Drug-Induced QT Prolongation and Torsade de Pointes in Spontaneous Adverse Event Reporting: A Retrospective Analysis Using the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report Database (2004-2021).
Mayu UchikawaMasayuki HashiguchiTsuyoshi ShigaPublished in: Drugs - real world outcomes (2022)
This study using the JADER database showed that antiarrhythmic drugs, calcium-sensing receptor agonists, small-molecule targeted anticancer drugs, and CNS drugs are associated with QT prolongation/TdP. Further pharmacoepidemiological studies, such as cohort studies using large databases, are needed to prove these causal relationships.