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Original Research

Lipid Disturbances in Adolescents Treated With Second-Generation Antipsychotics: Clinical Determinants of Plasma Lipid Worsening and New-Onset Hypercholesterolemia

Aurélie Delacrétaz, PhDa; Frederik Vandenberghe, PhDa; Anaïs Glatard, PharmDa; Céline Dubath, PharmDa; Axel Levier, MSca; Mehdi Gholam-Rezaee, PhDb; Laurent Holzer, MDc; Anne-Emmanuelle Ambresin, MDd; Philippe Conus, MDe; and Chin B. Eap, PhDa,f,*

Published: April 9, 2019

Article Abstract

Objective: Lipid disturbances following treatment with second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) represent a major health concern. A previous study determined that early changes of plasma lipid levels ≥ 5% during the first month of treatment with SGAs predicts further lipid worsening and development of dyslipidemia. This current study aimed to determine the proportion of adolescents with early lipid changes ≥ 5% and who develop dyslipidemia during SGA treatment.

Methods: Data were obtained from a 1-year longitudinal study ongoing since 2007 including 53 adolescent psychiatric (ICD-10) patients (median age 16.5 years; interquartile range [IQR], 14.8-17.5 years) whose metabolic parameters were monitored prospectively during treatment. Plasma lipid levels (total, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein [HDL-C], and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and fasting triglycerides ) were measured at baseline and after 1, 3, and/or 12 months of SGA treatment.

Results: Half (n = 26; 49%) the adolescents had an early increase of total cholesterol levels by 5% or more during the first month of treatment, and one-third (n = 8/24; 33%) developed new-onset hypercholesterolemia during the first year of treatment. Hypercholesterolemia developed more frequently in female patients (P = .01) and in patients with an early increase of total cholesterol ≥ 5% (P = .02). Finally, patients whose HDL-C levels decreased by ≥ 5% during the first month of treatment had a larger HDL-C worsening after 3 months of treatment as compared with patients with early decrease of HDL-C by < 5% (P = .02).

Conclusions: This study underlines the importance of prospectively monitoring metabolic parameters in adolescents after the introduction of SGAs.

Volume: 80

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