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Continuous twin-screw granulation for enhancing the dissolution of poorly water soluble drug
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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:10 authored by Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Arun Nair, Maxcene Renault, Uttom Nandi, Nicholaos Scoutaris, Richard Farnish, Michael S A Bradley, Martin J Snowden, Dennis DouroumisThe article describes the application of a twin-screw granulation process to enhance the dissolution rate of the poorly water soluble drug, ibuprofen (IBU). A quality-by-design (QbD) approach was used to manufacture IBU loaded granules via hot-melt extrusion (HME) processing. For the purpose of the study, a design of experiment (DoE) was implemented to assess the effect of the formulation compositions and the processing parameters. This novel approach allowed the use of, polymer/inorganic excipients such as hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) and magnesium aluminometasilicate (Neusilin®-MAS) with polyethylene glycol 2000 (PEG) as the binder without requiring a further drying step. IBU loaded batches were processed using a twin screw extruder to investigate the effect of MAS/polymer ratio, PEG amount (binder) and liquid to solid (L/S) ratios on the dissolution rates, mean particle size and the loss on drying (LoD) of the extruded granules. The DoE analysis showed that the defined independent variables of the twin screw granulation process have a complex effect on the measured outcomes. The solid state analysis showed the existence of partially amorphous IBU state which had a significant effect on the dissolution enhancement in acidic media. Furthermore, the analysis obtained from the surface mapping by Raman proved the homogenous distribution of the IBU in the extruded granulation formulations.
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International Journal of PharmaceuticsISSN
0378-5173Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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1Volume
496Page range
52-62Department affiliated with
- Chemistry Publications
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2016-01-29Usage metrics
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