Title : Designing ADME formulations with matching exposures to amorphous solid dosage forms
Abstract:
Amorphous solid dispersion (ASD) based formulations have been frequently used to improve the bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs. However, common processes to produce ASDs are not feasible for absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) studies with radio-labeled active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) due to contamination concerns. Hence, simple liquid or solid formulations are routinely used to support the ADME studies, though bridging the bioperformance gap between simple formulations that are amenable for use with radioactive API, and amorphous solid dispersion clinical formulations generated through processes such as spray drying and hot melt extrusion can be quite challenging. The challenge is to not only design solid or liquid formulations that would effectively solubilize the API but also inhibit rapid in vitro and in vivo precipitation and recrystallization. This abstract captures two different strategies for developing ADME formulations, one where an ampiphilic polymer, hypromellose acetate succinate (HPMCAS-L) impregnated in a liquid vehicle, polyethylene glycol (PEG-400) provided not only inhibition of crystallization but also resulted in nanoparticle formation that was critical to bioperformance. It was found that the bioavailability of the formulation can be compromised by the presence of undissolved crystalline seeds, and the inclusion of HPMCAS-L can mitigate this effect, as well as potentially facilitate nanoparticle formation. In a second case study, where the compound of interest is insoluble in liquid vehicles, a unique pentahydrate sodium salt was utilized in combination with an HPMC capsule and a dose adjustment strategy to provide comparable exposures to the amorphous solid dispersion clinical formulation. The HPMC polymer from the capsule acted as an inhibitor of precipitation and aided in the overal path forward for the ADME study. As such, two distinct methodologies were successfully employed to enable ADME studies of two different compounds with unique physiochemical characteristics.
Audience take away:
• Understanding the challenges with desiging ADME formulations
• Methodologies for desiging ADME formulations
• Understanding impact of polymeric crystallization inhibitors and nanoformers on exposure
• The talk will help the audience in adopting these methodologies for ADME studies in their respective jobs
