RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A rapid sterility method using solid phase cytometry for cell based preparations and culture media and buffers
JF PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
JO PDA J Pharm Sci Technol
FD Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)
SP pdajpst.2022.012775
DO 10.5731/pdajpst.2022.012775
A1 Mohammadi, Mahsa
A1 Bauer, Aline
A1 Roesti, David
A1 Anders, Hans-Joachim
YR 2023
UL http://journal.pda.org/content/early/2023/08/14/pdajpst.2022.012775.abstract
AB In this report, we introduce a rapid sterility testing method for cell-based preparations and its in-process control media/buffers. The selected Rapid Sterility Test (RST) in this work is based on the ScanRDI® system, which detects fluorescently labeled microorganisms with solid phase cytometry. ScanRDI® has been chosen due to its sensitivity for detecting viable microorganisms down to one microbial cell with a shorter time to detection compared to Compendial Sterility Test (CST) method. The RST was validated for a CAR-T cell-therapy product with 4 days of Time to Detection (TTD) and evaluated for in-process control of media/buffers with real time detection method successfully according to USP <1223>, Ph. Eur. 5.1.6, Ph. Eur. 2.6.27 and PDA Technical Report No. 33. The validation parameters included limit of detection and equivalence in routine operations, specificity, robustness, ruggedness and repeatability. For the validation, a combination of pharmacopoeial ATCC strains as well as in-house isolates were used. In addition, the evaluation study of this RST for in-process control of media/buffers was assessed by performing the limit of detection and equivalence with four representative microorganisms. Where applicable, results were statistically evaluated to demonstrate equivalence and no significant difference of the rapid method as compared to the CST method. All acceptance criteria of the validation/evaluation have been met and the solid phase cytometry technology was successfully validated as an alternative sterility test for cell-based preparations and its in-process control of media/buffer.