Annals of clinical biochemistry · 2013
Therapeutic drug monitoring of ciclosporin A and tacrolimus in heart lung transplant patients using dried blood spots.
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Hinchliffe Edward, Adaway Joanne, Fildes James, Rowan Anna, Keevil Brian G
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BACKGROUND: Therapeutic drug monitoring of ciclosporin A (CsA) and tacrolimus is traditionally performed using venous whole blood sampling. A number of reports have described development of ultra high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) methods for the quantitation of CsA and tacrolimus from dried blood spots (DBS), which may offer a convenient alternative. As yet, no such reports have validated this methodology using fingerprick capillary DBS samples collected from transplant patients.
METHODS: Capillary fingerprick DBS were collected from heart and lung transplant patients in a specialist cardiothoracic transplant centre. We utilized our previously published method for the extraction and simultaneous quantitation of CsA and tacrolimus from DBS using UPLC-MS/MS. Drug concentrations measured from DBS were compared to concentrations measured in venous whole blood by our routine clinical UPLC-MS/MS assay.
RESULTS: In total, 91 heart or lung transplant patients were enrolled onto the study; 46 patients were on CsA therapy and 45 on tacrolimus therapy. Passing-Bablock analysis demonstrated excellent agreement between capillary fingerprick DBS samples and venous whole blood samples. There was a mean positive bias of 2.6 µg/L (95% confidence interval (CI) -2.2 to 7.5 µg/L) for CsA (n = 45) and mean negative bias of -0.7 µg/L (95% CI -1.1 to -0.3 µg/L) for tacrolimus (n = 42).
CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate utility of DBS for serial monitoring of CsA and tacrolimus using UPLC-MS/MS in heart and lung transplant patients. This may offer significant advantages for these patients including the ability to take capillary DBS samples in the community prior to clinic visits.
METHODS: Capillary fingerprick DBS were collected from heart and lung transplant patients in a specialist cardiothoracic transplant centre. We utilized our previously published method for the extraction and simultaneous quantitation of CsA and tacrolimus from DBS using UPLC-MS/MS. Drug concentrations measured from DBS were compared to concentrations measured in venous whole blood by our routine clinical UPLC-MS/MS assay.
RESULTS: In total, 91 heart or lung transplant patients were enrolled onto the study; 46 patients were on CsA therapy and 45 on tacrolimus therapy. Passing-Bablock analysis demonstrated excellent agreement between capillary fingerprick DBS samples and venous whole blood samples. There was a mean positive bias of 2.6 µg/L (95% confidence interval (CI) -2.2 to 7.5 µg/L) for CsA (n = 45) and mean negative bias of -0.7 µg/L (95% CI -1.1 to -0.3 µg/L) for tacrolimus (n = 42).
CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate utility of DBS for serial monitoring of CsA and tacrolimus using UPLC-MS/MS in heart and lung transplant patients. This may offer significant advantages for these patients including the ability to take capillary DBS samples in the community prior to clinic visits.