A new rapid and sensitive LC-MS assay for the determination of sorafenib in plasma: application to a patient undergoing hemodialysis

Ther Drug Monit. 2011 Dec;33(6):705-10. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e3182357891.

Abstract

A simple liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method was developed and validated for quantification of sorafenib (Nexavar) in human plasma. After a solid-phase extraction procedure, the separation was performed within 2 minutes using an isocratic flow of a mobile phase consisting of formic acid/acetonitrile applied on a C18 analytical column. The analyte was detected by mass spectrometry in the single-ion monitoring mode. The method was validated according to the recommendations of the US Food and Drug Administration. The method was linear (r² > 0.99) between 10 and 10,000 ng/mL. The lower limits of detection and quantification were 5 and 10 ng/mL, respectively. Within-day and between-day imprecisions were less than 10.4%, and inaccuracy did not exceed 8.7%. The mean extraction recovery was 92.2%. The method also provided satisfactory results in terms of time stability and dilution integrity. Sorafenib plasma concentrations of the studied patient ranged between 1831 and 3459 ng/mL. This new technique is rapid, sensitive, and was applied to the determination of sorafenib plasma concentrations in a patient undergoing hemodialysis. Our results indicate that sorafenib is not cleared from plasma by hemodialysis, although analysis should be delayed after dialysis to avoid erratic fluctuations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / blood*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Benzenesulfonates / blood*
  • Benzenesulfonates / pharmacokinetics
  • Benzenesulfonates / therapeutic use
  • Calibration
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / drug therapy
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Drug Stability
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / blood*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / metabolism
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Limit of Detection
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Niacinamide / analogs & derivatives
  • Phenylurea Compounds
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / blood*
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacokinetics
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Pyridines / blood*
  • Pyridines / pharmacokinetics
  • Pyridines / therapeutic use
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Solid Phase Extraction
  • Sorafenib
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Benzenesulfonates
  • Phenylurea Compounds
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Pyridines
  • Niacinamide
  • Sorafenib