Publications by authors named "J A RUDGE"

Background: Procarbazine-containing chemotherapy regimens are associated with cytopenias and infertility, suggesting stem-cell toxicity. When treating Hodgkin lymphoma, procarbazine in escalated-dose bleomycin-etoposide-doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide-vincristine-procarbazine-prednisolone (eBEACOPP) is increasingly replaced with dacarbazine (eBEACOPDac) to reduce toxicity. We aimed to investigate the impact of this drug substitution on the mutation burden in stem cells, patient survival, and toxicity.

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We analyzed >4,000 pig samples from slaughterhouses in Cambodia and found higher influenza A seroprevalence (40.0%) and prevalence (1.5%) among pigs from commercial farms than smallholder farms (seroprevalence 8.

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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays are commonly used for clinical biomarker detection. However, they remain resource-intensive and difficult to scale globally. Here we present a miniaturized direct electronic biosensing modality which generates a simple and sensitive, quantitative, resistive readout of analyte binding in immunoassays.

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Our aim was to compare the performance of complementary clinical laboratory approaches to monitoring exposure to apixaban and rivaroxaban, the most prescribed direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOAC's): an automated commercial anti-Xa chromogenic assay suitable for emergency and pre-surgery testing and a laboratory-developed liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method employed for non-emergency analysis in plasma and in dried blood volumetric absorptive microsamples (VAMS) collectible by the patients in their homes. The full validation of the LC-MS/MS method was performed. Cross-validation of the methodologies was accomplished by processing 60 specimens collected for whole blood count and DOAC monitoring in a central clinical laboratory.

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Article Synopsis
  • Clinical dosage of toxic and essential elements in blood is traditionally done through venipuncture, which has its limitations for certain individuals.
  • Volumetric absorptive microsampling (VAMS) offers a promising alternative by simplifying the blood collection process and has shown advantages over traditional methods.
  • A new quantification method using inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry has been validated, demonstrating that VAMS can yield accurate and reproducible results for analyzing trace elements in blood.
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