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Utility of Treatment Pattern Analysis Using a Common Data Model: A Scoping Review
Eun-Gee Park1, Min Jung Kim2, Jinseo Kim1
1Center for Data Science, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Objectives:
We aimed to derive observational research evidence on treatment patterns through a scoping review of common data model (CDM)-based publications.
Methods:
We searched the medical literature databases PubMed and EMBASE, as well as the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) website, for papers published between January 1, 2010 and August 21, 2023 to identify research papers relevant to our topic.
Results:
Eighteen articles satisfied the inclusion criteria for this scoping review. We summarized study characteristics such as phenotypes, patient numbers, data periods, countries, Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) CDM databases, and definitions of index date and target cohort. Type 2 diabetes mellitus emerged as the most frequently studied disease, covered in five articles, followed by hypertension and depression, each addressed in four articles. Biguanides, with metformin as the primary drug, were the most commonly prescribed first-line treatments for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Most studies utilized sunburst plots to visualize treatment patterns, whereas two studies used Sankey plots. Various software tools were employed for treatment pattern analysis, including JavaScript, the open-source ATLAS by OHDSI, R code, and the R package "TreatmentPatterns."
Conclusions:
This study provides a comprehensive overview of research on treatment patterns using the CDM, highlighting the growing importance of OMOP CDM in enabling multinational observational network studies and advancing collaborative research in this field.
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