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Methodology

Development and Validation of Indirect and Generic Immunoassays to Quantify Free and Total Evolocumab in Rat Serum

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Pages 679-687 | Received 02 Jan 2019, Accepted 13 Mar 2019, Published online: 18 Apr 2019
 

Abstract

Aim: Evolocumab is a human monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, which targeted proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9. To accurately quantify free (including partially bound) and total evolocumab concentrations in serum, indirect and generic ELISA methods were developed and validated in rat serum. Results: Indirect ELISA was accurate and precise over the concentration range of 23.4–1500ng/ml, and the method was validated for selectivity, specificity, accuracy and precision, dilution linearity, parallelism and stability. Similarly, generic antihuman IgG ELISA method was validated for selectivity, accuracy and precision, and dilution linearity. Moreover, incurred sample reanalysis were carried out for the above two methods, and the percent difference met the acceptable criteria. Conclusion: The validated methods can be effectively used to evaluate pharmacokinetics of free and total evolocumab after subcutaneous administration of evolocumab to rats.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the State Key Laboratory of Long-acting and Targeting Drug Delivery Technologies, and the authors thank J-B Sun for providing evolocumab.

Financial & competing interests disclosure

This work was supported by Taishan Scholar Project. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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