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Prospective CYP2D6 genotyping as an exclusion criterion for enrollment of a phase III clinical trial.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Oct 2000
Murphy M P, Beaman M E, Clark L S, Cayouette M, Benson L, Morris D M, Polli J W
Abstract excerpt
A phase III study was performed to compare the efficacy and safety of lamotrigine (Lamictal), desipramine (Norpramin), and placebo in the treatment of unipolar depression. Desipramine is extensively metabolized by cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6), and kinetics of this compound are altered in poor metabolizers. Genotyping was utilized to exclude poor metabolizers in order to increase subject safety and to eliminate...
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