Exploring the Role of Surfactants in Enhancing Drug Release from Amorphous Solid Dispersions at Higher Drug Loadings

Autor: Sugandha Saboo, Pradnya Bapat, Dana E. Moseson, Umesh S. Kestur, Lynne S. Taylor
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Pharmaceutics, Vol 13, Iss 5, p 735 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1999-4923
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13050735
Popis: To reduce the dosage size of amorphous solid dispersion (ASD)-based formulations, it is of interest to devise formulation strategies that allow increased drug loading (DL) without compromising dissolution performance. The aim of this study was to explore how surfactant addition impacts drug release as a function of drug loading from a ternary ASD, using felodipine as a model poorly soluble compound. The addition of 5% TPGS (d-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate, a surfactant) to felodipine-polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate ASDs was found to facilitate rapid and congruent (i.e., simultaneous) release of drug and polymer at higher DLs relative to binary ASDs (drug and polymer only). For binary ASDs, good release was observed for DLs up to
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