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Volumetric absorptive microsampling–LC–MS/MS assays for quantitation of giredestrant in dried human whole blood

    Ryan Johnson

    *Author for correspondence:

    E-mail Address: johnson.ryan@gene.com

    Department of Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA

    ,
    Imran Rehmani

    Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Labcorp Early Drug Development, Madison, WI, USA

    ,
    Mark Leahy

    Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Labcorp Early Drug Development, Madison, WI, USA

    ,
    Abigail Walker

    Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Labcorp Early Drug Development, Madison, WI, USA

    ,
    Xiaorong Liang

    Department of Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA

    ,
    Brian Dean

    Department of Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA

    &
    Jianshuang Wang

    Department of Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.4155/bio-2022-0189

    Volumetric absorption microsampling devices offer minimally invasive and user-friendly collection of capillary blood in volumes as low as 10 μl. Herein we describe the assay validation for determination of the selective estrogen receptor degrader giredestrant (GDC-9545) in dried human whole blood collected using the Mitra® and Tasso-M20 devices. Both LC–MS/MS assays met validation acceptance criteria for the linear range 1–1000 ng/ml giredestrant. Mitra and Tasso-M20 samples were stable for 84 and 28 days at ambient conditions, respectively, and for 7–9 days at 40 and -70°C. Blood hematocrit, hyperlipidemia and anticoagulant did not impact quantitation of giredestrant. These validated assays are suitable for the determination of giredestrant in dried blood samples collected using Mitra and Tasso-M20 microsampling devices.

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    This methodology publication explores the bioanalytical considerations of the assays used to measure giredestrant in human whole blood samples collected using the Mitra and Tasso-M20 volumetric absorption microsampling devices. #Microsampling

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