Performance Characteristics of Methods of Analysis Used for Regulatory Purposes. I. Drug Dosage Forms. B. Gas Chromatographic Methods

1984 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 648-652
Author(s):  
William Horwitz ◽  
Richard Albert

Abstract Gas chromatographic methods for the analysis of drug dosage forms consist of a simple extraction, dilution with an internal standard solution, and injection, or, even simpler, dilution with the internal standard solution and injection. These methods were used in 7 collaborative studies of the determination of 12 pharmaceuticals, published in the Journal of the AOAC during 1973–1983. A total of 43 individual materials consisting of various dosage forms were each analyzed, usually in duplicate, by an average of 8 laboratories, with a total of 582 reported determinations. The average within-laboratory coefficient of variation (CVo) was 1.25% and the average among-laboratories coefficient of variation (CVx) was 2.41%, for a CVo/CVx ratio of 0.52, at an average outlier rate of 1.4% of the reported values. The line of best fit for CVx plotted against concentration increases with decreasing concentration, extending from a CVx of approximately 1.8% at 100% concentration to a CVx of approximately 3.2% at 1% concentration. The change in CVx for a 10-fold decrease in concentration is approximately 0.7% CVx, independent of analyte and matrix.

1988 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Margosis ◽  
William Horwitz ◽  
Richard Albert

Abstract The original gravimetric and titrimetric methods approved by AOAC for the analysis of pharmaceutical preparations, particularly during the period 1915-1950, show precision, recovery, and outlier parameters approximately the same as those exhibited by the previously reviewed instrumental methods that are currently used. Fifty-nine published collaborative studies utilized gravimetric methods and 85 used titrimetric. The studies of the gravimetric methods encompassed 47 analytes, 95 dosage forms, and 136 assays; the corresponding figures for the titrimetric studies are 72, 112, and 152. An average of approximately 7 laboratories participated per study. The line of best fit of the relative standard deviation between-laboratories (RSDR) plotted against the negative logarithm of the fractional concentration, C, extends from 1.2 and 1.0% for the gravimetric and titrimetric methods, respectively, at 100% concentration to 2.2 and 2.8% at 1.0% concentration. Below this concentration the precision of the titrimetric methods degenerates faster than that of the gravimetric methods. Above about 0.1% concentration the gravimetric and titrimetric methods are somewhat more precise than the instrumental methods in current use for drug analysis. The difference, however, is not statistically significant and the general equation, RSDR = 2 exp(l - 0.5 log C), is also applicable to gravimetric and titrimetric methods above a concentration level of about C = 0.001 (0.1%)


1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Horwitz ◽  
Richard H Albert

Abstract Precision parameters of high pressure liquid chromatographic methods approved by AOAC for the analysis of drug dosage forms were recalculated on a consistent statistical basis, using the computer program "FDACHEMIST." Eleven collaborative studies of 12 compounds in 66 dosage forms analyzed by an average of 9 laboratories per study, with a total of 1150 determinations, were reviewed. For the approved methods and methods awaiting approval (9 studies, 11 compounds, 54 dosage forms, and 959 determinations), the average repeatability relative standard deviation (within-laboratory; RSDo) was 1.0%; reproducibility relative standard deviation (among-laboratories, including within-; RSDX) was 2.5%; the ratio RSD„/RSDX was an unusually low 0.40, with an average outlier rate of 0.6% of the reported values. The line of best fit for RSDX plotted against — log concentration increases with decreasing concentration, extending approximately from RSDX =2% at 100% concentration to RSDX = 3.6% at 0.01% concentration,a change in RSDX of about 0.4% for each 10-fold decrease in concentration,independent of analyte and matrix.


