Ibrutinib, an oral inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), has recently revolutionized the treatment of various chronic B-cell malignancies and particularly chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Atrial fibrillation (AF) has early emerged as a cardiovascular adverse effect (CVAE) of ibrutinib but underlying mechanisms of IRAF are not fully understood. While a dose-reduction or an interruption of ibrutinib is mentioned in the summary of product characteristics of ibrutinib, any beneficial effect on IRAF management of such a management is unclear. The main aim of this study is to determine if IRAF is a dose-dependent CVAE in chronic B-cell malignancies patients by studying the association between ibrutinib dose and IRAF reporting in Vigibase®, the World Health Organization (WHO) pharmacovigilance database.
Ibrutinib, an oral inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), has recently revolutionized the treatment of various chronic B-cell malignancies and particularly chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Atrial fibrillation (AF) has early emerged as a cardiovascular adverse effect (CVAE) of ibrutinib. In phase 3 randomized clinical trials (RCT), ibrutinib exhibits a ≈4-fold increase-risk of AF compared with controls (pooled relative-risk (RR) 3.9; 95% confidence interval (CI): (2.0-7.5); p\<0.0001). The annualized incidence rate of ibrutinib-related AF (IRAF) reporting in clinical trials is estimated to 4.9 (95% CI: 2.9-8.3) per 100 person-years. IRAF risk persists throughout ibrutinib exposition and seems to be cumulative with the extension of follow-up and cardiac monitoring. Underlying mechanisms of IRAF are not fully understood. Ibrutinib potently inhibits multiple off-target kinases at therapeutic concentrations. While a dose-reduction or an interruption of ibrutinib is mentioned in the summary of product characteristics of ibrutinib, any beneficial effect on IRAF management of such a management is unclear. The main aim of this study is to determine if IRAF is a dose-dependent CVAE in chronic B-cell malignancies patients by studying the association between ibrutinib dose and IRAF reporting in Vigibase®, the World Health Organization (WHO) pharmacovigilance database.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
18,000
We will extract all atrial fibrillation cases involving adult patients associated with ibrutinib exposure with an available ibrutinib daily dose
Caen University Hospital, Department of Pharmacology
Caen, Normandy, France
to determine the influence of ibrutinib dosing on IRAF reporting. Results were expressed as 2-by2 comparisons against the lowest dosing regimen (140mg/day).
Disproportionality estimates will be perform using both univariate and multivariate analyses and a global p-value will measure the difference between dosing regimen
Time frame: Cases reported in the World Health Organization (WHO) of individual safety case reports to 26th July 2023
Description of ibrutinib-related atrial fibrillation cases
Clinical caracteristics of ibrutinib-related atrial fibrillation cases (sex, age, time to onset, hematological malignacy, coreported drugs, coreported adverse events)
Time frame: Cases reported in the World Health Organization (WHO) of individual safety case reports to 26th July 2023
To determine the influence of ibrutinib dosing on IRAF reporting after exclusion of IRAF cases containing concurrent anticoagulant and/or antiarrhythmic drugs, assuming this approach could exclude reports with history of AF preceding IRAF reporting
Disproportionality estimates will be perform both univariate and multivariate analysesand a global p-value will measure the difference between dosing regimen
Time frame: Cases reported in the World Health Organization (WHO) of individual safety case reports to 26th July 2023
To determine the influence of ibrutinib dosing on IRAF reporting according to the underlying chronic B-cell malignancy indication.
Disproportionality estimates will be perform using both univariate and multivariate analyses and a global p-value will measure the difference between dosing regimen
Time frame: Cases reported in the World Health Organization (WHO) of individual safety case reports to 26th July 2023
To determine if the time to IRAF onset is dependent of the ibrutinib dosing regimen
We will use a linear regression to test if the association between ibrutinib-related atrial fibrillation reporting and time to onset is dependent of the dose regimen (the 140 mg/day ibrutinib dosing regimen will set as the reference)
Time frame: Cases reported in the World Health Organization (WHO) of individual safety case reports to 26th July 2023
Sensitivity analysis will also be performed regarding the influence of ibrutinib dosing on 2 dose-dependent ADRs (neutropenia and thrombocytopenia) reporting related to ibrutinib exposure
Disproportionality estimates will be perform using univariate analysis and a global p-value will measure the difference between dosing regimen
Time frame: Cases reported in the World Health Organization (WHO) of individual safety case reports to 26th July 2023
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