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Hertz DL, Joerger M, Bang YJ, Mathijssen RH, Zhou C, Zhang L, Gandara D, Stahl M, Monk BJ, Jaehde U, Beumer JH. Paclitaxel therapeutic drug monitoring - International association of therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical toxicology recommendations. Eur J Cancer 2024; 202:114024. [PMID: 38513383 PMCID: PMC11053297 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.114024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
Paclitaxel, one of the most frequently used anticancer drugs, is dosed by body surface area, which leads to substantial inter-individual variability in systemic drug exposure. We evaluated clinical evidence regarding the scientific rationale and clinical benefit of individualized paclitaxel dosing based on measured systemic concentrations, known as therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). In retrospective studies, higher systemic exposure is associated with greater toxicity and efficacy of paclitaxel treatment across several disease types and dosing regimens. In prospective trials, TDM reduces variability in systemic exposure, and has been demonstrated to reduce toxicity while retaining treatment efficacy for 3-weekly dosing in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Despite the demonstrated benefits of paclitaxel TDM, clinical adoption has been limited due to the challenges with sample collection and analysis. Based on our review, we strongly recommend TDM for patients receiving every 3-week paclitaxel in combination with a platinum agent for advanced NSCLC, due to the prospectively demonstrated clinical benefits, and find moderate evidence to recommend TDM for paclitaxel 3-hour infusions for other tumor types and preliminary evidence suggesting potential usefulness for paclitaxel administered by 1-hour infusions.
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- Daniel L Hertz
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology & Hematology, Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California, Davis, 4501 X Street, Suite, 3016, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany
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- GOG-Foundation, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Bonn
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- Cancer Therapeutics Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Hertz DL, Lustberg MB, Sonis S. Evolution of predictive risk factor analysis for chemotherapy-related toxicity. Support Care Cancer 2023; 31:601. [PMID: 37773300 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-023-08074-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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The causes of variation in toxicity to the same treatment regimen among seemingly similar patients remain largely unknown. There was tremendous optimism that the patient's germline genome would be strongly predictive of treatment-related toxicity and could be used to personalize treatment and improve therapeutic outcomes. However, there has been limited success in discovering robust pharmacogenetic predictors of treatment-related toxicity and even less progress in translating the few validated predictors into clinical practice. It is apparent that identification of toxicity predictors that can be used to predict and prevent treatment-related toxicity will require thinking beyond germline genomics. To that end, we propose an integrated biomarker discovery approach that recognizes that a patient's toxicity risk is determined by the cumulative effects of a broad range of "omic" and non-omic factors. This commentary describes the limited success in discovering and translating clinical and pharmacogenetic toxicity predictors into clinical practice. We illustrate the evolution of cancer toxicity biomarker discovery and translation through studies of taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy, which is one of the most common and debilitating side effects of cancer treatment. We then discuss the opportunities for discovering non-genomic (e.g., metabolomic, lipidomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, microbiomic, medical, behavioral, environmental) and integrated biomarkers that may be more strongly predictive of toxicity risk and the potential challenges with translating integrated biomarkers into clinical practice. This integrated biomarker discovery approach may circumvent some of the major limitations in toxicity biomarker science and move precision oncology treatment forward so that patients receive maximum treatment benefit with minimal toxicity.
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- Daniel L Hertz
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, 428 Church St., Room 3054 College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1065, USA.
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- Divisions of Oral Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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Roncato R, Gerratana L, Palmero L, Gagno S, Poetto AS, Peruzzi E, Zanchetta M, Posocco B, De Mattia E, Canil G, Alberti M, Orleni M, Toffoli G, Puglisi F, Cecchin E. An Integrated Pharmacological Counselling Approach to Guide Decision-Making in the Treatment with CDK4/6 Inhibitors for Metastatic Breast Cancer. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:897951. [PMID: 35942220 PMCID: PMC9356076 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.897951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A wide inter-individual variability in the therapeutic response to cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 inhibitors (CDKis) has been reported. We herein present a case series of five patients treated with either palbociclib or ribociclib referred to our clinical pharmacological counselling, including therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), pharmacogenetics, and drug–drug interaction analysis to support clinicians in the management of CDKis treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Patients’ plasma samples for TDM analysis were collected at steady state and analyzed by an LC-MS/MS method for minimum plasma concentration (Cmin) evaluation. Under and overexposure to the drug were defined based on the mean Cmin values observed in population pharmacokinetic studies. Polymorphisms in selected genes encoding for proteins involved in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination were analyzed (CYP3A4, CYP3A5, ABCB1, SLCO1B1, and ABCG2). Three of the five reported cases presented a CDKi plasma level above the population mean value and were referred for toxicity. One of them presented a low function ABCB1 haplotype (ABCB1-rs1128503, rs1045642, and rs2032582), possibly causative of both increased drug oral absorption and plasmatic concentration. Two patients showed underexposure to CDKis, and one of them was referred for early progression. In one patient, a CYP3A5*1/*3 genotype was found to be potentially responsible for more efficient drug metabolism and lower drug plasma concentration. This intensified pharmacological approach in clinical practice has been shown to be potentially effective in supporting prescribing oncologists with dose and drug selection and could be ultimately useful for increasing both the safety and efficacy profiles of CDKi treatment.
