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F1000Research, F1000Research, (6), p. 1832, 2017

DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.12775.1

F1000Research, F1000Research, (6), p. 1832, 2017

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Evaluation of electrochemiluminescence immunoassays for immunosuppressive drugs on the Roche cobas e411 analyzer

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Abstract

Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring of immunosuppressant drugs are used to monitor drug efficacy and toxicity and to prevent organ transplantation rejection. This study evaluates the analytical performance of semi-automated electrochemiluminescence immunoassays (ECLIA) for cyclosporine (CSA), tacrolimus (TAC) and sirolimus (SRL) on the Roche cobas e 411 analyzer at a major transplant hospital to identify method suitability and limitations.Methods:Residual whole blood samples from patients undergoing immunosuppressant therapy were used for evaluation. Experiments included imprecision, linearity, functional sensitivity, method comparisons and lot-to-lot assessments.Results:Total imprecision ranged from 3.3 to 7.1% for CSA, 3.9 to 9.4% for TAC, and 4.6 to 8.2% for SRL. Linearity was verified from 30.0 to 960.9 μg/L for CSA, from 1.1 to 27.1 μg/L for TAC, and from 0.5 to 32.3 µg/L for SRL. The functional sensitivity met the manufacturer’s claims and was determined to be <6.5 μg/L for CSA, 1.1 μg/L for TAC, and <0.1 µg/L for SRL (CV≤20%). Deming regression analysis of method comparisons with the ARCHITECT immunoassay yielded slopes of 0.917 (95%CI: 0.885-0.949) androf 0.985 for CSA, 0.938 (95%CI: 0.895-0.981) androf 0.974 for TAC, and 0.842 (0.810-1.110) androf 0.982 for SRL. Deming regression analysis of comparisons with the LC–MS/MS method yielded slopes of 1.331 (95%CI: 1.167-1.496) androf 0.969 for CSA, 0.924 (95%CI: 0.843-1.005) androf 0.984 for TAC, and 0.971 (95%CI: 0.913-1.030) androf 0.993 for SRL.Conclusions:The cobas e 411 ECLIA for CSA, TAC, and SRL have acceptable precision, linearity, and functional sensitivity. The method comparisons correlated well with the ARCHITECT immunoassay and LC–MS/MS and is fit for therapeutic drug monitoring.