Development and Validation of RP-HPLC Method for the Simultaneous Estimation of Lamivudine, Tenofovir Alafenamide and Dolutegravir Bulk and their Combined Dosage Form

Abstract

Introduction: A simple and Rapid High Performance Liquid Chromatographic method was developed and validated for simultaneous estimation of lamivudine, tenofovir alafenamide and dolutegravir in their tablet dosage form. Method: The method was established using Agilent C18 (250 × 4.6 mm, i.d., 5 μm) column, a mobile phase consisting of 0.05M phosphate buffer pH 6.2 (solvent A) and acetonitrile (solvent B) 60:40 v/v at a flow rate of 1 mL/min with isocratic elution, injecting 10 μL sample into the chromatographic system. The eluted compounds were detected by using PDA Detector at a detection wavelength of 260 nm and the temperature was maintained at 30°C. Result: Retention times for the three compounds were found to be 3.09 min, 6.19 min and 9.61min for lamivudine, tenofovir alafenamide, and dolutegravir respectively. The linearity range was 10-80 μg/ml for three drugs with values of LOD found to be 0.56, 0.39μg, 1.35μg and LOQ were found to be 1.50μg, 0.99μg and 3.61 μg for lamivudine, tenofovir alafenamide and dolutegravir respectively which were linear enough showing correlation coefficient 0.999 in all the cases. Conclusion: The proposed method is therefore, suitable for the purpose in quality-control laboratories for quantitative analysis of the drugs individually and in the combined dosage form. The method was found to be as it is simple and rapid with tremendous precision and accuracy. The method can be used as a routine quality control method for triple combined dosage forms.