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- Rossana Roncato
- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- *Correspondence: Rossana Roncato, ; Sara Gagno,
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- Department of Medical Oncology-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- *Correspondence: Rossana Roncato, ; Sara Gagno,
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit-CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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Hwang M, Medley S, Shakeel F, Vanderwerff B, Zawistowski M, Kidwell KM, Hertz DL. Lack of association of CYP2B6 pharmacogenetics with cyclophosphamide toxicity in patients with cancer. Support Care Cancer 2022; 30:7355-7363. [PMID: 35606478 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-022-07118-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Cyclophosphamide is a commonly used cancer agent that is metabolically activated by polymorphic enzymes. This study aims to investigate the association between predicted activity of candidate pharmacogenes with severe toxicity during cyclophosphamide treatment. METHODS Genome-wide genetic data was collected from an institutional genetic data repository for CYP2B6, CYP3A4, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, GSTA1, GSTP1, ALDH1A1, ALDH3A1, ABCC1, ABCB1, and ERCC1. Treatment and toxicity data were retrospectively collected from the patient's medical record. The a priori selected primary hypothesis was that patients who have CYP2B6 reduced metabolizer activity (poor or intermediate (PM/IM) vs. normal (NM) metabolizer) have lower risk of severe toxicity or cyclophosphamide treatment modification due to toxicity. RESULTS In the primary analysis of 510 cyclophosphamide-treated patients with available genetic data, there was no difference in the odds of severe toxicity or treatment modification due to toxicity in CYP2B6 PM/IM vs. NM (odds ratio = 0.97, 95% Confidence Interval: 0.62-1.50, p = 0.88). In an exploratory, statistically uncorrected secondary analysis, carriers of the ALDH1A1 rs8187996 variant had a lower risk of the primary toxicity endpoint compared with wild-type homozygous patients (odds ratio = 0.31, 95% Confidence Interval: 0.09-0.78, p = 0.028). None of the other tested phenotypes or genotypes was associated with the primary or secondary endpoints in unadjusted analysis (all p > 0.05). CONCLUSION The finding that patients who carry ALDH1A1 rs8187996 may have a lower risk of cyclophosphamide toxicity than wild-type patients contradicts a prior finding for this variant and should be viewed with skepticism. We found weak evidence that any of these candidate pharmacogenetic predictors of cyclophosphamide toxicity may be useful to personalize cyclophosphamide dosing to optimize therapeutic outcomes in patients with cancer.
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- Mary Hwang
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Room 2560C, 428 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1065, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2029, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Room 2560C, 428 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1065, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2029, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2029, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2029, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Room 2560C, 428 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1065, USA.
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Hertz DL, McShane LM, Hayes DF. Defining Clinical Utility of Germline Indicators of Toxicity Risk: A Perspective. J Clin Oncol 2022; 40:1721-1731. [PMID: 35324346 PMCID: PMC9148690 DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.02209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Daniel L Hertz
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Stuart B. Padnos Professor of Breast Cancer Research, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI
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Namerow LB, Ramsey LB, Malik S, Cortese S, Strawn JR. Editorial: Beyond Red Light, Green Light: Examining the Role of Pharmacogenomics in Evidence-Based Care in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022; 61:29-31. [PMID: 34767918 PMCID: PMC8994592 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The role of pharmacogenetics in guiding psychopharmacologic treatment for children and adolescents remains elusive for many clinicians. In the absence of a solid and comprehensive evidence base, sufficient training, education, and consensus guidelines, commercial promotion of pharmacogenetic testing panels has the potential to become the main source of information for providers. Commonly, these tests include multigene panels and group medications into color-coded bins. These panels include both pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) genes and, using combinatorial algorithms, direct clinicians to use medications "as directed" or caution that "moderate gene-drug interaction(s)" or "significant gene-drug interaction(s)" may exist. Many industry-sponsored studies in adults have concluded that that when clinicians select medications based on pharmacogenomic guidance, patients have better outcomes,1 although some caution against this approach.2 To provide evidence on the clinical impact and potential of pharmacogenetic testing panels in clinical practice in child and adolescent psychiatry, in this issue of the Journal, Vande Voort3 and colleagues report the results of a prospective trial of pharmacogenetically guided treatment versus treatment as usual in depressed adolescents. The authors randomized adolescents aged 13 to 18 years with moderate to severe major depressive disorder (N = 176) to treatment guided by combinatorial pharmacogenetic testing that was either available at the baseline visit (GENE arm, n = 84) or at the 8-week visit (treatment-as-usual arm, n = 92). Patients and raters were blinded, but the treating psychiatrist was not blinded and could prescribe any medication deemed clinically indicated for the patient. Improvement, side effects, and satisfaction were assessed throughout the study and at a 6-month follow-up visit. There was no significant difference in terms of symptom improvement, side effect burden, or satisfaction at 8 weeks or 6 months between patients in the GENE and treatment-as-usual arms, respectively. However, significantly more patients in the treatment-as-usual arm received selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) compared with patients in the GENE arm (81.5% vs 66.7%). Therefore, there was no significant clinical impact when clinicians used combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing to guide treatment for depressed adolescents. If anything, this guidance influenced providers to more frequently prescribe medications that are not considered first-line for the treatment of depression in youths (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors [SNRIs], atypical antidepressants) and for which double-blind placebo-controlled trials have failed to demonstrate efficacy in depressed youths.4,5.
