IATDMCT Congress 2024 – Banff, Canada (Sep 15 – 18)

Registration is now open! Don’t forget to also register for the PRE-CONGRESS. The theme of the Pre-Congress Symposium (Sep 15/2024) is “New Frontiers in Clinical Toxicology”. A variety of topics will be covered including wastewater testing for drugs, the proliferation of semi-synthetic cannabis compounds, drug checking services and the discovery of novel psychoactive substances with artificial intelligence.

Congress Dinner at Mountview BBQ!

Don't forget to buy a ticket to the Tuesday evening dinner event at Mountview BBQ! This unique western Canadian experience is not be be missed!

For more information, please refer to the Congress website: BANFF, CANADA – September 15-18, 2024 (iatdmct2024.org).

IMPORTANT DATES

• August 15, 2024: Advance Registration discount deadline
• September 15-18, 2024: Congress days

Register Now!

Congress Chairs:
Penny Colbourne and David Kinniburgh

Congress website: iatdmct2024.org

Contact Us: info@iatdmct2024.org

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Shuttle Service to Banff

We are pleased to provide IATDMCT delegates with promotion codes for two shuttle service options to Banff. Details are available here: https://iatdmct2024.org/getting-to-banff/

In this issue:

• Small Drops, Big Impact: Finger Prick Testing to Personalize Treatment And Dosing
• Levelling Up Our Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Using Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• Serving Environmental Toxicology with Large Language Models and Artificial Intelligence Tools
• Electrochemical Technique: An Alternative Method for Quantification of Drugs for TDM
• Banff Congress 2024

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Stay ahead with the latest scientific research developments in the fields of TDM and CT!

The monthly Therapeutic Drug Monitoring column provides you with the latest posts of ahead-of-print. Bringing to you articles posted online June 3 – July 28, 2024:

ORIGINAL ARTICLES:

• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Olanzapine: Effects of Clinical Factors on Plasma Concentrations in Psychiatric Patients
  Ansermot, Nicolas; Vathanarasa, Harish; Ranjbar, Setareh; Gholam, Mehdi; Crettol, Séverine; Vandenberghe, Frederik; Gamma, Franziska; Plessen, Kerstin Jessica; von Gunten, Armin; Conus, Philippe; Eap, Chin B.
  June 3, 2024
• Optimization of Vancomycin Initial Dosing Regimen in Neonates Using an Externally Evaluated Population Pharmacokinetic Model
  Blouin, Mathieu; Métras, Marie-Élaine; El Hassani, Mehdi; Yaliniz, Aysenur; Marsot, Amélie
  June 6, 2024
• Quantification of Efavirenz Hydroxymetabolites in Human Plasma Using LC-HRMS/MS
  Pettersson Bergstrand, Madeleine; Soeria-Atmadja, Sandra; Barclay, Victoria; Tolic, Jelena; Navér, Lars; Gustafsson, Lars L.; Pohanka, Anton
  June 11, 2024
• A Retrospective Study Evaluating Neonatal Vancomycin Loading Doses to Achieve a Therapeutic Target
  Fataar, Aaqilah; Pillay-Fuentes Lorente, Veshni; Decloedt, Eric H.van Eck, Andrew; Reddy, Kessendri; Dramowski, Angela; Bekker, Adrie
  June 11, 2024
• Correlation Between Tacrolimus Levels in Blood Samples Obtained from Central Catheter and Peripheral Venipuncture in Lung Transplant Patients (Ven-Cat Study)
  Diego-Fernández, Verónica; García-Saiz, María del Mar; Llorente-Cantalapiedra, Ana; Arquero-González, José Antonio; Bermúdez-García, María Victoria; Catalán-Ramírez, María Montserrat; Cornejo-Callejo, Patricia; Nuria de Pedro-Simón, María; Díez-Pérez, María Jesús; Gandarillas-Ruiz, Paula; Hernández-González, Francisco; Herranz-Arenillas, Patricia; Laso-Boada, María Jesús; Medina-Gonzalo, Gema; Rodríguez-López, Adrián; Ruiz-Antolín, Miriam; Álamo-Ibañez, Marta; Cos-Cossio, María de los Ángeles; Lavín-Alconero, Lucía; Mora-Cuesta, Víctor M.
  June 11, 2024
• Simulation-Based Optimization of Sampling Schedules for Model-Informed Precision Dosing of Once-Daily and 4-Times-Daily Busulfan in Pediatric Patients
  Ben Hassine, Khalil; Daali, Youssef; Gloor, Yvonne; Nava, Tiago; Théorêt, Yves; Krajinovic, Maja; Bittencourt, Henrique; Satyanarayana Uppugunduri, Chakradhara Rao; Ansari, Marc
  June 14, 2024
• Development and Validation of a High-Performance Liquid Chromatography With Ultraviolet Detection Method to Facilitate Therapeutic Monitoring of Teicoplanin Using Dried Blood Spots
  Ramadan, Ola; Opitz, Patrick; Hempel, Georg
  June 18, 2024
• Development and Validation of a High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled With Ultraviolet Detection Method for Quantification of Bictegravir in Human Plasma
  Xiao, Ran; Fu, Qiang; Chen, Ling; Li, Taisheng; Du, Xiaoli
  June 21, 2024
• Dried Blood Spot Method Development and Clinical Validation for the Analysis of Elexacaftor, Elexacaftor-M23, Tezacaftor, Tezacaftor-M1, Ivacaftor, Ivacaftor Carboxylate, and Hydroxymethyl Ivacaftor Using LC-MS/MS
  Vonk, Steffie E. M.; van der Meer-Vos, Marloes; Kos, Renate; Neerincx, Anne H.; Terheggen-Lagro, Suzanne W. J.; Altenburg, Josje; Maitland-van der Zee, Anke H.; Mathôt, Ron A. A.; Kemper, E. Marleen; on behalf of the Amsterdam Mucociliary Clearance Disease (AMCD) research group
  June 25, 2024
• Association of Lamotrigine Plasma Concentrations with Efficacy and Toxicity in Patients with Epilepsy: A Retrospective Study
  Lee, Ze-Ning; van Nuland, Merel; Bognàr, Tim; Leijten, Frans S. S.; van der Elst, Kim C. M.
  June 28, 2024

