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Yuan Y, Chen C, You G, Yao R, Zhu X, Wu X, Wu J, Zhao W, Li Z, Zhang S. Simultaneous quantification and pharmacokinetics of vincristine and its major metabolite M1 in Chinese pediatric ALL patients by LC-MS/MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2023; 234:115578. [PMID: 37459833 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Vincristine (VCR) is a vital component in numerous treatment regimens for pediatric blood cancer. VCR-induced peripheral neuropathy (VIPN) represents a type of VCR toxicity influenced by multiple factors, including age, race, genetic traits, dosage, interactions, and administration regimen. However, the dose-response relationship of VIPN remains elusive. VCR is primarily metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3 A to generate the major metabolite M1. To date, there is a lack of literature documenting the pharmacokinetics (PK) characteristics of VCR and M1 in Chinese children within a 96 h timeframe. To address the gap, a developed LC-MS/MS method was successfully employed in the PK study of VCR and M1 in Chinese pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients. M1 was obtained through in vitro metabolism experiments, and mixed plasma samples of M1 and VCR were prepared. Plasma samples were pre-processed using the solid-phase extraction (SPE) technique. Samples were loaded into ProElut C18 Cartridges, washed with 5% methanol aqueous solution, and eluted with methanol. The eluent was concentrated and reconstituted for liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. The standard calibration curves for VCR and M1 were 0.1-50 ng/mL and 0.05-5 ng/mL, respectively, with linear coefficients exceeding 0.99. Accuracy and precision of quality control (QC) samples fell within 115%. The analytical approach satisfied the quantitative demands for VCR and M1 in plasma samples within 96 h. VCR was metabolized to M1 at a relatively constant proportion (5.37%-18.06%) of VCR in vivo. No significant differences were observed in PK parameters of VCR in Chinese children compared to other countries and races. Further investigation is required to identify the key factors influencing VIPN in Chinese children.
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- Yawen Yuan
- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Administration, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Pediatric Translational Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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Zhang YY, Wang J, Li L, Wu CY, Chu CC, Guo HL, Li T, Chen F, Zhou L, Hu YH. A rapid and sensitive LC-ESI-MS/MS method for determining vincristine in micro-volumes of plasma for pediatric cancer patients. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 15:1178-1187. [PMID: 36799360 DOI: 10.1039/d2ay01787c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Vincristine is a natural vinca alkaloid drug, which is widely used in pediatric cancer treatment with dose-dependent neurotoxicity. Thus far, little is known about the association between neurotoxicity and plasma vincristine concentration, which markedly varies among individuals. Routine therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) can be seen as a reliable strategy to improve efficacy and reduce side effects. Therefore, a rapid, sensitive, and reproducible method is critical for the clinical implementation of TDM. In this study, micro-volume (50 μL) human plasma samples were prepared by a simple one-step protein precipitation method with acetonitrile. Chromatographic separation of vincristine and its internal standard vincristine-d3 from background noise was achieved on a Kinetex C18 column (2.1 mm × 50 mm, 1.7 μm) with a gradient elution program at a flow rate of 0.3 mL min-1 in 4 min. The mass spectrometric detection was performed in electrospray ionization multiple reaction monitoring mode using the ion transitions of 825.4 → 765.1 for vincristine, and 828.2 → 768.2 for vincristine-d3, respectively. As a result, no matrix effect was observed. The lower limit of quantification was 0.5 ng mL-1 with a precision of 14.6% and an accuracy of 97.4%. The calibration curve was linear from 0.5 to 100 ng mL-1 (r2 > 0.99, n = 8). The intra- and inter-batch precision and accuracy, recovery, and stability of the new method were all within the acceptable criteria. The method was successfully applied to monitor the vincristine concentration for six pediatric cancer patients. Arguably, such proactive TDM of vincristine may be helpful to manage the treatment for these cancer patients.
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- Yuan-Yuan Zhang
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- The Scientific Research Department, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- Department of Solid Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- Department of Solid Oncology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 72 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210008, China.
