abstract：BACKGROUND:Analysis of residual gene expression of the nuclear factor of activated T cell (NFAT)-regulated genes has been developed as a pharmacodynamic biomarker to monitor therapy with calcineurin inhibitors. The availability of commercial primer sets (Search-LC) and the well-established assay protocol makes this bio...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Abdel-Kahaar E,Giese T,Sommerer C,Rieger H,Shipkova M,Wieland E

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ribavirin exposure after the first dose (D0AUC0-4h) >1755 mcg·h·L is predictive of sustained virological response (SVR) in patients with hepatitis C treated with peginterferon and ribavirin. The aim of this study was to test the benefit of ribavirin early dose adjustment based on this target in naïve patient...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Loustaud-Ratti V,Maynard M,Thevenon S,Pradat P,Rousseau A,Alain S,Deny P,Gagnieu MC,Tran A,Dao T,Silvain C,Lunel-Fabiani F,Picard N,Zublena I,Marquet P,Trepo C,RIBAJUSTE Group.

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sirolimus is a mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor that is being used to prevent organ rejection in kidney transplant patients often in combination with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs; cyclosporine and tacrolimus). All 3 drugs are metabolized primarily by CYP3As. Clinical drug-drug interaction (DDI) studie...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Emoto C,Vinks AA,Fukuda T

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently no pharmacogenomics-based criteria exist to guide clinicians in identifying individuals who are at risk of hearing loss from cisplatin-based chemotherapy. This review summarizes findings from pharmacogenomic studies that report genetic polymorphisms associated with cisplatin-induced hearing loss and aims to ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Lee JW,Pussegoda K,Rassekh SR,Monzon JG,Liu G,Hwang S,Bhavsar AP,Pritchard S,Ross CJ,Amstutz U,Carleton BC,CPNDS Clinical Recommendations Group.

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current gentamicin dosing algorithms in adult populations target a high peak concentration (Cmax) assuring efficacy and a drug-free period (concentration <0.5 mg/L) preventing toxicity. In contrast, gentamicin-based regimens in neonatal sepsis often aim for lower peak levels and trough concentrations of 0.5-...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： van Maarseveen EM,Sprij A,Touw DJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:To increase target attainment rates, switching the mode of administration from intermittent (InI) to continuous infusion (CoI) has been proposed. In this study, target attainment rates and interpatient variation in exposure were compared between vancomycin InI- and CoI-treated critically ill patients. METHO...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： van Maarseveen EM,Gipmans S,Vasbinder E,Petjak M,van Zanten AR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Busulfan dose adjustment is routinely guided by plasma concentration monitoring using 4-9 blood samples per dose adjustment, but a pharmacometric Bayesian approach could reduce this sample burden. METHODS:The authors developed a nonparametric population model with Pmetrics. They used it to simulate optimal ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Neely M,Philippe M,Rushing T,Fu X,van Guilder M,Bayard D,Schumitzky A,Bleyzac N,Goutelle S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is an effective treatment for patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and has been used for these patients in more than 70 nations. However, in Japan, HCQ has not been approved for CLE or SLE. To establish an appropriate therapeutic reg...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Morita S,Takahashi T,Yoshida Y,Yokota N

