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Merino D, Fernandez A, Gérard AO, Ben Othman N, Rocher F, Askenazy F, Verstuyft C, Drici MD, Thümmler S. Adverse Drug Reactions of Olanzapine, Clozapine and Loxapine in Children and Youth: A Systematic Pharmacogenetic Review. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15060749. [PMID: 35745668 PMCID: PMC9230864 DOI: 10.3390/ph15060749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Children and youth treated with antipsychotic drugs (APs) are particularly vulnerable to adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and prone to poor treatment response. In particular, interindividual variations in drug exposure can result from differential metabolism of APs by cytochromes, subject to genetic polymorphism. CYP1A2 is pivotal in the metabolism of the APs olanzapine, clozapine, and loxapine, whose safety profile warrants caution. We aimed to shed some light on the pharmacogenetic profiles possibly associated with these drugs’ ADRs and loss of efficacy in children and youth. We conducted a systematic review relying on four databases, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 recommendations and checklist, with a quality assessment. Our research yielded 32 publications. The most frequent ADRs were weight gain and metabolic syndrome (18; 56.3%), followed by lack of therapeutic effect (8; 25%) and neurological ADRs (7; 21.8%). The overall mean quality score was 11.3/24 (±2.7). In 11 studies (34.3%), genotyping focused on the study of cytochromes. Findings regarding possible associations were sometimes conflicting. Nonetheless, cases of major clinical improvement were fostered by genotyping. Yet, CYP1A2 remains poorly investigated. Further studies are required to improve the assessment of the risk–benefit balance of prescription for children and youth treated with olanzapine, clozapine, and/or loxapine.
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- Diane Merino
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, 06200 Nice, France; (D.M.); (A.F.); (F.A.)
- CoBTek Laboratory, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Center, University Hospital of Nice, 06000 Nice, France; (A.O.G.); (N.B.O.); (F.R.); (M.-D.D.)
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, 06200 Nice, France; (D.M.); (A.F.); (F.A.)
- CoBTek Laboratory, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Center, University Hospital of Nice, 06000 Nice, France; (A.O.G.); (N.B.O.); (F.R.); (M.-D.D.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Center, University Hospital of Nice, 06000 Nice, France; (A.O.G.); (N.B.O.); (F.R.); (M.-D.D.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Center, University Hospital of Nice, 06000 Nice, France; (A.O.G.); (N.B.O.); (F.R.); (M.-D.D.)
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, 06200 Nice, France; (D.M.); (A.F.); (F.A.)
- CoBTek Laboratory, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France
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- Service de Génétique Moléculaire, Pharmacogénétique et Hormonologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saclay, AP–HP, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France;
- CESP/UMR-S1178, Inserm, Université Paris-Sud, 92290 Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Center, University Hospital of Nice, 06000 Nice, France; (A.O.G.); (N.B.O.); (F.R.); (M.-D.D.)
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, 06200 Nice, France; (D.M.); (A.F.); (F.A.)
- CoBTek Laboratory, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France
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Galactorrhea After Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2017; 37:374-376. [PMID: 28383361 DOI: 10.1097/jcp.0000000000000709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Maranghi F, Tassinari R, Mantovani A. Toxicological assessment of drugs that affect the endocrine system in puberty-related disorders. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2013; 9:1309-16. [PMID: 23790205 DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2013.811488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Toxicologists must ensure that clinical risk-to-benefit analysis should be made both for genders and age groups, with any treatment. Puberty concerns physiological changes leading to organism's maturation. Pubertal growth disorders are increasing in last decades: besides causing physical and psychological distress, they may signal underlying endocrine-metabolic abnormalities with serious health consequences later on. Therapeutic approaches for some health conditions in childhood and adolescence are considered. AREAS COVERED The authors discuss how some diseases and treatments can impact pubertal growth. The authors look at particular immunological disorders such as asthma and how both the disease and treatment affects pubertal growth. They also discuss how the provision of available data can help to assess the dose-response of the drug, in these cases, and minimize the chance of side effects. The authors also discuss pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and how both the disease and treatment can mitigate the growth delay. Last, but not least, the authors discuss how the effects of the drugs used in the treatment of psychiatric disorders may accentuate endocrine issues in juvenile patients. Hyperprolactinemia induction by some antipsychotics is highlighted as an example. EXPERT OPINION Appropriate risk-benefit analysis of drugs prescribed during childhood and adolescence and intended to be used in the long term is required. Furthermore, future treatment strategies and safer compounds development should be supported by the knowledge of mechanisms underlying adverse side effects in pubertal growth and development.
