College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1065.
Analytical Chemistry Department, Analytical 2 Group, Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, 532-0003, Japan.
J Pharm Sci. 2018 Jan;107(1):307-316. doi: 10.1016/j.xphs.2017.09.002. Epub 2017 Sep 15.
The formulation developments and the in vivo assessment of Biopharmaceutical Classification System (BCS) class II drugs are challenging due to their low solubility and high permeability in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Since the GI environment influences the drug dissolution of BCS class II drugs, the human GI characteristics should be incorporated into the in vitro dissolution system to predict bioperformance of BCS class II drugs. An absorptive compartment may be important in dissolution apparatus for BCS class II drugs, especially for bases (BCS IIb) because of high permeability, precipitation, and supersaturation. Thus, the in vitro dissolution system with an absorptive compartment may help predicting the in vivo phenomena of BCS class II drugs better than compendial dissolution apparatuses. In this study, an absorptive compartment (a biphasic device) was introduced to a gastrointestinal simulator. This addition was evaluated if this in vitro system could improve the prediction of in vivo dissolution for BCS class IIb drugs, ketoconazole and raloxifene, and subsequent absorption. The gastrointestinal simulator is a practical in vivo predictive tool and exhibited an improved in vivo prediction utilizing the biphasic format and thus a better tool for evaluating the bioperformance of BCS class IIb drugs than compendial apparatuses.
由于生物药剂分类系统 (BCS) II 类药物在人体胃肠道 (GI) 中的溶解度低、渗透性高,因此其制剂开发和体内评估具有挑战性。由于 GI 环境会影响 BCS 类 II 药物的药物溶解,因此应将人体 GI 特征纳入体外溶解系统,以预测 BCS 类 II 药物的生物性能。对于 BCS 类 II 药物(尤其是碱性药物,即 BCS IIb),由于高渗透性、沉淀和过饱和,吸收隔室可能在溶解装置中很重要。因此,具有吸收隔室的体外溶解系统可能比药典溶解装置更有助于更好地预测 BCS 类 II 药物的体内现象。在这项研究中,将吸收隔室(双相装置)引入胃肠道模拟器中。评估了这种添加是否可以改善对 BCS 类 IIb 药物酮康唑和雷洛昔芬的体内溶解和随后吸收的体外预测。胃肠道模拟器是一种实用的体内预测工具,利用双相格式提高了体内预测,因此是评估 BCS 类 IIb 药物生物性能的比药典设备更好的工具。