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ArticleDrug safety2019

Summary of Torsades de Pointes (TdP) Reports Associated with Intravenous Drug Formulations Containing the Preservative Chlorobutanol.

R David Woosley, Klaus Romero, Craig W Heise, Tyler Gallo, Jared Tate, Raymond L Woosley

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Article in Drug safety, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

R David WoosleyAZCERT, 1822 E. Innovation Park Dr., Oro Valley, AZ, 85755, USA. wooslerd@email.arizona.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2918-9850
Klaus RomeroAZCERT, 1822 E. Innovation Park Dr., Oro Valley, AZ, 85755, USA.
Craig W HeiseUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, 550 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ, 85004, USA.
Tyler GalloUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, 550 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ, 85004, USA.
Jared TateUniversity of Arizona, College of Pharmacy, 1295 N. Martin Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Raymond L WoosleyAZCERT, 1822 E. Innovation Park Dr., Oro Valley, AZ, 85755, USA.
University of Arizona · USArizona Department of Education · USCritical Path Institute · US

Funding

U.S. Food and Drug Administration HHSF223201400189C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDrug-induced torsades de pointes (TdP) is a potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmia that is associated with drugs that prolong the QT interval on the electrocardiogram (ECG) due to their interference with the cardiac potassium current, I

objectiveThe aim of this study was to examine and summarize the evidence available to address the question: what other IV drug formulations contain chlorobutanol and are they associated with TdP?

methodsIV drug products containing the preservative chlorobutanol were identified by searching the websites DailyMed ( https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/index.cfm ) and Drugs@FDA ( https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/ ). For each drug identified, PubMed and the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) were searched for reports of TdP and/or QT prolongation and FAERS data were analyzed for disproportionality of reports.

resultsThe search found nine drugs (methadone, epinephrine, papaverine, oxytocin, vasopressin, testosterone, estradiol, isoniazid, and desmopressin) that contain chlorobutanol 2.5 (n = 1) or 5.0 mg/mL. All nine drugs had reports of QT prolongation or TdP reported in FAERS and all but estradiol, testosterone, desmopressin, and isoniazid had reports of QT prolongation or TdP in PubMed. Two of the nine drugs (epinephrine and methadone) had positive signals (by disproportionality analysis) for TdP in FAERS (EB

conclusionThe pharmacologic profile of chlorobutanol (synergistic I

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Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsChlorobutanolHumansPreservatives, PharmaceuticalTorsades de PointesUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationChlorobutanolPreservatives, Pharmaceutical

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