Title :

Towards a Better Understanding of Verapamil Release from Kollicoat SR:IR Coated Pellets Using Non-Invasive Analytical Tools

Author(s) :

Fahier, Julie [Auteur]
Médicaments et biomatériaux à libération contrôlée: mécanismes et optimisation - Advanced Drug Delivery Systems - U 1008 [MBLC - ADDS]
Vukosavljevic, Branko [Auteur]
Universität des Saarlandes [Saarbrücken]
De Kinder, Laure [Auteur]
Médicaments et biomatériaux à libération contrôlée: mécanismes et optimisation - Advanced Drug Delivery Systems - U 1008 [MBLC - ADDS]
Florin, Hugues [Auteur]
Médicaments et biomatériaux à libération contrôlée: mécanismes et optimisation - Advanced Drug Delivery Systems - U 1008 [MBLC - ADDS]
Goossens, Jean-Francois [Auteur]
Groupe de Recherche sur les formes Injectables et les Technologies Associées - ULR 7365 [GRITA]
Windbergs, Maike [Auteur]
Saarland University [Saarbrücken]
Siepmann, Florence [Auteur]
Médicaments et biomatériaux à libération contrôlée: mécanismes et optimisation - Advanced Drug Delivery Systems - U 1008 [MBLC - ADDS]
Siepmann, Juergen [Auteur]
Médicaments et biomatériaux à libération contrôlée: mécanismes et optimisation - Advanced Drug Delivery Systems - U 1008 [MBLC - ADDS]
FLORIN MUSCHERT, Susanne [Auteur]
Médicaments et biomatériaux à libération contrôlée: mécanismes et optimisation - Advanced Drug Delivery Systems - U 1008 [MBLC - ADDS]

Journal title :

Pharmaceutics

Volume number :

13

Pages :

1723

Publication date :

2021-10-21

ISSN :

1999-4923

Keyword(s) :

controlled release
coated pellet
polyvinyl acetate
weakly basic drug
drug release mechanisms
non-invasive analytical tools

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

The aim of this study was to gain deeper insight into the mass transport mechanisms controlling drug release from polymer-coated pellets using non-invasive analytical tools. Pellet starter cores loaded with verapamil HCl ...
Show more >The aim of this study was to gain deeper insight into the mass transport mechanisms controlling drug release from polymer-coated pellets using non-invasive analytical tools. Pellet starter cores loaded with verapamil HCl (10% loading, 45% lactose, 45% microcrystalline ellulose) were prepared by extrusion/spheronization and coated with 5% Kollicoat SR:IR 95:5 or 10% Kollicoat SR:IR 90:10. Drug release was measured from ensembles of pellets as well as from single pellets upon exposure to acetate buffer pH = 3.5 and phosphate buffer pH = 7.4. The swelling of single pellets was observed by optical microscopy, while dynamic changes in the pH in the pellet cores were monitored by fluorescence spectroscopy. Also, mathematical modeling using a mechanistically realistic theory as well as SEM and Raman imaging were applied to elucidate whether drug release mainly occurs by diffusion through the intact film coatings or whether crack formation in the film coatings plays a role. Interestingly, fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that the pH within the pellet cores substantially differed upon exposure to acetate buffer pH = 3.5 and phosphate buffer pH = 7.4, resulting in significant differences in drug solubility (verapamil being a weak base) and faster drug release at lower pH: from ensembles of pellets and single pellets. The monitoring of drug release from and the swelling of single pellets indicated that crack formation in the film coatings likely plays a major role, irrespective of the Kollicoat SR:IR ratio/coating level. This was confirmed by mathematical modeling, SEM and Raman imaging. Importantly, the latter technique allowed also for non-invasive measurements, reducing the risk of artifact creation associated with sample cutting with a scalpel.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
Inserm
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (ADDS) - U1008

Submission date :

2022-03-25T08:16:50Z
2022-03-28T08:29:30Z