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Family history in primary hormone therapy for prostate cancer: Analysis from a community-based multi-institutional Japan-wide database.

Masaki Shiota, Mizuki Onozawa, Shiro Hinotsu, Masatoshi Eto, Seiji Naito, Hideyuki Akaza

International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association 27 ( 4 ) 313 - 318 2020.04 [International journal]

OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between hormone therapy and outcomes in a cohort of prostate cancer patients with a family history of prostate cancer. METHODS: Data of patients with prostate cancer who had received hormone therapy were extracted from a nationwide community-based database established by the Japan Study Group for Prostate Cancer. Family history of prostate cancer was available for 13 346 of these patients, who thus comprised the study cohort. Prognostic variables, including progression-free survival, cancer-specific survival and overall survival, were compared between men with familial and men with sporadic prostate cancer. RESULTS: A positive family history was identified in 220 patients (1.6%). Patients with a positive family history were younger than those without; however, other clinicopathological characteristics and prognoses were comparable. In subgroup analysis, family history was identified as a possible favorable prognostic factor for overall survival among patients with a prostate-specific antigen level at diagnosis <100 ng/mL and those with low or intermediate Japan Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show that familial prostate cancer has an early-onset feature or is diagnosed earlier than sporadic prostate cancer. However, the prognosis of individuals with familial prostate cancer undergoing hormone therapy is comparable to those with sporadic prostate cancer.

Antibiotic prescriptions for Japanese outpatients with acute respiratory tract infections (2013-2015): A retrospective Observational Study.

Toshihiro Koyama, Hideharu Hagiya, Yusuke Teratani, Yasuhisa Tatebe, Ayako Ohshima, Mayu Adachi, Tomoko Funahashi, Yoshito Zamami, Hiroyoshi Y Tanaka, Ken Tasaka, Kazuaki Shinomiya, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Toshiaki Sendo, Shiro Hinotsu, Mitsunobu R Kano

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 2020.03 [Refereed] [International journal]

OBJECTIVES: Appropriate antibiotic prescriptions for outpatients with acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are urgently needed in Japan. However, the empirical proof of this need is under-documented. Therefore, we aimed to determine antibiotic prescription rates, and the proportions of antibiotic classes prescribed for Japanese patients with ARTIs. METHODS: We analysed health insurance claims data over 2013-2015 among Japanese patients aged <75 years and determined the following indicators: 1) visit rates for patients with ARTIs and antibiotic prescription rates per 1000 person-years, and 2) proportion of visits by antibiotic-prescribed patients with ARTIs. We defined broad-spectrum antibiotics using the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification 4 level codes. RESULTS: Among 8.65 million visits due to ARTIs at 6859 hospitals and 62,024 physicians' offices, the visit rate and antibiotic prescription rate per 1000 person-years were 990.6 (99% confidence interval [CI], 989.4-991.7) and 532.4 (99% CI, 531.6-533.3), respectively. The visit rates for patients aged 0-17, 18-59, and 60-74 years were 2410.0 (99% CI, 2407.2-2412.9), 683.6 (99% CI, 682.7-684.6), and 682.1 (99% CI, 678.2-686.0), and antibiotic prescription rates were 1093.3 (99% CI, 1091.4-1095.2), 434.1 (99% CI, 433.4-434.9), and 353.4 (99% CI, 350.7-356.1), respectively. The overall proportion of antibiotic prescriptions for ARTI visits was 52.7% and 91.3% of the antibiotics prescribed were broad-spectrum. CONCLUSIONS: Both the visit rates and antibiotic prescription rates for ARTIs were high in this Japanese cohort. The proportion of antibiotic prescriptions exceeded that recommended in the clinical guidelines. Thus, there might be a scope for reducing the current antibiotic prescription rate in Japan.

Efficacy and safety of scheduled early endoscopic ultrasonography-guided ethanol reinjection for patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Prospective pilot study.

Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hironari Kato, Seiji Kawano, Hiroyasu Fujiwara, Kenji Nishida, Ryo Harada, Masakuni Fujii, Ryuichi Yoshida, Yuzo Umeda, Shiro Hinotsu, Takahito Yagi, Hiroyuki Okada

Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society 32 ( 3 ) 425 - 430 2020.03 [International journal]

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided ethanol injection was recently proposed for treatment of patients with small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (p-NET); however, tips on how to carry out safe and effective procedures are unclear. We launched a pilot study for scheduled early EUS-guided ethanol reinjection for small p-NET. Major eligibility criteria were presence of pathologically diagnosed grade (G) 1 or G2, tumor size ≤2 cm and being a poor or rejected candidate for surgery. For the treatment, we used a 25-gauge needle and pure ethanol. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) was carried out on postoperative day 3, and if enhanced areas of the tumor were still apparent, an additional session was scheduled during the same hospitalization period. Primary endpoint was complete ablation rate at 1 month after treatment, and secondary endpoint was procedure-related adverse events. A total of five patients were treated. Median size of the tumor was 10 (range: 7-14) mm. Of the five patients, three underwent an additional session. Median volume of ethanol injection per session was 0.8 (range: 0.3-1.0) mL, and the total was 1.0 (0.9-1.8) mL. Complete ablation was achieved in four of the five tumors (80%) with no adverse events. During 1 year of follow up, none of the patients reported any procedure-related adverse events, and no recurrence of tumor. Scheduled early EUS-guided ethanol reinjection appears to be safe and effective for treating small p-NET (UMIN number: 000018834).

日本における副作用に起因した死亡率の傾向に関する全国規模の観察研究

船橋智子, 小山敏広, 萩谷英大, 原田洸, 寺谷祐亮, 座間味義人, 建部泰尚, 三上奈緒子, 大島礼子, 四宮一昭, 北村佳久, 千堂年昭, 樋之津史郎, 狩野光伸

日本薬学会年会要旨集 ( (公社)日本薬学会 ) 140年会 28X - am11 2020.03

Trends in Place of Death in a Super-Aged Society: A Population-Based Study, 1998-2017.

Toshihiro Koyama, Hideharu Hagiya, Tomoko Funahashi, Yoshito Zamami, Miyu Yamagishi, Hiroshi Onoue, Yusuke Teratani, Naoko Mikami, Kazuaki Shinomiya, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Toshiaki Sendo, Shiro Hinotsu, Mitsunobu R Kano

Journal of palliative medicine 23 ( 7 ) 950 - 956 2020.02 [Refereed] [International journal]

Background: Globally, the number of deaths is estimated to increase to 74 million per year by 2030. Place of death (PoD) is increasingly being recognized as an important aspect of end-of-life care. However, recent trends in PoD in Japan, one of the super-aged societies, are unknown. Objective: To analyze trends in PoD in Japan over two decades. Design: Population-based retrospective observational study. Setting: All deaths reported in Japan, 1998-2017. PoD was defined as hospital, nursing home, or own home. Results: All Japanese decedents (∼22.6 million) over the past 20 years were analyzed. The proportion of hospital deaths was consistently high (>80%), with a significant decreasing trend from the mid-2000s. Although the proportion of deaths at home decreased in the first half of the study period, they later increased. There was a low proportion of deaths in nursing homes compared to other places of death; however, the proportion increased continually throughout the study period, particularly among women. In 2015, more women died in nursing homes than at home. Although the proportion of hospital deaths declined in the second half of the study period, their overall number continued to increase, reflecting an increase in total deaths in Japan. Conclusions: This study highlighted rapid changes in trends in PoD in Japan, and the need to consider affordable end-of-life care in Japan as well as other countries with aging populations. The findings from this long-term epidemiological study provide important insights on this issue.

Place of death trends among patients with dementia in Japan: a population-based observational study.

Toshihiro Koyama, Misato Sasaki, Hideharu Hagiya, Yoshito Zamami, Tomoko Funahashi, Ayako Ohshima, Yasuhisa Tatebe, Naoko Mikami, Kazuaki Shinomiya, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Toshiaki Sendo, Shiro Hinotsu, Mitsunobu R Kano

Scientific reports 9 ( 1 ) 20235 - 20235 2019.12 [Refereed] [International journal]

