Development of a rapid and sensitive SPE-LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous estimation of fluoxetine and olanzapine in human plasma.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic assay with tandem mass spectrometric detection was developed to simultaneously quantify fluoxetine and olanzapine in human plasma. The analytes and the internal standard (IS) duloxetine were extracted from 500 μL aliquots of human plasma through solid-phase extraction. Chromatographic separation was achieved in a run time of 4.0 min on a Hypersil Gold C₁₈ column (50 × 4.6 mm, 5 µm) using isocratic mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-water containing 2% formic acid (70:30, v/v), at a flow-rate of 0.5 mL/min. Detection of analytes and internal standard was performed by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry, operating in positive-ion and multiple reaction monitoring acquisition mode. The protonated precursor to product ion transitions monitored for fluoxetine, olanzapine and IS were m/z 310.01 → 147.69, 313.15 → 256.14 and 298.1 → 153.97, respectively. The method was validated over the concentration range of 1.00-150.20 ng/mL for fluoxetine and 0.12-25.03 ng/mL for olanzapine in human plasma. The intra-batch and inter-batch precision (%CV) across four quality control levels was ≤ 6.28% for both the analytes. In conclusion, a simple and sensitive analytical method was developed and validated in human plasma. This method is suitable for measuring accurate plasma concentration in bioequivalence study and therapeutic drug monitoring as well, following combined administration.

Gopinath S ，Kumar RS ，Alexander S ，Danabal P ... -  《-》

Simultaneous determination of Olanzapine and Fluoxetine in human plasma by LC-MS/MS: its pharmacokinetic application.

A simple and rapid liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the simultaneous quantitation of Olanzapine and Fluoxetine in human plasma using Olanzapine-d3 and Fluoxetine-d5 HCl as internal standard (IS), respectively. After solid phase extraction of the plasma samples on Waters Oasis HLB Catridges, Olanzapine, Fluoxetine and IS were chromatographed on Thermo Hypersil Gold C18 (50 mm × 4.6 mmi.d., 5 μm) analytical column with isocratic elution using methanol: 2mM Ammonium acetate buffer (90:10). Quantitation was performed on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer employing electrospray ionization technique and operating in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) and positive ion mode with transitions at 313/256 for Olanzapine and 310/148 for Fluoxetine. The total chromatographic run time was 2.0 min and calibration curves were linear over the concentration range of 0.10-20.00 ng/mL for Olanzapine and 0.50-50.00 ng/mL for Fluoxetine. The method was validated for selectivity, sensitivity, recovery, linearity, accuracy and precision and stability studies. The recoveries obtained for the Olanzapine and its IS was ≥87% and Fluoxetine and its IS was ≥91%. Recoveries obtained were consistent and reproducible. Inter-batch and intra-batch coefficient of variation across three validation runs (LLOQ, LQC, MQC1, MQC and HQC) was less than 3.6 for Olanzapine and less than 5.2% for Fluoxetine. The method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of fixed dose combination of Olanzapine/Fluoxetine in healthy male volunteers.

Bonde SL ，Bhadane RP ，Gaikwad A ，Gavali SR ，Katale DU ，Narendiran AS ... -  《-》

Simultaneous determination of fluoxetine and its major active metabolite norfluoxetine in human plasma by LC-MS/MS using supported liquid extraction.

A rapid, sensitive and selective bioanalytical method was developed for the simultaneous determination of fluoxetine and its primary metabolite norfluoxetine in human plasma. Sample preparation was based on supported liquid extraction (SLE) using methyl tert-butyl ether to extract the analytes from human plasma. Chromatography was performed on a Synergi 4 μ polar-RP column using a fast gradient. The ionization was optimized using ESI (+) and selectivity was achieved by tandem mass spectrometric analysis using MRM functions, m/z 310 → 44 for fluoxetine, m/z 296 → 134 for norfluoxetine and m/z 315 → 44 for fluoxetine-d5 (internal standard). The method is linear over the range of 0.05-20 ng/mL (using a human plasma sample volume of 0.1 mL) with a coefficient determination of greater than 0.999. The method is accurate and precise with intra-batch and inter-batch accuracy (%bias) of < ± 15% and precision (%CV) of <15% for both analytes. A run time of 4 min means a high throughput of samples can be achieved. To our knowledge, this method appears to be the most sensitive one reported so far for the quantitation of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine and can be used for routine therapeutic drug monitoring or pharmacokinetic studies.

Li Y ，Emm T ，Yeleswaram S 《-》

Analysis of second-generation antidepressant drug, sertraline and its active metabolite, N-desmethyl sertraline in human plasma by a sensitive and selective liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method.

Patel BN ，Sharma N ，Sanyal M ，Shrivastav PS ... -  《JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES》

Simultaneous quantitation of 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate, 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone and progesterone in human plasma using high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS).

Zhang S ，Mada SR ，Sharma S ，Torch M ，Mattison D ，Caritis S ，Venkataramanan R ... -  《-》