CA1135187A - Pharmaceutical preparations in solid unit dosage form - Google Patents
Pharmaceutical preparations in solid unit dosage formInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
- A61K9/00—Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
- A61K9/48—Preparations in capsules, e.g. of gelatin, of chocolate
- A61K9/4841—Filling excipients; Inactive ingredients
- A61K9/4858—Organic compounds
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J3/00—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
- A61J3/07—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
- A61J3/071—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use into the form of telescopically engaged two-piece capsules
- A61J3/074—Filling capsules; Related operations
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
- A61K9/00—Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
- A61K9/48—Preparations in capsules, e.g. of gelatin, of chocolate
- A61K9/4833—Encapsulating processes; Filling of capsules
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
- A61K9/00—Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
- A61K9/48—Preparations in capsules, e.g. of gelatin, of chocolate
- A61K9/4841—Filling excipients; Inactive ingredients
- A61K9/4866—Organic macromolecular compounds
Abstract
Abstract of the disclosure:
A process for the manufacture of pharmaceutical pre-parations in hard capsule form and a capsule filling machine equipped with a detector system and a filling head suitable for doing a liquid.
A process for the manufacture of pharmaceutical pre-parations in hard capsule form and a capsule filling machine equipped with a detector system and a filling head suitable for doing a liquid.
Description
~ 2 ~ HOE 77/F 276 The invention relates to the manufacture of pharmaceu-tical preparations in hard capsule form, preferably in hard gelatin capsule form.
It is important that pharmaceutical preparations should contain a known amount of active ingredient, and in many cases precise dosing is required, especially in the case of highly potent dru~s to be administered in small quantities.
For oral administration, solid unit dosage forms are gene-rally preferred to liquid forms because they permit precise doses to be administered, they are generally more convenient to administer, and they are often more stable. Hard gela-tin capsules are a relatively expensive but highly accep-table solid unit dosage form, the gelatin shells generally being filled with solid material. However, the processing of solids into granules and powders for filling into cap-sules presents certain technical problems, for example, the difficulty of providing a uniform dispersion of the active ingredient in the carriers used.
A capsule-filling machine has recently been described (DOS 26 12 472) whereby paste-like or semi-solid materials can be dosed into hard gelatin capsule shells. The paste-like or semi-solid material is extruded into a layer of uniform thickness and density, and a tubular member is in-serted vertically through the whole thickness of the layer.
As a result of the pasty consistency of the material to be dosed, a plug of the materlal is retained with the member and is then forced out fro~ the member into a capsule shell and located by m0ans of compressed air. This system has 29 several disadvantages: the accuracy of the dosing depends , , ,.. , . ~, . . ....... .. .. .
35~7 on producing a layer of extruded material of very uniform thickness and must overcome the difficulties of mixing the drug in the pasty base; the tubular member must be control-led by a relatively complex mechanism which twists the mem-ber from its position over the extruded layer to its posi-tion over the capsule shell; it is difficult to discharge the plu~ of material from the member; and if an oily mate-rial is used, this may tend to leak from the ioint of the capsule.
The use of liquid material in capsules presents problems as the liquid tends to leak out from between the halves of the capsule shell. This leakage can be avoided by placing a band around the joint: however, this adds an extra stage to the filling process, thus adding to the manufacturing costs.
Liquids may, however, be used in soft gelatin capsules. Soft gelatin capsules combine the advantage of a solid unit do-sage form with the advantages of a liquid with regard to the ease of providing a uniform mix of the active ingredient in the carrier and the precision with which the resulting mix can be dispensed. However, they have the disadvantage that very specialised equipment is required for their production which is therefore generally carried out by contract manu-facturers rather than by the pharmaceutical house itself.
Ihis results in a higher cost than for hard gelantin capsules and also has other disadvantages, for example, prob].ems asso-ciated with research and development of new pharmaceuticals.
Not only should the amount of active ingredient in a pharmaceutical preparation be knwon, but also the extent 29 and rate of its release in vivo, that is to say, its bio-~ 35~87 availability. Work has been done to formulate preparations having a high bioavailability of the active ingredient, and, in many cases, specific release properties. ~ork has been proceeding since the 1960's into the use of solid solutions, solid dispersions and eutectic mixtures consisting of the active ingredient in a suitable carrier, for example urea or a polyethylene glycol. It has been shown (see for ex-ample Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 60 1281 (1971)) that such systems using hydrophilic carriers, for example polyethylene glycols, can result in a bioavailability much superior to conventional solid formulations, while hydro-phobic carriers may be used to delay the release of the active principle. Suitable hydrophobic matrices include, for example, low melting-point waxes, oils, and water-inso-luble polymers. In the latter case, the water-insoluble polymer may be present in admixture with a liquid hydrophi-lic carrier: slow-release soft gelatin capsules have been described in which the liquid core comprises polyethylene glycol 600 and a few percent of polyvinyl acetate; as the PEG is dissolved by the gastric juices, the water present causes the polyvinyl actate to precipitate as a solid, thus slowing the release of the active ingredient. As the pro-portion of polyvinyl acetate present increases, the rate of release of the active ingredient decreases.
