Simultaneous determination of five systemic azoles in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection

J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2009 Dec 5;50(5):932-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2009.06.030. Epub 2009 Jun 24.

Abstract

A simple, specific and automatable HPLC assay was developed for a simultaneous determination of systemic azoles (fluconazole, posaconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole and its metabolite hydroxyl-itraconazole, and ketoconazole) in plasma. The major advantage of this assay was sample preparation by a fully automatable solid phase extraction with Varian Plexa cartridges. C6-phenyl column was used for chromatographic separation, and UV detection was set at a wavelength of 260 nm. Linezolid was used as an internal standard. The assay was specific and linear over the concentration range of 0.05 to 40 microg/ml excepted for fluconazole which was between 0.05 and 100 microg/ml, and itraconazole between 0.1 and 40 microg/ml. Validation data for accuracy and precision for intra- and inter-day were good and satisfied FDA's guidance: CV between 0.24% and 11.66% and accuracy between 93.8% and 108.7% for all molecules. This assay was applied to therapeutic drug monitoring on patients hospitalized in intensive care and onco-hematologic units.

MeSH terms

  • Calibration
  • Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / methods*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Drug Monitoring / methods
  • Drug Stability
  • Fluconazole / blood*
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / blood*
  • Ketoconazole / blood*
  • Pyrimidines / blood*
  • Quality Control
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / methods*
  • Time Factors
  • Triazoles / blood*
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Itraconazole
  • posaconazole
  • Fluconazole
  • Voriconazole
  • Ketoconazole