Validation study on the assay method for anti-factor IIa potency of enoxaparin sodium

PeerJ. 2024 Dec 18:12:e18732. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18732. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Enoxaparin sodium is a low molecular mass heparin essential for effective anticoagulation therapy. However, significant variations in testing methods across different manufacturers have led to poor reproducibility of results, increasing the risks associated with drug quality evaluation by manufacturers and regulatory oversight. This study integrates the strengths of various testing methods to establish a reproducible assay that has been thoroughly validated. The validation results demonstrate that the method exhibits excellent specificity, linearity, robustness, precision, and accuracy, with recovery rates ranging from 98.0% to 102.0%. The new method demonstrated high consistency and reproducibility, with an RSD value of less than 2.0%, and showed the potential to replace the European Pharmacopoeia method by reducing reagent usage, experimental costs, and equipment requirements. The reliable results of this method facilitate its adoption across different laboratories, enhance the quality control of enoxaparin sodium, and provide a reference for new manufacturers and drug regulatory authorities, thereby ensuring medication safety.

Keywords: Anti-factor IIa; Enoxaparin sodium; Method validation; Pharmaceutical quality control; Potency assay.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants* / pharmacology
  • Enoxaparin* / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Prothrombin / analysis
  • Prothrombin / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Quality Control
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • Enoxaparin
  • Anticoagulants
  • Prothrombin
  • Factor IIa

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the project of Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (No. 2018004). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.