Clinical Professor Murray Barclay, Our people, Carney Centre for Pharmacogenomics, University of Otago, New Zealand

Clinical Pharmacologist | Gastroenterologist

MD FRACP

Professor Murray Barclay is a clinical pharmacologist, gastroenterologist, and clinical professor with the University of Otago, Christchurch. His research interests include inflammatory bowel disease genetics and pharmacogenetics, optimising medicines in gastroenterology and rheumatology, immune modulating drugs, and drug concentration monitoring.

He developed Interactive Clinical Pharmacology (www.icp.org.nz) with graphical web-based modules for teaching clinical pharmacology.

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Publications

Wang, M., Barclay, M. L., Chin, P. K. L., & Doogue, M. P. (2022). Changes in inpatient medicine prescribing during Covid-19 lockdown. Internal Medicine Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/imj.15996

Kubovy, J., & Barclay, M. L. (2022). Helicobacter pylori in New Zealand: Current diagnostic trends and related costs. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1562), 48-55. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Crouwel, F., Simsek, M., van Doorn, A. S., Mulder, C. J. J., Buiter, H. J. C., Barclay, M. L., … de Boer, N. K. (2022). Rectally administrated thioguanine for distal ulcerative colitis: A multicenter case series [Brief report]. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izac195

Kee, P. S., Maggo, S., Kennedy, M. A., Barclay, M. L., Miller, A., Lehnert, K., … Faull, R. L. M., … Chin, P. K. L. (2022, August-September). Omeprazole treatment failure in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and genetic variation at the CYP2C locus. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists & Toxicologists (ASCEPT) NZ Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Liu, Z., Julsgaard, M., Zhu, X., Martin, J., Barclay, M., Cranswick, N., … Gearry, R., … the CARINA Study Group. (2022). Timing of live attenuated vaccination in infants exposed to infliximab or adalimumab in utero: A prospective cohort study in 107 children. Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjac093

Begg, E., Barclay, M., Vella-Brincat, J., Gardiner, S. J., Doogue, M., McDermott, L., … Chambers, S., & Murdoch, D. (Eds.). (2004). Preferred Medicines List (8th ed.). Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 172p.

Edited Book - Other

Frizelle, F., & Barclay, M. (2008). Constipation in adults. In C. Young (Ed.), Clinical evidence handbook: The international source of the best available evidence for effective health care. (pp. 167). UK: BMJ: Evidence Centre.

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Thomas, P. W. A., Chin, P. K. L., & Barclay, M. L. (2021). A nationwide survey on therapeutic drug monitoring of anti-tumour necrosis factor agents for inflammatory bowel disease. Internal Medicine Journal, 51(3), 341-347. doi: 10.1111/imj.14778

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Chin, P. K. L., Chuah, Q., Crawford, A. M., Clendon, O. R., Drennan, P. G., Dalrymple, J. M., Barclay, M. L., & Doogue, M. P. (2020). Clinical decision support in a hospital electronic prescribing system informed by local data: Experience at a tertiary New Zealand centre. Internal Medicine Journal, 50, 1225-1232. doi: 10.1111/imj.14706

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McCombie, A., Walmsley, R., Barclay, M., Ho, C., Langlotz, T., Regenbrecht, H., Gray, A., … Inns, S., & Schultz, M. (2020). A noninferiority randomized clinical trail of the use of the smartphone-based health applications IBDsmart and IBDoc in the care of inflammatory bowel disease patients. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 26(7), 1098-1109. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izz252

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Stamp, L. K., Chapman, P. T., Barclay, M., Horne, A., Frampton, C., Merriman, T. R., Wright, D. F. B., … Dalbeth, N. (2020). Relationships between allopurinol dose, oxypurinol concentration and urate-lowering response: In search of a minimum effective oxypurinol concentration. Clinical & Translational Science, 13, 110-115. doi: 10.1111/cts.12686

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van Doorn, A. S., Meijer, B., Frampton, C. M. A., Barclay, M. L., & de Boer, N. K. H. (2020). Systematic review with meta-analysis: SARS-CoV-2 stool testing and the potential for faecal-oral transmission. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 52, 1276-1288. doi: 10.1111/apt.16036

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Barclay, M. L., Karim, S., Helms, E. T. J., Keating, P. E., Hock, B., Stamp, L. K., & Schultz, M. (2019). Infliximab and adalimumab concentrations and anti-drug antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease control using New Zealand assays. Internal Medicine Journal, 49, 513-518. doi: 10.1111/imj.14064

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International Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Consortium, including Mason, D., & Barclay, M. (2019). Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates peripheral immune cells and microglia in susceptibility. Science, 365, eaav7188. doi: 10.1126/science.aav7188

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Romagnoni, A., Jégou, S., Van Steen, K., Wainrib, G., Hugot, J.-P., and International Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Constortium (IIBDGC), including Barclay, M., Gearry, R., & Roberts, R. L. (2019). Comparative performances of machine learning methods for classifying Crohn Disease patients using genome-wide genotyping data. Scientific Reports, 9, 10351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46649-z

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Stamp, L. K., O'Donnell, J. L., Frampton, C., Drake, J., Zhang, M., Barclay, M., & Chapman, P. (2019). A pilot randomized controlled double-blind trial of high- versus low-dose weekly folic acid in people with rheumatoid arthritis receiving methotrexate. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 25(7), 284-287. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000848

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Chambers, C. N. L., Frampton, C. M. A., McKee, M., & Barclay, M. (2018). 'It feels like being trapped in an abusive relationship': Bullying prevalence and consequences in the New Zealand senior medical workforce: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 8(3), e020158. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020158

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Momozawa, Y., Dmitrieva, J., Théātre, E., Deffontaine, V., Rahumouni, S., Charloteaux, B., … The International IBD Genetics Consortium, including Barclay, M., … Georges, M. (2018). IBD risk loci are enriched in multigenic regulatory modules encompassing putative causative genes. Nature Communications, 9(1), 2427. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04365-8

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Munning-Schmidt, E., Zhang, M., Mulder, C. J., & Barclay, M. L. (2018). Late-onset rise of 6-MMP metabolites in IBD patients on azathioprine or mercaptopurine. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 24(4), 892-896. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izx081

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Roberts, R. L., Wallace, M. C., Seinen, M. L., van Bodegraven, A. A., Krishnaprasad, K., Jones, G. T., van Rij, A. M., … Kennedy, M. A., … Gearry, R. B., … Barclay, M. (2018). Nonsynonymous polymorphism in guanine monophosphate synthetase is a risk factor for unfavorable thiopurine metabolite ratios in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 24(12), 2606-2612. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy163

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Stamp, L. K., Chapman, P. T., Barclay, M. L., Horne, A., Frampton, C., Tan, P., … Dalbeth, N. (2018). How much allopurinol does it take to get to target urate? Comparison of actual dose with creatinine clearance-based dose. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 20, 255. doi: 10.1186/s13075-018-1755-0

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Stamp, L. K., Chapman, P. T., Barclay, M., Horne, A., Frampton, C., Tan, P., … Dalbeth, N. (2018). Can we predict inadequate response to allopurinol dose escalation? Analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Rheumatology, 57(12), 2183-2189. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key237

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Wright, D. F. B., Dalbeth, N., Phipps-Green, A. J., Merriman, T. R., Barclay, M. L., Drake, J., … Stamp, L. K. (2018). The impact of diuretic use and ABCG2 genotype on the predictive performance of a published allopurinol dosing tool. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 84(5), 937-943. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13516

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Chambers, C., Frampton, C., & Barclay, M. (2017). Presenteeism in the New Zealand senior medical workforce: A mixed-methods analysis. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1449), 10-21. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Kannangara, D. R. W., Graham, G. G., Wright, D. F. B., Stocker, S. L., Portek, I., Pile, K. D., Barclay, M. L., … Stamp, L. K., & Day, R. O. (2017). Individualising the dose of allopurinol in patients with gout. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 83(9), 2015-2026. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13307

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Mitrev, N., Vande Casteele, N., Seow, C. H., Andrews, J. M., Connor, S. J., Moore, G. T., Barclay, M., … IBD Sydney Organisation, and the Australian Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Consensus Working Group. (2017). Review article: Consensus statements on therapeutic drug monitoring of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 46(11-12), 1037-1053. doi: 10.1111/apt.14368

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Siripuram, V. K., Wright, D. F. B., Barclay, M. L., & Duffull, S. B. (2017). Deterministic identifiability of population pharmacokinetic and pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic models. Journal of Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics, 44(5), 415-423. doi: 10.1007/s10928-017-9530-4

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Stamp, L. K., Chapman, P. T., Barclay, M. L., Horne, A., Frampton, C., Tan, P., … Dalbeth, N. (2017). A randomised controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of allopurinol dose escalation to achieve target serum urate in people with gout. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 76(9), 1522-1528. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210872

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Stamp, L. K., Chapman, P. T., Barclay, M., Horne, A., Frampton, C., Tan, P., … Dalbeth, N. (2017). Allopurinol dose escalation to achieve serum urate below 6 mg/dL: An open-label extension study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 76(12), 2065-2070. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211873

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Stamp, L. K., Chapman, P. T., Barclay, M., Horne, A., Frampton, C., Tan, P., … Dalbeth, N. (2017). The effect of kidney function on the urate lowering effect and safety of increasing allopurinol above doses based on creatinine clearance: A post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 19(1), 283. doi: 10.1186/s13075-017-1491-x

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Wright, D. F. B., Doogue, M. P., Barclay, M. L., Chapman, P. T., Cross, N. B., Irvine, J. H., & Stamp, L. K. (2017). A population pharmacokinetic model to predict oxypurinol exposure in patients on haemodialysis. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 73, 71-78. doi: 10.1007/s00228-016-2133-y

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Chambers, C. N. L., Frampton, C. M. A., Barclay, M., & McKee, M. (2016). Burnout prevalence in New Zealand's public hospital senior medical workforce: A cross-sectional mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 6(11), e013947. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013947

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Hock, B. D., Stamp, L. K., Hayman, M. W., Keating, P. E., Helms, E. T. J., & Barclay, M. L. (2016). Development of an ELISA-based competitive binding assay for the analysis of drug concentration and anti-drug antibody levels in patients receiving adalimumab or infliximab. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 38(1), 32-41. doi: 10.1097/ftd.0000000000000229

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Huelsen, A., Fischer, J., Hegarty, J., Ashcroft, A., Frampton, C. M. A., & Barclay, M. L. (2016). The scratch test for identifying the lower liver edge is at least as accurate as percussion and is significantly more effective for young trainees: A randomised comparative trial. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1446), 53-63. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Huelsen, A., Oumer, R., Ashcroft, A., Roberts, R. H., Coulter, G. N., Kelly, S. J., & Barclay, M. L. (2016). Achalasia: A 13-year, single-centre experience comparing endoscopic balloon dilation and laparoscopic Heller myotomy. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1433), 45-54. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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McCombie, A., Langlotz, T., Barclay, M., Walmsley, R., Regenbrecht, H., & Schultz, M. (2016). Systematic review of IBD smartphone apps for symptom monitoring and communication with healthcare professionals. Journal of mHealth, 3(3), 36-41. Retrieved from http://www.thejournalofmhealth.com/

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Wright, D. F. B., Duffull, S. B., Merriman, T. R., Dalbeth, N., Barclay, M. L., & Stamp, L. K. (2016). Predicting allopurinol response in patients with gout. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 81(2), 277-289. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12799

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Chua, E. W., Cree, S., Barclay, M. L., Doudney, K., Lehnert, K., Aitchison, A., & Kennedy, M. A. (2015). Exome sequencing and array-based comparative genomic hybridisation analysis of preferential 6-methylmercaptopurine producers. Pharmacogenomics Journal, 15, 414-421. doi: 10.1038/tpj.2015.9

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Doecke, J. D., Simms, L. A., Zhao, Z. Z., Roberts, R. L., Fowler, E. V., Croft, A., … Barclay, M. L., Merriman, T. R., Gearry, R. B., … Radford-Smith, G. L. (2015). Smoking behaviour modifies IL23r-associated disease risk in patients with Crohn's disease. Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 30(2), 299-307. doi: 10.1111/jgh.12674

