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Table 2 Drugs that were found to be significant (raw p < 0.05) out of clinical trial candidates available for survival analysis

From: Association study between drug prescriptions and Alzheimer’s disease claims in a commercial insurance database

Drug name

Hazard ratios

Raw P value

Lower CI

Upper CI

Total matched pairs

Drug users with AD

Non-users with AD

Trial

Drug description

Clinical trial candidates with low hazard ratios

Valacyclovir

0.560

4.72E − 03

0.37

0.84

8519

37

66

Phase II

Antiviral

Montelukast

0.617

1.39E − 02

0.42

0.91

7254

42

68

Phase II

Inflammation

Losartan

0.727

3.24E − 02

0.54

0.97

13,399

78

107

Phase III

Diabetes

Clinical trial candidates with high hazard ratios

Escitalopram

3.258

2.08E − 05

1.89

5.61

3830

55

17

Phase III, phase I

Anxiety

Mirtazapine

3.105

2.31E − 04

1.70

5.68

1544

43

14

Phase III

Depression

Levetiracetam

4.034

5.28E − 03

1.51

10.75

877

20

5

Phase III, phase II, European

Seizures

Levodopa

3.435

1.53E − 02

1.27

9.31

727

17

5

European

Parkinson’s

Eszopiclone

3.009

3.29E − 02

1.09

8.28

1033

15

5

Phase III

Insomnia

  1. Table is split between candidates with a hazard ratios less than 1 and those with a ratios greater than 1