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Wong ALA, Xiang X, Ong PS, Mitchell EQY, Syn N, Wee I, Kumar AP, Yong WP, Sethi G, Goh BC, Ho PCL, Wang L. A Review on Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Rapid Quantification of Oncology Drugs. Pharmaceutics 2018; 10:pharmaceutics10040221. [PMID: 30413076 PMCID: PMC6321130 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics10040221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
In the last decade, the tremendous improvement in the sensitivity and also affordability of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) has revolutionized its application in pharmaceutical analysis, resulting in widespread employment of LC-MS/MS in determining pharmaceutical compounds, including anticancer drugs in pharmaceutical research and also industries. Currently, LC-MS/MS has been widely used to quantify small molecule oncology drugs in various biological matrices to support preclinical and clinical pharmacokinetic studies in R&D of oncology drugs. This mini-review article will describe the state-of-the-art LC-MS/MS and its application in rapid quantification of small molecule anticancer drugs. In addition, efforts have also been made in this review to address several key aspects in the development of rapid LC-MS/MS methods, including sample preparation, chromatographic separation, and matrix effect evaluation.
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- Andrea Li-Ann Wong
- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
- Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
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- School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
- Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
- Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
- Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
- Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
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Shao R, Yu LY, Lou HG, Ruan ZR, Jiang B, Chen JL. Development and validation of a rapid LC-MS/MS method to quantify letrozole in human plasma and its application to therapeutic drug monitoring. Biomed Chromatogr 2015; 30:632-7. [PMID: 26317321 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.3607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A selective, rapid, and sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the determination of letrozole (LTZ) in human plasma, using anastrozole as internal standard (IS). Sample preparation was performed by one-step protein precipitation with methanol. The analyte and IS were chromatographed on a reversed-phase YMC-ODS-C18 column (2.0 × 100 mm i.d., 3 µm) with a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. The mobile phase consisted of water containing 0.1% formic acid (v/v) and methanol containing 0.1% formic acid (v/v). The mass spectrometer was operated in selected reaction monitoring mode through electrospray ionization ion mode using the transitions of m/z 286.2 → 217.1 for LTZ and m/z 294.1 → 225.1 for IS, respectively. The method was validated for selectivity, linearity, lower limit of quantitation, precision, accuracy, matrix effects and stability in accordance with the US Food and Drug Administration guidelines. Linear calibration curves were 1.0-60.0 ng/mL. Intra- and inter-batch precision (CV) for LTZ were <9.34%, and the accuracy ranged from 97.43 to 105.17%. This method was successfully used for the analysis of samples from patients treated with LTZ in the dose of 2.5 mg/day. It might be suitable for therapeutic drug monitoring of these patients and contribute to predict the risk of adverse reactions.
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- Rong Shao
- Center of Clinical Pharmacology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Center of Clinical Pharmacology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Center of Clinical Pharmacology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Center of Clinical Pharmacology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Center of Clinical Pharmacology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Center of Clinical Pharmacology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Yu J, He J, Zhang Y, Qin F, Xiong Z, Li F. An ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for determination of anastrozole in human plasma and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. Biomed Chromatogr 2011; 25:511-6. [PMID: 20629047 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A fast, selective and sensitive ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method was developed for determination and pharmacokinetic study of anastrozole in human plasma. Plasma sample pretreatment involved a one-step extraction with diethyl ether of 500 µL plasma. The chromatographic separation was carried out on an Acquity UPLC(TM) BEH C(18) column with a mobile phase consisting of methanol-10 mmol/L ammonium acetate (75:25, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.30 mL/min. The detection was performed on a triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer by multiple reaction monitoring via electrospray ionization source with positive mode. A high throughput was achieved with a run time of 1.5 min per sample. The standard curve for anastrozole was linear (r(2) ≥ 0.99) over the concentration range of 0.0550-27.5 ng/mL with a lower limit of quantification of 0.0550 ng/mL. The intra- and inter-day precision (relative standard deviation) values were not higher than 14% and the accuracy (relative error) was within ±3.2% at three quality control levels. This simple, fast and highly sensitive method was fully validated and successfully applied to a clinical pharmacokinetic study of anastrozole in healthy volunteers after oral administration.
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- Jia Yu
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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Ji HY, Sohn JH, Lee HS. Hydrophilic interaction chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric analysis of anastrozole in human plasma and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. Biomed Chromatogr 2011; 26:261-6. [DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2011] [Revised: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hye Young Ji
- Drug Metabolism and Bioanalysis Laboratory, College of Pharmacy; The Catholic University of Korea; Bucheon; 420-743; Korea
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- Clinical Trial Center; Inje University Pusan Paik Hospital; Pusan; 614-735; Korea
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- Drug Metabolism and Bioanalysis Laboratory, College of Pharmacy; The Catholic University of Korea; Bucheon; 420-743; Korea
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