schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Stable treatment with clozapine for at least two weeks Caucasian ethnicity Age between 18 and 55 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who start a treatment with any of the drugs descriped below less than three days before blood sampling are excluded from participation in this study (in case of amidaron within 6 months). Patients who already use these drugsfor longer than three days are not excluded from the study, unless there is a change in usage or dosage less than three days before sampling. Amiodarone Cimetidine Fluoroquinolones Fluvoxamine Furafylline Interferon Methoxsalen Mibefradil Insulin Methylcholanthrene Modafinil Nafcillin Beta-Naphthoflavone Omeprazole
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Developing a model for the calculation of the clozapine area under the plasma concentration-time curve from 0 to 12 hours (AUC0-24). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Comparing the clozapine drug levels obtained by venous blood sampling with the clozapine drug levels obtained by finger prick DBS sampling and venous DBS sampling. - to determine which sample points or combination of sample point(s) using the developed model gives the best estimate of the AUC of clozapine (optimal sampling). - To perform an external validation of the model using concentration-time data of clozapine from Russian patients. | — |
Countries
Netherlands