Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors and the risk of AKI: A cohort study of eight administrative databases and meta-analysis

Christel Renoux, Lisa M. Lix, Valérie Patenaude, Lauren C. Bresee, J. Michael Paterson, Jean Philippe Lafrance, Hala Tamim, Salaheddin M. Mahmud, Mhd Wasem Alsabbagh, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Colin R. Dormuth, Ernst Pierre, Samy Suissa, Gary F. Teare, Patricia J. Martens, Patricia Caetano, David A. Henry, Jacques LeLorier, Adrian R. Levy, Pierre Ernst*Robert W. Platt, Ingrid S. Sketris, Canadian Network of Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES)

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Abstract

Background and objectives A safety signal regarding cases of AKI after exposure to serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) was identified by Health Canada. Therefore, this study assessed whether the use of SNRIs increases the risk of AKI compared with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and examined the risk associated with each individual SNRI. Design, setting, participants, & measurements Multiple retrospective population-based cohort studies were conducted within eight administrative databases from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom between January 1997 and March 2010. Within each cohort, a nested case-control analysis was performed to estimate incidence rate ratios (RRs) of AKI associated with SNRIs compared with SSRIs using conditional logistic regression,with adjustment for high-dimensional propensity scores. The overall effect across sites was estimated using meta-analytic methods. Results There were 38,974 cases of AKI matched to 384,034 controls. Current use of SNRIs was not associated with a higher risk of AKI compared with SSRIs (fixed-effect RR, 0.97; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.94 to 1.01). Current use of venlafaxine and desvenlafaxine considered togetherwas not associatedwith a higher risk of AKI (RR, 0.96; 95%CI, 0.92 to 1.00). For current use of duloxetine, there was significant heterogeneity among sitespecific estimates such that a random-effects meta-analysis was performed showing a 16% higher risk, although this risk was not statistically significant (RR, 1.16; 95% CI, 0.96 to 1.40). This result is compatible with residual confounding, because there was a substantial imbalance in the prevalence of diabetes between users of duloxetine and users of others SNRIs or SSRIs. After further adjustment by including diabetes as a covariate in the model along with propensity scores, the fixed-effect RR was 1.02 (95% CI, 0.95 to 1.10). Conclusions There is no evidence that use of SNRIs is associated with a higher risk of hospitalization for AKI compared with SSRIs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1716-1722
Number of pages7
JournalClinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Volume10
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2015
Externally publishedYes

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