Concomitant Administration of Psychotropic and Prostate Cancer Drugs: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Drug–Drug Interaction Databases

Prostate cancer (PC) represents the second most common diagnosed cancer in men. The burden of diagnosis and long-term treatment may frequently cause psychiatric disorders in patients, particularly depression. The most common PC treatment option is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which may be ass...

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Main Authors: Daniel Ungureanu, Adina Popa, Adina Nemeș, Cătălina-Angela Crișan
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description Prostate cancer (PC) represents the second most common diagnosed cancer in men. The burden of diagnosis and long-term treatment may frequently cause psychiatric disorders in patients, particularly depression. The most common PC treatment option is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which may be associated with taxane chemotherapy. In patients with both PC and psychiatric disorders, polypharmacy is frequently present, which increases the risk of drug–drug interactions (DDIs) and drug-related adverse effects. Therefore, this study aimed to conduct a pharmacoepidemiologic study of the concomitant administration of PC drugs and psychotropics using three drug interaction databases (Lexicomp<sup>®</sup>, drugs.com<sup>®</sup>, and Medscape<sup>®</sup>). This study assayed 4320 drug–drug combinations (DDCs) and identified 814 DDIs, out of which 405 (49.63%) were pharmacokinetic (PK) interactions and 411 (50.37%) were pharmacodynamic (PD) interactions. The most common PK interactions were based on CYP3A4 induction (<i>n</i> = 275, 67.90%), while the most common PD interactions were based on additive torsadogenicity (<i>n</i> = 391, 95.13%). Proposed measures for managing the identified DDIs included dose adjustments, drug substitutions, supplementary agents, parameters monitoring, or simply the avoidance of a given DDC. A significant heterogenicity was observed between the selected drug interaction databases, which can be mitigated by cross-referencing multiple databases in clinical practice.
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spelling doaj-art-d87da5ea653b400baed27074dc0edccc2025-08-20T01:56:05ZengMDPI AGBiomedicines2227-90592024-09-01129197110.3390/biomedicines12091971Concomitant Administration of Psychotropic and Prostate Cancer Drugs: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Drug–Drug Interaction DatabasesDaniel Ungureanu0Adina Popa1Adina Nemeș2Cătălina-Angela Crișan3Department Pharmacy I, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 41 Victor Babeș Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment Pharmacy II, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 12 Ion Creangă Street, 400010 Cluj-Napoca, Romania“Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuță” Oncology Institute, 34-36 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Neurosciences, Discipline of Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychiatry, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 43 Victor Babeș Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaProstate cancer (PC) represents the second most common diagnosed cancer in men. The burden of diagnosis and long-term treatment may frequently cause psychiatric disorders in patients, particularly depression. The most common PC treatment option is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which may be associated with taxane chemotherapy. In patients with both PC and psychiatric disorders, polypharmacy is frequently present, which increases the risk of drug–drug interactions (DDIs) and drug-related adverse effects. Therefore, this study aimed to conduct a pharmacoepidemiologic study of the concomitant administration of PC drugs and psychotropics using three drug interaction databases (Lexicomp<sup>®</sup>, drugs.com<sup>®</sup>, and Medscape<sup>®</sup>). This study assayed 4320 drug–drug combinations (DDCs) and identified 814 DDIs, out of which 405 (49.63%) were pharmacokinetic (PK) interactions and 411 (50.37%) were pharmacodynamic (PD) interactions. The most common PK interactions were based on CYP3A4 induction (<i>n</i> = 275, 67.90%), while the most common PD interactions were based on additive torsadogenicity (<i>n</i> = 391, 95.13%). Proposed measures for managing the identified DDIs included dose adjustments, drug substitutions, supplementary agents, parameters monitoring, or simply the avoidance of a given DDC. A significant heterogenicity was observed between the selected drug interaction databases, which can be mitigated by cross-referencing multiple databases in clinical practice.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/9/1971prostate cancerpsychotropic drugdrug–drug interactionpharmacokinetic interactionspharmacodynamic interactionsCYP3A4 induction
spellingShingle Daniel Ungureanu
Adina Popa
Adina Nemeș
Cătălina-Angela Crișan
Concomitant Administration of Psychotropic and Prostate Cancer Drugs: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Drug–Drug Interaction Databases
Biomedicines
prostate cancer
psychotropic drug
drug–drug interaction
pharmacokinetic interactions
pharmacodynamic interactions
CYP3A4 induction
title Concomitant Administration of Psychotropic and Prostate Cancer Drugs: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Drug–Drug Interaction Databases
title_full Concomitant Administration of Psychotropic and Prostate Cancer Drugs: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Drug–Drug Interaction Databases
title_fullStr Concomitant Administration of Psychotropic and Prostate Cancer Drugs: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Drug–Drug Interaction Databases
title_full_unstemmed Concomitant Administration of Psychotropic and Prostate Cancer Drugs: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Drug–Drug Interaction Databases
title_short Concomitant Administration of Psychotropic and Prostate Cancer Drugs: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Drug–Drug Interaction Databases
title_sort concomitant administration of psychotropic and prostate cancer drugs a pharmacoepidemiologic study using drug drug interaction databases
topic prostate cancer
psychotropic drug
drug–drug interaction
pharmacokinetic interactions
pharmacodynamic interactions
CYP3A4 induction
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/9/1971
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