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ArticleFuture science OA2021

Use of amantadine in the evaluation of response to chemotherapy in lung cancer: a pilot study.

Andrew W Maksymiuk, Paramjit S Tappia, Rashid Ahmed Bux, Dante Moyer, Guoyu Huang, Philippe Joubert, Donald W Miller, Bram Ramjiawan, Daniel S Sitar

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Article in Future science OA, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew W MaksymiukCancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada.
Paramjit S TappiaAsper Clinical Research Institute & Office of Clinical Research, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8307-2760
Rashid Ahmed BuxBioMark Diagnostics Inc., Richmond, BC, V6X 2W2, Canada.
Dante MoyerBioMark Diagnostics Inc., Richmond, BC, V6X 2W2, Canada.
Guoyu HuangBioMark Diagnostics Inc., Richmond, BC, V6X 2W2, Canada.
Philippe JoubertDepartment of Pathology, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Laval University, Quebec, PQ, G1V 4G5, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-6387
Donald W MillerDepartment of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0T6, Canada.
Bram RamjiawanAsper Clinical Research Institute & Office of Clinical Research, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada.
Daniel S SitarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3A 1R9, Canada.
St. Boniface Hospital · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CACancerCare Manitoba · CAInstitut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe assessment of tumor response to therapy is of critical importance as it permits for a prospective end point evaluation and provides a guide to clinicians for making future treatment decisions. However, current practices in early evaluation of chemotherapy are insufficient. Amantadine is a substrate for

resultsIn cases with evidence of disease response, there was a reduction in the plasma acetylamantadine concentration at 4 h by approximately 32%. There was a mean increase of approximately 34% at the 4 h collection in the nonresponders.

conclusionAlthough large-scale studies are required these findings suggest that the amantadine test could allow for determination of the efficacy of therapeutic interventions earlier, providing an effective test to assess response to treatment and for better management of patients.

Indexed as

acetylated amantadineamantadinebiomarkerlung cancerresponse to treatment

Identifiers

PMID33815824
PMCPMC8015664
OpenAlexW3122334703

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