– Real World Study Compared Over 150,000 Adult & Pediatric Patients – – Caldolor Associated with Fewer Adverse Drug Reactions – – Caldolor also Improved Healthcare Utilization – NASHVILLE, Tenn. , Nov. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Specialty pharmaceutical company Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CPIX ) today announced the publication of new real-world outcomes research demonstrating the safety and healthcare resource advantages of its Caldolor ( ibuprofen ) injection over ketorolac in both adult and pediatric populations.
The study, published in Frontiers of Pain Research , provides compelling evidence that Caldolor is associated with a significantly reduced incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and improved healthcare utilizations when compared to ketorolac. This extensive, retrospective, payer database analysis evaluated the records of over 17 million patients who had received either ketorolac or Caldolor. Ultimately, 31,046 Caldolor and 124,184 ketorolac adult patients were selected and compared for ADRs and subsequent healthcare resource utilization, which includes inpatient, outpatient and emergency department visits as well as all procedures and prescriptions during the follow up time of 29 days.
An additional 5,579 pediatric patients were identified in each arm and compared in a separate claims analysis. Key findings reveal that, in adults, Caldolor was associated with a 45% reduction in renal dysfunction (p<0.001) and a 78% decrease in hematuria rates (.