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) isoenzyme metabolic activity varies between individuals and is therefore a possible candidate of influence on the therapeutic outcome of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Skoglund K,Richter J,Olsson-Strömberg U,Bergquist J,Aluthgedara W,Ubhayasekera SJ,Vikingsson S,Svedberg A,Söderlund S,Sandstedt A,Johnsson A,Aagesen J,Alsenhed J,Hägg S,Peterson C,Lotfi K,Gréen H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) dosing by use of pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters is superior to the traditional body surface area (BSA) method in colorectal cancer therapy. The purpose of this study was to compare the estimated efficacy and toxicity of the use of PK-guided versus BSA-based ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Yang R,Zhang Y,Zhou H,Zhang P,Yang P,Tong Q,Lyu Y,Han Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In humans, donepezil (D) is metabolized to 5-O-desmethyl-donepezil (5DD), 6-O-desmethyl-donepezil (6DD), and donepezil-N-oxide (DNox). Although 6DD and DNox are pharmacologically active, the activity of 5DD is unknown. At present, no routine methods are available to detect D and its 3 metabolites simultaneou...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Groppa F,Coin A,De Rosa G,Granziera S,Alexopoulos C,Pamio MV,Padrini R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the predictive value of the risperidone and venlafaxine metabolic ratios and CYP2D6 genotype. METHODS:The determination of risperidone, 9-hydroxyrisperidone, and venlafaxine, O-desmethylvenlafaxine, N-desmethylvenlafaxine and CYP2D6 genotype was performed in 425 and 491 patients, respectively. T...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Mannheimer B,Haslemo T,Lindh JD,Eliasson E,Molden E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several reports of loss of efficacy or adverse effects have been described after generic substitution of antipsychotics. To date, studies comparing serum drug levels in patients switched to generic antipsychotics in a standard clinical setting are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate if switchin...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Italiano D,Bruno A,Santoro V,Lanza G,Muscatello MR,Zoccali R,Spina E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pentobarbital is used for management of intractable seizures and for reducing elevated intracranial pressure. Dosing of pentobarbital can be aided by therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). There is no commercially available automated assay for measurement of pentobarbital serum/plasma concentrations; consequentl...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Humble RM,Ehlers A,Pakalniskis BL,Morris C,Drees D,Kulhavy J,Krasowski MD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressants cyclosporine, tacrolimus, sirolimus, everolimus, and probably also mycophenolic acid require therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)-guided dosing to ensure that blood concentrations are kept within the target range in transplant patients. Reliable, accurate, and precise test methods are therefore ess...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Christians U,Vinks AA,Langman LJ,Clarke W,Wallemacq P,van Gelder T,Renjen V,Marquet P,Meyer EJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In psychopharmacology, treatment with psychotropic drugs is often suboptimal, mainly because of the high interindividual variability in pharmacokinetic properties. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) can be a valuable tool for monitoring the individual effects of a prescribed dosage in a patient, and it facili...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Wang J,Huang H,Yao Q,Lu Y,Zheng Q,Cheng Y,Xu X,Zhou Q,Wu D,Zhang M,Li X,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Busulfan (Bu) and cyclophosphamide (Cy) are frequently included in conditioning regimens before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Both drugs are detoxified by glutathione transferases (GST), and GST gene variants may explain some of the interindividual variability in pharmacokinetics and drug t...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Bremer S,Fløisand Y,Brinch L,Gedde-Dahl T,Bergan S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are approved for several indications for prophylaxis of thromboembolism at fixed oral doses. The analysis of NOAC activity/concentration may be required in special patient populations. Heptest coagulation assay determines both factor Xa and thrombin inhibi...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Du S,Harenberg J,Krämer S,Krämer R,Wehling M,Weiss C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a high coincidence between obesity and psychiatric disorders including depression. Depressive disorders are commonly treated with antidepressants, including the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Lexapro (escitalopram). Although candidates for elective Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery may...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Marzinke MA,Petrides AK,Steele K,Schweitzer MA,Magnuson TH,Reinblatt SP,Coughlin JW,Clarke W

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports have suggested that polymorphism of the opioid receptor A118G affects the efficacy of opioid analgesia. The aim of this study was to investigate whether such polymorphism contributed to variability in epidural mixture (sufentanil plus ropivacaine) requirements through patient-controlled epid...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Xu GH,Gao M,Sheng QY,Liu XS,Gu EW

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The International Interlaboratory Quality Control PROGRAM for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antiretroviral Drugs in Human Plasma/Serum was initiated in 1999. We have previously published our experience during the first 10 years of the PROGRAM. Since 2010, 3 newly developed antiretroviral agents have been ad...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Burger D,Krens S,Robijns K,Aarnoutse R,Brüggemann R,Touw D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclosporine A (CsA) is used as a posttransplantation immunosuppressant drug, and careful monitoring of CsA concentration in whole blood is essential. A new automated electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) for CsA measurement has been assessed in a multicenter evaluation. METHODS:Residual EDTA whole b...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Vogeser M,Shipkova M,Rigo-Bonnin R,Wallemacq P,Orth M,Widmann M,Verstraete AG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several factors such as low therapeutic index, large interindividual variability in systemic exposure, and the relationships between exposure and toxicity for sorafenib could justify its therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). To support TDM, a selective and precise high-performance liquid chromatography with ult...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Escudero-Ortiz V,Pérez-Ruixo JJ,Valenzuela B

