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ArticleJournal of mass spectrometry and advances in the clinical lab2024

Therapeutic drug monitoring of clozapine in human serum by high-throughput paper spray mass spectrometry.

A Saatchi, T M Zarkovic, S A Borden, J Palaty, C G Gill

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Article in Journal of mass spectrometry and advances in the clinical lab, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

A SaatchiApplied Environmental Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
T M ZarkovicApplied Environmental Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
S A BordenApplied Environmental Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
J PalatyFraser Health Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
C G GillApplied Environmental Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
Vancouver Island University · CAFraser Health · CAUniversity of Victoria · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Monitoring the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine is crucial to ensure patient safety. This article showcases a high-throughput analytical method for measuring clozapine and its primary metabolite norclozapine (N-desmethylclozapine) in serum using paper spray mass spectrometry (PS-MS). Objectives: This study aimed to assess the viability of a PS-MS method for the rapid measurement of clozapine and norclozapine in human serum samples as an alternative to liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Methods: Serum samples were processed by protein precipitation followed by deposition of the supernatant containing labelled internal standards onto paper spray substrates mounted in cartridges. Analytes were then analyzed using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with a commercial paper spray ionization source. The results obtained from the patient samples were compared to those from a validated LC-MS assay. Results: PS-MS calibrations for clozapine and norclozapine were linear (R Conclusion: This study illustrates the potential of PS-MS for serum drug monitoring in the clinical laboratory.

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Clozapine and norclozapineHigh-throughputPaper spray mass spectrometryTandem mass spectrometryTherapeutic drug monitoring

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