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ArticlePharmaceutics2020

The Use of a Three-Fluid Atomising Nozzle in the Production of Spray-Dried Theophylline/Salbutamol Sulphate Powders Intended for Pulmonary Delivery.

Stefano Focaroli, Guannan Jiang, Peter O'Connell, John V Fahy, Anne-Marie Healy

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors.

Stefano FocaroliSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2 D02, Ireland.
Guannan JiangSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2 D02, Ireland.
Peter O'ConnellSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2 D02, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-3340-4066
John V FahyDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Health Sciences East, UCSF, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Anne-Marie HealySchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2 D02, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-5093-9786

Funding

Pre Clinical and Clinical Development of a Novel Thiol-Saccharide MucolyticP01HL128191 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FAHY, JOHN V · 2016 to 2020
$13.4M
Protein carbohydrate interactions in the pathophysiology of asthma exacerbationsR01HL080414 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI John V Fahy · 2005 to 2026
$9.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL128191NHLBI NIH HHS P01HL128191NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL080414Science Foundation Ireland SFI/12/RC/2275_P2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the use of a three-fluid atomising nozzle in a lab-scale spray dryer for the production of dry powders intended for pulmonary delivery. Powders were composed of salbutamol sulphate and theophylline in different weight ratios. The three-fluid nozzle technology enabled powders containing a high theophylline content to be obtained, overcoming the problems associated with its relatively low solubility, by pumping two separate feed solutions (containing the two different active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)) into the spray dryer via two separate nozzle channels at different feed rates. The final spray-dried products were characterized in terms of morphology, solid-state properties and aerosolization performance, and were compared with an equivalent formulation prepared using a standard two-fluid atomising nozzle. Results confirmed that most of the powders made using the three-fluid atomising nozzle met the required standards for a dry powder inhaler formulation in terms of physical characteristics; however, aerosolization characteristics require improvement if the powders are to be considered suitable for pulmonary delivery.

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dry powderdry powder inhaler (DPI)salbutamol sulphate pulmonary drug deliveryspray dryingtheophyllinethree-fluid nozzle

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PMID33233520
PMCPMC7699582

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