title: Determination of oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) and oseltamivir carboxylate in dried blood spots using offline or online extraction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Using dried blood spots (DBS) for quantitation of the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu(®)), an ester prodrug, and its active metabolite oseltamivir carboxylate could provide ethical and logistic benefits. Hence, its feasibility was investigated using a previously developed column-switching LC-MS/MS method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sensitivity, precision and accuracy in DBS were comparable to standard plasma assays. Chemically treated cards provided enhanced ex vivo stability of the ester prodrug in rodent blood. Online extraction was realized using the manual TLC-MS interface or the fully automated Sample Card and Prep system. Rat pharmacokinetic study data showed good correlation between plasma, liquid blood and DBS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  From a bioanalytical perspective, DBS is potentially suited for Tamiflu analysis in animals and humans. Automation of the process by online DBS extraction promises workload reduction and throughput increase.
authors.affiliation: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Pharma Research, Nonclinical Drug Safety, Development DMPK Department, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. katja.heinig@roche.com
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heinig
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wirz
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bucheli
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gajate-Perez
mesh_terms: D053000:Analytic Sample Preparation Methods; D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005591:Chemical Fractionation / Q000379:methods*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009862:Online Systems; D053139:Oseltamivir / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D053139:Oseltamivir; C535162:oseltamivir carboxylate