Table 1.
Clinical and biochemical parameters on and off posaconazole treatment.
Parameters | On posaconazole | Off posaconazole | Normal reference range |
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Blood pressure (mm Hg) | 150/84 | 92/56 | 95/56 |
Urine 11-deoxycorticosterone metabolite (μg/mmol creatinine) | 32 | 1.0 | <1 |
Urine 11-deoxycortisol metabolite (μg/mmol creatinine) | 261 | 11.7 | <15 |
Plasma renin (mU/L) | 2.0 | N/A | 15.8–100.8 |
Plasma aldosterone (pmol/L) | 45.0 | N/A | 80–970 |
Serum cortisol on SST∗ (nmol/L) | 420∗∗ | 735∗∗ | >500 |
Serum cortisone on SST∗ (nmol/L) | 41∗∗ | 55∗∗ | 19.7–77.3 |
Cortisol : cortisone ratio | 12∗∗ | 3.5∗∗ | 1.0–10.5 |
17-hydroxyprogesterone on SST∗ (nmol/L) | 5∗∗ | 7.5∗∗ | <30 |
Serum 11-deoxycortisol on SST∗ (nmol/L) | 102∗∗ | 5∗∗ | <2.7 |
Serum 11-deoxycorticosterone on SST (nmol/L) | 41∗∗ | 1.6∗∗ | <1.4 |
Serum corticosterone on SST∗ (nmol/L) | 71∗∗ | 106∗∗ | 3.5–59.2 |
Posaconazole assay (mg/L) | 6 | N/A | 1–3.75 |
∗Standard synacthen test; ∗∗peak concentration quoted. N/A: not available.