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- Lisa B. Namerow
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Living/Hartford Healthcare and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, and with the Division of Research in Patient Services at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Living/Hartford Healthcare and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT
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- Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, Academic Unit of Psychology, and the Clinical and Experimental Sciences (CNS and Psychiatry), University of Southampton, UK; Solent National Health System Trust (NHS), Southampton, UK; Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, New York University Child Study Center, New York; Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and in the Divisions of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio
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Strawn JR, Poweleit EA, Uppugunduri CRS, Ramsey LB. Pediatric Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:749692. [PMID: 34658889 PMCID: PMC8517085 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.749692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is uncommon in child and adolescent psychiatry, particularly for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)—the first-line pharmacologic treatments for depressive and anxiety disorders. However, TDM in children and adolescents offers the opportunity to leverage individual variability of antidepressant pharmacokinetics to shed light on non-response and partial response, understand drug-drug interactions, evaluate adherence, and characterize the impact of genetic and developmental variation in pharmacokinetic genes. This perspective aims to educate clinicians about TDM principles and examines evolving uses of TDM in SSRI-treated youths and their early applications in clinical practice, as well as barriers to TDM in pediatric patients. First, the impact of pharmacokinetic genes on SSRI pharmacokinetics in youths could be used to predict tolerability and response for some SSRIs (e.g., escitalopram). Second, plasma concentrations are significantly influenced by adherence, which may relate to decreased efficacy. Third, pharmacometric analyses reveal interactions with proton pump inhibitors, oral contraceptives, cannabinoids, and SSRIs in youths. Rapid developments in TDM and associated modeling have enhanced the understanding of variation in SSRI pharmacokinetics, although the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders with SSRIs in youths often remains a trial-and-error process.
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- Jeffrey R Strawn
- Anxiety Disorders Research Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States.,Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.,Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.,Division of Research in Patient Services, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.,Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.,Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- CANSEARCH Research Platform in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.,Division of Research in Patient Services, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Van Driest SL, Cascorbi I. Progress and Challenges in Pharmacogenomics. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2021; 110:529-532. [PMID: 34412159 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Sara L Van Driest
- Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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Borro M, Gentile G, Preissner SH, Pomes LM, Gohlke BO, Del Casale A, Eckert A, Marchetti P, Preissner S, Preissner R, Simmaco M. Individualized Drugs' Selection by Evaluation of Drug Properties, Pharmacogenomics and Clinical Parameters: Performance of a Bioinformatic Tool Compared to a Clinically Established Counselling Process. PHARMACOGENOMICS & PERSONALIZED MEDICINE 2021; 14:955-962. [PMID: 34385834 PMCID: PMC8352633 DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s316556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Purpose Inefficacy and safety concerns are main medications’ problems, especially in the case of poly-therapies, when drug–drug interactions may alter the expected drug disposition. Ongoing efforts are aimed to establish drug selection processes aimed to preemptive evaluation of a plethora of factors affecting patient’s specific drug response, including pharmacogenomic markers, in order to minimize prescription of improper medications. In previous years, we established at the University Hospital Sant’Andrea of Rome, Italy, a Precision Medicine Service based on a multi-disciplinary experts’ team. The team is in charge to produce a drug therapy counselling report, including pharmacogenomic, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the performance of this established “manual” process of therapy selection with a novel bioinformatic tool, the Drug-PIN system. Patients and Methods A total of 200 patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorders or a depressive episode in Bipolar Disorder, with at least three previous failed treatments, who underwent pharmacogenomic profiling and therapy counselling in the Sant’Andrea Hospital from 2017 to 2020. The baseline poly-therapy of these patients was re-evaluated and optimized by Drug-PIN. Results of the Drug-PIN poly-therapy evaluation/optimization were compared with the results of the original poly-therapy evaluation/optimization by therapy counselling. To compare the results between the two processes, the risk associated with each poly-therapy was classified as low, moderate, or high. Results The number of baseline poly-therapies classified in low-, moderate- or high-risk did not change significantly between manual system or Drug-PIN system. As the counselling process, also the Drug-PIN system produces a significant decrease in the predicted treatment-associated risk. Conclusion Drug-PIN substantially replicates the output of the counselling process, allowing a substantial reduction in the time needed for therapy evaluation. Availability of an effective bioinformatic tool for proper drug selection is expected to exponentially increase the actuation of targeted therapy strategies.
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- Marina Borro
- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University and Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University and Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University and Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Science-IT and Institute of Physiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Dynamic Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Science-IT and Institute of Physiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Science-IT and Institute of Physiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.,Drug-PIN AG, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University and Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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