An improved HPLC fluorimetric method for the determination of enfuvirtide plasma levels in HIV-infected patients

Ther Drug Monit. 2006 Feb;28(1):110-5. doi: 10.1097/01.ftd.0000179421.25337.62.

Abstract

An improved HPLC fluorimetric method for the quantification of enfuvirtide in plasma of HIV-infected subjects was described and validated. The use of an internal standard improved the reproducibility and precision of the analysis. Our method showed lower limits of detection and quantification (LOD = 32 ng/mL, LOQ = 78 ng/mL), lower intraday (RSD% 1.25-2.95) and interday (RSD% 1.75-4.69) coefficients of variation, greater recovery (>100%), lower duration (16 minutes) and lower cost than previously described fluorimetric methods. Therefore, this method can be used as a reliable tool for pharmacokinetic studies of enfuvirtide.

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Drug Interactions
  • Enfuvirtide
  • Fluorometry / methods
  • HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / blood*
  • HIV Fusion Inhibitors / blood*
  • HIV Infections / blood*
  • Humans
  • Peptide Fragments / blood*
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • HIV Envelope Protein gp41
  • HIV Fusion Inhibitors
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Enfuvirtide