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A dissolution test for a pressure-controlled colon delivery capsule: rotating beads method.

Y Yoshikawa·Z Hu·G Kimura·M Murakami·H Yoshikawa·K Takada
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The rotating beads method is a new in-vitro dissolution test proposed for drugs formulated as pressure-controlled colon delivery capsules (PCDCs). The apparatus consisted of a glass vessel (500 mL) containing 4-mm (i.d.) glass beads (5000, 10000 or 15000) and dissolution medium (0-067 M phosphate buffer, pH 7; 25, 50 or 100 mL) containing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA; 5, 10 or 20 w/v%) to simulate the viscosity of the colon. The vessel was rotated at 5, 10 or 25 rev min(-1) and the temperature was maintained at 37 degrees C. Fluorescein was used as a model drug to explore the optimized conditions under which differences in the drug dissolution rate are detected between colon delivery systems. Fluorescein was formulated in four types of colon delivery systems. One was a tablet coated with an enteric polymer, Eudragit S-100, and the other three were PCDCs prepared with different thicknesses of ethylcellulose coating membrane (type I, II, III). The dissolution behaviour of fluorescein from the PCDC formulation was significantly different from that of the Eudragit S-100-coated tablets, when the dissolution conditions were as follows: rotation speed, 10 rev min(-1); bead number, 10000; dissolution medium, 50mL with 10% PVA. This dissolution method was applied to acetaminophen sustained-release tablets and two other drugs having low solubility in the colon, tegafur and 5-aminosalicylic acid. Similarly, significant differences in the dissolution rates of drugs from the PCDC formulation and the enteric tablet were detected. There was good correlation between the in-vitro dissolution rates and in-vivo absorption rates using T50 (the time for half of the amount of drug to be released from the preparation) and Cmax/Tmax (enteric tablet) or Cmax/(Tmax-Ti) (PCDC), where Ti is the first appearance time in the systemic circulation. The rotating beads method is a valuable technique for evaluating the dissolution rate of drugs formulated in PCDC.

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Y Yoshikawa, Z Hu, G Kimura, M Murakami, H Yoshikawa, K Takada. 1999. A dissolution test for a pressure-controlled colon delivery capsule: rotating beads method.. https://doi.org/10.1211/0022357991773447

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