Willey V[1], Foster E[2], Layton J[2], Ponist D[2], LeNona-Laine M[2], Schroeder K[2]

[1]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [2]Eili Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN

Poster

Tuesday, August 27
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session B: pregnancy and lactation

[232] Addressing over-representation of early pregnancy outcomes in database pregnancy safety studies

Van Rompay M[1], *Brooks C[1], Haley V[1], Papazian A[1], Lamberti M[1], *Jamal-Allial A[1], Lanes S[1]

[1]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA

Poster

Tuesday, August 27
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session B: pregnancy and lactation

[316] The IMEDS distributed database network and pregnancy studies

Clary A[1], Rodriguez-Watson C[2], Huang HS[2], Peeples G[2], Andrade S[3], Connolly JG[3], DeFor TA[3], Deshazo J[4], DiNunzio N[3], Greenlee R[5], *Jamal-Allial A[6], Madow A[7], Mendelsohn AB[3], Pawloski PA[8], Selvan M[9], Singh S[7], Sylwestrzak G[9], Wentz A[6], Zhou Y[9], Toh D[3]

[1]Evidence to Practice, LLC, USA, [2]Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA, [3]Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA, [4]CVS Health, USA, [5]Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, USA, [6]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [7]University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA, [8]HealthPartners Institute, St. Paul, MN, USA, [9]Humana Healthcare Research, USA

Poster

Wednesday, August 28
12:00 – 1:30 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session C: vaccines

[352] Safety of ancestral monovalent BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech), mRNA-1273 (Moderna), and NVX-CoV2373 (Novavax) COVID-19 vaccines in US children aged 6 months to 17 years

Hu MI[1], Shoaibi A[2], Feng Y[1], Lloyd PC[2], Wong HL[2], Smith ER[1], Amed KL[3], Kline A[4], Beachler DC[5], Gruber JF[2], Mitra M[1], Seeger JD[3], Secora A[6], Obidi J[2], Wang J[1], Song J[7], McMahill-Walraven CN[4], Reich C[6], McEvoy R[1], Do R[1], Chillarige Y[1], Clifford R[3], Forshee R[2], Anderson SA[2]

[1]Acumen, LLC, Burlingame, CA, USA, [2]US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA, [3]Optum Epidemiology, Boston, MA, USA, [4]CVS Health Clinical Trial Services, Blue Bell, PA, USA, [5]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [6]IQVIA, Falls Church, VA, USA, [7]United Health Group, Boston, MA, USA

Poster

Wednesday, August 28
12:00 – 1:30 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session C: methods

[170] Quantifying bias in claims safety studies arising from medication samples: A simple simulation

Hoffman SR[1], Lanes S[1]

[1]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA

Poster

Wednesday, August 28
12:00 – 1:30 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session C: vaccines

[347] Interim utilization results from a post-approval safety study of Pfizer-BioNTech Monovalent COVID-19 vaccine in the United States

Mayer SE[1], Kawai AT[2], Fuller CC[1], Agan AA[1], Rao S[2], Koram N[3], Calingaert B[2], Marshall J[1], Connolly JG[1], Moyneur E[4], *Jamal-Allial A[5], Brown J[6], Burk J[1], Chomistek A[7], Daniels K[5], Dea K[4], Defor T[8], Diessner B[7], Djibo DA[9], Ezzy SM[7], Hawrusik R[1], Johannes CB[2], Kendrick K[3], Layton JB[2], Ma Q[10], Mai X[1], Mack M[5], Pawloski PA[8], Reynolds JS[1], Selvan M[10], Sharma V[9], Vetter J[9], McMahill-Walraven CN[9], Platt R[1], Gilsenan A[2]

[1]Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA, [2]RTI, Waltham, MA, USA, [3]Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, USA, [4]Statlog Econometrics L’-Ange-Gardien, Canada, [5]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [6]TriNetX, Cambridge, MA, USA, [7]Optum, Boston, MA, USA, [8]HealthPartners Institute, Bloomington, MI, USA, [9]CVS Health, Elkins Park, PA, USA, [10]Humana Healthcare Research, Inc., Louisville, KY, USA

Poster

Wednesday, August 28
12:00 – 1:30 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session C: methods

[168] Outcome validation to assess misclassification bias in studies using electronic healthcare claims

*Doherty B[1], Crowe C[1], Sponholtz T[1], Beachler D[1], Lanes S[1]

[1]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA

Poster

Wednesday, August 28
12:00 – 1:30 PM CEST
Convention hall II

Poster session C: gastrointestinal conditions and treatments

[050] Compared to thiopurines and tumor necrosis factor inhibitors novel biologics are associated with reduced risk of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer among patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Parlett L[1], Ball P[1], Pipkin CA[2], Kappelman MD[3], Bocage C[1], Long M[2]

[1]Carelon Research, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA, [2]Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, [3]University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Poster

Wednesday, August 28
12:15 – 1:15 PM
CEST Foyer 3

Spotlight poster session C: adherence

[CSPOT07] Factors associated with adherence to long-acting injectable antipsychotics among Medicare beneficiaries

Chiang YY[1], Grabner M[2], Harris K[2], Teng CC[2], dosReis S[1]

[1]University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA, [2]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA

Poster

Wednesday, August 28
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM CEST
Foyer 3

Spotlight poster session C: cancer

[CSPOT39] Trajectories of antidepressant use after tamoxifen initiation among young and middle age women with breast cancer

Onasanya O[1], Rosenblatt P[2], dosReis S[2], Onukwugha E[2], Zafari Z[2], Castillo WC[2]

[1]Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA, [2]University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA