Title : Bioavailability studies of fenofibrate for the guidance of bioequivalence
Purpose : To provide a standard protocol of fenofibrate for the guidance of bioequivalence
Results : A reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method with...
Title : Bioavailability studies of fenofibrate for the guidance of bioequivalence
Purpose : To provide a standard protocol of fenofibrate for the guidance of bioequivalence
Results : A reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method with detection 287 nm was developed and validated for the determination of fenofibrate in human plasma. Clofibric acid was used as internal standard. Calibration curves were linear in the concentration ranges of 0.2 16 ug/ml. Limit of quantitation was 0.2 ug/ml. The coefficient of variations of the intra-day and inter-day precision were below 15%. The coefficient of variations of the accuracy were below 15% in the concentration range of 0.2 16 ug/ml. A bioavailability study of fenofibrate was performed using the validated HPLC method. Eight healthy human male volunteers were orally administered 200 mg of fenofibrate capsule. Blood samples were withdrawn at designated times (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 24, 48, 72 hrs). The plasma concentration of fenofibrate was determined using the validated HPLC method. The plasma concentration time profile of fenofibrate was analyzed using WinNonlin to calculate the following pharmacokinetic parameters: AUC, Cmax, Tmax, Ke, and ti/2. The bioavailability study of fenofibrate was repeated exactly the same way by two different laboratories to compare the study results among the three laboratories. The pharmacokinetic parameters among the three laboratories showed almost the same values. The mean values of AUC72hr, Cmax, Tmax, Ke, ti/2 were 107.83 ± 31.71 ug hr/ml, 3.81 ± 1.54ug/ml, 5.97 土 2.22 hr, 0.0307 ± 0.0055 1/hr, and 24.11 土 6.17 hr, respectively.
Conclusion : An HPLC method to determine fenofibrate in human plasma was developed and validated. Using this method, three separate bioavailability studies of fenofibrate were conducted by three different laboratories. Each laboratory used 8healthy human male volunteers and PK parameters were calculated. The PK parameters among the three laboratories showed comparable values. Therefore, the protocol used in the present bioavailability study can be used as a guidance for the bioequivalence study of fenofibrate.