April 27, 2011Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
A New Monitoring Protocol for Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis Based on an Analysis of 75 Cases and 94 Controls
Population
75 cases of clozapine-induced myocarditis and 94 controls
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
4 weeks
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support clozapine continuation with troponin/CRP monitoring in mild myocarditis; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
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Population
75 cases of clozapine-induced myocarditis and 94 controls
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Intervention
Active monitoring protocol for 4 weeks relying predominantly on troponin and C-reactive protein results
A new monitoring protocol using troponin and CRP provides guidance on continuing or ceasing clozapine in patients at risk for clozapine-induced myocarditis.
Cite This Study
Ronaldson et al. (2011) studied this question.