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Table 4 Long-term stability of HCQ in whole blood. HCQ concentrations in three WB samples stored up to 168 h (1 week) at either in RT or in the refrigerator (4 °C)

From: Measurement of hydroxychloroquine in blood from SLE patients using LC-HRMS—evaluation of whole blood, plasma, and serum as sample matrices

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Hours

RT, ng/mL

Refrigerator, ng/mL

RT, ng/mL

Refrigerator, ng/mL

RT, ng/mL

Refrigerator, ng/mL

0

770

432

307

8

778

776

403

416

304

295

24

777

755

421

411

293

307

48

754

848

410

397

284

303

72

784

760

429

391

325

295

168 (1 week)

756

780

449

410

291

305

Mean ± SD (ng/mL)

770 ± 13

781 ± 34

424 ± 17

409 ± 14

301 ± 15

302 ± 6

CV%

1.6

4.3

3.9

3.5

4.9

1.9