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Golpayegani MR, Akramipour R, Gheini S, Amini MV, Fattahi F, Mohebbi A, Fattahi N. Sensitive determination of vincristine in plasma of children with leukaemia using vortex-assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent. RSC Adv 2022; 12:3611-3617. [PMID: 35425355 PMCID: PMC8979369 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07981f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Vincristine has a wide spectrum of clinical activity and is currently used in the treatment of leukemia. Despite its high therapeutic properties, vincristine has common side effects. Accordingly, it is desirable to determine vincristine in plasma for the use of the drug with strict monitoring. In the present research, for the first time a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (DES) composed of methyltrioctylammonium chloride (MTOAC) and n-butanol in a molar ratio of 1 : 3 was used as the extractant in dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) for the extraction and determination of vincristine in the plasma of children with leukemia prior to its analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV). Under optimal experimental conditions, the method showed good linearity with a correlation coefficient (R 2) of 0.9986 in the linear range of 0.06-300 μg L-1, low limit of detection of 0.02 μg L-1 and acceptable extraction efficiency (EE) of 88.4%. In the final stage of the study, this proposed technique was successfully applied to determine vincristine in real plasma, and the obtained results demonstrated the ability of the synthesized DES to extract drugs from biological fluids.
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- Mohammad Reza Golpayegani
- Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Khomeini and Mohammad Kermanshahi and Farabi Hospitals, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran +988338263048 +989302892072
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- Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Khomeini and Mohammad Kermanshahi and Farabi Hospitals, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran +988338263048 +989302892072
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- Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Khomeini and Mohammad Kermanshahi and Farabi Hospitals, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran +988338263048 +989302892072
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- Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Khomeini and Mohammad Kermanshahi and Farabi Hospitals, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran +988338263048 +989302892072
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- Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Khomeini and Mohammad Kermanshahi and Farabi Hospitals, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran +988338263048 +989302892072
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- Food and Drug Safety Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran +988338263048 +989183364311
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Population pharmacokinetic model development and exposure-response analysis of vincristine in patients with malignant lymphoma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2021; 87:501-511. [PMID: 33416909 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-020-04220-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Vincristine (VCR) is a key drug for treating various malignancies. However, few data are available on the pharmacokinetics of VCR, especially in adult patients. The objective of this study was to clarify the population pharmacokinetics and exposure-response relationships of VCR in adult malignant lymphoma patients. METHODS Blood samples were collected from patients who were administered R-CHOP-like regimens, and the VCR plasma concentration was determined using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Using NONMEM software, population pharmacokinetic parameters were estimated, and covariates were evaluated. The relationships between the individual parameters and adverse events or therapeutic effects were also investigated. RESULTS Plasma concentrations were measured in 30 patients. In the final population pharmacokinetics model, body surface area and age were incorporated into clearance as significant covariates. The inter-individual variations in clearance and volume of distribution in the central and third compartments were 17.0, 26.6, and 66.3%, respectively, and the residual variability in the plasma concentration was 23.8%. Although the variability observed in the volume of distribution was large, good predictability was obtained in the individual estimation. The severity of anemia and peripheral neuropathy was correlated with clearance and peak concentration, respectively (adjusted P = 0.040 and 0.024, respectively). In diffuse large B cell lymphoma patients, those with higher area under the curve and dose experienced longer progression-free survival (P = 0.023 and 0.013, respectively). CONCLUSION The population pharmacokinetics of VCR were evaluated in adult malignant lymphoma patients. VCR pharmacokinetic data could explain in part the adverse events and prognosis of these patients.
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Kiani M, Qomi M, Hashemian F, Rajabi M. Multivariate optimization of solvent bar microextraction combined with HPLC-UV for determination of trace amounts of vincristine in biological fluids. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2018; 1072:397-404. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2017.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/28/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Crotti S, Posocco B, Marangon E, Nitti D, Toffoli G, Agostini M. Mass spectrometry in the pharmacokinetic studies of anticancer natural products. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2017; 36:213-251. [PMID: 26280357 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In the history of medicine, nature has represented the main source of medical products. Indeed, the therapeutic use of plants certainly goes back to the Sumerian and Hippocrates and nowadays nature still represents the major source for new drugs discovery. Moreover, in the cancer treatment, drugs are either natural compounds or have been developed from naturally occurring parent compounds firstly isolated from plants and microbes from terrestrial and marine environment. A critical element of an anticancer drug is represented by its severe toxicities and, after administration, the drug concentrations have to remain in an appropriate range to be effective. Anyway, the drug dosage defined during the clinical studies could be inappropriate for an individual patient due to differences in drug absorption, metabolism and excretion. For this reason, personalized medicine, based on therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), represents one of most important challenges in cancer therapy. Mass spectrometry sensitivity, specificity and fastness lead to elect this technique as the Golden Standard for pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism studies therefore for TDM. This review focuses on the mass spectrometry-based methods developed for pharmacokinetic quantification in human plasma of anticancer drugs derived from natural sources and already used in clinical practice. Particular emphasis was placed both on the pre-analytical and analytical steps, such as: sample preparation procedures, sample size required by the analysis and the limit of quantification of drugs and metabolites to give some insights on the clinical practice applicability. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev. 36:213-251, 2017.
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- Sara Crotti
- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Via Franco Gallini 2, 33081 Aviano (PN), Italy
- Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica - Città della Speranza, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127, Padova, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Via Franco Gallini 2, 33081 Aviano (PN), Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Via Franco Gallini 2, 33081 Aviano (PN), Italy
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- Surgical Clinic, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Nicolo Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Via Franco Gallini 2, 33081 Aviano (PN), Italy
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- Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica - Città della Speranza, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127, Padova, Italy
- Surgical Clinic, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Nicolo Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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Said R, Tsimberidou AM. Pharmacokinetic evaluation of vincristine for the treatment of lymphoid malignancies. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2014; 10:483-94. [PMID: 24512004 DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2014.885016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Vincristine is a key agent for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and other lymphoid malignancies. The strong antineoplastic activity of vincristine has been limited by its pharmacological characteristics. AREAS COVERED This paper reviews the role of vincristine in the treatment of lymphoid malignancies. This review summarizes its efficacy and toxicity, and focuses on the pharmacokinetic features of vincristine that affect clinical outcomes. EXPERT OPINION As a single agent, vincristine is associated with brief and incomplete responses, but in combination with other agents, vincristine has dramatically improved the outcomes of lymphoid malignancies such as ALL. Vincristine is a key drug of hyper-fractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin and dexamethasone, an intensive chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of ALL, and of cyclophosphamid, adriamycin, vincristine and prednisone, which has been used extensively in the treatment of patients with aggressive or indolent lymphomas and Richter syndrome. The strong antileukemic activity of vincristine has been limited by its variable and unpredictable pharmacological characteristics, narrow therapeutic index and neurotoxicity profile. These characteristics prompted the development of liposomal vincristine, which has optimized its clinical application. Liposomal vincristine has promising antileukemic activity, and it is approved by the FDA as a single agent for the treatment of relapsed/refractory Philadelphia chromosome-negative ALL.
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- Rabih Said
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program) , 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 455, Houston, TX 77030-3722 , USA +1 713 792 4259 ; +1 713 794 3249 ;
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Determination of vinblastine in tumour tissue with liquid chromatography–high resolution mass spectrometry. Talanta 2013; 116:887-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2013.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Revised: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Achanta S, Ngo M, Veitenheimer A, Maxwell LK, Wagner JR. Simultaneous quantification of vinblastine and desacetylvinblastine concentrations in canine plasma and urine samples using LC-APCI-MS/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2012; 913-914:147-54. [PMID: 23314352 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A highly sensitive and specific liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (LC/APCI-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for simultaneous quantification of vinblastine and its metabolite, desacetylvinblastine, in canine plasma and urine samples. Plasma and urine samples were processed by a solid phase extraction procedure. The optimal chromatographic behavior of these analytes was achieved on pentafluorophenyl (PFP) propyl analytical column (5μm, 50×2.1mm) under isocratic elution of 0.75mL/min with a mobile phase of 5mM ammonium acetate and methanol. The samples were analyzed in positive ion, multiple reaction monitoring mode. The calibration curves were linear over 0.125-2ng/mL (lower calibration curve); 2-100ng/mL (higher calibration curve) and 0.125-5ng/mL for vinblastine and desacetylvinblastine in plasma, and over 1-2000ng/mL and 0.5-100ng/mL for vinblastine and desacetylvinblastine in urine samples, respectively. The limits of quantitation of vinblastine and desacetylvinblastine were 0.125ng/mL in both matrices. The intra and interday accuracy was above 89% and precision below 8.6% for both analytes in both matrices. The developed method was successfully applied to ongoing in vivo vinblastine pharmacokinetic studies in dogs.
