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ArticlePharmacogenomics and personalized medicine2022

Is Pharmacogenetic Panel Testing Applicable to Low-Dose Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis? - A Case Report.

Chiara Jeiziner, Samuel S Allemann, Kurt E Hersberger, Henriette E Meyer Zu Schwabedissen

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Article in Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine, 2022. 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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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chiara JeizinerPharmaceutical Care Research Group, Department Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1132-0240
Samuel S AllemannPharmaceutical Care Research Group, Department Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Kurt E HersbergerPharmaceutical Care Research Group, Department Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8678-697X
Henriette E Meyer Zu SchwabedissenBiopharmacy, Department Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
University of Basel · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Pharmacogenetic (PGx) panel testing could help to determine the heritable component of a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient's susceptibility for therapy failure and/or adverse drug reactions (ADRs) from methotrexate (MTX). Considering the literature mentioning the potential applicability of PGx panel testing within MTX regimens, we discuss the case of a patient who was treated with MTX, suffered from ADRs, and obtained a reactive PGx panel testing. Genotyping: We used a commercial PGx panel test involving the ABC-transporters P-glycoprotein (P-gp; gene: Results: The PGx profile of the patient revealed genetic variants in SLC19A1, ABCB1, and MTHFR, which may explain the ADRs experienced during the treatment with MTX and a potentially lower efficacy of MTX. Based on our interpretation of the PGx profile, we recommended the patient to avoid MTX in the future. Conclusion: The MTX pathway is complex, which makes the interpretation of genetic variants affecting metabolism challenging. A reactive PGx panel test was applicable to explain ADRs experienced during MTX treatment for a patient with RA. However, the clinical utility of PGx-guided MTX treatment in a primary care setting is still limited. In order to base a recommendation for MTX on PGx data, we need genome-wide association studies, large prospective multicenter studies and PGx studies, which analyze different multi-gene haplotypes and gene-drug-drug interactions for MTX.

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ABCB1methotrexateMTHFRMTXPGxpharmacogeneticsrheumatoid arthritisSLC19A1

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