The application belongs to the field of pharmaceutical preparations and relates to a
brexpiprazole long-acting
microsphere and a preparation method thereof, which comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving
brexpiprazole and a degradable
polymer in an
organic solvent to obtain a
drug-containing
polymer solution as an
oil phase; (2) mixing the
drug-containing
polymer solution and a
polyvinyl alcohol solution by microfluidic technology to obtain an oil-in-water
emulsion; and (3) solidifying, washing and freeze-
drying the oil-in-water
emulsion under stirring to obtain the
brexpiprazole long-acting
microsphere. The application adjusts the volatile stirring time when the O / W primary
emulsion is formed, thereby adjusting the in-vitro release rate of the final
microsphere, and the microsphere without burst release, no
lag period and slow release can be screened. The application has the advantages that the preparation process of the brexpiprazole long-acting microsphere is simple, easy to be industrialized, has high encapsulation efficiency, large
drug loading, uniform microsphere
particle size distribution, good flowability, good needle passability, is easier to be injected, has obvious slow-release effect, can be used for reducing the fluctuation of
blood drug concentration and effectively improving the compliance of patients with
mental illness.