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- Francesca Maranghi
- Food and Veterinary Toxicology Unit, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome , Italy +39 06 49902527 ; +39 06 4990 2363 ;
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Safer DJ, Calarge CA, Safer AM. Prolactin serum concentrations during aripiprazole treatment in youth. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2013; 23:282-9. [PMID: 23647135 PMCID: PMC3657283 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2012.0062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to: document the extent of the reduction of serum prolactin (PRL) levels induced by aripiprazole (ARI) treatment in children and adolescents, compare this effect by age group, and shed light on this phenomenon. METHODS PRL serum levels in unmedicated subjects were compared to those in subjects treated with aripiprazole to calculate the rate of subnormal PRL levels during aripiprazole treatment. Next, a literature search was performed to better understand the effects of dopaminergic drugs on PRL levels by age group. RESULTS Sixty percent of those treated with aripiprazole exhibited subnormal PRL serum levels versus 8% of unmedicated subjects. The rate of PRL subnormality in response to aripiprazole was half as frequent in adolescents and was minimal in adults. The drug-induced reduction of PRL serum levels became more prominent with increasing doses of aripiprazole and with an increased treatment duration. CONCLUSIONS With the increasing use of aripiprazole in the United States population, it is important that future research be conducted to explore the potential sequelae of subnormal PRL serum levels in children and adolescents.
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- Daniel J Safer
- Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Talib HJ, Alderman EM. Gynecologic and reproductive health concerns of adolescents using selected psychotropic medications. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2013; 26:7-15. [PMID: 22929762 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2012.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Psychiatric disorders are common in adolescent girls and may require chronic therapies with psychotropic medications. Antipsychotic medications and mood stabilizers have been increasingly prescribed to and widely used by adolescents for a variety of both "on" an "off" label indications. Studies on the safety and monitoring of these medications in adolescent girls have shown important potential for gynecologic and reproductive adverse effects. The objective of this article is to review the mechanisms for and management of menstrual disorders mediated by hyperprolactinemia associated with antipsychotic medications, hypothyroidism associated with lithium and quetiapine, and the independent association of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in girls using valproic acid. Beyond their susceptibility to these disruptions in the menstrual cycle, adolescent girls with psychiatric illness also have increased sexual risk behaviors. These behaviors makes it all the more important to review teratogenicity and clinically relevant contraceptive drug interactions in adolescent girls using these psychotropic medications.
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- Hina J Talib
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
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Stigler KA, Mullett JE, Erickson CA, Posey DJ, McDougle CJ. Paliperidone for irritability in adolescents and young adults with autistic disorder. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2012; 223:237-45. [PMID: 22549762 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2711-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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RATIONALE Individuals with autistic disorder (autism) frequently exhibit significant irritability marked by severe tantrums, aggression, and self-injury. Despite advances in the treatment of this symptom domain in autism, there remains an ongoing need for more effective and better tolerated pharmacotherapies. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness and tolerability of paliperidone for irritability in autism. METHODS This is a prospective, 8-week open-label study of paliperidone in 25 adolescents and young adults with autism. Primary outcome measures included the Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement (CGI-I) Scale and the Irritability subscale of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC-I). Concomitant medications (except antipsychotics) were permitted if dosages were stable for ≥2 months. RESULTS Twenty-one (84 %) of 25 subjects ages 12-21 years (mean 15.3 years) responded to paliperidone, based on a CGI-I Scale score of 1 or 2 (very much or much improved) and ≥25 % improvement on the ABC-I. The mean final dosage of paliperidone was 7.1 mg/day (range 3-12 mg/day). Two subjects discontinued paliperidone prior to study completion (moderate sedation, n = 1; nonresponse, n = 1). Mild-to-moderate extrapyramidal symptoms were recorded in four subjects. A mean weight gain of 2.2 ± 2.6 kg (range -3.6 to +7.9 kg) was recorded. Mean age- and sex-normed body mass index increased from 23.6 to 24.2 (p ≤ 0.001). Mean serum prolactin increased from 5.3 to 41.4 ng/mL (p ≤ 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Paliperidone treatment was associated with significant improvement in irritability and was generally well tolerated. Larger scale, placebo-controlled studies are needed to elucidate the efficacy and tolerability of paliperidone in this population.
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- Kimberly A Stigler
- Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Christian Sarkine Autism Treatment Center, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5200, USA.
