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ArticleTherapeutic advances in psychopharmacology2026

Seizures associated with clozapine augmentation by other antipsychotics: a pharmacovigilance-pharmacodynamic analysis using VigiBase.

Masakazu Hatano, Hirofumi Hamano, Masaya Kanda, Takenao Koseki, Tsuyoshi Nakai, Rina Horii, Nozomi Yoshihara, Takeo Saito, Kenshi Takechi, Satoru Esumi and 2 more

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Masakazu HatanoDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake 470-1192, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7032-878X
Hirofumi HamanoDepartment of Pharmacy, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
Masaya KandaDepartment of Pharmacy, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan.
Takenao KosekiDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Tsuyoshi NakaiDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Rina HoriiDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Nozomi YoshiharaDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Takeo SaitoDepartment of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Kenshi TakechiDepartment of Drug Information Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University, Matsuyama, Japan.
Satoru EsumiThe Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan.
Yoshito ZamamiDepartment of Pharmacy, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
Shigeki YamadaDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.

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Background: Clozapine is associated with a high risk of central nervous system abnormalities. However, seizure risk related to interactions between clozapine and other antipsychotics remains poorly characterized, and the pharmacological mechanisms underlying these seizures are unclear. Objectives: We aimed to evaluate safety signals for seizures associated with clozapine augmentation by other antipsychotics and analyze the relationship between these signals and neurotransmitter receptor occupancy profiles. Design: A pharmacovigilance-pharmacodynamic analysis using a spontaneous reporting system. Methods: This pharmacovigilance study used VigiBase, an adverse drug reaction database maintained by the World Health Organization. Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) between clozapine and other antipsychotics were assessed using the Ω shrinkage measure model. The association between DDI signals and neurotransmitter receptor occupancy was evaluated using linear regression. Robustness was tested using four frequency statistical models: additive, multiplicative, combination risk ratio, and chi-square statistic models. Results: Of 38,758,077 reports in VigiBase between 1990 and 2024, 230,371 involved clozapine. Among antipsychotics classified under ATC code N05A, DDIs with clozapine were detected for amisulpride, chlorpromazine, haloperidol, lurasidone, olanzapine, penfluridol, risperidone, sulpiride, zotepine, and zuclopenthixol. A significant association between dopamine D Conclusions: These findings suggest a potential role of dopamine D

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adverse drug reaction reporting systemsdopamine antagonistsdopamine D4drug interactionsreceptorsschizophrenia

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PMCPMC13424776

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