Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES)
The principal aim of CNODES is to use collaborative, population-based approaches to obtain rapid answers to questions about drug safety and effectiveness in Canada. CNODES is a distributed network of investigators and linked databases in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. As of 2012, the study populations totalled over 40 million patients.
Study design
Cohort, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
> 40,000,000 (participants as of 2012)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2011
Primary Institutions
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Health Canada
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, IRSC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
