MyCare Psychiatry - MyCare Tests

Using Rapid Clozapine Levels to Improve Patient Management - 30 Years of Clozapine Experience

Presentation by Professor David Taylor, PhD, FRPharmS, FRCPsych (Hon), Director of Pharmacy and Pathology, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and Professor of Psychopharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College, London, UK.

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News Report: Antipsychotic finger prick test shows drastic wait reduction

“From the improved patient-friendly blood collection to providing immediate test results while the patient is present, will significantly improve patient care and the drug's effectiveness. In addition, this disruptive technology will dramatically impact the use and efficacy of clozapine drug treatment.”

Blood Levels Within Hours Instead Of Days

• Rapid, accurate, and easy to perform tests
• Ready for use on automated analyzers already present in clinical labs
• < 30 minutes to generate a result after receipt in lab
• Testing can be performed STAT
• Testing can be offered 24 x 7

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Established Guidelines

Clinical guidelines recommend or strongly recommend the routine measuring and monitoring of antipsychotic drug concentrations.

• AGNP Consensus Guidelines for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry
• Joint Consensus Statement of the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and TDM Task Force of the AGNP

Potential Opportunity To Improve Patient Care And Reduce Health Care Costs

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders rank #1 for 7-day and #2 for 30-day hospital readmission rates of all diagnoses.¹ Patients with schizophrenia have more than twice the hospital length of stay as compared to non-mental health patients (10.4 vs. 4.8 days).² Readily available methods for rapidly measuring antipsychotic serum levels in clinical settings are needed for clinicians to make reliable assessments.³

1. Fingar, et al. 2014. HCUP Statistical Briefs #230.
2. Heslin, et al. 2012. HCUP Statistical Briefs #189.
3. Lopez, et al. 2017. J Clin Psychopharmacology; 37(3):310-314.

What is MyCare Psychiatry?

Rapid, accurate, and easy to perform tests

Saladax’s MyCare Psychiatry product line consists of five in vitro diagnostic tests which measure drug levels of the six most commonly prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These tests are essential diagnostic tools used by Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) to monitor patients’ blood levels of these prescribed drugs.

It’s Important

MyCare Psychiatry provides rapid insights to aid in patient management when it matters most. In light of the serious consequences of unsuccessful treatment, the value of having rapid access to information that may be used to optimize the treatment cannot be overstated. Timely knowledge of antipsychotic serum levels of patients with complicated courses of treatment would allow prescribers to make highly consequential decisions based on data rather than guesswork.

It’s Personalized

Every person’s body handles antipsychotic medications differently. MyCare Psychiatry provides personalized drug concentrations that help HCPs make reliable treatment decisions for each patient. MyCare offers data-driven clinical decision support to supplement patient self-report.

Fast. Simple. Accurate.

Rapid, accurate, easy to perform diagnostic test

Ready for use on automated analyzers already present in clinical labs

< 30 minutes to generate a result after receipt in lab

Testing can be performed STAT

Testing can be offered 24 x 7

Cost Effective

Quantitative Drug Levels

CE Marked

Treating Schizophrenia Is Challenging...

of HCPs do not know if their patients are dosed at a correct medication level¹

of patients do not tolerate the drug they are taking²

of patients do not respond favorably to the drug³

of polled HCPs agree quantitative insight will improve patient management³

1 Marcus SC, Zummo J, Pettit AR, Stoddard J, Doshi JA. Antipsychotic Adherence and Rehospitalization in Schizophrenia Patients Receiving Oral Versus Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics Following Hospital Discharge. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2015;21(9):754-768.
² Lieberman JA, Stroup TS, McEvoy JP, et al. Effectiveness of Antipsychotic Drugs in Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia. N. Engl. J. Med. 2005;353(12):1209-1223.³ Janssen Diagnostics, Rand Health, et al. Potential Cost Savings of Having Access to Antipsychotic Plasma Levels at the Point of Care for Patients with Schizophrenia

What Do People Like About MyCare?

MyCare Psychiatry can provide healthcare professionals insight into patient’s medication levels

Measuring antipsychotic drug levels can aid in patient management providing objective data to HCPs
The majority of psychiatrists (and HCPs) believe MyCare will have major advantages - with one in five believing it will revolutionize the care of patients¹
HCPs can receive drug level results rapidly enough to be of clinical use
HCPs for the first time now have a convenient diagnostic tool to assist in the management and optimization of their patients’ therapy
HCPs envision equal utility of MyCare in acute and non-acute settings

¹ Janssen Diagnostics, Rand Health, et al. Potential Cost Savings of Having Access to Antipsychotic Plasma Levels at the Point of Care for Patients with Schizophrenia

With MyCare Psychiatry, caregivers see hope in the treatment of their loved ones

Caregivers have a positive reaction to MyCare and believe the test should be an essential part of loved ones’ treatment. Caregivers almost immediately recognize the benefits that MyCare can provide them.

Drug level results are received by HCPs in a timely manner
Greater confidence that their loved ones’ treatment plan is being monitored and managed

With MyCare Psychiatry, patients can have insight into their illness and play a significant role in treatment decisions so that:

They will know the baseline levels for their medication and be engaged in their appointments
HCPs, caregivers and patients can see drug level results and have a better discussion on how their medication is working.

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