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  • Title: A simple, rapid and reliable liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for determination of methotrexate in human plasma and its application to therapeutic drug monitoring.
    Author: Wu D, Wang Y, Sun Y, Ouyang N, Qian J.
    Journal: Biomed Chromatogr; 2015 Aug; 29(8):1197-202. PubMed ID: 25641007.
    Abstract:
    A simple, rapid and reliable liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry method was established and validated for the determination of methotrexate in human plasma. After a straightforward protein precipitation by acetonitrile-water (70:30, v/v), methotrexate (MTX) and p-aminoacetophenone (used as internal standard, IS) were separated on a Column C18 column (50 × 2.1 mm, 3 µm; Column Technology, Fremont, CA, USA) using a gradient elution with mobile phase of acetonitrile and 0.03% acetic acid aqueous solution at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The total chromatographic runtime was 5 min for each injection. Quantification detection was performed in a triple-quadruple tandem mass spectrometer under positive mode monitoring the following mass transitions: m/z 455.3 → 308.3 for MTX and m/z 136.1 → 94.4 for IS. The calibration curve was linear over the range of 0.05-25.0 µmol/L with a lower limit of quantification of 0.05 µmol/L. The intra- and interday precisions were <5.2%, the accuracy varied from -4.1 to 4.5%. The recovery was >94%. The LC-MS/MS method showed an excellent agreement with the existing HPLC-UV method using Passing-Bablok regression and Bland-Altman difference plot analysis. The validated LC-MS/MS can be successfully applied to the routine therapeutic drug monitoring of MTX in clinical laboratories.
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