Formulation Pre-screening of Inhalation Powders Using Computational Atom鈥揂tom Systematic Search Method

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• 作者：Vasuki Ramachandran ; Darragh Murnane ; Robert B. Hammond ; Jonathan Pickering ; Kevin J. Roberts ; Majeed Soufian ; Ben Forbes ; Sara Jaffari ; Gary P. Martin ; Elizabeth Collins ; Klimentina Pencheva
• 刊名：Molecular Pharmaceutics
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：January 5, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：12
• 期：1
• 页码：18-33
• 全文大小：707K
• ISSN：1543-8392

文摘

The synthonic modeling approach provides a molecule-centered understanding of the surface properties of crystals. It has been applied extensively to understand crystallization processes. This study aimed to investigate the functional relevance of synthonic modeling to the formulation of inhalation powders by assessing cohesivity of three active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs, fluticasone propionate (FP), budesonide (Bud), and salbutamol base (SB)) and the commonly used excipient, 伪-lactose monohydrate (LMH). It is found that FP (鈭?1.5 kcal/mol) has a higher cohesive strength than Bud (鈭?.9 kcal/mol) or SB (鈭?.8 kcal/mol). The prediction correlated directly to cohesive strength measurements using laser diffraction, where the airflow pressure required for complete dispersion (CPP) was 3.5, 2.0, and 1.0 bar for FP, Bud, and SB, respectively. The highest cohesive strength was predicted for LMH (鈭?5.9 kcal/mol), which did not correlate with the CPP value of 2.0 bar (i.e., ranking lower than FP). High FP鈥揕MH adhesive forces (鈭?1.7 kcal/mol) were predicted. However, aerosolization studies revealed that the FP鈥揕MH blends consisted of agglomerated FP particles with a large median diameter (鈭?鈥? 渭m) that were not disrupted by LMH. Modeling of the crystal and surface chemistry of LMH identified high electrostatic and H-bond components of its cohesive energy due to the presence of water and hydroxyl groups in lactose, unlike the APIs. A direct comparison of the predicted and measured cohesive balance of LMH with APIs will require a more in-depth understanding of highly hydrogen-bonded systems with respect to the synthonic engineering modeling tool, as well as the influence of agglomerate structure on surface鈥搒urface contact geometry. Overall, this research has demonstrated the possible application and relevance of synthonic engineering tools for rapid pre-screening in drug formulation and design.