Stable dosage forms of spiro and dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane antimalarials

Abstract

The field of the invention relates to stable dosage forms comprising spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane antimalarials, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and analogues, and processes for their preparation. The water content of the dosage form is not more than 6.5% w / w.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The field of the invention relates to stable dosage forms comprising spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane antimalarials, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and analogues, and processes for their preparation.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Malaria, the most common parasitic disease of humans, remains a major health and economic burden in most tropical countries. Large areas of Central and South America, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Oceania are considered as malaria-risk areas. It leads to a heavy toll of illness and death especially amongst children and pregnant women. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that the disease infects about 400 million people each year, and around two to three million people die from malaria every year. There are four kinds of malaria parasites that infect human: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax,...

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Benefits of technology

[0016]In another aspect there is provided a stable oral solid dosage form of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the structure of Formula I, which is formulated using a dry or non-aqueous process.

Problems solved by technology

Malaria, the most common parasitic disease of humans, remains a major health and economic burden in most tropical countries.

It leads to a heavy toll of illness and death especially amongst children and pregnant women.

This process continues, destroying a significant number of blood cells and causing the characteristic paroxysm (“chills and fever”) associated with the disease.

The downside to quinine and its derivatives is that they are short-acting and have bitter taste.

Further, they fail to prevent disease relapses and are also associated with side effects commonly known as ‘Chinchonism syndrome’ characterized by nausea, vomiting, dizziness, vertigo and deafness.

However, in recent years, with the emergence of drug-resistant strains of parasite and insecticide-resistant strains of vector, the treatment and / or control of malaria is becoming difficult with these conventional drugs.

Although the clinically useful semi synthetic artemisinin derivatives are rapid acting and potent antimalarial drugs, they have several disadvantages including recrudescence, neurotoxicity, (Wesche, D. L. et al., Antimicrob. Agents. Chemother. 1994, 38, 1813-1819) and metabolic instability (White, N. J., Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., 1994, 88, 41-43).

However, in spite of many advantages of trioxolanes, there are certain limitations for formulators developing formulations with trioxolones, the first being their susceptibility to degradation in presence of moisture that results in reduced shelf lives.

Another is their bitter taste, which can result in poor compliance of the regimen or selection of another, possibly less effective, therapeutic agent.

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