Abstract
Background: The required dose of acenocoumarol (ACE) and phenprocoumon (PHE) and the risk of bleeding or thrombotic events in the initiation period (first month) of these drugs have been found to be associated with CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genotype. Objectives: To investigate the influence of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 polymorphisms on the incidence of over- and underanticoagulation after the initiation period of ACE and PHE. Methods: Patients using either ACE or PHE with a target INR of 2.0-3.5 were included from two anticoagulant clinics in the Netherlands in a retrospective cohort study. In total, 275 ACE users and 486 PHE users were selected for this study, with complete information on INR values from the initiation to the moment of data collection. The relationship between CYP2C9 and VKORC1genotypes and the occurrence of one or more subtherapeutic (≤2) or supratherapeutic (≥3.5) INR values for different periods (0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-12, 12-15 and 15-18 months) after treatment initiation was investigated using chi-square tests. Results: During the first month of ACE treatment, 21% of the patients with a VKORC1-CC (wildtype) genotype had at least one supratherapeutic INR value, versus 41% and 62% for the CT and TT carriers respectively (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 329 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety |
Volume | 20 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- acenocoumarol
- phenprocoumon
- coumarin derivative
- anticoagulant agent
- risk management
- pharmacogenetics
- pharmacoepidemiology
- international normalized ratio
- patient
- human
- genotype
- risk
- information processing
- chi square test
- cohort analysis
- allele
- bleeding
- hospital
- Netherlands
- wild type