Validated Microwell-Based Spectrofluorimetric Method for Quantification of Ravidasvir (New Anti-Chronic Hepatitis C Virus-GT4) in Rat Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study

  • Drug Des Devel Ther. 2020 Oct 20:14:4377-4385. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S237949.
Mohamed Hefnawy  1  2 ,  Mona Al-Shehri  1 ,  Sara Al-Rashood  1 ,  Sherif Hammad  3  4 ,  Mohammed Alanazi  1 ,  Nawaf Alsaif  1 ,  Mostafa Mohammed  1  5 ,  Ahmad Obaidullah  1 ,  Manal El-Gendy  1
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
  • 3. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt.
  • 4. Basic and Applied Sciences Institute, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), New Borg El-Arab City 21934, Alexandria, Egypt.
  • 5. National Organization for Drug Control and Research, Cairo, Egypt.
PMID: 33116422 DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S237949
Abstract

Background: Ravidasvir (RAV) has been regarded as a potent new NS5A inhibitor with a magnificent safety and tolerability in the management of genotype 4 hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients. Suitable analytical techniques are needed for the measurement of RAV in different biological matrices.

Methods: We have developed a fast, sensitive and economical 96-microwell-based spectrofluorimetric technique combined with one-step protein precipitation extraction strategy for the measurement of RAV in rat plasma.

Results: Under the optimum conditions, the direct relationship in rat plasma was accomplished between the RAV concentrations and the fluorescence (FL) intensity in a scope of 2.5-200 ng/mL with 0.9998 and 0.9999 for the quantification and correlation coefficients, respectively. The lower limit of detection (LLOD) was 0.840 ng/mL and this demonstrates the high sensitivity of the proposed assay. The accuracy (RE%) ranged from 95.34% to 102.29%, and the precision (RSD%) was less than 3.59%. The recovery was ranged from 93.12% to 96.26%. The stability of RAV in rat plasma was carried out and established its good stability in the range of room conventional temperature and at long-term stability (-80°C, 30 days). The developed technique was validated as stated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) guidelines for bioanalytical technique verification.

Conclusion: The approved technique was effectively applied for a pharmacokinetic (PK) study after single oral gavage administration of RAV at a dose of 35 mg/kg and it could be presumed that the proposed assay can be applied to clinical trials.

Keywords
pharmacokinetic study; rat plasma; ravidasvir; spectrofluorimetry.
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