Phenotype Algorithms for the Identification and Characterization of Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia in Real World Data: A Multinational Network Cohort Study.
Azza ShoaibGowtham A RaoErica A VossAnna OstropoletsMiguel Angel MayerJuan Manuel Ramírez-AnguitaFilip MaljkovićBiljana CarevićScott HorbanDaniel R MoralesTalita Duarte-SallesClement FrabouletTanguy Le CarrourSpiros DenaxasVaclav PapezLuis H JohnPeter R RijneekEvan MintyThamir M AlshammariRupa MakadiaClair BlacketerFrank DeFalcoAnthony G SenaMarc A SuchardDaniel Prieto-AlhambraPatrick B RyanPublished in: Drug safety (2022)
Our findings suggest that identifying VITT in observational data presents a substantial challenge, as implementing VITT case definitions based on the co-occurrence of TWT results in large and heterogeneous incidence rate and in a cohort of patints with baseline characteristics that are inconsistent with the VITT cases reported to date.