The disadvantage, however, of the large scale use of solid dispersions or eutectic mixtures is that they gene-rally have very poor processing properties, generally being sticky, glass-like masses with poor flow properties, which 29 are very difficult to process using conventional tablet-making or capsule-filling tecniques.
The present invention provides a process for the manu--facture of a pharmaceutical preparation in unit dosage form, which comprises dosing into a rigid shell suitable for administration as a dosage unit, preferably into a hard gelatin capsule, a liquid carrier containing the active ingredient, which liquid solidifies or gels suffi-ciently to lose its liquid flow properties, inside the shell, the liquid carrier being a water-soluble hot melt having a solidification point in the range of 30 to 6~C
or being a thixotropic gel.
The shell is suitably the body of a hard gelatin cap-sule.
The liquid carrier containing the active ingredien~
may be, for example, a thixotropic gel which behaves as a liquid during the filling operation but which behaves as a solid inside the capsule shell, or it may be a water soluble hot melt which will solidify on cooling to room temperature to give a solid solution, a solid dispersion or a eutectic mixture, or a mixture of these forms: for example, a drug may partially dissolve in a molten carr er so that on solidification a mixture of a solid solution and a solid dispersion results. Generally, in a solid dispersion, the drug is present as individual crystals and not as crystal aggregates as in conventional formulations, thereby aiding dis301ution.
~ Jhen using a hot melt, it is desirable to use a system having a melting point in the range fr-om 30 to ~0C and a 29 relatively ~ow viscosity when molten. This ensures that ~1351~
the melt can be readily pumped through the capsule filling system and can easily be stirred when molten, to aid dis-solution and the suspension of any insoluble material.
The upper temperature which may be used is determined by the upper temperature which may be used is determined by the stability of the active ingredient in the molten carrier, the case and economy of heating the capsule-fil-ling machinery, and the stability of the capsule shells: a temperature in excess of 60C may cause damage to a con-ventional hard gelatin capsule shell, but a higher tempe-rature may be used when other hard capsules are filled.
Wat-er soluble carriers which may be used are for ex-ample: macrogol esters as polyoxyl-40-stearate, macrogol ethers as polyethylene glycols, poloxamer as poloxamer 188, polyvinyl alcohols sucrose esters, for example cro-desta F 160, carboxypolymethylene as carbopol, sorbitan e~ters as sorbitan trioleate, poysorbates as polysorbate 80 or any mixture thereof.
By suitable choice of the carrier material, the in vivo dis~olution of the drug may be enhanced and the bioavaila-bllity of the drug may be increased. In a solid solution or dispersion or a eutectic mixture7 the drug is present in a much more finely divided form than can be obtained by simply mixing the drug with a solid carrier. If the carrier of the solid solution, dispersion or eutectic mixture is very readily soluble in gastric juices, it will dissolve very rapidly on administration and the drug, being in very finely divided form, will be easily and rapidly absorbed.
29 This is a great advantage for drugs which are not very , ~' .
. .
-` 113518 7 readily soluble in gastric juices. Polyethylene glycols (PEG) having molecular weights in the range from 1000 to 6000 have proved to be suitable carriers for such fast release systems; the melting point of the system can be finely controlled by mixing various grades of PEG, for example PEG 1000 having a melting point of about 35C an~
PEG 6000 having a melting point of about 60C.
On the other hand, if the carrier is not readily soluble in gastric juices, a slow-release system will be obtained;
such carriers include oils, for example liquid paraffin, gelled with thixotropic agents. An effective slow release formulation can also be produced using polyvinyl acetate as described above, in admixture; however, with a higher grade of PEG than has been used in soft gelatin capsules, so as to produce a solid solution in the capsule.
Suitable gelling agents wrich are available for the production of thixotropic gels include hydrogenated castor oil, (for example (R)Thixcin), and col;oidal silicon dioxide (for example (R)Aerosil).
Because the process of the invention utilises a liquid carrier, the problems associated with obtaining a uniform mix of a solid drug with a solid carrier are not encountered. A homogeneous mixture or solution can be obtained simply by stirring the hot melt or liquid gel.
25 This is especially important for systems where it is dif-ficult to mix solids efficiently: for example, certain low-dose oral contraceptives have a particle size and shape which makes it very difficult to produce solid unit 29 dosage forms having satisfactory content uniformity. It 1135i~7 has been described that, for example, the content of ste-roids in low dosage contracentive tablets varies within rather wide limits (c.f. Paper presented by P.D. Faint and G.H. King at Technicon Colloquim on "Automated Analysis in the Pharmaceutical Industry", Bloomsbury Centre Hotel, London, 23rd April, 1970). Such steroids are therefore very suitably filled into capsule shells using the process of the invention. The process of the invention may also, for example, be used for the preparation of capsules con-~0 taining Digoxin, in the dissolution problems of whichthere has been much recent interest.
A great advantage of the process of the invention is that the capsules can be filled using conventional hard gelatin capsule filling machinery with some modification.
