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Clozapine Response in Schizophrenia and Hematological Changes

Blackman, G; Lisshammar, JEL; Zafar, R; Pollak, TA; Pritchard, M; Cullen, AE; Rogers, J; ... MacCabe, J; + view all (2021) Clozapine Response in Schizophrenia and Hematological Changes. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology , 41 (1) pp. 19-24. 10.1097/JCP.0000000000001329. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Clozapine is the only effective medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; however, its mechanism of action remains unclear. The present study explored whether its effectiveness is related to changes in hematological measures after clozapine initiation. METHODS: Patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia commenced on clozapine between January 2007 and December 2014 by the United Kingdom’s largest mental health trust were identified from electronic patient records. Hematological data from these patients were obtained from a monitoring registry. White blood cell, neutrophil, and platelet count were assessed at baseline and during the early phase of clozapine treatment. Clozapine response at 3 months was defined as “much,” or “very much” improved on the seven-point Clinical Global Impression—Improvement (CGI-I) subscale. RESULTS: In the total sample (n = 188), clozapine initiation was associated with a significant transient increase (peaking in weeks 3 to 4) in white blood cell, neutrophil, and platelet count (P < 0.001). There were 112 (59.6%) patients that responded to treatment; however, none of the hematological factors assessed at baseline, nor changes in these factors, were directly associated with treatment response. IMPLICATIONS: Clozapine treatment is associated with transient hematological changes during the first month of treatment; however, there was no evidence that these were related to the therapeutic response.

Type: Article
Title: Clozapine Response in Schizophrenia and Hematological Changes
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000001329
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1097/JCP.0000000000001329
Language: English
Additional information: © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: clozapine, psychosis, inflammation, hematology
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Imaging Neuroscience
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10119466
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