Dementia is a major public health concern in ageing societies. Although the population of Japan is among the most aged worldwide, long-term trends in the place of death (PoD) among patients with dementia is unknown. In this Japanese nationwide observational study, we analysed trends in PoD using the data of patients with dementia who were aged ≥65 years and died during 1999-2016. Trends in the crude death rates and PoD frequencies were analysed using the Joinpoint regression model. Changes in these trends were assessed using the Joinpoint regression analysis in which significant change points, the annual percentage change (APC) and average APCs (AAPC) in hospitals, homes, or nursing homes were estimated. During 1999-2016, the number of deaths among patients with dementia increased from 3,235 to 23,757 (total: 182,000). A trend analysis revealed increased mortality rates, with an AAPC of 8.2% among men and 9.3% among women. Most patients with dementia died in the hospital, although the prevalence of hospital deaths decreased (AAPC: -1.0%). Moreover, the prevalence of nursing home deaths increased (AAPC: 5.6%), whereas the prevalence of home deaths decreased (AAPC: -5.8%). These findings support a reconsideration of the end-of-life care provided to patients with dementia.

Fall-related mortality trends in older Japanese adults aged ≥65 years: a nationwide observational study.

Hideharu Hagiya, Toshihiro Koyama, Yoshito Zamami, Yasuhisa Tatebe, Tomoko Funahashi, Kazuaki Shinomiya, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Shiro Hinotsu, Toshiaki Sendo, Hiromi Rakugi, Mitsunobu R Kano

BMJ open 9 ( 12 ) e033462 2019.12 [Refereed] [International journal]

OBJECTIVES: Fall-related mortality among older adults is a major public health issue, especially for ageing societies. This study aimed to investigate current trends in fall-related mortality in Japan using nationwide population-based data covering 1997-2016. DESIGN: We analysed fall-related deaths among older persons aged ≥65 years using the data provided by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. RESULTS: The crude and age-standardised mortality rates were calculated per 100 000 persons by stratifying by age (65-74, 75-84 and ≥85 years) and sex. To identify trend changes, a joinpoint regression model was applied by estimating change points and annual percentage change (APC). The total number of fall-related deaths in Japan increased from 5872 in 1997 to 8030 in 2016, of which 78.8% involved persons aged ≥65 years. The younger population (65-74 years) showed continuous and faster-decreasing trends for both men and women. Average APC among men aged ≥75 years did not decrease. Among middle-aged and older women (75-84 and ≥85 years) decreasing trends were observed. Furthermore, the age-adjusted mortality rate of men was approximately twice that of women, and it showed a faster decrease for women. CONCLUSIONS: Although Japanese healthcare has shown improvement in preventing fall-related deaths over the last two decades, the crude mortality for those aged over 85 years remains high, indicating difficulty in reducing fall-related deaths in the super-aged population. Further investigations to uncover causal factors for falls in older populations are required.

Considering bone health in the treatment of prostate cancer bone metastasis based on the results of the ERA-223 trial.

Atsushi Mizokami, Go Kimura, Yasuhisa Fujii, Shiro Hinotsu, Kouji Izumi

International journal of clinical oncology 24 ( 12 ) 1629 - 1631 2019.12 [Refereed] [Domestic journal]

Oral anticoagulants usage in Japanese patients aged 18-74 years with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a retrospective analysis based on insurance claims data.

Ayako Ohshima, Toshihiro Koyama, Aiko Ogawa, Yoshito Zamami, Hiroyoshi Y Tanaka, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Toshiaki Sendo, Shiro Hinotsu, Michael W Miller, Mitsunobu R Kano

Family practice 36 ( 6 ) 685 - 692 2019.11 [Refereed] [International journal]

BACKGROUND: Oral anticoagulants use has increased rapidly, internationally. Here we look at risks and benefits, based on Japanese data, of therapy with low risk non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients. OBJECTIVES: Using a health insurance claims data set we assessed: (i) oral anticoagulants usage in Japan, and (ii) efficacy and safety of dabigatran compared with warfarin, in Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, aged 18-74 years. METHODS: We identified 4380 non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients treated with anticoagulants between 1 January 2005, and 28 February 2014, and estimated the adjusted hazard ratio for stroke or systemic embolism, and any hemorrhagic event (Cox proportional hazards regression model with stabilized inverse probability treatment weighting). RESULTS: The data included 101 989 anticoagulant prescriptions for 4380 patients, of which direct oral anticoagulants increased to 40.0% of the total by the end of the study. After applying exclusion criteria, 1536 new non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients were identified, including 1071 treated with warfarin and 465 with dabigatran. Mean ages were 56.11 ± 9.70 years for warfarin, and 55.80 ± 9.65 years for dabigatran. The adjusted hazard ratio (95% confidence interval), comparing dabigatran with warfarin, was 0.48 (0.25-0.91) for stroke or systemic embolism, and 0.91 (0.60-1.39) for any hemorrhage including intracranial and gastrointestinal. CONCLUSIONS: Number of patients prescribed direct oral anticoagulants steadily increased, and incidence of all-cause bleeding related to dabigatran was similar to warfarin, in our study population of younger non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients. Dabigatran, compared with warfarin, generally reduced risk of all-cause stroke and systemic embolism.

