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TraitDPWG guideline; limited pharmacokinetic evidence for rare poor metabolizers

Quetiapine levels (CYP3A4)

Quetiapine levels (CYP3A4) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its medication response panel: A rare CYP3A4 poor-metabolizer result was linked to about three times higher quetiapine levels. The DPWG has prescribing guidance for this rare result, but the evidence comes from one pharmacokinetic study with two poor metabolizers and no direct clinical-outcome study.

Category
Medication response
Markers
CYP3A4 *22 and other validated reduced/no-function alleles
Strength of evidence
DPWG guideline; limited pharmacokinetic evidence for rare poor metabolizers
DNA-test coverage
Stronger with whole genome

Genes

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