1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
William Horwitz ◽  
Richard Albert

Abstract For analysis of drug dosage forms, precision measures of AOAC approved automated methods, usually containing a spectrophotometric or fluorometric measurement step, were recalculated on a consistent statistical basis, using a computer program "FDACHEMIST." Ten collaborative studies of 14 compounds in 38 materials, consisting of various dosage forms, usually in 10 replications by an average of 7 laboratories, with a total of 2461 determinations, were reviewed. The average relative standard deviations within-laboratory (RSD0) and among-laboratories (RSDX) were 1.1 and 1.9%, respectively, and the ratio of RSD„/RSDX was 0.57, with an average outlier rate of 0.57% of the reported values. The line of best fit for RSDX plotted against — log concentration increases slightly with decreasing concentration, extending from an RSDX of about 1.6% at 100% concentration to an RSDX of 2.2% at 0.1% concentration, a change in RSDX of about 0.2% for a 10-fold decrease in concentration, independent of analyte and matrix.


1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 830-838
Author(s):  
William Horwitz ◽  
Richard Albert

Abstract Precision parameters of miscellaneous methods for the analysis of drug dosage forms approved by AOAC since 1972, and not previously reviewed in this series, were recalculated on a consistent statistical basis by using the computer program FDACHEMIST. Seventeen published collaborative studies were reviewed; the studies encompassed 19 analytes in 80 different materials (dosage forms), 102 collaborative assays, approximately 10 laboratories per study, and principally direct spectrophotometric, polarographic, and spectroscopic methods, for a total of 1451 determinations. The average repeatability relative standard deviation (within-laboratories, RSD„) for the instrumental methods was 1.5%; the reproducibility relative standard deviation (among-laboratories, including within-, RSDX) was 2.6%; the ratio RSD„/RSDX of the averages was 0.57, with an average outlier rate of 2.7% of the reported determinations. The line of best fit of RSDX for the instrumental methods plotted against the negative logarithm of the concentration increases slightly with decreasing concentration, extending from an RSDX of approximately 2.0% at 100% concentration to an RSDX of 3.4% at 0.001% (10 ppm) concentration; this represents an RSDX change of approximately 0.3% (absolute) for each 10-fold decrease in concentration, independent of analyte, matrix, and method. A method for determining precipitated allergenic protein by the micro-Kjeldahl technique appeared to be outside this general relation, showing an RSDX of about 13% at a concentration of 0.015% (150 ppm) nitrogen.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1106-1112
Author(s):  
Ibrahim A. Darwish ◽  
Nasr Y. Khalil ◽  
Mohammad AlZeer

Background: Axitinib (AXT) is a member of the new generation of the kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. Its therapeutic benefits depend on assuring the good-quality of its dosage forms in terms of content and stability of the pharmaceutically active ingredient. Objective: This study was devoted to the development of a simple, sensitive and accurate stabilityindicating high-performance liquid chromatographic method with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) for the determination of AXT in its bulk and dosage forms. Methods: Waters HPLC system was used. The chromatographic separation of AXT, internal standard (olaparib), and degradation products were performed on the Nucleosil CN column (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 μm). The mobile phase consisted of water:acetonitrile:methanol (40:40:20, v/v/v) with a flow rate of 1 ml/min, and the UV detector was set at 225 nm. AXT was subjected to different accelerated stress conditions and the degradation products, when any, were completely resolved from the intact AXT. Results: The method was linear (r = 0.9998) in the concentration range of 5-50 μg/ml. The limits of detection and quantitation were 0.85 and 2.57 μg/ml, respectively. The accuracy of the method, measured as recovery, was in the range of 98.0-103.6% with relative standard deviations in the range of 0.06-3.43%. The results of stability testing revealed that AXT was mostly stable in neutral and oxidative conditions; however, it was unstable in alkaline and acidic conditions. The kinetics of degradation were studied, and the kinetic rate constants were determined. The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of AXT in bulk drug and dosage forms. Conclusions: A stability-indicating HPLC-UV method was developed and validated for assessing AXT stability in its bulk and dosage forms. The method met the regulatory requirements of the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The results demonstrated that the method would have great value when applied in quality control and stability studies for AXT.