A randomised controlled trial of a case management approach to encourage participation in colorectal cancer screening for people with schizophrenia in psychiatric outpatient clinics: study protocol for the J-SUPPORT 1901 (ACCESS) study.

Masaki Fujiwara, Masatoshi Inagaki, Taichi Shimazu, Masafumi Kodama, Ryuhei So, Takanori Matsushita, Yusaku Yoshimura, Shigeo Horii, Maiko Fujimori, Hirokazu Takahashi, Naoki Nakaya, Kyoko Kakeda, Tempei Miyaji, Shiro Hinotsu, Keita Harada, Hiroyuki Okada, Yosuke Uchitomi, Norihito Yamada

BMJ open 9 ( 11 ) e032955 2019.11 [Refereed] [International journal]

INTRODUCTION: One of the reasons for the high mortality rate from cancer in people with schizophrenia is delay in diagnosis. Many studies have shown lower cancer screening rates in people with schizophrenia; however, there are no interventions for people with schizophrenia to increase cancer screening. Therefore, we developed a case management (CM) intervention to encourage participation in cancer screening. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of CM to encourage participation in cancer screening for people with schizophrenia, with particular focus on colorectal cancer screening by faecal occult blood testing, compared with usual intervention (UI), namely, municipal public education. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is an individually randomised, parallel group trial with blinded outcome assessments. The participants will be randomly allocated to either the CM plus UI group or UI alone group in a 1:1 ratio using a web-based program at a data management centre. The primary end point of the study is participation in colorectal cancer screening in the year of intervention, which will be assessed based on municipal records. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study is performed in accordance with Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects published by Japan's Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and the modified Act on the Protection of Personal Information as well as the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the institutional ethics committee at the Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital on 23 April 2019 (approval number: RIN1904-003). The findings of this trial will be submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: UMIN000036017.

A randomised controlled trial of a case management approach to encourage participation in colorectal cancer screening for people with schizophrenia in psychiatric outpatient clinics: Study protocol for the J-SUPPORT 1901 (ACCESS) study

Masaki Fujiwara, Masatoshi Inagaki, Taichi Shimazu, Masafumi Kodama, Ryuhei So, Takanori Matsushita, Yusaku Yoshimura, Shigeo Horii, Maiko Fujimori, Hirokazu Takahashi, Naoki Nakaya, Kyoko Kakeda, Tempei Miyaji, Shiro Hinotsu, Keita Harada, Hiroyuki Okada, Yosuke Uchitomi, Norihito Yamada

BMJ Open 9 ( 11 ) 2019.11 [Refereed]

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction One of the reasons for the high mortality rate from cancer in people with schizophrenia is delay in diagnosis. Many studies have shown lower cancer screening rates in people with schizophrenia; however, there are no interventions for people with schizophrenia to increase cancer screening. Therefore, we developed a case management (CM) intervention to encourage participation in cancer screening. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of CM to encourage participation in cancer screening for people with schizophrenia, with particular focus on colorectal cancer screening by faecal occult blood testing, compared with usual intervention (UI), namely, municipal public education. Methods and analysis This is an individually randomised, parallel group trial with blinded outcome assessments. The participants will be randomly allocated to either the CM plus UI group or UI alone group in a 1:1 ratio using a web-based program at a data management centre. The primary end point of the study is participation in colorectal cancer screening in the year of intervention, which will be assessed based on municipal records. Ethics and dissemination This study is performed in accordance with Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects published by Japan's Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and the modified Act on the Protection of Personal Information as well as the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the institutional ethics committee at the Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital on 23 April 2019 (approval number: RIN1904-003). The findings of this trial will be submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal. Trial registration number UMIN000036017.

