Volumetric Microsampling for Patient‐Centric Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Clinical Pharmacology: A Scoping Review
Hari Prabhath Tummala, Abbie D Leino, Nathaniel J Rhodes, Kevin J Downes, Marc H Scheetz, Manjunath P Pai · 2026
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Description
Checking drug levels in blood usually means a vein draw at a clinic, a burden that keeps patients out of monitoring. Hari Prabhath Tummala and co-authors review a finger-prick alternative in a 2026 paper: devices that collect an exact tiny volume of blood for central testing. Sixty-seven patient studies across many countries fed the review.
The dried samples traveled and stored well for most drugs, readings held steady across blood thickness, and patients strongly preferred the prick. Trouble spots were conversion to vein-blood ranges, handled inconsistently, and a handful of drugs that never matched well. The authors back the method where each drug has been proven on it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hari Prabhath Tummala, Abbie D Leino, Nathaniel J Rhodes, Kevin J Downes, Marc H Scheetz, Manjunath P Pai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 86 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |