Background: Recently, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released new guidelines on the validation of bioanalytical methods. In this work, we compared the analytical performance of 2 high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry methods designed for the quantification of the antiretroviral drug raltegravir (RAL) that fully accomplish the criteria according to the new EMA guidelines. Methods: The first method was developed with the goal of separating RAL from its main metabolite, whereas in the second method, we deliberately did not discriminate the parent drug from its metabolite. After validation, both methods were used for the quantification of plasma samples from HIV-infected patients on RAL-based maintenance antiretroviral therapy. Results: Incurred reanalysis of samples obtained from patients receiving RAL as therapy evidenced optimal performance for both methods. Similarly, the comparison of both methods performed by the Deming test showed that they correlate significantly with each other (Pearson coefficient of regression 0.97, P < 0.0001) with no significant deviation from linearity according to the Cusum test. The Bland-Altman test, however, showed a mean difference between the 2 methods of 54.1% (limits of agreements of +/-1.96 SD ranged from -163.3% to +271.5%). Such differences were significantly affected by interindividual variations in the production of RAL metabolites. Conclusions: We conclude that the recently released EMA guidelines on bioanalytical method validation present some limitations related to the process of method development. To have confidence in the drug-concentration measurements, laboratories must demonstrate their performance through the participation in international proficiency testing schemes that must include patient samples.

Lights and shadows of the actual European guidelines on bioanalytical method validation : the case of raltegravir / S. Baldelli, D. Cattaneo, S. Fucile, E. Clementi. - In: THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING. - ISSN 0163-4356. - 36:6(2014 Dec), pp. 739-745. [10.1097/FTD.0000000000000083]

Lights and shadows of the actual European guidelines on bioanalytical method validation : the case of raltegravir

D. Cattaneo
Secondo
;
S. Fucile
Penultimo
;
E. Clementi
Ultimo
2014

Abstract

Background: Recently, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released new guidelines on the validation of bioanalytical methods. In this work, we compared the analytical performance of 2 high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry methods designed for the quantification of the antiretroviral drug raltegravir (RAL) that fully accomplish the criteria according to the new EMA guidelines. Methods: The first method was developed with the goal of separating RAL from its main metabolite, whereas in the second method, we deliberately did not discriminate the parent drug from its metabolite. After validation, both methods were used for the quantification of plasma samples from HIV-infected patients on RAL-based maintenance antiretroviral therapy. Results: Incurred reanalysis of samples obtained from patients receiving RAL as therapy evidenced optimal performance for both methods. Similarly, the comparison of both methods performed by the Deming test showed that they correlate significantly with each other (Pearson coefficient of regression 0.97, P < 0.0001) with no significant deviation from linearity according to the Cusum test. The Bland-Altman test, however, showed a mean difference between the 2 methods of 54.1% (limits of agreements of +/-1.96 SD ranged from -163.3% to +271.5%). Such differences were significantly affected by interindividual variations in the production of RAL metabolites. Conclusions: We conclude that the recently released EMA guidelines on bioanalytical method validation present some limitations related to the process of method development. To have confidence in the drug-concentration measurements, laboratories must demonstrate their performance through the participation in international proficiency testing schemes that must include patient samples.
chromatography, high pressure liquid; Europe; guidelines as topic; humans; pyrrolidinones; tandem mass spectrometry
Settore BIO/14 - Farmacologia
dic-2014
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