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Strike MK, Norris S, Kearney S, Norris ML. More than just milk: a review of prolactin's impact on the treatment of anorexia nervosa. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2011; 20:e85-90. [PMID: 21774041 DOI: 10.1002/erv.1119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In completing this review, we aim to educate readers about the physiological importance of the hormone prolactin (PRL) in the treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). METHOD A comprehensive review of PRL was undertaken using existing published literature with specific focus on domains pertinent to the treatment of AN. RESULTS Prolactin influences multiple biological processes throughout the body. Disruption in its regulation can impact women's health issues such as menstruation and bone health, which are pertinent to AN treatment. The use of antipsychotics with high D2 receptor affinity for the augmented treatment of AN increases the potential risk of PRL-mediated adverse effects. DISCUSSION Although not intrinsic to underlying disease underpinnings, PRL has the capacity to affect and influence multiple outcome variables in treatment of patients with AN. Improved understanding, better screening and the completion of further prospective research are necessary to help facilitate and incorporate ongoing knowledge translation.
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Roke Y, van Harten PN, Boot AM, Buitelaar JK. Antipsychotic medication in children and adolescents: a descriptive review of the effects on prolactin level and associated side effects. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2009; 19:403-14. [PMID: 19702492 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2008.0120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This review reports the incidence of hyperprolactinemia, its relationship with genotype, and prolactin-related side effects in children and adolescents treated with antipsychotics. METHOD Data on prolactin levels were available for haloperidol, pimozide, risperidone, olanzapine, clozapine, ziprasidone, and quetiapine. Twenty-nine studies were selected after a literature search in the English Medline/Embase/Psychinfo/EBM databases (1965 to August, 2008). RESULTS All antipsychotics, except clozapine, ziprasidone, and quetiapine, increase the mean prolactin level from baseline values of 8.0 ng/mL to 25-28 ng/mL after 4 weeks of treatment (reference range 0-15 ng/mL). The most and best data are available for risperidone. Five risperidone studies (n = 577) show an increase of prolactin level from 7.8 ng/mL to 17.7 ng/mL after 1 year of treatment, and two risperidone studies (n = 60) show an increase from 7.4 ng/mL to 24.9 ng/mL after 2 years of treatment. Aggregated over all antipsychotics, prolactin-related side effects, such as gynecomastia, galactorrhea, irregular menses, and sexual dysfunction, were reported by 4.8% of the children and adolescents. No data are available on bone mineral density in relation to antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia in children and adolescents. Prolactin levels may be influenced by the genetic differences that influence prolactin metabolism and D2 dopamine receptor density. CONCLUSION Persistent elevation of prolactin for periods up to 2 years has been documented in maintenance treatment with risperidone. Very limited long-term data of pimozide, olanzapine, and quetiapine prohibit drawing conclusions for these antipsychotics. Systematic long-term observational studies, including specific questionnaires as well as physical examination, are needed to investigate prolactin-related side effects of antipsychotic treatment in children and adolescents.
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- Yvette Roke
- Symfora Group Psychiatric Center , Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
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Wohlfarth T, Kalverdijk L, Rademaker C, Schothorst P, Minderaa R, Gispen-de Wied C. Psychopharmacology for children: from off label use to registration. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2009; 19:603-8. [PMID: 19428221 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2009.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Revised: 04/03/2009] [Accepted: 04/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pharmacological treatment of children and adolescents is largely based on evidence from adults' studies. There is, however, growing awareness that this evidence cannot simply be extrapolated to children. The Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB) in collaboration with the Child and Adolescent section of the Dutch Association of Psychiatry and the National Expertise Centre Child and Adolescent Psychiatry have organised a workshop to discuss the kind of evidence that would be necessary and the methods involved. There was consensus about the need to demonstrate efficacy in targeted disorders as well as symptoms within specific disorders and about the need for separate evidence for children and for adolescents. In addition, too little is known about safety, especially long-term safety, as consequences of treatment. Main issues are effects on growth, cognitive, motor, emotional, and sexual development, metabolic symptoms, cardiotoxicity, and dependence. Specific methodological issues were discussed, such as the role of different informants and the high rate of comorbidity.
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- Tamar Wohlfarth
- Medicines Evaluation Board of the Netherlands, The Netherlands.