15 Such machinery for filling powders into a capsule shell has a filling head which picks up a plug of powder and drops the plug into a capsule shell located on a turnable which subsequently rotates to bring a new shell into posi-tion or filling. The machinery can be readily modified to carry out the process of the invention by replacing the filling head with means for dosing a liquid rather than a powder.
The invention relates therefore furthermore to a cap-sule filling machine comprising a turntable and a fil-ling head, characterized in that the machine is equippedwith a detector system and a filling head suitable for dosing a liquid. As filling head there may be used for example a refillable syringe, a peristaltic pump or a pre-29 cision shot dispenser. ~f these, a precision shot dispen-..... .... .
. , .
1135~87 - g - HOE 77/F 276 ser operated by compressed air has proved especially sui-table, providing an accurate and repeatable dose of liquid.
If a hot melt is used, heating means is required to ensure that the melt does not solidify or become unduly 5 viscous before it is dosed into the capsule shell: the temperature of the melt when dosed into the body of the capsule shall should of course be lower than the tempera-ture at which damage will be caused to the shell. Heating tape around the relevant parts of the apparatus is general-ly the most convenient heating means, but other methods,for example hot air, may also be used.
In a conventional hard gelatin capsule filling machine, a receptable is generally provided beneath the , filling station so that, if the machine fails to present a capsule body to the filling head, the discharged material is collected. However, when the machine is modiried to dispense a liquid, this collection system is inadequate as the liquid soils the apparatus. This can be avoided by incorporating a detector system, for example based on a phot-ce]l, so that no liquid is discharged from the fj.lling mechanism unless a capsule shell is correctly positioned under the filling mechanism. This system is preferably extended to detect and prevent the filling of damaged shells. The detector system may for example actuate a micro-switch which controls the turntable and the filling mechanism; preferably, if a capsule shell is not presented to the filling mechanism, no liquid is dis~ensed and the turntable rotates to present the next 29 capsule shell so that the filling cycle is not seriously ~135187 disrupted.
The capsule filling machine may be of the intermit-tent motion type or of the continous motion type.
Capsules may be prepared which contain incompatible drugs, by dosing the shell with a liquid containing one drug and, after solidification, dosing the shell with a liquid containing a second drug. Similarly, capsules dosed with a melt and/or gel may also contain pellets, granules, tablets or a powder.
Thus by the process of the invention there are ob~
tained the advantages of a liquid with regard to the con-tent uniformity of the resulting product, and the ad-vantages of a solid with regard to convenience of admi-nistration and stability of the preparation. In addi-tion, there may be obtained the advantages of the use of solid solutions, solid dispersions and eutec~ic mixtures with regard to the control of release of the drug and its bioavailability. A further significant advantage is that a formulation used in the process of the invention is generally very much simpler than that required using conventional tableting or capsule-filling techniques, which generally require the presence of various carriers acting as flow aids, lubricants and diluents to improve the flow properties of the formulation. In the process of the invention, the liquid formulation is of course self--lubricating and mzy have a very simple constitution, for example a polyethylene glycol and the drug, or an oi.l, a thixotropic ag~nt and the drug.
29 The invention will now be described, by way Or example , ~ ,, .
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1135~197 ~ HOE 77/F 276only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows the turntable of a capsule-filling machine of the inventi.on and its associated filling equipment;
Figure 2 shows the capsule detection system of the machine of Figure 1; and Figure 3 shows the precision shot dispenser used in the machine o~ Figure 1.
Figure 1 shows the turntable 9 of the capsule filling machine whi.ch has eight stations arranged around its periphery. These stations are the capsule introducing station 1, separation station 2, detection station 3, filling station 4, capsule closing station 5, ejection station 6, control station 7 and a station 8 which is not used in the process of the invention.
At capsule introduction station 1, an empty capsule shell is placed into a capsule holder 10 on the turntable 9.
At separation station 2 the capsule cap is separated from the capsule body 11. Over detection station 3 there is posi-tioned a detector system 12. At filling station 4, liquidfilling material 13 is injected into the capsule body 11 by means of a precision shot dispenser 14 . At station 5 the capsule shell is closed by replacing the cap on the capsule body 11 and the resulting capsule is ejected from the turn-table at ejection station ~. The actuator (a microswitch,not shown) for the preclsion shot dispenser 14 activated by the turntable 9 is located at control station 7.
The detector system 12 is shown ~ore clearly in Fi-2g gure 2. It comprises a support bar 15 ~hich is movable 11351~
- 12 - HOE 77/F ?76 in a vertical plane by means not shown, a light emitting diode 16 and a detector 17. If the capsule body 11 is not present in the capsule holder 10, light from the light emitting diode 16 reaches the detector 17 hereby actuating the microswitch (not shown) at control station 7 which - delays the filling cycle, thus preventing spillage of the liquid filling material 13.
The precision shot dispenser 14 is shown in Figure 3.
It comprises a reservoir 18 for the liquid filling mate-rial 15 having an inlet for compressed air which operatesa plunger 20; a valve mechanism 21 wherein the valve is opened or closed by means of compressed air introduced through an inlet 22 permits the flow of liquid filling material 13 in the direction of the arrows into a filling nozzle 23 and subsequently into the capsule body 11. The reservoir 1~ is provided with heating means (not shown), for example heating tape or a hot-air blower. The quan-tity of liquid filling material 13 dispensed depends on the pressure of the air applied at inlet 19 and on a timer device (nGt shown) which is controlled by the micro-switch (not shown) at control station 7. It also depends on such parameters as the viscosity of the liquid filling material 13.
