Fluoroquinolone-Induced Photosensitivity: A Chemical Fragment-Based Approach by a Case/Non-case Study in VigiBase(R)
- 1 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Drug Safety
- Vol. 43 (6), 561-566
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-020-00917-4
Abstract
Introduction Fluoroquinolones are widely used to treat bacterial infections. Many in vitro and in vivo studies have established a chemical relationship between fluoroquinolones' particular chemical structure and photosensitivity. The aim of this study was to establish a relationship between the chemical structure of fluoroquinolones and the risk of photosensitivity adverse effects from real-world data. Methods All the Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) related to fluoroquinolones and registered in the World Health Organization global database (VigiBase(R)) up to December 31, 2017 were collected. A disproportionality analysis was performed in order to quantify the photosensitivity risk for each fluoroquinolone by calculating their reporting odds ratio (ROR). Results Up to December 31, 2017, 282,805 ICSRs related to fluoroquinolones were selected, of which 1647 were photosensitivity adverse event cases. Sparfloxacin had the highest adjusted ROR of 161.10 (95% confidence interval [CI] 133.66-194.02) followed by grepafloxacin (40.30 [26.30-59.60]) closely followed by lomefloxacin (32.61 [28.61-37.07]), then enoxacin (11.04 [8.33-14.32]) and fleroxacin (8.22 [5.06-12.56]). Conclusion This study confirms the high reporting rate of photosensitivity adverse effects for sparfloxacin from real-world data. Moreover, our data suggest more photosensitivity adverse effects reporting for fluoroquinolones with a halogen at their 8th position.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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