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Semi-solid delivery vehicle and pharmaceutical compositions

a delivery vehicle and semi-solid technology, applied in the direction of drug compositions, antinoxious agents, aerosol delivery, etc., can solve the problems of low reproducibility, lack of reliability in the release pattern, and high cost, and achieve convenient and reliable adjustment, use of texture and viscosity

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-02-24
HERON THERAPEUTICS
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a semi-solid delivery vehicle that is made up of a polyorthoester and an excipient. This vehicle has a smooth and flowable texture and can be used for controlled delivery of active agents. The polyorthoester can be easily mixed with the excipient at room temperature without the use of a solvent. The resulting composition has a useful texture and viscosity, and the release rate of the active agent can be adjusted to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. The invention also provides a controlled release semi-solid pharmaceutical composition for local controlled delivery of an active agent, which can be used to treat pain or nausea and emesis.

Problems solved by technology

However, these preparations suffer the disadvantage that they are short-acting and therefore they often have to be administered several times in a day to maintain a therapeutically effective dose level in the blood stream at the sites where the activity / treatment is required.
However their manufacture is cumbersome which often results in high costs.
In addition, they, in many cases, have low reproducibility and consequently lack of reliability in their release patterns.
Furthermore, if an organic solvent is used in the manufacturing process, there could be organic solvent residues in the compositions which may be highly toxic.
The use of an organic solvent is also undesirable for environmental and fire hazard reasons.
However the semi-solid polymer materials are often too sticky.
As a result, the active agents frequently cannot be easily and reliably released from the semi-solid polymer materials.

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Preparation of Polyorthoesters

The following syntheses illustrate the preparation of representative polyorthoesters. The starting materials are either commercially available or may be prepared as described in the preceding sections and in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,549,010 and 5,968,543.

1(a) The polyorthoester in this example was prepared from 3,9-di(ethylidene)-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane (DETOSU), triethylene glycol (TEG), and triethyleneglycol monoglycolide (TEG-mGL). The molar ratio of the three components (DETOSU:TEG:TEG-mGL) was 65:95:5.

Under rigorously anhydrous conditions, DETOSU (6.898 g, 32.5 mmol), TEG (7.133 g, 47.5 mmol) and TEG-mGL (0.521 g, 2.5 mmol) were weighed into a 250 mL round bottom flask, and the mixture dissolved in anhydrous ethyl acetate (16 mL). To this solution was added a salicylic acid solution in ethyl acetate (12 drops, 10 mg / mL) to initiate the polymerization. The solution came to a boil within a few minutes. The solution was allowed to cool to r...

example 2

Preparation of Pharmaceutical Compositions

2(a) Semi-solid pharmaceutical compositions with bupivacaine as the active agent were prepared by first milling the bupivacaine into fine particles and sieving, before mixing with selected amounts of a polyorthoester and an excipient. The mixing process was performed at room temperature under vacuum. Further size reduction of the bupivacaine particles was carried out by passing the semi-solid composition through a ball mill. A. 60 wt. % polyorthoester (DETOSU / TEG / TEG-mGL 60:95:5)

40 wt. % bupivacaine. (control) B. 40 wt. % polyorthoester (DETOSU / TEG / TEG-mGL 60:95:5)

40 wt. % bupivacaine

20 wt. % polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether 550. C. 60 wt. % polyorthoester (DETOSU / TEG / TEG-diGL 60:80:20)

40 wt. % bupivacaine. (control) D. 40 wt. % polyorthoester (DETOSU / TEG / TEG-diGL 60:80:20)

40 wt. % bupivacaine

20% wt. % polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether 550. E. 20% wt. % polyorthoester (DETOSU / TEG / TEG-diGL 60:70:30)

40% wt. % bupiv...

example 3

Release Profiles of the Pharmaceutical Compositions

The semi-solid compositions of Example 2 were weighed, placed into bottles with screw caps. 100 mL of 50mM PBS (pH 7.4) was added to each bottle. The test bottles were transferred to a 37° C. incubator and placed on top of a rotor shaker (36 rpm). At various time points, bottles were removed from the incubator and samples of about 5 mL were removed and analyzed for bupivacaine content by HPLC at 263 nm. The remaining volume of buffer was removed and replaced with 100 mL fresh buffer.

Composition B had an increased rate of release over the control Composition A.

Composition D had a similar release rate as the control Composition C.

These test results demonstrated that the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention have the advantage that the release rates of the composition may be adjusted and controlled in a variety of ways. The rates of release can be adjusted to accommodate a desired therapeutic effect by either al...

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Abstract

A semi-solid delivery vehicle contains a polyorthoester and an excipient, and a semi-solid pharmaceutical composition contains an active agent and the delivery vehicle. The pharmaceutical composition may be a topical, syringable, or injectable formulation; and is suitable for local delivery of the active agent. Methods of treatment are also disclosed.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to semi-solid delivery vehicles comprising a polyorthoester and an excipient, and to controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising the delivery vehicle and an active agent. The pharmaceutical compositions may be in the form of a topical, syringable, or injectable formulation for local controlled delivery of the active agent. 2. Description of the Prior Art A large class of active agents such as antibiotics, antiseptics, corticosteroids, antineoplastics, and local anesthetics may be administered to the skin or mucous membrane by topical application, or by injection. The active agent may act locally or systemically. Topical delivery may be accomplished through the use of compositions such as ointments, creams, emulsions, solutions, suspensions and the like. Injections for delivery of the active agents include solutions, suspensions and emulsions. All of these preparations have been extensively...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K8/85A61K8/86A61K9/06A61K9/16A61Q15/00A61Q17/04A61Q19/00
CPCA61K8/85A61K31/573A61K9/0014A61K9/0019A61K9/06A61K9/1647A61K31/765A61K47/10A61K47/34A61Q15/00A61Q17/04A61Q19/00A61K9/0024A61K31/445A61K8/86A61K31/439A61P1/08A61P23/00A61P23/02A61P29/00A61P39/02A61K9/08A61K9/10A61K45/06
Inventor NG, STEVEN Y.SHEN, HUI RONGHELLER, JORGE
Owner HERON THERAPEUTICS
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