Evaluation of the AxSYM monoclonal cyclosporin assay and comparison with radioimmunoassay.

abstract：UNLABELLED:Oral fluid is an attractive alternative matrix for drug testing with a noninvasive and directly observed collection, but there are few controlled cocaine administration studies to guide interpretation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:While residing on a closed research unit for up to 10 weeks under constant medical s...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Scheidweiler KB,Spargo EA,Kelly TL,Cone EJ,Barnes AJ,Huestis MA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Theophylline, a xanthine derivative drug, is used for the treatment of respiratory diseases, such as asthma, and is primarily eliminated by hepatic metabolism. There is marked interindividual variability in theophylline clearance. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of chronic hepa...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Kurata Y,Muraki S,Kashihara Y,Hirota T,Araki H,Ieiri I

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether salivary nicotine concentrations would provide a useful index of plasma concentrations in studies of the effects of transdermal nicotine administration. Twenty-four subject smokers abstained from smoking for 12 h prior to admission to a clinical research unit ward and for 36 h while remaini...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Rose JE,Levin ED,Benowitz N

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry method for the measurement of nicotine in human plasma. Samples (500 microL) with added deuterium-labeled d3-nicotine as an internal standard (IS) were treated with a 2-step process of ether extraction (6 ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Taylor PJ,Forrest KK,Landsberg PG,Mitchell C,Pillans PI

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro stability of cocaine (COC) was monitored in fresh whole blood and plasma stabilized with potassium fluoride (0.25%) for as long as 15 days. The samples were stored at 4 degreesC, 20 degreesC and 40 degreesC. Additionally, fresh plasma samples containing either benzoylecgonine (BZE), ecgonine methyl ester ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Skopp G,Klingmann A,Pötsch L,Mattern R

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent literature has urged caution in the interpretation of vancomycin serum concentrations in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), because falsely elevated levels in excess of 70% have been reported with the most commonly used fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA). The purpose of this study was to ev...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Smith PF,Petros WP,Soucie MP,Copeland KR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nivolumab is a fully humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody that targets the programmed death-1 (PD-1) receptor, disrupting PD-1-mediated signaling and restoring antitumor immunity. The objective of this study was to develop a nivolumab quantification method using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Irie K,Okada A,Yamasaki Y,Kokan C,Hata A,Kaji R,Fukushima K,Sugioka N,Okada Y,Katakami N,Fukushima S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality management and accreditation in the analytical laboratory setting are developing rapidly and becoming the standard worldwide. Quality management refers to all the activities used by organizations to ensure product or service consistency. Accreditation is a formal recognition by an authoritative regul...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Fulga N

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digoxin and gentamicin are widely used in pediatric medicine, and therapeutic monitoring is mandatory because of their narrow margin of safety and wide interpatient and intrapatient pharmacokinetic variabilities. Saliva sampling may be of potential interest, especially in children, in whom blood sampling is often diff...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Berkovitch M,Bistritzer T,Aladjem M,Burtin P,Dagan T,Chen-Levi Z,Freedom R,Koren G

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PROTEASE INHIBITOR TDM: This study examines the importance of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of protease inhibitors (PI) in adults and children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pediatric patients were included because information in this population is limited. A high performance liquid chromato...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Walson PD,Cox S,Utkin I,Gerber N,Crim L,Brady M,Koranyi K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Valproic acid (VPA) is frequently used together with clozapine (CLZ) as mood-stabilizer or for the prevention of seizures in patients with psychotic disorders. VPA is known to reduce levels of the pharmacologically active CLZ-metabolite N-desmethylclozapine (N-DMC), but factors determining the degree of this...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Smith RL,Kyllesø L,Haslemo T,Andreassen OA,Molden E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of serum concentrations of certain drugs is becoming increasingly important for optimal patient care. These drugs include many antibiotics, several antiarrhythmics, cardiac glycosides, lithium, phenytoin, some other anticonvulsants, salicylates, and theophylline. Serum level determinations can also be us...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Koch-Weser J

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dolutegravir (DTG) is an integrase strand transfer inhibitor, which is a newly approved antiretroviral drug used for the treatment of HIV-infected naive and experienced individuals. Many aspects of DTG pharmacology remain to be studied. Our aim was to develop and fully validate a robust analytical method for...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Wang X,Penchala SD,Amara A,Else L,McClure M,Boffito M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with drug-resistant HIV-1 may result from the acquisition of mutant strains or from their selection within the individual; either can compromise the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Drug-resistance testing is recommended to assist in the choice of ART. Herein, factors that contribute to the selectio...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Frenkel LM,Tobin NH