For carrying out the process of the invention the pre-cision shot dispenser may be modified, for example, theplunger 20 may be missing.
The following Examples illustrate the invention.
E X A M P L E 1:
___ Formula . mg/capsule Triamterene 0.020 Polyethylene glycol (400) 80.000 Polyethylene glycol (2000) 320.000 TOTAL FILL WEIGHT 400.020 mg A conventional capsule filling machine, for example a Hofliger or a (R)Zanasi may be modified for use by re~
placement of the normal means for dosing a plug of powder into the capsule shell by a refillable ~yringe. A hot air blower was provided to keep the filling mechanism at the required temperature, and a detector system utilising a light emitting diode was fitted so that if for any reason a capsule shell was not presented at the correct t.ime to the refillable syringe, the filling cycle was stopped.
The polyethylene glycol mixture was melted at 50C
and the Tri.amterene was dispersed therein by stirring.
3,600 c.apsules (size 1) were filled per hour with the melt, and the relative standard deviation (RSD) of the fill weight was 2.7 %. By comparison, a run o~ 3,600 cap-su]es per hour dosed with a mean fill weight of 269.23 mg of a conventional powder formulation based on microcrystal-line cellulose, diluents, magnesium stearate and talc, .~howed a relative standard deviation of 2.9 %. Fill weight uniformity is therefore shown to be similar to ~hat aoh.iev-ed by conventional equipment. Content un~formity of the dru~ in the capsule has also been determined and ev~n with a low dose of 20/ug Triamterene the relative standard
It is important that pharmaceutical preparations should contain a known amount of active ingredient, and in many cases precise dosing is required, especially in the case of highly potent dru~s to be administered in small quantities.
For oral administration, solid unit dosage forms are gene-rally preferred to liquid forms because they permit precise doses to be administered, they are generally more convenient to administer, and they are often more stable. Hard gela-tin capsules are a relatively expensive but highly accep-table solid unit dosage form, the gelatin shells generally being filled with solid material. However, the processing of solids into granules and powders for filling into cap-sules presents certain technical problems, for example, the difficulty of providing a uniform dispersion of the active ingredient in the carriers used.
A capsule-filling machine has recently been described (DOS 26 12 472) whereby paste-like or semi-solid materials can be dosed into hard gelatin capsule shells. The paste-like or semi-solid material is extruded into a layer of uniform thickness and density, and a tubular member is in-serted vertically through the whole thickness of the layer.
As a result of the pasty consistency of the material to be dosed, a plug of the materlal is retained with the member and is then forced out fro~ the member into a capsule shell and located by m0ans of compressed air. This system has 29 several disadvantages: the accuracy of the dosing depends , , ,.. , . ~, . . ....... .. .. .
35~7 on producing a layer of extruded material of very uniform thickness and must overcome the difficulties of mixing the drug in the pasty base; the tubular member must be control-led by a relatively complex mechanism which twists the mem-ber from its position over the extruded layer to its posi-tion over the capsule shell; it is difficult to discharge the plu~ of material from the member; and if an oily mate-rial is used, this may tend to leak from the ioint of the capsule.
The use of liquid material in capsules presents problems as the liquid tends to leak out from between the halves of the capsule shell. This leakage can be avoided by placing a band around the joint: however, this adds an extra stage to the filling process, thus adding to the manufacturing costs.
Liquids may, however, be used in soft gelatin capsules. Soft gelatin capsules combine the advantage of a solid unit do-sage form with the advantages of a liquid with regard to the ease of providing a uniform mix of the active ingredient in the carrier and the precision with which the resulting mix can be dispensed. However, they have the disadvantage that very specialised equipment is required for their production which is therefore generally carried out by contract manu-facturers rather than by the pharmaceutical house itself.
Ihis results in a higher cost than for hard gelantin capsules and also has other disadvantages, for example, prob].ems asso-ciated with research and development of new pharmaceuticals.
Not only should the amount of active ingredient in a pharmaceutical preparation be knwon, but also the extent 29 and rate of its release in vivo, that is to say, its bio-~ 35~87 availability. Work has been done to formulate preparations having a high bioavailability of the active ingredient, and, in many cases, specific release properties. ~ork has been proceeding since the 1960's into the use of solid solutions, solid dispersions and eutectic mixtures consisting of the active ingredient in a suitable carrier, for example urea or a polyethylene glycol. It has been shown (see for ex-ample Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 60 1281 (1971)) that such systems using hydrophilic carriers, for example polyethylene glycols, can result in a bioavailability much superior to conventional solid formulations, while hydro-phobic carriers may be used to delay the release of the active principle. Suitable hydrophobic matrices include, for example, low melting-point waxes, oils, and water-inso-luble polymers. In the latter case, the water-insoluble polymer may be present in admixture with a liquid hydrophi-lic carrier: slow-release soft gelatin capsules have been described in which the liquid core comprises polyethylene glycol 600 and a few percent of polyvinyl acetate; as the PEG is dissolved by the gastric juices, the water present causes the polyvinyl actate to precipitate as a solid, thus slowing the release of the active ingredient. As the pro-portion of polyvinyl acetate present increases, the rate of release of the active ingredient decreases.
