TY - JOUR
T1 - Clozapine-associated pericarditis and pancreatitis in children and adolescents
T2 - A systematic literature review and pharmacovigilance study using the VigiBase database
AU - de Filippis, Renato
AU - De las Cuevas, Carlos
AU - Sanz, Emilio J.
AU - Schoretsanitis, Georgios
AU - Correll, Christoph U.
AU - de Leon, Jose
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - Background: The literature has paid very little attention to pericarditis, pericardial effusion and pancreatitis during clozapine treatment in children and adolescents. Methods: Cases of clozapine-associated pericarditis and pancreatitis in children were studied using searches in: 1) PubMed (June 16, 2023), and 2) the World Health Organization's pharmacovigilance database (June 1, 2022), VigiBase. VigiBase uses a logarithmic measure of disproportionality called the information component (IC). Results: The PubMed search yielded 3 clozapine-associated pericarditis cases, 1 pancreatitis case and 1 with both. VigiBase provided a significant clozapine-associated pericarditis IC = 3.6 with an IC025 = 2.9 (only 3 cases were expected while 22 were observed). VigiBase provided a significant clozapine-associated pancreatitis IC = 2.2 with an IC025 = 1.4 (only 3 cases were expected while 16 were observed). In VigiBase clozapine-associated pericarditis and pericardial effusion in youth looked similar and on a continuum with myocarditis, as myocarditis, pericarditis and pancreatitis appeared to occur mainly during clozapine titration. Combining PubMed and VigiBase we identified: 1) 29 cases of at least possible clozapine-associated pericarditis/pericardial effusion (6 probable and 23 possible) including 7 cases with and 22 without myocarditis, and 2) 17 cases of clozapine-associated pancreatitis (1 definite and 16 possible). Two of the pancreatitis cases occurred during overdoses. No fatal outcomes were found in any clozapine-associated pericarditis and pancreatitis cases. Conclusions: Despite the lack of attention in the literature to clozapine-associated pericarditis and pancreatitis, results demonstrate that they can happen in youth, particularly during titration. Pericarditis and pancreatitis appear to be forms of clozapine-associated inflammation during dose titration.
AB - Background: The literature has paid very little attention to pericarditis, pericardial effusion and pancreatitis during clozapine treatment in children and adolescents. Methods: Cases of clozapine-associated pericarditis and pancreatitis in children were studied using searches in: 1) PubMed (June 16, 2023), and 2) the World Health Organization's pharmacovigilance database (June 1, 2022), VigiBase. VigiBase uses a logarithmic measure of disproportionality called the information component (IC). Results: The PubMed search yielded 3 clozapine-associated pericarditis cases, 1 pancreatitis case and 1 with both. VigiBase provided a significant clozapine-associated pericarditis IC = 3.6 with an IC025 = 2.9 (only 3 cases were expected while 22 were observed). VigiBase provided a significant clozapine-associated pancreatitis IC = 2.2 with an IC025 = 1.4 (only 3 cases were expected while 16 were observed). In VigiBase clozapine-associated pericarditis and pericardial effusion in youth looked similar and on a continuum with myocarditis, as myocarditis, pericarditis and pancreatitis appeared to occur mainly during clozapine titration. Combining PubMed and VigiBase we identified: 1) 29 cases of at least possible clozapine-associated pericarditis/pericardial effusion (6 probable and 23 possible) including 7 cases with and 22 without myocarditis, and 2) 17 cases of clozapine-associated pancreatitis (1 definite and 16 possible). Two of the pancreatitis cases occurred during overdoses. No fatal outcomes were found in any clozapine-associated pericarditis and pancreatitis cases. Conclusions: Despite the lack of attention in the literature to clozapine-associated pericarditis and pancreatitis, results demonstrate that they can happen in youth, particularly during titration. Pericarditis and pancreatitis appear to be forms of clozapine-associated inflammation during dose titration.
KW - Clozapine/administration and dosage
KW - Clozapine/adverse effects
KW - Clozapine/toxicity
KW - Pancreatitis
KW - Pericardial effusion
KW - Pericarditis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.schres.2023.10.027
DO - 10.1016/j.schres.2023.10.027
M3 - Article
C2 - 37981478
AN - SCOPUS:85177821060
SN - 0920-9964
VL - 268
SP - 118
EP - 130
JO - Schizophrenia Research
JF - Schizophrenia Research
ER -
