Postmarketing Safety of Onasemnogene Abeparvovec: A Pharmacovigilance
Study Based on the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System
Abstract
AIMS: This study aimed to provide a credible and comprehensive safety
assessment on panoramic adverse events (AEs) associated with
onasemnogene abeparvovec (OA) therapy. METHODS: Disproportionality
analysis was conducted, using reporting odds ratio (ROR) method in
tandem with Bayesian confidence propagation neural network (BCPNN).
Two-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test was applied to analyze the
distribution time-to-onset (TTO) of adverse events as TTO algorithm to
determine pharmacovigilance signals which were inconclusive by BCPNN.
Omega shrinkage was conducted to investigate drug-drug interaction
between OA and its concomitant drugs. Multi-factor regression was
conducted to evaluate association between OA-induced adverse events and
outcomes of the reports. RESULTS: In total, 1,033 cases of OA treated
patients were included for the study, and 124 pharmacovigilance signals
were confirmed by ROR in tandem with BPCNN, most of which were
previously unrecorded by the package-insert. Meanwhile, there were 13
signals including cardiac arrest, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
and signals referring to respiratory disorders, were determined by ROR
in tandem with the TTO algorithm. Four symptoms including cyanosis,
cardiac arrest, hypoxia and respiratory failure, needed to be closely
monitored, due to the association with mortal outcomes. CONCLUSIONS:
This study might enhance the understanding of safety profile of OA
Healthcare providers should be vigilant about severe adverse reactions
when administrating OA.