The disadvantage, however, of the large scale use of solid dispersions or eutectic mixtures is that they gene-rally have very poor processing properties, generally being sticky, glass-like masses with poor flow properties, which 29 are very difficult to process using conventional tablet-making or capsule-filling tecniques.
The present invention provides a process for the manu--facture of a pharmaceutical preparation in unit dosage form, which comprises dosing into a rigid shell suitable for administration as a dosage unit, preferably into a hard gelatin capsule, a liquid carrier containing the active ingredient, which liquid solidifies or gels suffi-ciently to lose its liquid flow properties, inside the shell, the liquid carrier being a water-soluble hot melt having a solidification point in the range of 30 to 6~C
or being a thixotropic gel.
The shell is suitably the body of a hard gelatin cap-sule.
The liquid carrier containing the active ingredien~
may be, for example, a thixotropic gel which behaves as a liquid during the filling operation but which behaves as a solid inside the capsule shell, or it may be a water soluble hot melt which will solidify on cooling to room temperature to give a solid solution, a solid dispersion or a eutectic mixture, or a mixture of these forms: for example, a drug may partially dissolve in a molten carr er so that on solidification a mixture of a solid solution and a solid dispersion results. Generally, in a solid dispersion, the drug is present as individual crystals and not as crystal aggregates as in conventional formulations, thereby aiding dis301ution.
~ Jhen using a hot melt, it is desirable to use a system having a melting point in the range fr-om 30 to ~0C and a 29 relatively ~ow viscosity when molten. This ensures that ~1351~
the melt can be readily pumped through the capsule filling system and can easily be stirred when molten, to aid dis-solution and the suspension of any insoluble material.
The upper temperature which may be used is determined by the upper temperature which may be used is determined by the stability of the active ingredient in the molten carrier, the case and economy of heating the capsule-fil-ling machinery, and the stability of the capsule shells: a temperature in excess of 60C may cause damage to a con-ventional hard gelatin capsule shell, but a higher tempe-rature may be used when other hard capsules are filled.
Wat-er soluble carriers which may be used are for ex-ample: macrogol esters as polyoxyl-40-stearate, macrogol ethers as polyethylene glycols, poloxamer as poloxamer 188, polyvinyl alcohols sucrose esters, for example cro-desta F 160, carboxypolymethylene as carbopol, sorbitan e~ters as sorbitan trioleate, poysorbates as polysorbate 80 or any mixture thereof.
By suitable choice of the carrier material, the in vivo dis~olution of the drug may be enhanced and the bioavaila-bllity of the drug may be increased. In a solid solution or dispersion or a eutectic mixture7 the drug is present in a much more finely divided form than can be obtained by simply mixing the drug with a solid carrier. If the carrier of the solid solution, dispersion or eutectic mixture is very readily soluble in gastric juices, it will dissolve very rapidly on administration and the drug, being in very finely divided form, will be easily and rapidly absorbed.
29 This is a great advantage for drugs which are not very , ~' .
. .
-` 113518 7 readily soluble in gastric juices. Polyethylene glycols (PEG) having molecular weights in the range from 1000 to 6000 have proved to be suitable carriers for such fast release systems; the melting point of the system can be finely controlled by mixing various grades of PEG, for example PEG 1000 having a melting point of about 35C an~
PEG 6000 having a melting point of about 60C.
On the other hand, if the carrier is not readily soluble in gastric juices, a slow-release system will be obtained;
such carriers include oils, for example liquid paraffin, gelled with thixotropic agents. An effective slow release formulation can also be produced using polyvinyl acetate as described above, in admixture; however, with a higher grade of PEG than has been used in soft gelatin capsules, so as to produce a solid solution in the capsule.
Suitable gelling agents wrich are available for the production of thixotropic gels include hydrogenated castor oil, (for example (R)Thixcin), and col;oidal silicon dioxide (for example (R)Aerosil).
Because the process of the invention utilises a liquid carrier, the problems associated with obtaining a uniform mix of a solid drug with a solid carrier are not encountered. A homogeneous mixture or solution can be obtained simply by stirring the hot melt or liquid gel.
25 This is especially important for systems where it is dif-ficult to mix solids efficiently: for example, certain low-dose oral contraceptives have a particle size and shape which makes it very difficult to produce solid unit 29 dosage forms having satisfactory content uniformity. It 1135i~7 has been described that, for example, the content of ste-roids in low dosage contracentive tablets varies within rather wide limits (c.f. Paper presented by P.D. Faint and G.H. King at Technicon Colloquim on "Automated Analysis in the Pharmaceutical Industry", Bloomsbury Centre Hotel, London, 23rd April, 1970). Such steroids are therefore very suitably filled into capsule shells using the process of the invention. The process of the invention may also, for example, be used for the preparation of capsules con-~0 taining Digoxin, in the dissolution problems of whichthere has been much recent interest.