A randomised controlled trial of a case management approach to encourage participation in colorectal cancer screening for people with schizophrenia in psychiatric outpatient clinics: study protocol for the J-SUPPORT 1901 (ACCESS) study

Masaki Fujiwara, Masatoshi Inagaki, Taichi Shimazu, Masafumi Kodama, Ryuhei So, Takanori Matsushita, Yusaku Yoshimura, Shigeo Horii, Maiko Fujimori, Hirokazu Takahashi, Naoki Nakaya, Kyoko Kakeda, Tempei Miyaji, Shiro Hinotsu, Keita Harada, Hiroyuki Okada, Yosuke Uchitomi, Norihito Yamada

BMJ OPEN ( BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP ) 9 ( 11 ) 2019.11 [Refereed]

Introduction One of the reasons for the high mortality rate from cancer in people with schizophrenia is delay in diagnosis. Many studies have shown lower cancer screening rates in people with schizophrenia; however, there are no interventions for people with schizophrenia to increase cancer screening. Therefore, we developed a case management (CM) intervention to encourage participation in cancer screening. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of CM to encourage participation in cancer screening for people with schizophrenia, with particular focus on colorectal cancer screening by faecal occult blood testing, compared with usual intervention (UI), namely, municipal public education.Methods and analysis This is an individually randomised, parallel group trial with blinded outcome assessments. The participants will be randomly allocated to either the CM plus UI group or UI alone group in a 1:1 ratio using a web-based program at a data management centre. The primary end point of the study is participation in colorectal cancer screening in the year of intervention, which will be assessed based on municipal records.

膵頭十二指腸切除術患者におけるenhanced recovery after surgeryプロトコールの有効性について前向きランダム化比較試験(Effect of an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy: A randomized controlled trial)

高木弘誠, 吉田龍一, 八木孝仁, 楳田祐三, 信岡大輔, 杭瀬崇, 樋之津史郎, 松崎孝, 森松博史, 江口潤, 和田淳, 千田益生, 藤原俊義

学会誌JSPEN ( (一社)日本臨床栄養代謝学会 ) 1 ( Suppl. ) 15 - 15 2019.09

Pattern of antibiotic prescriptions for outpatients with acute respiratory tract infections in Japan, 2013-15: A retrospective observational study

Yusuke Teratani, Hideharu Hagiya, Toshihiro Koyama, Mayu Adachi, Ayako Ohshima, Yoshito Zamami, Hiroyoshi Y. Tanaka, Yasuhisa Tatebe, Ken Tasaka, Naoko Mikami, Kazuaki Shinomiya, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Shiro Hinotsu, Toshiaki Sendo

Family Practice 36 ( 4 ) 402 - 409 2019.08 [Refereed]

© 2018 The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. Background: In this age of antimicrobial resistance, unnecessary use of antibiotics to treat non-bacterial acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) and inappropriate use of antibiotics in treating bacterial ARTIs are public health concerns. Purpose: Our aim is to identify the pattern of oral antibiotic prescriptions for outpatients with ARTIs in Japan. Methods: We analysed health insurance claims data of patients (aged ≤74 years) from 2013 to 2015, to determine the pattern of antibiotic prescriptions for outpatient ARTIs and calculated the proportion of each antibiotic. Results: Data on 4.6 million antibiotic prescriptions among 1559394 outpatients with ARTIs were analysed. The most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics included cephalosporins (41.9%), macrolides (32.8%) and fluoroquinolones (14.7%). The proportion of first-, second- and third-generation cephalosporins was 1.0%, 1.7% and 97.3%, respectively. Fluoroquinolones accounted for a quarter of the prescriptions for ARTIs in patients aged >20 years. In contrast, penicillins accounted for just 8.0% of the total number of antibiotic prescriptions for ARTIs. Conclusions: According to clinical guidelines, penicillins are first-line antibiotics against ARTIs. However, third-generation cephalosporins, macrolides and fluoroquinolones are more frequently prescribed in Japan. Although we could not assess the extent to which appropriate antibiotics are selected, our results support the necessity of improving antibiotic choices in the treatment of ARTIs.

