Review
Therapeutic drug monitoring of voriconazole: an overview of relevant guidelines at home and abroad
Lin Zhiqiang, Zhang Qingquan, Chen Tingting
Published 2020-07-28
Cite as ADRJ, 2020, 22(7): 409-415. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn114015-20190617-00501
Abstract
From March 2013 to December 2018, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and China successively issued guidelines on therapeutic drug monitoring of voriconazole. It is recommended in guidelines at home and abroad that voriconazole should be given a loading dose, and the blood drug concentration of patients should be monitored on the third day; when adjusting the dose, adverse events occurrence or poor efficacy, increasing or stopping the drugs that may interact, and sequential administration, the blood drug concentration should be monitored again. The clinical characteristics of voriconazole-related adverse events have been clearly defined. After adverse reactions occur during the treatment period, the drug can be stopped or reduced according to its severity. Voriconazole is not only the substrate of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9, CYP2C19 and CYP3A4, but also an inhibitor of them. We should pay attention to the interaction between voriconazole and other drugs. In the future, further research is needed to accumulate more evidence-based medical evidences for the use of the drug in different medication purposes, different diseases or different fungal infections, Child-Pugh grade C severe liver disease, and children <2 years old, so as to provide reference for clinical individualized treatment.
Key words:
Voriconazole; Drug monitoring; Cytochrome P-450 enzyme system; Guideline; Blood concentration
Contributor Information
Lin Zhiqiang
Department of Pharmacy, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fujian Province, Quanzhou 362000, China
Zhang Qingquan
Department of Pharmacy, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fujian Province, Quanzhou 362000, China
Chen Tingting
Department of Pharmacy, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fujian Province, Quanzhou 362000, China