A great advantage of the process of the invention is that the capsules can be filled using conventional hard gelatin capsule filling machinery with some modification.
15 Such machinery for filling powders into a capsule shell has a filling head which picks up a plug of powder and drops the plug into a capsule shell located on a turnable which subsequently rotates to bring a new shell into posi-tion or filling. The machinery can be readily modified to carry out the process of the invention by replacing the filling head with means for dosing a liquid rather than a powder.
The invention relates therefore furthermore to a cap-sule filling machine comprising a turntable and a fil-ling head, characterized in that the machine is equippedwith a detector system and a filling head suitable for dosing a liquid. As filling head there may be used for example a refillable syringe, a peristaltic pump or a pre-29 cision shot dispenser. ~f these, a precision shot dispen-..... .... .
. , .
1135~87 - g - HOE 77/F 276 ser operated by compressed air has proved especially sui-table, providing an accurate and repeatable dose of liquid.
If a hot melt is used, heating means is required to ensure that the melt does not solidify or become unduly 5 viscous before it is dosed into the capsule shell: the temperature of the melt when dosed into the body of the capsule shall should of course be lower than the tempera-ture at which damage will be caused to the shell. Heating tape around the relevant parts of the apparatus is general-ly the most convenient heating means, but other methods,for example hot air, may also be used.
In a conventional hard gelatin capsule filling machine, a receptable is generally provided beneath the , filling station so that, if the machine fails to present a capsule body to the filling head, the discharged material is collected. However, when the machine is modiried to dispense a liquid, this collection system is inadequate as the liquid soils the apparatus. This can be avoided by incorporating a detector system, for example based on a phot-ce]l, so that no liquid is discharged from the fj.lling mechanism unless a capsule shell is correctly positioned under the filling mechanism. This system is preferably extended to detect and prevent the filling of damaged shells. The detector system may for example actuate a micro-switch which controls the turntable and the filling mechanism; preferably, if a capsule shell is not presented to the filling mechanism, no liquid is dis~ensed and the turntable rotates to present the next 29 capsule shell so that the filling cycle is not seriously ~135187 disrupted.
The capsule filling machine may be of the intermit-tent motion type or of the continous motion type.
Capsules may be prepared which contain incompatible drugs, by dosing the shell with a liquid containing one drug and, after solidification, dosing the shell with a liquid containing a second drug. Similarly, capsules dosed with a melt and/or gel may also contain pellets, granules, tablets or a powder.
Thus by the process of the invention there are ob~
tained the advantages of a liquid with regard to the con-tent uniformity of the resulting product, and the ad-vantages of a solid with regard to convenience of admi-nistration and stability of the preparation. In addi-tion, there may be obtained the advantages of the use of solid solutions, solid dispersions and eutec~ic mixtures with regard to the control of release of the drug and its bioavailability. A further significant advantage is that a formulation used in the process of the invention is generally very much simpler than that required using conventional tableting or capsule-filling techniques, which generally require the presence of various carriers acting as flow aids, lubricants and diluents to improve the flow properties of the formulation. In the process of the invention, the liquid formulation is of course self--lubricating and mzy have a very simple constitution, for example a polyethylene glycol and the drug, or an oi.l, a thixotropic ag~nt and the drug.
29 The invention will now be described, by way Or example , ~ ,, .
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1135~197 ~ HOE 77/F 276only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows the turntable of a capsule-filling machine of the inventi.on and its associated filling equipment;
Figure 2 shows the capsule detection system of the machine of Figure 1; and Figure 3 shows the precision shot dispenser used in the machine o~ Figure 1.
Figure 1 shows the turntable 9 of the capsule filling machine whi.ch has eight stations arranged around its periphery. These stations are the capsule introducing station 1, separation station 2, detection station 3, filling station 4, capsule closing station 5, ejection station 6, control station 7 and a station 8 which is not used in the process of the invention.
At capsule introduction station 1, an empty capsule shell is placed into a capsule holder 10 on the turntable 9.
At separation station 2 the capsule cap is separated from the capsule body 11. Over detection station 3 there is posi-tioned a detector system 12. At filling station 4, liquidfilling material 13 is injected into the capsule body 11 by means of a precision shot dispenser 14 . At station 5 the capsule shell is closed by replacing the cap on the capsule body 11 and the resulting capsule is ejected from the turn-table at ejection station ~. The actuator (a microswitch,not shown) for the preclsion shot dispenser 14 activated by the turntable 9 is located at control station 7.
The detector system 12 is shown ~ore clearly in Fi-2g gure 2. It comprises a support bar 15 ~hich is movable 11351~
- 12 - HOE 77/F ?76 in a vertical plane by means not shown, a light emitting diode 16 and a detector 17. If the capsule body 11 is not present in the capsule holder 10, light from the light emitting diode 16 reaches the detector 17 hereby actuating the microswitch (not shown) at control station 7 which - delays the filling cycle, thus preventing spillage of the liquid filling material 13.
The precision shot dispenser 14 is shown in Figure 3.
