TabsDetailsBasic DetailsDate Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2018Status: CompleteMedical Product: clindamycinHealth Outcome(s): clostridium difficileDescription: This statistical methods project is one of four workgroups that used exposure/outcome pairs with known positive associations to test Mini-Sentinel (now Sentinel) routine querying tools. Specifically, these known positive associations tested the Cohort Identification and Descriptive Analysis (CIDA) tool in combination with the Propensity Score Analysis (PSA) tool.This known positive test case assessed oral clindamycin versus penicillins and risk of clostridium difficile infection. Data from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2013 from 10 health plans contributing to the Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database (MSDD) were included in this report. This request was distributed on April 2, 2015. Read More Deliverable(s) (2)Mini-Sentinel Modular Program Report: Clostridium difficile Events After Use of Oral Clindamycin vs. Penicillins, Report 1Mini-Sentinel Modular Program Report: Clostridium difficile Events After Use of Oral Clindamycin vs. Penicillins, Report 2Additional InformationInformationTime Period: January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2013Population / Cohort: All individualsData Source(s): Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database (MSDD)Related LinksRelated Link(s): Evaluation of the US Food and Drug Administration Sentinel Analysis Tools in Confirming Previously Observed Drug-Outcome Associations: The Case of Clindamycin and Clostridium difficile InfectionClostridium difficile Algorithm Defined in "Testing Routine Querying Tools with Known Positive Exposure-Outcome Associations: Clostridium difficile Events After Use of Oral Clindamycin versus Penicillins"Testing Routine Querying Tools with Known Positive Exposure-Outcome Associations: Hypoglycemia Events After Use of Glyburide versus GlipizideTesting Routine Querying Tools with Known Positive Exposure-Outcome Associations: Angioedema Events After Use of Angioensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors versus Beta-blockersTesting Routine Querying Tools with Known Positive Exposure-Outcome Associations: Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding Following New Use of Warfarin Compared with Statins