NANA – Registry-based non-randomized studies for assessing the benefits and harms of drugs
Department of Medical Statistics
The research team in the NANA project is investigating whether it is currently possible and sensible to use the registry data available in Germany for assessing the benefits and harms of new drugs.
For this purpose, the team is carrying out ten to twelve register-based non-randomized studies. The results of these analyses will be compared with the existing results on the same clinical question from randomised controlled trials.
The project aims to provide insights into the circumstances under which an analysis based on routinely collected data can provide reliable results on the benefits and harms of drugs and which aspects need to be carefully considered when such analyses are implemented.
The project is funded by the “Federal Joint Committee”. Find here the project description of the “Innovationsausschuss”.

Given talks and presentations
As part of the NANA project, the following presentations and talks were given:
- Feasibility of Benefit-Risk Evaluation of Drugs based on Non-Randomized Studies using German Registries: First Results from the NANA Project
by Paula Starke, Enes Malik Cakir, Prof. Dr. Tim Friede, Prof. Tim Mathes (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen), held at “7th Joint Statistical Meeting der Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik” - Target-Trial-Emulation mittels Registerdaten zur Nutzenbewertung von Arzneimitteln: Methodik, Herausforderungen und erste Erkenntnisse aus dem NANA-Projekt
by Paula Starke, Prof. Dr. Tim Mathes (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen), held at “Registertage 2025” - Registerbasierte Studien als Evidenz in der Arzneimittelbewertung?
by Paula Starke, Prof. Dr. Tim Mathes (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen), held at “3. Konferenz für registerbasierte Forschung des DNVF” - Einblick in das Projekt NANA
by Maxi Schulz (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen), will be held at “Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung, REGINT-Symposium”
Contact

contact information
- telephone: +49 551 3961197
- fax: +49 551 3965605
- e-mail address: omar.ammous(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
- location: Humboldtallee 32, EG 136
contact information
- telephone: +49 551 3961197
- fax: +49 551 3965605
- e-mail address: enes.cakir(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
- location: Humboldtallee 32, EG 0.136

contact information
- telephone: +49 551 3963021
- fax: +49 551 3965605
- e-mail address: reginasharon.kampo(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
- location: Humboldtallee 32, E1. Stock, 1.127

contact information
- telephone: +49 551 3961183
- fax: +49 551 3965605
- e-mail address: susanna.salem(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
- location: Humboldtallee 32, 1. OG, 1.131

contact information
- telephone: +49 551 3964982
- fax: +49 551 3965605
- e-mail address: maxi.schulz(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
- location: Humboldtallee 32, EG, 140

contact information
- telephone: +49 551 3964992
- fax: +49 551 3965605
- e-mail address: paula.starke(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
- location: Humboldtallee 32, EG, 140