Pharmacopsychiatry 2018; 51(01/02): 9-62
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-116492
Review
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Consensus Guidelines for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Neuropsychopharmacology: Update 2017

Authors

  • C. Hiemke

    1   Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
    2   Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
  • N. Bergemann

    3   Kitzberg Hospitals, Center for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
  • H. W. Clement

    4   Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  • A. Conca

    5   Servizio Psichiatrico del Comprensorio Sanitario di Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
  • J. Deckert

    6   Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany
  • K. Domschke

    7   Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  • G. Eckermann

    8   Psychiatric Hospital, Kaufbeuren, Germany
  • K. Egberts

    9   Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany
  • M. Gerlach

    9   Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany
  • C. Greiner

    10   Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany
  • G. Gründer

    11   Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, and JARA – Translational Brain Medicine, Aachen, Germany
  • E. Haen

    12   Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
  • U. Havemann-Reinecke

    13   Department of Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
  • G. Hefner

    14   Psychiatric Hospital, Vitos Klinik, Eichberg, Eltville, Germany
  • R. Helmer

    15   Center of Epilepsy, Bielefeld, Germany
  • G. Janssen

    16   Medical Laboratory Stein, Limbach Group, Mönchengladbach, Germany
  • E. Jaquenoud

    17   Psychiatric Hospital, Königsfelden, Brugg, Aargau, Switzerland
  • G. Laux

    18   Institute of Psychological Medicine, Haag in Oberbayern, Germany
  • T. Messer

    19   Danuviuskliniken, Psychiatric Hospital, Pfaffenhofen, Germany
  • R. Mössner

    20   Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
  • M. J. Müller

    21   Psychiatric Hospitals Oberberggruppe, Berlin, Germany
  • M. Paulzen

    11   Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, and JARA – Translational Brain Medicine, Aachen, Germany
  • B. Pfuhlmann

    22   Psychiatric Hospital Weisser Hirsch, Dresden, Germany
  • P. Riederer

    6   Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany
  • A. Saria

    23   Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry 1, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
  • B. Schoppek

    24   kbo-Isar-Amper Klinikum München-Ost, Psychiatric Hospital, Munich-Haar, Germany
  • G. Schoretsanitis

    25   Department of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • M. Schwarz

    26   Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
  • M. Silva Gracia

    12   Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
  • B. Stegmann

    12   Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
  • W. Steimer

    27   Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
  • J. C. Stingl

    10   Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany
  • M. Uhr

    28   Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
  • S. Ulrich

    29   Aristo Pharma GmbH, Berlin, Germany
  • S. Unterecker

    6   Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany
  • R. Waschgler

    30   Psychiatric Hospital, Feldkirch, Austria
  • G. Zernig

    23   Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry 1, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
    31   Private Practice for Psychotherapy and Court-Certified Witness, Hall in Tirol, Austria
  • G. Zurek

    32   Medical Laboratory Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  • P. Baumann

    33   Department of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland
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Publikationsverlauf

received  15. Mai 2017
revised  + 08. Juli 2017

accepted 10. Juli 2017

Publikationsdatum:
14. September 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is the quantification and interpretation of drug concentrations in blood to optimize pharmacotherapy. It considers the interindividual variability of pharmacokinetics and thus enables personalized pharmacotherapy. In psychiatry and neurology, patient populations that may particularly benefit from TDM are children and adolescents, pregnant women, elderly patients, individuals with intellectual disabilities, patients with substance abuse disorders, forensic psychiatric patients or patients with known or suspected pharmacokinetic abnormalities. Non-response at therapeutic doses, uncertain drug adherence, suboptimal tolerability, or pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions are typical indications for TDM. However, the potential benefits of TDM to optimize pharmacotherapy can only be obtained if the method is adequately integrated in the clinical treatment process. To supply treating physicians and laboratories with valid information on TDM, the TDM task force of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Neuropsychopharmakologie und Pharmakopsychiatrie (AGNP) issued their first guidelines for TDM in psychiatry in 2004. After an update in 2011, it was time for the next update. Following the new guidelines holds the potential to improve neuropsychopharmacotherapy, accelerate the recovery of many patients, and reduce health care costs.