It comprises a reservoir 18 for the liquid filling mate-rial 15 having an inlet for compressed air which operatesa plunger 20; a valve mechanism 21 wherein the valve is opened or closed by means of compressed air introduced through an inlet 22 permits the flow of liquid filling material 13 in the direction of the arrows into a filling nozzle 23 and subsequently into the capsule body 11. The reservoir 1~ is provided with heating means (not shown), for example heating tape or a hot-air blower. The quan-tity of liquid filling material 13 dispensed depends on the pressure of the air applied at inlet 19 and on a timer device (nGt shown) which is controlled by the micro-switch (not shown) at control station 7. It also depends on such parameters as the viscosity of the liquid filling material 13.
For carrying out the process of the invention the pre-cision shot dispenser may be modified, for example, theplunger 20 may be missing.
The following Examples illustrate the invention.
E X A M P L E 1:
___ Formula . mg/capsule Triamterene 0.020 Polyethylene glycol (400) 80.000 Polyethylene glycol (2000) 320.000 TOTAL FILL WEIGHT 400.020 mg A conventional capsule filling machine, for example a Hofliger or a (R)Zanasi may be modified for use by re~
placement of the normal means for dosing a plug of powder into the capsule shell by a refillable ~yringe. A hot air blower was provided to keep the filling mechanism at the required temperature, and a detector system utilising a light emitting diode was fitted so that if for any reason a capsule shell was not presented at the correct t.ime to the refillable syringe, the filling cycle was stopped.
The polyethylene glycol mixture was melted at 50C
and the Tri.amterene was dispersed therein by stirring.
3,600 c.apsules (size 1) were filled per hour with the melt, and the relative standard deviation (RSD) of the fill weight was 2.7 %. By comparison, a run o~ 3,600 cap-su]es per hour dosed with a mean fill weight of 269.23 mg of a conventional powder formulation based on microcrystal-line cellulose, diluents, magnesium stearate and talc, .~howed a relative standard deviation of 2.9 %. Fill weight uniformity is therefore shown to be similar to ~hat aoh.iev-ed by conventional equipment. Content un~formity of the dru~ in the capsule has also been determined and ev~n with a low dose of 20/ug Triamterene the relative standard
2~ deviation of the drug in the mix is less than 2 ~. This 11351~
compares favourably with the content variation shown by low dose contraceptive steroids prepared by conventional tableting methods.
E X A M P L E 2:
5 Formula mg/capsule Colloidal silicon dioxide ~for ex.(R)AEROSIL 200) 12.4 hydrogenated castor oil (for ex.(R)THIXCIN R) 18.6 Liquid paraffin 58g.0 TOTAL FILL WEIGHT 620 mg Thixcin and Aerosil are dispersed in the liquid pa-raffin using a high speed mixer and the mix is warmed to 40C to develop the gel. The thixotropic gel is filled into capsule shells using a precision-shot dispenser. For a fill weight of 620 mg a relative standard deviation of 1.4 % can be achieved.
E X A M P L E 3:
Formula mg/capsule Triamterene 50 Polyethylene glycol (400) 70 E~olyethylene glycol (2000) 280 TOTAL FILL ~IEIGHT 400 mg Method Triamterene is dispersed in the Polyethylene gly-col 400 using a triple roller mill, molten PEG 2000 is added ~ith stirring. The molten mix is filled into cap~ules u~ing a refillable syringe.
29 The dissolution in gOO ml of 0.1N HCl by the United 11351~
States Pharmacopoeia method at 100 rpm, of capsules of Triamterene ~illed by the process o~ the invention and commercially available Triamterene are shown in the table:
Dissolution of Triamterene 50 mg capsules-USP
method 900 ml O. 1 N_HCl at 100 r~
g drug released Dose 50 mg 50 mg Dose Form Commercially available Solid Solution Triamterene capsules (example 3) Dissolution Time (Mins) Disintegration Time BP (Mins) 30 9 the capsule contents disperse very quickly and the major part of this time is taken by the capsule shell dissolving.
E X A M P L E 4:
Formula mg/capsule Nomifensine Hydrogen Maleate 75 Polyvinyl acetate10- 30 (2- 6 % w/v) Polyethylene glycol415-395_ TOTAL FILL WEI~HT 500 mg
compares favourably with the content variation shown by low dose contraceptive steroids prepared by conventional tableting methods.
E X A M P L E 2:
5 Formula mg/capsule Colloidal silicon dioxide ~for ex.(R)AEROSIL 200) 12.4 hydrogenated castor oil (for ex.(R)THIXCIN R) 18.6 Liquid paraffin 58g.0 TOTAL FILL WEIGHT 620 mg Thixcin and Aerosil are dispersed in the liquid pa-raffin using a high speed mixer and the mix is warmed to 40C to develop the gel. The thixotropic gel is filled into capsule shells using a precision-shot dispenser. For a fill weight of 620 mg a relative standard deviation of 1.4 % can be achieved.
E X A M P L E 3:
Formula mg/capsule Triamterene 50 Polyethylene glycol (400) 70 E~olyethylene glycol (2000) 280 TOTAL FILL ~IEIGHT 400 mg Method Triamterene is dispersed in the Polyethylene gly-col 400 using a triple roller mill, molten PEG 2000 is added ~ith stirring. The molten mix is filled into cap~ules u~ing a refillable syringe.
