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. 2017 Apr 15;9:249–256. doi: 10.2147/BCTT.S125745

Table 5.

The MR of TAM and its metabolites between different combinations of CYP2D6 and CYP3A5 polymorphisms

Combined phenotype n (133) TAM (ng/mL), p=0.265 NDMT (ng/mL), p=0.114 END (ng/mL), p=0.244 4OHT (ng/mL), p=0.224
CYP2D6 (EM)–CYP3A5 (EM) 31 373.13 (266.69) 1,030.96 (487.88) 72.86 (67.52) 5.31 (2.76)
CYP2D6 (EM)–CYP3A5 (PM) 24 365.23 (173.35) 1,030.41 (738.27) 58.71 (66.85) 6.25 (2.80)
CYP2D6 (IM)–CYP3A5 (EM) 51 358.31 (231.36) 1,094.70 (630.68) 46.56 (46.50) 4.70 (2.62)
CYP2D6 (IM)–CYP3A5 (PM) 25 425.63 (227.09) 1,193.56 (610.65) 57.47 (42.03) 4.44 (3.22)
CYP2D6 (PM)–CYP3A5 (PM) 2 238.36 (0.00) 803.19 (0.00) 41.86 (0.00) 6.23 (0.00)

Combined phenotype n (133) MR TAM-NDMT (p=0.032*) MR NDMT-END (p=0.026*) MR TAM-4OHT (p=0.079) MR 4OHT-END (p=0.622)

CYP2D6 (EM)–CYP3A5 (EM) 31 0.38 (0.19) 11.83 (7.06) 65.09 (42.45) 0.07 (0.08)
CYP2D6 (EM)–CYP3A5 (PM) 24 0.34 (0.11) 18.06 (27.87) 60.29 (28.26) 0.11 (0.17)
CYP2D6 (IM)–CYP3A5 (EM) 51 0.34 (0.09) 23.84 (27.62) 75.47 (46.76) 0.10 (0.14)
CYP2D6 (IM)–CYP3A5 (PM) 25 0.35 (0.08) 24.28 (17.3) 78.98 (68.10) 0.10 (0.07)
CYP2D6 (PM)–CYP3A5 (PM) 2 0.30 (0.00) 21.56 (0.00) 40.48 (0.00) 0.17 (0.00)

Notes: The concentration of TAM and its metabolites are presented in median (interquartile range). p=p value from Kruskal–Wallis test,

*

p<0.05.

Abbreviations: 4OHT, 4-hydroxytamoxifen; EM, extensive metabolizer; END, endoxifen; IM, intermediate metabolizer; MR, metabolic ratios; NDMT, N-desmethyl tamoxifen; PM, poor metabolizer; TAM, tamoxifen.