In Vitro Evaluation of Nasogastric Tube Delivery Performance of Esomeprazole Magnesium Delayed-Release Capsules

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Enteral feeding tubes are used to deliver food or drugs to patients who cannot swallow. To deliver delayed-release drugs that are formulated as enteric coated granules to these patients via feeding tubes requires that they be suspended in water before administration. Importantly, the suspension of enteric granules in water of varying pH can cause damage to the enteric coating and affect the bioavailability of the drug. Here, analytical methods for testing acid resistance stability and particle size distribution (PSD) of esomeprazole granules were used to monitor the integrity of the granule enteric coating after water pretreatment and delivery through an oral syringe and nasogastric (NG) tube. Granules from esomeprazole magnesium delayed-release capsules were transferred to an oral syringe, suspended in water, and delivered on the bench through an NG tube. Subsequently, acid resistance stability (i.e., the amount of drug released after 2-h acid dissolution) was determined via high-performance liquid chromatography, and the PSD were measured with a laser diffraction system. All the granules demonstrated acid resistance stability when the granules were delivered immediately (0 min incubation) through the oral syringe and NG tube. In contrast, some granules demonstrated significant drug release during acid exposure after a 15-min incubation period which mimics a possible delay in delivery of the drug from the syringe by the caregiver. A bimodal PSD was observed with these granules, which was attributed to debris from damaged enteric coating and particle agglomeration. The methods developed in this study could be used to distinguish batches with suboptimal product quality for delivery using NG tubes and to confirm the substitutability of generic drug products for this alternative route of administration.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

Enthalten in:

Journal of pharmaceutical sciences - 106(2017), 7 vom: 02. Juli, Seite 1859-1864

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hoover, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Dajun [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Wenlei [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Minglei [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xiaojian [VerfasserIn]
Keire, David [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Changning [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acids
Anti-Ulcer Agents
Capsules
Delayed-Action Preparations
Dissolution
Esomeprazole
Gastrointestinal
HPLC (high-performance/pressure liquid chromatography)
Journal Article
N3PA6559FT
Particle size
Targeted drug delivery

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Date Completed 03.01.2018

Date Revised 08.10.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xphs.2017.04.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM271034858