Biopharmaceutics-Sterile Speciality Products, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Biopharmaceutics-Sterile Speciality Products, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2024 Oct;203:114436. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114436. Epub 2024 Aug 5.
The poor water solubility of orally administered drugs leads to low dissolution in the GI tract, resulting to low oral bioavailability. Traditionally, in vitro dissolution testing using the compendial dissolution apparatuses I and II has been the gold-standard method for evaluating drug dissolution and assuring drug quality. However, these methods don't accurately represent the complex physiologies of the GI tract, making it difficult to predict in vivo behavior of these drugs. In this study, the in vivo predictive method, gastrointestinal simulator alpha (GIS-α), was used to study the dissolution profiles of commercially available BCS Class II drugs, danazol, fenofibrate, celecoxib, and ritonavir. This biorelevant transfer method utilizes multiple compartments alongside peristaltic pumps, to effectively model the transfer of material in the GI tract. In all cases, the GIS-α with biorelevant buffers gave superior dissolution profiles. In silico modeling using GastroPlus yielded better prediction when utilizing the results from the GIS-α as input compared to the dissolution profiles obtained from the USP II apparatus. This gives the GIS-α an edge over compendial methods in generating drug dissolution profiles and is especially useful in the early stages of drug and formulation development. This information gives insight into the dissolution behavior and potential absorption patterns of these drugs which can be crucial for formulation development, as it allows for the optimization of drug delivery systems to enhance solubility, dissolution, and ultimately, bioavailability.
口服药物的水溶性差导致在胃肠道中的溶解度低,从而导致口服生物利用度低。传统上,使用药典溶出仪 I 和 II 进行的体外溶出试验一直是评估药物溶出度和保证药物质量的金标准方法。然而,这些方法不能准确地反映胃肠道的复杂生理情况,因此难以预测这些药物的体内行为。在这项研究中,使用体内预测方法,即胃肠道模拟器 alpha(GIS-α),研究了市售 BCS 类 II 药物丹那唑、非诺贝特、塞来昔布和利托那韦的溶出曲线。这种生物相关传递方法利用多个隔室和蠕动泵,有效地模拟了胃肠道中物质的传递。在所有情况下,使用生物相关缓冲液的 GIS-α 都给出了更好的溶出曲线。使用 GastroPlus 进行的计算机模拟显示,与从 USP II 仪器获得的溶解曲线相比,将 GIS-α 的结果用作输入时,预测效果更好。这使得 GIS-α 在生成药物溶解曲线方面优于药典方法,尤其是在药物和配方开发的早期阶段非常有用。这些信息深入了解了这些药物的溶解行为和潜在吸收模式,这对于配方开发至关重要,因为它可以优化药物传递系统以提高溶解度、溶解度,最终提高生物利用度。