van der Wekken - Pas L.C. , van Ewijk - Beneken Kolmer E.W.J. , L.H.M. te Brake, D.M. Burger
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Abstract
With the use of newer and more robust antiretrovirals, the risk of viral transmission through breastfeeding has sharply diminished. This has led to a change in guideline recommendations. Currently, breastfeeding is regarded as an equipoise of formula, in case of a well-controlled HIV infection. However, it is not yet fully established whether infant exposure to antiretroviral drugs through breastmilk is a reason for concern. Only sparse and heterogenous data exist on concentrations of dolutegravir, raltegravir, bictegravir and doravirine in breastmilk. So further research is required and to accurately describe infant exposure of antiretrovirals through breastmilk, reproducible bioanalytical methods are needed.
Our existing UPLC-MS/MS method for several anti-HIV drugs in EDTA-plasma was modified for validation of dolutegravir, bictegravir, raltegravir and doravirine concentrations in human breastmilk. [13C,2H5]-Dolutegravir, [13C,2H2,15N]-bictegravir, [2H6]-raltegravir and [13C6]-doravirine were used as internal standard. The sample preparation involved protein precipitation and detection was performed with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) in a total runtime of 10 min.
The assay was validated over the concentration range of 0.0100–10.0 mg/L for dolutegravir and doravirine, 0.00500–10.0 mg/L for raltegravir and 0.0200–20.0 mg/L for bictegravir. Within-run and between-run accuracy were within ±10 % of the nominal concentration and precision <10 CV% for quality controls at high, medium and low concentrations, and ± 8.8 % and < 14 CV%, respectively, at the lower limit of quantification for all analytes. Extraction recovery was 81 % and 79 % for dolutegravir and its internal standard, 83 % and 83 % for bictegravir and its internal standard, 89 % and 92 % for raltegravir and its internal standard and 104 % and 101 % for doravirine and its internal standard. Processed samples of dolutegravir, bictegravir, raltegravir and doravirine in breastmilk were 108 %, 95.5 %, 105 % and 102 % after 14 days at 4 °C.
The assay is currently being implemented successfully in pharmacokinetic studies.
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The Journal of Chromatography B publishes papers on developments in separation science relevant to biology and biomedical research including both fundamental advances and applications. Analytical techniques which may be considered include the various facets of chromatography, electrophoresis and related methods, affinity and immunoaffinity-based methodologies, hyphenated and other multi-dimensional techniques, and microanalytical approaches. The journal also considers articles reporting developments in sample preparation, detection techniques including mass spectrometry, and data handling and analysis.
Developments related to preparative separations for the isolation and purification of components of biological systems may be published, including chromatographic and electrophoretic methods, affinity separations, field flow fractionation and other preparative approaches.
Applications to the analysis of biological systems and samples will be considered when the analytical science contains a significant element of novelty, e.g. a new approach to the separation of a compound, novel combination of analytical techniques, or significantly improved analytical performance.