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- Satyanarayana Achanta
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Therapeutic drug monitoring and LC–MS/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2012; 883-884:33-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Revised: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Damen CWN, Rosing H, Schellens JHM, Beijnen JH. High-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry for the quantitative analysis of vinca-alkaloids in biological matrices: a concise survey from the literature. Biomed Chromatogr 2010; 24:83-90. [DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Damen CWN, Israëls T, Caron HN, Schellens JHM, Rosing H, Beijnen JH. Validated assay for the simultaneous quantification of total vincristine and actinomycin-D concentrations in human EDTA plasma and of vincristine concentrations in human plasma ultrafiltrate by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:763-774. [PMID: 19204931 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A sensitive, specific and efficient high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) assay for the simultaneous determination of total vincristine and actinomycin-D concentrations in human plasma and an assay for the determination of unbound vincristine are presented. Electrospray ionization (ESI), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and heated electrospray ionization (H-ESI) were tested as ionization interfaces. For reasons of robustness ESI was chosen followed by tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). For the plasma assay a 30 microL aliquot was protein precipitated with acetonitrile/methanol (50:50, v/v) containing the internal standard vinorelbine and 10 microL volumes were injected onto the HPLC system. To determine unbound vincristine, ultrafiltrate was produced from plasma using 30 kDa centrifugal filter units. The plasma ultrafiltrate was mixed with methanol (50:50, v/v), internal standard vinorelbine was added and 20 microL aliquots were injected onto the HPLC system. Separation was achieved on a 50x2.1 mm i.d. Xbridge C18 column using 1 mM ammonium acetate/acetonitrile (30:70, v/v) adjusted to pH 10.5 with ammonia, run in a gradient with methanol at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. HPLC run time was 6 min. The assay quantifies in plasma vincristine from 0.25 to 100 ng/mL and actinomycin-D from 0.5 to 250 ng/mL using plasma sample volumes of only 30 microL. Vincristine in plasma ultrafiltrate can be quantified from 1 to 100 ng/mL. Validation results demonstrate that vincristine and actinomycin-D can be accurately and precisely quantified in human plasma and plasma ultrafiltrate with the presented methods. The assays are now in use to support clinical pharmacological studies in children treated with vincristine and actinomycin-D.
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- Carola W N Damen
- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Slotervaart Hospital/The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Quantification of Vincristine and its Major Metabolite in Human Plasma by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Ther Drug Monit 2008; 30:357-64. [DOI: 10.1097/ftd.0b013e31816b92c9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Corona G, Casetta B, Sandron S, Vaccher E, Toffoli G. Rapid and sensitive analysis of vincristine in human plasma using on-line extraction combined with liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2008; 22:519-525. [PMID: 18228243 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A simple and rapid method has been developed and validated for the quantitation of vincristine in human plasma by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization using on-line solid-phase extraction. The method uses vinblastine as internal standard and the sample preparation is limited just to a plasma protein precipitation step. Further sample clean-up is carried out on-line through a perfusion column preceding an analytical phenyl LC column, the latter directly connected to the mass spectrometer. Quantitation is performed in multiple reaction monitoring mode using the transitions of m/z 825.3 --> 765.3 and 811.3 --> 751.3 for vincristine and vinblastine respectively. The assay was linear (r2 > or =0.99) in a concentration range from 0.1 to 500 ng/mL. Carry-over, measured on the experimental set-up, was less than 0.04%. Recovery for vincristine and the internal standard was within 90-95%. The intra-day and inter-day assay precision ranged from 1.2% to 6.8% RSD while mean percentage deviation from nominal value ranged from 0.01% to 6.1%. The proposed assay was found suitable for pharmacokinetics investigations and clinical therapeutic drug monitoring especially in pediatric cancer patients.