Hypoglycemia associated with pivalate-conjugated antibiotics in young children: A retrospective study using a medical and pharmacy claims database in Japan.

Tatebe Y, Koyama T, Mikami N, Kitamura Y, Sendo T, Hinotsu S

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 26 ( 1 ) 86 - 91 2019.08 [Refereed] [International journal]

INTRODUCTION: Acute bacterial infectious diseases are major causes for outpatient visits for young children. Pivalate-conjugated antibiotics (PCAs) are frequently prescribed for these situations in Japan, while several literatures have shown a potential risk of hypoglycemia associated with PCAs. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of PCA-induced hypoglycemia in children, compared with other oral beta-lactam antibiotics. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study using a Japanese medical and pharmacy claims database was performed on children aged 1 month to 5 years old with at least once prescription of PCAs or other oral beta-lactam antibiotics from January 2011 to December 2013. Hypoglycemia was defined based on diagnostic codes or the prescription of 10% or 20% glucose injection. We examined the prevalence of hypoglycemic events and performed multivariate analysis to investigate the risk of hypoglycemia with PCAs compared with the control oral beta-lactam antibiotics. RESULTS: We identified 179,594 eligible patients in this population. In the PCA and control groups, there were 454,153 and 417,287 prescriptions and 3356 (0.74%, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 0.71-0.76) and 2605 (0.62%, 95% CI 0.60-0.65) hypoglycemic events, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that PCAs were associated with hypoglycemia (adjusted odds ratios [OR] 1.18, 95% CI 1.12-1.24), and even a shorter duration of PCAs prescribing (≤7 days) was significantly associated with hypoglycemia (adjusted OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.11-1.24). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that in young children PCA use, even for a short period, is a risk factor of hypoglycemia.

Pattern of antibiotic prescriptions for outpatients with acute respiratory tract infections in Japan, 2013-15: a retrospective observational study.

Yusuke Teratani, Hideharu Hagiya, Toshihiro Koyama, Mayu Adachi, Ayako Ohshima, Yoshito Zamami, Hiroyoshi Y Tanaka, Yasuhisa Tatebe, Ken Tasaka, Naoko Mikami, Kazuaki Shinomiya, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Mitsunobu R Kano, Shiro Hinotsu, Toshiaki Sendo

Family practice 36 ( 4 ) 402 - 409 2019.07 [Refereed] [International journal]

BACKGROUND: In this age of antimicrobial resistance, unnecessary use of antibiotics to treat non-bacterial acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) and inappropriate use of antibiotics in treating bacterial ARTIs are public health concerns. PURPOSE: Our aim is to identify the pattern of oral antibiotic prescriptions for outpatients with ARTIs in Japan. METHODS: We analysed health insurance claims data of patients (aged ≤74 years) from 2013 to 2015, to determine the pattern of antibiotic prescriptions for outpatient ARTIs and calculated the proportion of each antibiotic. RESULTS: Data on 4.6 million antibiotic prescriptions among 1559394 outpatients with ARTIs were analysed. The most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics included cephalosporins (41.9%), macrolides (32.8%) and fluoroquinolones (14.7%). The proportion of first-, second- and third-generation cephalosporins was 1.0%, 1.7% and 97.3%, respectively. Fluoroquinolones accounted for a quarter of the prescriptions for ARTIs in patients aged >20 years. In contrast, penicillins accounted for just 8.0% of the total number of antibiotic prescriptions for ARTIs. CONCLUSIONS: According to clinical guidelines, penicillins are first-line antibiotics against ARTIs. However, third-generation cephalosporins, macrolides and fluoroquinolones are more frequently prescribed in Japan. Although we could not assess the extent to which appropriate antibiotics are selected, our results support the necessity of improving antibiotic choices in the treatment of ARTIs.

Report of the third Asian Prostate Cancer study meeting.

