Approved studies using CPRD Data

Access to CPRD data, including UK Primary Care Data, and linked data such as Hospital Episode Statistics, is subject to protocol approval via CPRD’s Research Data Governance (RDG) Process. Independent scientific and patient advice is provided by Expert Review Committees (ERCs) and the Central Advisory Committee (CAC). 

A summary of all approved protocols, including a lay and technical summary of the proposed research, is published three months after RDG approval. COVID-19 research protocols are being fast-tracked and all approved summaries are published within 72 hours to ensure transparency and to help avoid unnecessary duplication. 

Protocols below are listed in order of date of approval. Please click on the study title for more details. 

Peer-reviewed publications from research using CPRD data will be listed on our bibliography page

Approved studies using CPRD Data

Date of Approval Sort ascending Title
28/06/2021 Trends in remote GP consultations and the impact of remote consultations on antibiotic prescribing of antibiotics pre- and during COVID - an observational study
27/06/2021 Living with dementia: understanding the prevalence of young-onset dementia
27/06/2021 Event Rates and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Events in a Population with an Acute Coronary Syndrome Hospitalization in the United Kingdom
27/06/2021 Trends in remote GP consultations and the impact of remote consultations on antibiotic prescribing of antibiotics pre- and during COVID - an observational study
23/06/2021 Identifying how best to identify pneumonia and differentiate pneumonia from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in routine primary care data
20/06/2021 Demographic, socioeconomic, temporal, and spatial patterns in the prescription of contraceptives within UK primary care
20/06/2021 Incident Neutropenia in New Users of Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitors: An Observational Cohort Study
16/06/2021 TRial to Assess Implementation of New research in a primary care Setting (TRAINS): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention to promote prescription uptake in General Practitioner Practices
15/06/2021 Mortality rates, risk factors and treatment patterns in patients diagnosed with moderate-to-very-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England: a retrospective observational study using CPRD data
10/06/2021 Optimal dynamic treatment regimes for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
09/06/2021 Epidemiology of gout, its treatment and comorbidities - a prospective cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)
09/06/2021 Does ethnicity affect the recognition of palliative care needs? An observational retrospective cohort study
09/06/2021 Prescription of blood pressure lowering and lipid lowering treatment in the UK and New Zealand: a cross sectional study
08/06/2021 Cost-effectiveness of osteoporotic fracture risk assessment in people with intellectual disabilities
31/05/2021 Effectiveness of vaccination policies and current treatment stratification approaches for pneumonia: A regression discontinuity analysis
27/05/2021 Prevalence, prediction, and health outcomes of cardioprotective medication reduction in the older UK population
26/05/2021 Retrospective study estimating the incidence of alcoholic hepatitis in the United Kingdom
26/05/2021 Prevalence, Incidence, and healthcare burden of generalised pustular psoriasis, palmoplantar pustulosis, and plaque psoriasis in England
25/05/2021 Investigating the effect of influenza vaccine on acute cardiovascular events by cardiovascular risk status
25/05/2021 Identifying trends and causes of hospitalisations in people with and without the top 5 chronic conditions: a population-based study