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Genetic, pathological and physiological determinants of transdermal fentanyl pharmacokinetics in 620 cancer patients of the EPOS study.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Apr 2014
Barratt Daniel T, Bandak Benedikte, Klepstad Pål, Dale Ola, Kaasa Stein, Christrup Lona L, Tuke Jonathan, Somogyi Andrew A
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate whether CYP3A4/5 genetic variants, together with clinical and patient factors, influence serum fentanyl and norfentanyl concentrations and their ratio in cancer pain patients receiving transdermal fentanyl. METHODS: CYP3A4*22 and CYP3A5*3 polymorphisms were analysed in 620 cancer pain patients receiving transdermal fentanyl (12.5-700 μg/h) from the European...
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