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Roberts, R. L., & Barclay, M. L. (2015). Update on thiopurine pharmacogenetics in inflammatory bowel disease. Pharmacogenomics, 16(8), 891-903. doi: 10.2217/pgs.15.29

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Buffery, P. J., Allen, K. M., Chin, P. K. L., Moore, G. A., Barclay, M. L., & Begg, E. J. (2014). Thirteen years' experience of pharmacokinetic monitoring and dosing of busulfan: Can the strategy be improved? Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 36(1), 86-92. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31829dc940

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Chin, P. K. L., Patterson, D. M., Zhang, M., Jensen, B. P., Wright, D. F. B., Barclay, M. L., & Begg, E. J. (2014). Coagulation assays and plasma fibrinogen concentrations in real-world patients with atrial fibrillation treated with dabigatran. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 78(3), 630-638. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12366

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Chin, P. K. L., Wright, D. F. B., Zhang, M., Wallace, M. C., Roberts, R. L., Patterson, D. M., Jensen, B. P., Barclay, M. L., & Begg, E. J. (2014). Correlation between trough plasma dabigatran concentrations and estimates of glomerular filtration rate based on creatinine and cystatin C. Drugs in R&D, 14(2), 113-123. doi: 10.1007/s40268-014-0045-9

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Korell, J., Duffull, S. B., Dalrymple, J. M., Drake, J., Zhang, M., Barclay, M. L., & Stamp, L. K. (2014). Comparison of intracellular methotrexate kinetics in red blood cells with the kinetics in other cell types. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 77(3), 493-497. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12209

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Pan, S., Stamp, L. K., Duffull, S. B., Barclay, M. L., Dalrymple, J. M., Drake, J., Zhang, M., & Korell, J. (2014). Assessment of the relationship between methotrexate polyglutamates in red blood cells and clinical response in patients commencing methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 53(12), 1161-1170. doi: 10.1007/s40262-014-0179-5

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Stamp, L. K., & Barclay, M. (2014). Therapeutic drug monitoring in rheumatic diseases: Utile or futile? Rheumatology, 53(6), 988-997. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket355

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Stamp, L. K., Merriman, T. R., Barclay, M. L., Singh, J. A., Roberts, R. L., Wright, D. F. B., & Dalbeth, N. (2014). Impaired response or insufficient dosage? Examining the potential causes of ”inadequate response” to allopurinol in the treatment of gout. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 44(2), 170-174. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.05.007

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Beaudoin, M., Goyette, P., Boucher, G., Lo, K. S., Rivas, M. A., Stevens, C., … and also Barclay, M., Gearry, R., & Roberts, R. (2013). Deep resequencing of GWAS loci identifies rare variants in CARD9, IL23R and RNF186 that are associated with ulcerative colitis. PLoS Genetics, 9(9), e1003723. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003723

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Chin, P. K. L., Vella-Brincat, J. W. A., Walker, S. L., Barclay, M. L., & Begg, E. J. (2013). Dosing of dabigatran etexilate in relation to renal function and drug interactions at a tertiary hospital. Internal Medicine Journal, 43(7), 778-783. doi: 10.1111/imj.12170

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Falvey, J. D., Bentley, R. W., Merriman, T. R., Hampton, M. B., Barclay, M. L., Gearry, R. B., & Roberts, R. L. (2013). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene polymorphisms in inflammatory bowel disease: An association study in New Zealand Caucasians and meta-analysis. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 19(39), 6656-6664. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i39.6656

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International Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Consortium (IMSGC), and also Mason, D., Barclay, M., Roberts, R., & Gearry, R. (2013). Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis. Nature Genetics, 45(11), 1353-1360. doi: 10.1038/ng.2770

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Koning, M., Ailabouni, R., Gearry, R. B., Frampton, C. M. A., & Barclay, M. L. (2013). Use and predictors of oral complementary and alternative medicine by patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A population-based, case-control study. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 19(4), 767-778. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0b013e31827f27c8

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