Publications

The CNODES network of researchers, trainees, and analysts conduct studies using administrative healthcare data in response to queries from Canadian regulators. The results of these studies are published in open-access academic journals. CNODES also publishes a selection of its methodological advances, knowledge translation initiatives, and trainee projects.

Yu YH, Filion KB, Bodnar LM, Brooks MM, Platt RW, Himes KP, Naimi AI. Visualization tool of variable selection in bias-variance tradeoff for inverse probability weights. Ann Epidemiol. 2020 Jan;41:56-59.

Platt RW, Henry D, Suissa S. The Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES): Reflections on the first eight years, and a look to the future. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020 Jan;29 Suppl 1:103-107.

Secrest MH, Platt RW, Reynier P, Dormuth CR, Benedetti A, Filion KB. Multiple imputation for systematically missing confounders within a distributed data drug safety network: A simulation study and real-world example. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020 Jan;29 Suppl 1:35-44.

Wu JW, Azoulay L, Huang A, Paterson M, Wu F, Secrest MH, Filion KB. Identification of incident pancreatic cancer in Ontario administrative health data: A validation study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020 Jan;29 Suppl 1:78-85.

Carter JH, Sketris IS, Tamim H, Levy AR, Langley JM. Determining proton pump inhibitor prescription dispensing patterns and adherence to STOPP criteria for Nova Scotia Seniors Pharmacare Program beneficiaries. J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Dec 27;26(4):e37-e53

Ernst P, Dahl M, Chateau D, Daneman N, Quail J, Sketris IS, Fisher A, Zhang J, Bugden S for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators. Comparative effectiveness of fluoroquinolone antibiotic use in uncomplicated acute exacerbations of COPD: A multi-cohort study. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2019 Dec 18, 14: 2939-2946

Kreutz R, Algharably EAH, Douros A. Reviewing the effects of thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics as photosensitizing drugs on the risk of skin cancer. J Hypertens. 2019 Oct;37(10):1950-1958.

Douros A, Durand M, Doyle CM, Yoon S, Reynier P, Filion KB. Comparative effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Drug Safety. 2019 Oct;42(10):1135-1148.

Douros A, Rouette J, Yin H, Yu OHY, Filion KB, Azoulay L. Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and the risk of bullous pemphigoid among patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2019 Aug;42(8):1496-1503.

Douros A, Renoux C, Yin H, Filion KB, Suissa S, Azoulay L. Concomitant use of direct oral anticoagulants with antiplatelet agents and the risk of major bleeding. Am J Med. 2019 Feb;132(2):191-199