title: Development and Validation of a Stability-Indicating RP-UPLC Method for the Estimation of Impurities in Cinacalcet Hydrochloride API and its Formulation.
abstract: A sensitive, stability-indicating, gradient reversed-phase ultra-performance liquid chromatography method has been developed for the quantitative estimation of cinacalcet hydrochloride impurities in active pharmaceutical ingredients and pharmaceutical formulations. Efficient chromatographic separation was achieved on an Acquity BEH Shield RP18, 100 × 2.1 mm, 1.7 µm column with the mobile phase containing pH 6.6 phosphate buffer and acetonitrile. The flow rate of the mobile phase was 0.3 mL min(-1) with a column temperature of 35°C and detection wavelength at 223 nm. The relative response factor values of (+)-R-1-(1-Naphthyl)ethylamine, regioisomer, diastereomer isomer-1, and diastereomer isomer-2 were 1.79, 0.99, 0.89, and 0.88, respectively. The cinacalcet hydrochloride formulation sample was subjected to the stress conditions of acid, base, oxidative, hydrolytic, thermal, humidity, and photolytic degradation. Cinacalcet hydrochloride was found to degrade significantly under the peroxide stress conditions. The degradation products were well-resolved from cinacalcet hydrochloride and its impurities. The peak purity test results confirmed that the cinacalcet hydrochloride peak was homogenous in all stress samples and the mass balance was found to be more than 96%, thus proving the stability-indicating power of the method. The developed method was validated according to ICH guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Analytical Research and Development, Integrated Product Development, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Bachupally, Hyderabad-500 072, India.
authors.forename: Pingili
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sunil Reddy
authors.affiliation: Analytical Research and Development, Integrated Product Development, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Bachupally, Hyderabad-500 072, India.
authors.forename: Thummala Veera Raghava
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.affiliation: Analytical Research and Development, Integrated Product Development, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Bachupally, Hyderabad-500 072, India.
authors.forename: Penmetsa Satyanarayana
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.affiliation: Analytical Research and Development, Integrated Product Development, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Bachupally, Hyderabad-500 072, India.
authors.forename: Nadimpalli Sunil
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.affiliation: Srikrishnadevaraya University, Anantapur-515 055, A.P., India.
authors.forename: Kondra Sudhakar
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Babu
keywords: Cinacalcet Hydrochloride; ICH guidelines; Impurities; RP-UPLC; Stability-indicating
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