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Despite significant interindividual variability in prednisolone pharmacokinetics and potentially serious consequences with inadequate or excessive exposure, monitoring of prednisolone levels is not employed to guide therapy. As ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods can ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Yates CJ,Barraclough KA,McWhinney BC,Ungerer JP,Fullinfaw RO,Colman PG,Fourlanos S,Cohney SJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lacosamide (LCM) is one of the newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) licensed as add-on treatment for partial epilepsy. Data on LCM pharmacokinetics and interactions are limited and partly contradictory. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of concomitant AED therapy on steady state plasma concentra...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Contin M,Albani F,Riva R,Candela C,Mohamed S,Baruzzi A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paclitaxel (PTX; Taxol, Abraxane) is used in many regimens for breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and ovarian cancer. Multiple studies have demonstrated that PTX exhibits a greater than 10-fold interpatient variability of clearance rates when patients are dosed according to body surface area ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Cline DJ,Zhang H,Lundell GD,Harney RL,Riaz HK,Jarrah J,Li Y,Miyazaki M,Courtney JB,Baburina I,Salamone SJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus (TAC) has a narrow therapeutic index and high interindividual and intraindividual pharmacokinetic variability, necessitating therapeutic drug monitoring to individualize dosage. Recent evidence suggests that intragraft TAC concentrations may better predict transplant outcomes. This study aimed to ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Noll BD,Coller JK,Somogyi AA,Morris RG,Russ GR,Hesselink DA,Van Gelder T,Sallustio BC

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hair analysis of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) has become, beside fatty acid ethyl ester, a valuable marker for the detection of moderate and chronic excessive alcohol consumption. So far, only few studies exist about the influence of cosmetic treatment on EtG content in hair. The aim of this study was to evaluate...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Kerekes I,Yegles M

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Drug of abuse consumption throughout pregnancy is a serious public health problem and an important economic cost to the health system. The aim of this work was to compare maternal interview and hair analysis to determine drug consumption throughout pregnancy and to study relations among maternal i...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Lendoiro E,González-Colmenero E,Concheiro-Guisán A,de Castro A,Cruz A,López-Rivadulla M,Concheiro M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7.5-year-old girl who was treated with phenobarbital (PHB) for epilepsy was admitted with decreased levels of consciousness. She had been known to have high PHB levels of unknown cause, without symptoms. Her PHB levels were very high, as expected, but primidone levels were also detected although she and her parents ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Tanoshima R,'t Jong GW,Merlocco A,Simpson J,Friedman JN,Colantonio D,Koren G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug blood levels can only serve as a surrogate because of the lack of information on the drug's direct pharmacological effects in the individual patient. Measurement of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activity dependent on the phosphorylation status of p70 S6 kinase (p70 S6K) offers a practical way...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Hartmann B,He X,Keller F,Fischereder M,Guba M,Schmid H

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This naturalistic therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) study aimed to evaluate the relationship between dosage, serum concentration, and clinical outcome in children and adolescents treated with the serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline for different indications. METHODS:Steady-state trough serum concentratio...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Taurines R,Burger R,Wewetzer C,Pfuhlmann B,Mehler-Wex C,Gerlach M,Egberts K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to provide information for interpreting outcome results from monitoring of antipsychotics in biological samples. A brief overview of the working mechanisms, pharmacological effects, drug interactions, and analytical methods of classical and atypical antipsychotics is given. Nineteen antipsych...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Patteet L,Morrens M,Maudens KE,Niemegeers P,Sabbe B,Neels H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the high prevalence of the use of medications in daily practice and the large number of people taking antirheumatic agents, the risk of drug-drug interactions and of hepatotoxicity is of concern. Both old and new compounds show such a risk. Nonsteroidal antinflammatory drugs are widely used drugs with potential ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Anelli MG,Scioscia C,Grattagliano I,Lapadula G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) is an excellent example of an enzyme whose pharmacogenetic polymorphisms affect efficacy and toxicity of a drug. The association between TPMT activity and thiopurine-related myelosuppression is well recognized. To study the significance of TPMT deficiency in thiopurine m...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Misdaq M,Andag R,Oellerich M,Asif AR,von Ahsen N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stiripentol (STP) was approved as an orphan drug in 2007 in Europe as adjunctive therapy with valproic acid (VPA) and clobazam (CLB) for Dravet syndrome. Dravet syndrome is a highly pharmacoresistant form of epilepsy, which starts in early childhood. Data about STP pharmacokinetics and interactions are still...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： May TW,Boor R,Mayer T,Jürgens U,Rambeck B,Holert N,Korn-Merker E,Brandt C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report highlights a very rare adverse drug reaction of oral roxithromycin causing toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). A 54-year-old male patient diagnosed with upper respiratory tract infection was prescribed oral roxithromycin 150 mg twice daily for 7 days. On the 10th day, the patient was admitted to the eme...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Das S,Mondal S,Dey JK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00