Lojanapiwat B, Lee JY, Gang Z, Kim CS, Fai NC, Hakim L, Umbas R, Ong TA, Lim J, Letran JL, Chiong E, Lee SH, Türkeri L, Murphy DG, Moretti K, Cooperberg M, Carlile R, Hinotsu S, Hirao Y, Kitamura T, Horie S, Onozawa M, Kitagawa Y, Namiki M, Fukagai T, Miyazaki J, Akaza H

Prostate international 7 ( 2 ) 60 - 67 2019.06 [Refereed] [International journal]

The Asian Prostate Cancer (A-CaP) study is an Asia-wide initiative that was launched in December 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, with the objective of surveying information about patients who have received a histopathological diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) and are undergoing treatment and clarifying distribution of staging, the actual status of treatment choices, and treatment outcomes. The study aims to clarify the clinical situation for PCa in Asia and use the outcomes for the purposes of international comparison. Following the first meeting in Tokyo in December 2015, the second A-CaP meeting was held in Seoul, Korea, in September 2016. This, the third A-CaP meeting, was held on October 14, 2017, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with the participation of members and collaborators from 12 countries and regions. In the meeting, participating countries and regions presented the current status of data collection, and the A-CaP office presented a preliminary analysis of the registered cases received from each country and region. Participants discussed ongoing challenges relating to data input and collection, institutional, and legislative issues that may present barriers to data sharing, and the outlook for further patient registrations through to the end of the registration period in December 2018. In addition to A-CaP-specific discussions, a series of special lectures were also delivered on the situation for health insurance in the United States, the correlation between insurance coverage and PCa outcomes, and the outlook for robotic surgery in the Asia-Pacific region. Members also confirmed the principles of authorship in collaborative studies, with a view to publishing original articles based on A-CaP data in the future.

Association between rapid antigen detection tests and antibiotics for acute pharyngitis in Japan: A retrospective observational study.

Yusuke Teratani, Hideharu Hagiya, Toshihiro Koyama, Ayako Ohshima, Yoshito Zamami, Yasuhisa Tatebe, Ken Tasaka, Kazuaki Shinomiya, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Toshiaki Sendo, Shiro Hinotsu, Mitsunobu R Kano

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 25 ( 4 ) 267 - 272 2019.04 [Refereed] [International journal]

The application and clinical impact of rapid antigen detection test (RADT) in the treatment of acute pharyngitis is unknown in Japan. We aimed to examine the proportions of RADT usage to identify Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus (GAS) in outpatients with acute pharyngitis and evaluate the association between RADT and antibiotic treatment. We analyzed health insurance claims data from 2013 to 2015. Logistic regression models were used to analyze associated factors with RADT, overall antibiotic prescription, or penicillin use. We analyzed 1.27 million outpatient visits with acute pharyngitis, in which antibiotics were prescribed in 59.3% of visits. Of the total visits, 5.6% of patients received RADT, and 10.8% of the antibiotics were penicillin. Penicillin selection rates were higher in cases with RADT (25.4%) than those without RADT (9.7%). Compared to large-scale facilities, antibiotic prescription rates were higher in physicians' offices. For factor analysis, age (3-15 years), diagnosis code (streptococcal pharyngitis), size of the medical facility (large-scale hospitals), and physician's specialty (pediatrics) were associated with RADT use. Penicillin selection rate increased with RADT implementation (25.4% vs. 9.7%: adjusted odds ratio 1.55; 95% CI, 1.50-1.60). At 63% of the facilities, the RADT implementation rate was <5% of acute pharyngitis visits prescribed antibiotics. In conclusion, the proportion of RADT usage for outpatients with acute pharyngitis was low in Japan. With appropriate indication and evaluation, we expect that more utilization of RADT can help promote antimicrobial stewardship for outpatients with acute pharyngitis by prompting penicillin therapy. Further investigation with detailed clinical data are warranted.

Search for Therapeutic Agents for Cardiac Arrest Using a Drug Discovery Tool and Large-Scale Medical Information Database.