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-based screening procedure was developed for the detection of diuretics, uricosurics, and/or their metabolites in human urine after extractive methylation. Phase-transfer catalyst remaining in the organic phase was removed by solid-phase extraction on a diol phase. The com...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Beyer J,Bierl A,Peters FT,Maurer HH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TDx digoxin II immunoassay was used in controls and in patients not taking digoxin or any other cardiac glycoside. We report the frequency of interference thought to be caused by digoxin-like factors (DLFs). We found a high incidence of false-positive results in 15 patients with severe hepatic disease (60% false-p...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Avendaño C,Alvarez JS,Sacristan JA,Adin J,Alsar MJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lipophilic, cytotoxic drugs, or both, (including anticancer drugs [Vinca alkaloids, doxorubicin, cyclosporin A, and digoxin]) have proven to be actively effluxed by P-glycoprotein (P-gp) expressed at the luminal membrane of the brain capillary endothelial cells, resulting in the very low apparent blood-brain b...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Tsuji A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6 genotype and cigarette smoking on the steady-state plasma concentrations (C(ss)) of fluvoxamine (FLV) and its demethylated metabolite fluvoxamino acid (FLA) were studied in 49 Japanese depressed patients receiving FLV 200 mg/d. The C(ss) of FLV and FLA were measured by HPLC...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Gerstenberg G,Aoshima T,Fukasawa T,Yoshida K,Takahashi H,Higuchi H,Murata Y,Shimoyama R,Ohkubo T,Shimizu T,Otani K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the antidepressant effect and pharmacokinetics of citalopram have been performed in adults, but the effects on children and adolescents have only been studied to a minor extent despite its increasing use in these age groups. The aim of this study was to investigate a group of adolescents treated for depress...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Carlsson B,Olsson G,Reis M,Walinder J,Nordin C,Lundmark J,Scordo MG,Dahl ML,Bengtsson F,Ahlner J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enantioselectivity of hydroxylation of nortriptyline (NT) to E-10-hydroxynortriptyline (E-10-OH-NT) was studied in human liver microsomes, intestinal homogenate, and patients treated with NT. The rate of formation of (-)-E-10-OH-NT was higher than that of (+)-E-10-OH-NT both in the liver microsomes and in the inte...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Dahl ML,Nordin C,Bertilsson L

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population analysis of the kinetics of lithium was performed from experimental and observational data in 113 subjects in order to propose a new approach for lithium dosage individualization. The kinetics of lithium is described by a two-compartment model. Age, body weight, height, and serum creatinine are included a...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Taright N,Mentré F,Mallet A,Jouvent R

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An isocratic high-performance liquid chromatography method with amperometric detection for the assay of plasma salbutamol is described. The plasma extract is injected into the chromatographic system via a loop column. This insures the purification of the injected extracts and allows a simple and rapid liquid-solid ext...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Tamisier-Karolak L,Delhotal-Landes B,Jolliet-Riant P,Milliez J,Jannet D,Barre J,Flouvat B

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The indication for the antiepileptic drug lacosamide (LCM) was recently extended to include children from the age of 4 years. Real-life data on the use and serum concentrations of LCM in children and adolescents are limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of LCM in this patient group in...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Larsen Burns M,Nikanorova M,Baftiu A,Borg Rasmussen J,Johannessen SI,Johannessen Landmark C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Body weight may affect pharmacokinetic parameters in various ways and may therefore have a significant impact on the serum concentration of a drug at a given dose. Although patients with major depressive disorder frequently show an elevated body mass index, studies investigating the relation between body wei...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Unterecker S,Deckert J,Pfuhlmann B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a rapid, useful, specific, and very sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for the determination of fluvastatin (FV) level using atorvastatin as the internal standard (IS). After a simple deproteinization of 1.0 mL of plasma with acetonitrile, the drug and IS were extracted with t...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Al-Rawithi S,Hussein RF,Alzahrani A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of oxycodone have been determined after single-dose administration by the intravenous (4.6-7.3 mg), oral (tablets, 9.1 mg and syrup, 9.1 mg), and rectal (30 mg) routes, in 48 patients undergoing minor surgery. There were no significant differences in the mean elimination half-lives between the int...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Leow KP,Smith MT,Watt JA,Williams BE,Cramond T

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that monitoring predose plasma levels of mycophenolic acid (MPA) is of benefit in renal transplant recipients treated with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). Concomitant treatment with oral antibiotics leads to a 10% to 30% reduction in MPA area under the curve (AUC)0-12, probably by reducing en...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Borrows R,Chusney G,Loucaidou M,James A,Van Tromp J,Cairns T,Griffith M,Hakim N,McLean A,Palmer A,Papalois V,Taube D

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past two decades, in association with the commencement of chronic dialysis therapy and prolongation of the uremic state, aluminum toxicity has represented a major cause of morbidity and mortality in uremic patients. The uremic patient has been found to be at higher risk of aluminum loading and toxicity from...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Alfrey AC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, high-dose oral synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was shown to alleviate cannabis withdrawal symptoms. The present data describe cannabinoid pharmacokinetics in chronic, daily cannabis smokers who received high-dose oral THC pharmacotherapy and later a smoked cannabis challenge. METHODS:...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Milman G,Bergamaschi MM,Lee D,Mendu DR,Barnes AJ,Vandrey R,Huestis MA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirolimus (rapamycin, RAPA) is a natural fermentation product (macrolide antibiotic) that has demonstrated potent immunosuppressive activity. A reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is described for analysis of the drug in whole blood. The samples are purified by using liquid-liquid extra...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Svensson JO,Brattström C,Säwe J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00