1977 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1318-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Dutcher ◽  
J M Strong

Abstract We describe a routine method for determining concentrations of the antiarrhythmic drug procainamide and its active metabolite, N-acetylprocainamide, in plasma. A simple extraction of 1.0 ml of plasma is followed by separation and chromatographic analysis by use of a column containing microparticulate silica. p-nitro-N-(2-diethylaminoethyl)benzamide hydrochloride was synthesized and used as the internal standard. Total chromatographic time is only 7 min. The day-to-day CV during three months of daily use was less than 4% of the mean for each compound, and we saw no deterioration in column performance during this time. Phenobarbital, phenytoin, lidocaine, primidone, methsuximide, quinidine, and their metabolites do not interfere.


1984 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-493
Author(s):  
Stephen C Slahck ◽  
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A A Carlstrom ◽  
L T Chenery ◽  
N D Ellis ◽  
...  

Abstract An LC method for the determination of methiocarb in methiocarb technical and formulated products has been subjected to a collaborative study with 9 participating collaborators. Formulations are extracted with acetonitrile and analyzed by reverse phase chromatography, with acetophenone as an internal standard. Collaborators were furnished samples of technical, 75% wettable powder, 75% seed treater, 75% concentrate, and 50% hopper box treater. Coefficient of variation values obtained on the 5 samples were 0.71, 0.83, 0.62, 1.57, and 0.82%, respectively. The method has been adopted official first action.


1995 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 946-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
George M Hanna

Abstract A simple, specific, and accurate 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic method has been developed for quantitative determination of the Ephedra alkaloids (−)-ephedrine, (+)-pseudoephedrine, and (±)-norephedrine, either singly or in mixtures with each other. Determination of individual alkaloids was carried out in D2O solution, with acetamide as internal standard. Although calculations were based on integrals for the C–CH3 protons, those for the N–CH3 and –CH–O– protons may also be useful, depending on the compound. Determination of diastereomeric cross-contamination of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine—or of the concentrations of these alkaloids in the presence or absence of (±)-norephedrine—was feasible by using the integrals for the –CH–O– protons after addition of a trace of DCI. Mean recoveries for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine from their respective synthetic mixtures with the internal standard (acet- amide) were ≥99.9 ± 0.6% (n = 10) and 99.6 ± 0.8% (n = 10) of the amount added. Recovery for pseudoephedrine from diastereomeric mixtures with ephedrine was >99.4 ± 0.7% (n = 10) of the amount added, with as little as 1.92% still being measurable. Mean recovery of (±)-norephedrine from mixtures with ephedrine and pseudoephedrine was >99.7 ± 2.5% (n = 4) of the amount added, with about 1% still being measurable. Application of the proposed NMR spectroscopic method to commercial dosage forms, including ephedrine sulfate injections and pseudoephedrine hydrochloride tablets, yielded assay results ranging from 97.8 to 100.2% (mean, 99.2%) and from 98.7 to 100.5% (mean, 99.7%) of declared, respectively.


1984 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 834-837
Author(s):  
James W Miles ◽  
Dwight L Mount ◽  
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T J Beckmann ◽  
S K Carrigan ◽  
...  

Abstract Although the gas chromatographic separation of the isomers of BHC was demonstrated two decades ago, the present AOAC method of analysis of BHC for gamma-isomer (lindane) content is based on a separation carried out on a liquid chromatographic partition column. A method of analysis has been developed that uses an OV-210 column for separation of the gamma-isomer from the other isomers and impurities in technical BHC. Di-n-propyl phthalate was chosen as an internal standard. The same system allows quantitation of lindane in lotion and shampoo after these products are extracted with ethyl acetate-isooctane (1 + 4). The analytical methods were subjected to a collaborative trial with 10 laboratories. The coefficient of variation for technical BHC was 2.83%. For the water-dispersible powder and emulsifiable concentrate, the coefficients of variation were 2.89% and 4.62%, respectively. Coefficients of variation for 1% lindane lotion and shampoo were 4.36% and 11.92%, respectively. The method has been adopted official first action.


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