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- Giuseppe Corona
- Division of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute and Center for Molecular Biomedicine, Aviano (PN), Italy.
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Kłys M, Konopka T, Scisłowski M, Kowalski P. Fatality involving vinblastine overdose as a result of a complex medical error. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2006; 59:89-95. [PMID: 16830154 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-006-0246-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2006] [Accepted: 04/03/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The purpose of the study is a presentation of a fatal case involving an 83-year-old woman, who died due to an overdose of vinblastine-a cytostatic agent of a vinca alkaloid employed in cancer chemotherapy. The postmortem investigation included an autopsy and histological examination, as well as a toxicological analysis of post-mortem specimens collected in the course of autopsy. The authors performed a toxicological assessment of vinblastine employing liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS-APCI). The determined vinblastine concentration levels amounting to 29 ng/g in blood and 52.5 ng/g in liver were in a considerable excess of values encountered in patients on chemotherapy using the drug. The fatality was investigated in the context of medical error. In the described case, the erroneous and medically unjustified administration of vinblastine was identified by a series of unfortunate events involving as many as three acting consecutively individuals: a physician, a pharmacist and a nurse. The report may thus document the clinical course of vinblastine poisoning along with postmortem changes resulting from the drug action.
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- Małgorzata Kłys
- Department of Toxicology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, 16 Grzegórzecka St., Krakow, Poland.
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Schmidt MS, Huang R, Classon RJ, Murry DJ. Determination of vincristine in infant plasma by liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectroscopy. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2006; 41:540-3. [PMID: 16414232 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2005.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 11/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An LC-MS method using APCI has been developed and validated for the determination of the anticancer drug vincristine in human plasma, using vinblastine as internal standard. Following solid-phase extraction (SPE) of the sample, the lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) was 0.18 ng/ml, the lower limit of detection was 0.09 ng/ml, and the linear calibration range was 0.18-180 ng/ml. This method has been used to measure plasma concentrations of vincristine from 0.08 to 24 h post bolus in 29 infants as part of a pharmacokinetic study. Concentrations of vincristine at 24 h were 0.2-1.36 ng/ml.
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- Mark S Schmidt
- College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Stokvis E, Rosing H, Beijnen JH. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for the quantitative bioanalysis of anticancer drugs. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2005; 24:887-917. [PMID: 15599948 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The monitoring of anticancer drugs in biological fluids and tissues is important during both pre-clinical and clinical development and often in routine clinical use. Traditionally, liquid chromatography (LC) in combination with ultraviolet (UV), fluorescence, or electrochemical detection is employed for this purpose. The successful hyphenation of LC and mass spectrometry (MS), however, has dramatically changed this. MS detection provides better sensitivity and selectivity than UV detection and, in addition, is applicable to a significantly larger group of compounds than fluorescence or electrochemical detection. Therefore, LC-MS has now become the method of first choice for the quantitative bioanalysis of many anticancer agents. There are still, however, a lot of new developments to be expected in this area, such as the introduction of more sensitive and robust mass spectrometers, high-throughput analyses, and further optimization of the coupled LC systems. Many articles have appeared in this field in recent years and are reviewed here. We conclude that LC-MS is an extremely powerful tool for the quantitative analysis of anticancer drugs in biological samples.