Yoshito Zamami, Takahiro Niimura, Toshihiro Koyama, Yuta Shigemi, Yuki Izawa-Ishizawa, Mizuki Morita, Ayako Ohshima, Keisaku Harada, Toru Imai, Hiromi Hagiwara, Naoto Okada, Mitsuhiro Goda, Kenshi Takechi, Masayuki Chuma, Yutaka Kondo, Koichiro Tsuchiya, Shiro Hinotsu, Mitsunobu R Kano, Keisuke Ishizawa

Frontiers in pharmacology 10 1257 - 1257 2019 [Refereed] [International journal]

The survival rate of cardiac arrest patients is less than 10%; therefore, development of a therapeutic strategy that improves their prognosis is necessary. Herein, we searched data collected from medical facilities throughout Japan for drugs that improve the survival rate of cardiac arrest patients. Candidate drugs, which could improve the prognosis of cardiac arrest patients, were extracted using "TargetMine," a drug discovery tool. We investigated whether the candidate drugs were among the drugs administered within 1 month after cardiac arrest in data of cardiac arrest cases obtained from the Japan Medical Data Center. Logistic regression analysis was performed, with the explanatory variables being the presence or absence of the administration of those candidate drugs that were administered to ≥10 patients and the objective variable being the "survival discharge." Adjusted odds ratios for survival discharge were calculated using propensity scores for drugs that significantly improved the proportion of survival discharge; the influence of covariates, such as patient background, medical history, and treatment factors, was excluded by the inverse probability-of-treatment weighted method. Using the search strategy, we extracted 165 drugs with vasodilator activity as candidate drugs. Drugs not approved in Japan, oral medicines, and external medicines were excluded. Then, we investigated whether the candidate drugs were administered to the 2,227 cardiac arrest patients included in this study. The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that three (isosorbide dinitrate, nitroglycerin, and nicardipine) of seven drugs that were administered to ≥10 patients showed significant association with improvement in the proportion of survival discharge. Further analyses using propensity scores revealed that the adjusted odds ratios for survival discharge for patients administered isosorbide dinitrate, nitroglycerin, and nicardipine were 3.35, 5.44, and 4.58, respectively. Thus, it can be suggested that isosorbide dinitrate, nitroglycerin, and nicardipine could be novel therapeutic agents for improving the prognosis of cardiac arrest patients.

Trends in Polypharmacy in Japan: A Nationwide Retrospective Study.

Hiroshi Onoue, Toshihiro Koyama, Yoshito Zamami, Hideharu Hagiya, Yasuhisa Tatebe, Naoko Mikami, Kazuaki Shinomiya, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Shiro Hinotsu, Toshiaki Sendo, Yasuyoshi Ouchi, Mitsunobu R Kano

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 66 ( 12 ) 2267 - 2273 2018.12 [Refereed] [International journal]

OBJECTIVES: To describe and examine trends in polypharmacy according to age in Japan from 2010 to 2016. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Outpatient settings. PARTICIPANTS: Japanese individuals aged 20 and older. MEASUREMENTS: We analyzed pharmacy claims data that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare provided in the Survey of Medical Care Activities in Public Health Insurance from 2010 to 2016. The use of 5 or more oral prescription medications per month was defined as polypharmacy and of 10 or more as excessive polypharmacy. Regression analysis was used to estimate trends in polypharmacy with annual percentage changes. Using number of medications (polypharmacy vs excessive polypharmacy), trends in polypharmacy and crude and age-adjusted rates of polypharmacy per 1,000 persons were calculated according to year and age group (20-34, 35-49, 50-64, 65-79, ≥ 80). RESULTS: We analyzed 240 million pharmacy claims data. The age-adjusted monthly prevalence rate of polypharmacy increased from 85.2 to 93.8 per 1,000 persons per month and of excessive polypharmacy from 13.6 to 14.0 per 1,000 persons per month from 2010 to 2016 in the entire study population. The highest rate of polypharmacy (per 1,000 persons) was observed in 2016 in those aged 80 and older (326.8), followed by those aged 65 to 79 (167.3). The polypharmacy rate increased by 6.3% (95% confidence interval (CI)=4.0-8.7) per year from 2010 to 2012, then decreased by 0.7% (95% CI=-1.3-0.0) per year from 2012 to 2016. The rate of excessive polypharmacy increased by 4.5% (95% CI=1.1-8.0) per year from 2010 to 2013 and then decreased by 3.7% (95% CI=-6.7 to -0.6) per year from 2013 to 2016. CONCLUSION: The overall trend of polypharmacy in Japan increased during the study period, although the increase ceased in 2013 and then declined from 2013 to 2016. Policy changes in Japan might be responsible for some of the changes. J Am Geriatr Soc 66:2267-2273, 2018.

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