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ArticleAAPS PharmSciTech2013

Physicomechanical characterization and optimization of EDTA-mPEG and Avicel®-EDTA-mPEG in situ melt dispersion mini-pellets.

Angus R Hibbins, Yahya E Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C du Toit, Viness Pillay

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Angus R HibbinsFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Yahya E Choonara
Pradeep Kumar
Lisa C du Toit
Viness Pillay

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a physicomechanically customizable oral metal chelatory in situ hot melt dispersion mini-pellet entity which could be utilized within a binary drug delivery system. Avicel(®) RC/CL type R-591 was included within the in situ hot melt dispersion mini-pellet formulations to determine the physicomechanical effect this compound would have on the mini-pellet formulations. The physicomechanical properties of the hot melt in situ mini-pellet formulations were mathematically fitting to regression curves. Physicomechanical adjustment of the in situ hot melt dispersion mini-pellet formulations could be mathematically predicted with the derived regression curve equations. The addition of Avicel(®) RC/CL type R-591 increased the physicomechanical properties such as matrix hardness and increased total disintegration of the in situ hot melt dispersion mini-pellet formulations. The utilization of a physicomechanically customizable oral metal chelatory in situ hot melt dispersion mini-pellet entity within a binary drug delivery system would to achieve a synergistically enhance the activity of a drug-carrying entity or a permeation enhancing entity within a single drug delivery unit. The experimental results indicated that weights of the pellets that achieved optimal hardness ranged between 35 and 45 mg. The melt-dispersion formulations disintegrated within shorter time periods and maintained higher ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) concentrations whereas melt-dispersion formulations which included Avicel(®) had superior physicomechanical properties. Disintegration times ranged between 1,000 s for melt-dispersions containing EDTA and methyloxy polyethylene glycol 2000 (mPEG) only, to >6,000 s for melt-dispersions comprising EDTA, mPEG, and Avicel(®).

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Calorimetry, Differential ScanningCelluloseChelating AgentsDrug Delivery SystemsEdetic AcidHot TemperaturePolyethylene GlycolsPowdersCelluloseChelating AgentsEdetic Acidmonomethoxypolyethylene glycolPolyethylene GlycolsPowders

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PMID23733514
PMCPMC3755157

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