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- Ellen Stokvis
- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Slotervaart Hospital, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Zhou H, Tai Y, Sun C, Pan Y. Rapid identification of vinca alkaloids by direct-injection electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry and confirmation by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS : PCA 2005; 16:328-33. [PMID: 16223089 DOI: 10.1002/pca.852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A simple and rapid method for the identification of Vinca alkaloids from a crude extract of Catharanthus roseus G. Don (Apocynaceae) by direct-injection electrospray ionisation (ESI) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) has been developed. The alkaloids vindoline, vindolidine, vincristine and vinblastine were evaluated in a commercial extract of C. roseus using this method. Catharanthine and its isomers 19S-vindolinine and vindolinine were detected in the commercial product by direct injection ESI/MS/MS and confirmed by preparation and by HPLC-ESI/MS. For the characterisation of different fragment fingerprints, ESI/MS/MS is a sensitive, rapid and convenient technique by which to identify some constituents in complex and mixed plant extracts.
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- Hui Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Tsai TH. Analytical approaches for traditional chinese medicines exhibiting antineoplastic activity. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 2001; 764:27-48. [PMID: 11817032 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(01)00277-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Traditional Chinese medicines have attracted great interest in recent researchers as alternative antineoplastic therapies. This review focuses on analytical approaches to various aspects of the antineoplastic ingredients of traditional Chinese medicines. Emphasis will be put on the processes of biological sample extraction, separation, clean-up steps and the detection. The problems of the extraction solvent selection and different types of column chromatography are also discussed. The instruments considered are gas chromatography, capillary electrophoresis (CE) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) connected with various detectors (ultraviolet, fluorescence, electrochemistry, mass, etc.). In addition, determinations of antineoplastic herbal ingredients, including camptothecin, taxol (paclitaxel), vinblastine. vincristine, podophyllotoxin, colchicine, and their related compounds, such as irinotecan, SN-38, topotecan, 9-aminocamptothecin, docetaxel (taxotere) and etoposide, are briefly summarized. These drugs are structurally based on the herbal ingredients, and some of them are in trials for clinical use. Evaluation of potential antineoplastic herbal ingredients, such as harringtonine, berberine, emodin, genistein, berbamine, daphnoretin, and irisquinone, are currently investigated in laboratories. Other folk medicines are excluded from this paper because their antineoplastic ingredients are unknown.
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- T H Tsai
- National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Koopmans P, Gidding CE, de Graaf SS, Uges DR. An automated method for the bioanalysis of vincristine suitable for therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetic studies in young children. Ther Drug Monit 2001; 23:406-9. [PMID: 11477324 DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200108000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pharmacokinetic studies in young children require very sensitive methods using low plasma volumes. Although vincristine has been used as an antineoplastic drug for almost 40 years, data on vincristine pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are scarce, especially in young children. One of the reasons for this is the lack of a specific and sensitive assay suitable for small plasma volumes. Therefore the authors aimed to improve an existing high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay by changing the solid-phase extraction material and by using a more sensitive and controlled electrochemical detector. An on-line solid-phase extraction was used with a preconcentration column of 10 * 3 mm ID containing octadecyl silane (ODS) reversed-phase material and an analytical microsphere C18 column. The mobile phase was unchanged and consisted of 35% phosphate buffer 0.02 mol (pH 7.00 +/- 0.10), 50% methanol, and 15% acetonitrile. Detection was performed with a new electrochemical detector. This detector comprised a highly stable Faraday-shielded oven compartment that accommodated a column and flowcell. The flowcell had a spacer thickness of 0.25 microm set at 830 mV. It also had an excellent signal-to-noise ratio, which resulted in very sensitive electrochemical analysis. These improvements resulted in a lower required sample volume of only 0.3 mL instead of 1.2 mL plasma with a very low limit of quantitation of 0.483 microg/L according to good laboratory practice (GLP) rules. The intraday coefficients of variation were 6.2% (0.483 microg/L) and 4.2% (18.4 microg/L). The interday coefficients of variation were 10.3% (0.483 microg/L) and 8.5% (18.4 microg/L).
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- P Koopmans
- Laboratory for Drug Analysis and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacy, Children's Cancer Center, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- C E Gidding
- Children's Cancer Center, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
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