Population screening for isoniazid acetylator phenotype

Autor: D. P. Parkin, B. J. Van Der Walt, H. I. Seifart, Peter R. Donald, F J Botha
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 10:127-134
ISSN: 1099-1557
1053-8569
DOI: 10.1002/pds.570
Popis: Purpose To establish a useful method for acetylator phenotypification and therapeutic drug monitoring of patients receiving isoniazid. Methods Sixty patients with uncomplicated pulmonary tuberculosis were given a 5-mg/kg oral dose of isoniazid each. Plasma concentrations of isoniazid and its metabolite, acetyl-isoniazid, were determined by HPLC analyses at various post-dose times. From the isoniazid concentration and the concentration ratio of acetyl-isoniazid and isoniazid (metabolic ratio), phenotypification methods were assessed. Results The metabolic ratios at 3 h post-dose revealed a trimodal distribution; a fast, intermediate and slow acetylator phenotype group. The 2-h and 6-h data showed different bimodal combinations of these phenotype groups. The metabolic ratio phenotypification method could be simplified by using the HPLC data directly without converting it to absolute concentrations. Conclusions A single-sample test based upon the plasma isoniazid concentration, combined with the metabolic ratio of acetyl-isoniazid and isoniazid, appears to be a reliable parameter for phenotype discrimination and for bioavailability testing. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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