REVIEW ARTICLE:

• Efficacy and Safety of Programmed Death 1/Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Plus Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte–Associated Antigen 4 Inhibitors for Advanced or Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-analysis Based on Randomized Controlled Trials
  Ren, Wei; Fang, Yingying; He, Yujing; Ren, Yifeng; Wang, Minfang; Xu, Anyi; Ruan, Jiale; Tao, Qinghua
  June 6, 2024

GROUND ROUNDS:

• Management of the Drug–Drug Interactions Between Valproic Acid and Dolutegravir—A Case Study
  Cattaneo, Dario; Giacomelli, Andrea; Calvagna, Nunziata; Bonini, Igor; Ridolfo, Anna Lisa; Gervasoni, Cristina
  May 14, 2024

CASE REPORT:

• Catching the Culprit: Benzylpenicillin Neurotoxicity Confirmed by Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in a Critically Ill Patient with Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration
  van Gelder, Thomas G.; Schweitzer, Valentijn A.; Uijtendaal, Esther V.; Sikma, Maaike A.
  June 6, 2024

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

• Making Clozapine Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Essential for Optimal Patient Care: Letter to the Editor
  Leung, Jonathan G.; Bye, Katie N.; Leloux, Megan R.; Markota, Matej; Allen, Nicholas D.
  June 6, 2024
• Medication Adherence Monitoring Using Alternative Sample Matrices: Bridging the Gap Between Analytical Validation and Clinical Interpretation
  Zijp, Tanja R.; Izzah, Zamrotul; Touw, Daan J.; van Boven, Job F. M.
  June 7, 2024

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At the IATDMCT 2024 Banff Congress, the IATDMCT Communications Committee will hold a symposium to present the research work conducted by IATDMCT Communications Committee members. These are the presentations:

#1
Smita Pattanaik (Clinical Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, INDIA)
Title: Dosing Algorithms for Tacrolimus in the Era of Next-Generation Sequencing

#2
Ofelia Noceti (Centro Nacional de Tratamientos Hepatobiliopancreáticos, Unidad Docente Asistencial Centro Nacional Hepatobiliopancreático Servicio de Enfermedades Hepáticas, Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas, Montevideo, Uruguay)
Title: Metabolomics as a tool for individualized healthcare

#3
Manuela Neuman (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)
Title: Microbiome and Inflammasome in Gastrointestinal Diseases

#4
Ryuji Kato (Department of Pharmacotherapeutics and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan)
Title: Damage associated molecular patterns as a predictive biomarker of drug induced liver injury

We welcome you to attend this symposium!

Contact us to register now!

Congress website: iatdmct2024.org

Contact Us: info@iatdmct2024.org

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Co-editor: Manuela Neuman
Co-editor: Ryuji Kato
Co-editor: Miao Yan

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