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Joffe H, Hayes FJ. Menstrual cycle dysfunction associated with neurologic and psychiatric disorders: their treatment in adolescents. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2008; 1135:219-29. [PMID: 18574228 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1429.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migraines are common disorders that are often associated with disturbances in menstrual function in adolescent girls. Women with untreated epilepsy are more likely to have irregular menstrual cycles than are nonepileptic controls, indicating that the disease itself plays a role in the etiology of these reproductive abnormalities. In addition, many girls with these disorders require chronic maintenance treatment with agents that may perturb the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Valproate is a highly effective antiepileptic drug used widely to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migraines. Valproate induces features of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in approximately 7% of women. Girls with epilepsy, and possibly bipolar disorder, appear particularly susceptible to developing PCOS features on valproate, perhaps on account of the relative immaturity of their hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axes. Antipsychotics are highly effective drugs used widely to treat adolescents with bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, and behavioral disturbances. Some, but not all of the antipsychotic, induce hyperprolactinemia, which may result in oligo- or amenorrhea. Prolonged amenorrhea in association with hyperprolactinemia incurs significant risks for bone health in adolescent girls. Because of the potential reproductive health risks associated with use of specific antiepileptic drugs and selective antipsychotics, these agents are vital treatments for adolescents with severe illnesses. Use of these agents should be considered and weighed against the risk of using alternative agents, which have their own side effects, or not treating these serious neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
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- Hadine Joffe
- Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Jensen JB, Kumra S, Leitten W, Oberstar J, Anjum A, White T, Wozniak J, Lee SS, Schulz SC. A comparative pilot study of second-generation antipsychotics in children and adolescents with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2008; 18:317-26. [PMID: 18759641 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2007.0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE There is a limited evidence base to guide treatment of children and adolescents with nonaffective psychoses because few comparative studies of first-line second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) have been undertaken. To plan the design of a subsequent randomized controlled trial (RCT), the authors conducted this pilot study to demonstrate the feasibility of the treatment and measurement protocols. METHOD Thirty children and adolescents (20 males, 10 females), ages 10-18 years, who met unmodified Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) criteria for a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder (schizophrenia, schizoaffective, schizophreniform, psychotic disorder not otherwise specified) were randomized to receive 12 weeks of open-label, flexibly dosed treatment with either risperidone (mean [standard deviation, SD] dose = 3.4 mg [1.5]), olanzapine (mean [SD] dose = 14.0 mg [4.6]) or quetiapine (mean [SD] dose = 611 mg [253.4]). RESULTS Twenty one (70%) of 30 subjects completed the study. There was no overall statistically significant difference with regard to reduction in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total scores in treatment efficacy observed (F((2,24)) = 3.13, p = 0.06). However, the possibility of a large differential treatment effect with regard to change in PANSS total scores favoring risperidone relative to quetiapine (risperidone vs. quetiapine, d = 1.10 [95% confidence interval, CI, 0.09-2.01]) was suggested by the point estimate. CONCLUSIONS These preliminary data, viewed together with the extant literature, suggest that a future larger RCT with only two treatment arms may be warranted to establish whether there is a clinically significant differential treatment effect between risperidone and quetiapine for children and adolescents with nonaffective psychoses. Additional challenges and considerations for mounting a larger RCT are explored.
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- Jonathan B Jensen
- University of Minnesota, Department of Psychiatry, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
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Walter G, DeLaroche A, Soh N, Hunt G, Cleary M, Malhi G, Lambert T, Correll C, Rey J. Side effects of second-generation antipsychotics: the experiences, views and monitoring practices of Australian child psychiatrists. Australas Psychiatry 2008; 16:253-62. [PMID: 18608172 DOI: 10.1080/10398560801958549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to ascertain the experiences, views and monitoring practices of Australian child psychiatrists regarding the metabolic and other side effects of second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs). METHOD A 19-item questionnaire was posted to all members of the RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry living in Australia. RESULTS Of the 290 eligible members of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 126 (43%) returned a useable survey. SGAs are commonly prescribed for a range of disorders. The majority of respondents expressed a high level of concern regarding weight gain and other metabolic side effects. Weight gain was the most frequently observed and monitored side effect in clinical practice. Other side effects were observed and monitored to a variable extent. Notably, monitoring practices did not parallel psychiatrists' reported level of concern or knowledge regarding weight gain and metabolic side effects,nor coincide with published recommendations. CONCLUSIONS Further research is required into the use, efficacy, side effects and monitoring of SGAs in children and adolescents, and there is a need to ensure that monitoring guidelines are implemented in clinical practice. This need is heightened by the likelihood that our data on clinicians' practice, which is based on their perceptions, may overestimate what actually occurs.
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- Garry Walter
- Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia.
