Effect of Rheology and Poloxamers Properties on Release of Drugs from Silicon Dioxide Gel-Filled Hard Gelatin Capsules-A Further Enhancement of Viability of Liquid Semisolid Matrix Technology

The liquid and semisolid matrix technology, filling liquids, semi-solids and gels in hard gelatin capsule are promising, thus, there is a need of enhanced research interest in the technology. Therefore, the present study was aimed to investigate isoniazid (freely soluble) and metronidazole (slightly soluble) gels filled in hard gelatin capsules for the effect of poloxamers of different viscosities on release of the drugs. Gel of each drug (10% w/w, particle size 180-250 μm), prepared by mixing poloxamer and 8% w/w hydrophilic silicon dioxide (Aerosil® A200), was assessed for rheology, dispersion stability and release profile. Both the drugs remained dispersed in majority of gels for more than 30 days, and dispersions were depended on gels' viscosity, which was further depended on viscosity of poloxamers. A small change in viscosity was noted in gels on storage. FTIR spectra indicated no interactions between components of the gels. The gels exhibited thixotropic and shear-thinning behaviour, which were suitable for filling in hard gelatin capsules without any leakage from the capsules. The release of both drugs from the phase-stable gels for 30 days followed first-order kinetics and was found to be correlated to drugs' solubility, poloxamers' viscosity, polyoxyethylene contents and proportion of block copolymer (poloxamers) in the gels. The findings of the present study indicated that release of drugs of different solubilities (isoniazid and metronidazole) might be modified from gels using different poloxamers and Aerosil® A200.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

AAPS PharmSciTech - 18(2017), 6 vom: 08. Aug., Seite 1998-2010

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sultana, Misbah [VerfasserIn]
Butt, Mobashar Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Saeed, Tariq [VerfasserIn]
Mahmood, Rizwan [VerfasserIn]
Ul Hassan, Saeed [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Khalid [VerfasserIn]
Raza, Syed Atif [VerfasserIn]
Ahsan, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Bukhari, Nadeem Irfan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

106392-12-5
7631-86-9
9000-70-8
Aerosil 200
Capsules
Gelatin
Gels
Isoniazid
Journal Article
Liquid semisolid matrix
Metronidazole
Poloxamer
Rheology
Silicon Dioxide
Thixotropy

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.04.2018

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1208/s12249-016-0674-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM266957323