Effect of high-dose posaconazole on serum levels in adult patients with hematologic malignancy

Author(s):  
Adam J. DiPippo ◽  
Patrick M. McDaneld ◽  
Frank P. Tverdek ◽  
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

Posaconazole (POS) appears to have dose-proportional pharmacokinetics, however there is paucity of real-life data. We retrospectively evaluated 67 patients with hematological cancer who had POS dose increase from 300 mg/d to either 400 mg/d (n=52) or 300 mg twice daily (BID; n=15) and POS serum levels measured. Median POS levels were 840 ng/mL, 1625 ng/mL, and 2710 ng/mL on the 300mg/d, 400mg/d and 300mg BID doses respectively. Significant inter-patient variability in serum levels was noted.

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Peper ◽  
Simone N. Loeffler

Current ambulatory technologies are highly relevant for neuropsychological assessment and treatment as they provide a gateway to real life data. Ambulatory assessment of cognitive complaints, skills and emotional states in natural contexts provides information that has a greater ecological validity than traditional assessment approaches. This issue presents an overview of current technological and methodological innovations, opportunities, problems and limitations of these methods designed for the context-sensitive measurement of cognitive, emotional and behavioral function. The usefulness of selected ambulatory approaches is demonstrated and their relevance for an ecologically valid neuropsychology is highlighted.


Author(s):  
Eleni Pantazi ◽  
Alexios Travlos ◽  
Evaggelia Vogiatzi ◽  
Ifigenia Kostoglou-Athanassiou

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