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Duval F, Guillon MS, Mokrani MC, Crocq MA, Garcia Duarte F. Relationship between prolactin secretion, and plasma risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone concentrations in adolescents with schizophreniform disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2008; 33:255-9. [PMID: 18053652 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2007] [Revised: 10/26/2007] [Accepted: 10/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Treatment with the atypical antipsychotic risperidone can result in elevated prolactin levels. To date, the relationships between plasma concentrations of prolactin, risperidone and its active 9-hydroxy-metabolite have been little investigated in adolescents with psychosis. METHODS Prolactin levels were determined at baseline in 16 hospitalized drug-naïve adolescents meeting DSM-IV criteria for schizophreniform disorder. Prolactin, risperidone, 9-hydroxyrisperidone levels were subsequently determined after 3 weeks of oral risperidone treatment. RESULTS Compared with pretreatment values, prolactin levels at endpoint were significantly increased (p<0.00001) and correlated with risperidone doses (r=0.58, N=16, p<0.02), and plasma levels of risperidone (r=0.60, N=16, p<0.02) and 9-hydroxyrisperidone (r=0.54, N=16, p=0.03). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that risperidone's effect on prolactin release is dose-dependent in adolescents and is linked to both plasma risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone concentrations.
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- Fabrice Duval
- Centre Hospitalier, Secteur VIII, 27 Rue du 4ème Spahis Marocain, 68250 Rouffach, France.
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Strawn JR, DelBello MP. Olanzapine for the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2008; 9:467-74. [DOI: 10.1517/14656566.9.3.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Kumra S, Oberstar JV, Sikich L, Findling RL, McClellan JM, Vinogradov S, Charles Schulz S. Efficacy and tolerability of second-generation antipsychotics in children and adolescents with schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2008; 34:60-71. [PMID: 17923452 PMCID: PMC2632383 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbm109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Early-onset schizophrenia-spectrum (EOSS) disorders (onset of psychotic symptoms before 18 years of age) represent a severe variant associated with significant chronic functional impairment and poor response to antipsychotic treatment. All drugs with proven antipsychotic effects block dopamine D(2) receptors to some degree. The ongoing development of the dopamine and other neurotransmitter receptor systems during childhood and adolescence may affect clinical response and susceptibility to side effects in youth. A literature search was conducted of clinical trials of antipsychotics in children and adolescents with EOSS disorders between 1980 and 2007 from the Medline database, reference lists, and conference proceedings. Trials were limited to double-blind studies of duration of 4 or more weeks that included 15 or more patients. Ten clinical trials were identified. Antipsychotic medications were consistently found to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms in children and adolescents when compared with placebo. The superiority of clozapine has been now demonstrated relative to haloperidol, standard-dose olanzapine, and "high-dose" olanzapine for EOSS disorders. However, limited comparative data are available regarding whether there are differences among the remaining second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) in clinical effectiveness. The available data from short-term studies suggest that youth might be more sensitive than adults to developing antipsychotic-related adverse side effects (eg, extrapyramidal side effects, sedation, prolactin elevation, weight gain). In addition, preliminary data suggest that SGA use can lead to the development of diabetes in some youth, a disease which itself carries with it significant morbidity and mortality. Such a substantial risk points to the urgent need to develop therapeutic strategies to prevent and/or mitigate weight gain and diabetes early in the course of treatment in this population.
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- Sanjiv Kumra
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
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Ishikawa T, Zhu BL, Miyaishi S, Ishizu H, Maeda H. Increase in clusterin-containing follicles in the adenohypophysis of drug abusers. Int J Legal Med 2006; 121:395-402. [PMID: 17115171 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0138-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2006] [Accepted: 09/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system in drug abusers may be affected due to disorders of the hypothalamic dopaminergic system. The present study investigated alterations in the adenohypophysis of middle-aged drug abusers (40-60 years of age), using clusterin-containing mixed cell-follicles as the indicator, in which clusterin (apolipoprotein J) is a multifunctional glycoprotein related to neurodegeneration. The paraffin-embedded adenohypophyses of methamphetamine and psychotropic drug abusers (n = 76) were compared with those of non-abusers (n = 82). The number of follicles was larger in drug abusers independent of the immediate cause of death, although the size was not significantly different. When cell types forming the follicles were immunohistochemically examined, drug abusers showed an increase of prolactin (PRL) cells and gonadotroph cells and a reciprocal decrease of growth hormone cells, suggesting hypofunction of dopaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus, while there was no change in the adrenocorticotropic hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone cells. These increases of the clusterin-containing follicles and PRL cells in the follicles may be related to the dysfunction of dopaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus of chronic drug abusers and may be useful for investigating drug abuse in forensic casework.
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Affiliation(s)
- Takaki Ishikawa
- Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
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