29 The dissolution in gOO ml of 0.1N HCl by the United 11351~
States Pharmacopoeia method at 100 rpm, of capsules of Triamterene ~illed by the process o~ the invention and commercially available Triamterene are shown in the table:
Dissolution of Triamterene 50 mg capsules-USP
method 900 ml O. 1 N_HCl at 100 r~
g drug released Dose 50 mg 50 mg Dose Form Commercially available Solid Solution Triamterene capsules (example 3) Dissolution Time (Mins) Disintegration Time BP (Mins) 30 9 the capsule contents disperse very quickly and the major part of this time is taken by the capsule shell dissolving.
E X A M P L E 4:
Formula mg/capsule Nomifensine Hydrogen Maleate 75 Polyvinyl acetate10- 30 (2- 6 % w/v) Polyethylene glycol415-395_ TOTAL FILL WEI~HT 500 mg
3~
- 16 - _OE 77/F 276 METHOD
The P.E.G. mixture is melted at 50C and the Poly~
vinyl acetate is dissolved in the molten mass with stirring. Nomifensine hydrogen maleat dispersed in the melt and the whole is filled into capsule shells using a refillable syringe. Such formulations have a slow release acti~n: as water contacts the polyvinylacetate, precipitation occurs thus slowing the release of the drug.
Dissolution data are shown in the Table:
Desaga flo~ through dissolution test of Nomifensine 75 mg Retard; influence of polyvinylacetate concentration ~ drug released PVA Conen % 2 4 6 Time (hours) 1.25 83 53 43 2.25 84 61 47 3.25 8465.2 ~8
- 16 - _OE 77/F 276 METHOD
The P.E.G. mixture is melted at 50C and the Poly~
vinyl acetate is dissolved in the molten mass with stirring. Nomifensine hydrogen maleat dispersed in the melt and the whole is filled into capsule shells using a refillable syringe. Such formulations have a slow release acti~n: as water contacts the polyvinylacetate, precipitation occurs thus slowing the release of the drug.
Dissolution data are shown in the Table:
Desaga flo~ through dissolution test of Nomifensine 75 mg Retard; influence of polyvinylacetate concentration ~ drug released PVA Conen % 2 4 6 Time (hours) 1.25 83 53 43 2.25 84 61 47 3.25 8465.2 ~8
4.25 - 70.0 49
5.25 - 74.5 50 The effect of polyvinylacetate content of the retard formulation is illustrated in the above Table. A graded response is seen;
2 ~ - high release in the first time period and no retard action 4 % - satisfactory initial release and gradual retard re-lease for the remaining four hours.
2 ~ - high release in the first time period and no retard action 4 % - satisfactory initial release and gradual retard re-lease for the remaining four hours.
6 % - satisfactory initial release with little further drug release over the remaining four hours.
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Claims (5)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical pre-paration in unit dosage form, which comprises dosing into a rigid shell, suitable for administration as a dosage unit, a liquid carrier containing the active ingredient, which liquid solidifies or gels sufficiently to lose its liquid flow properties inside the shell, the liquid carrier being a water-soluble hot melt having a solidification point in the range of from 30 to 60°C or being a thixotropic gel.
2. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the liquid carrier comprises a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight in the range of from 1000 to 6000, a mixture of two or more such polyethylene glycols or a mixture of one or more such polyethyleneglycols with polyvinylacetate.
3. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thixotropic gelling agent is hydrogenated castor oil or colloidal silicon dioxide.
4. A process as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the rigid shell is the body of the hard gelatin capsule.
5. A pharmaceutical preparation in unit dosage form comprising a rigid shell containing a carrier which is one of the groups of a water-soluble solid hot melt with a solidification point in the range of from 30 to 60°C and a thixotropic gel prepared by dissolving or dispersing an active ingredient in a hot melt of a water-soluble carrier having a solidification point in the range of 30 to 60°C, dosing this liquid into a rigid shell wherein the liquid soldifies, or prepared by .
dissolving or dispersing an active ingredient in a thixotropic substance or in a mixture of such substances, dosing this liquid thixotropic mixture into a rigid shell wherein the liquid soldifies.
A pharmaceutical preparation in unit dosage form as claimed in
5. A pharmaceutical preparation in unit dosage form comprising a rigid shell containing a carrier which is one of the groups of a water-soluble solid hot melt with a solidification point in the range of from 30 to 60°C and a thixotropic gel prepared by dissolving or dispersing an active ingredient in a hot melt of a water-soluble carrier having a solidification point in the range of 30 to 60°C, dosing this liquid into a rigid shell wherein the liquid soldifies, or prepared by .
dissolving or dispersing an active ingredient in a thixotropic substance or in a mixture of such substances, dosing this liquid thixotropic mixture into a rigid shell wherein the liquid soldifies.
A pharmaceutical preparation in unit dosage form as claimed in
claim 5,wherein the rigid shell is the body of a hard gelatin capsule.
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