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Abstract
Purpose: The p.G12C mutation in KRAS is commonly found in many cancers and was previously untreatable until drugs like sotorasib were developed. However, up to 15% of patients treated with sotorasib have experienced hepatobiliary adverse events. To investigate whether these side effects are more common among sotorasib users, a pharmacovigilance study is necessary.
Methods: This study used the FDA adverse event reporting system (FAERS) database, a publicly available repository of reported drug adverse events, and AERSMine, an open-access pharmacovigilance tool, to investigate these adverse events.
Results: A total of 428 hepatobiliary adverse events were linked to sotorasib. Hepatic cytolysis had the highest reported relative risk at 26.541 and a safety signal of 4.726. Elevated liver and biliary enzymes such as AST, ALT, ALP, and GGT were commonly observed, but with lower reported relative risk and safety signal values, which supports previous real-world reports.
Conclusions: These findings highlight the hepatobiliary risks associated with sotorasib and underscore the importance of closely monitoring liver function in patients who are using the medication. This is particularly crucial for patients with hepatobiliary cancers, as disease progression and adverse events could be misinterpreted.
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The aim of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety is to provide an international forum for the communication and evaluation of data, methods and opinion in the discipline of pharmacoepidemiology. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed reports of original research, invited reviews and a variety of guest editorials and commentaries embracing scientific, medical, statistical, legal and economic aspects of pharmacoepidemiology and post-marketing surveillance of drug safety. Appropriate material in these categories may also be considered for publication as a Brief Report.
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design, analysis, results, and interpretation of studies looking at the benefit or safety of specific pharmaceuticals, biologics, or medical devices, including studies in pharmacovigilance, postmarketing surveillance, pharmacoeconomics, patient safety, molecular pharmacoepidemiology, or any other study within the broad field of pharmacoepidemiology;
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methodologic contributions of relevance to pharmacoepidemiology, whether original contributions, reviews of existing methods, or tutorials for how to apply the methods of pharmacoepidemiology;
assessments of harm versus benefit in drug therapy;
patterns of drug utilization;
relationships between pharmacoepidemiology and the formulation and interpretation of regulatory guidelines;
evaluations of risk management plans and programmes relating to pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices.