Pharmaceutical compositions of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor

1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a solid amorphous dispersion of a cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor and a concentration-enhancing polymer, at least 60 wt % of said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor being non-crystalline,

wherein

said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor has a Clog P greater than 4 and a solubility in aqueous solution in the absence of said concentration-enhancing polymer of less than 10 μg/ml at any pH of from 1 to 8,

said solid amorphous dispersion comprises particles comprising both said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor and said concentration-enhancing polymer, and

said solid amorphous dispersion has a glass transition temperature that is different than the glass transition temperature of the pure amorphous cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor alone and different than the glass transition temperature of the pure concentration-enhancing polymer alone.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein said solid amorphous dispersion is substantially homogeneous so that less than 20 wt % of said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor is present in relatively pure amorphous domains in said solid amorphous dispersion.

3. The composition of claim 2 wherein said solid amorphous dispersion comprises a solid solution of said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor in said concentration-enhancing polymer.

4. The composition of claim 2 wherein said solid amorphous dispersion has a single glass-transition temperature.

5. The composition of claim 1 wherein said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor has a Clog P of at least 5.0.

6. The composition of claim 1 wherein said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor has a Clog P of at least 5.5.

7. The composition of claim 1 wherein the melting point of said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor is about 150° C. or less.

8. The composition of any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein said composition provides a relative oral bioavailability that is at least about 4 relative to a control composition comprising an equivalent amount of said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor and free from said polymer.

9. The composition of any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein said concentration-enhancing polymer is selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS), hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate (HPMCP), cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP), cellulose acetate trimellitate (CAT), methyl cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl cellulose acetate phthalate, cellulose acetate terephthalate and cellulose acetate isophthalate.

10. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a solid amorphous dispersion of a cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor and a concentration-enhancing polymer, wherein said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor has the structure of formula XIII, wherein

or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomers, stereoisomers, hydrates, or solvates of said compounds, in which

R XIII is a straight chain or branched C 1-10 alkyl; straight chain or branched C 2-10 alkenyl; halogenated C 1-4 lower alkyl; C 3-10 cycloalkyl that may be substituted; C 5-8 cycloalkenyl that may be substituted; C 3-10 cycloalkyl C 1-10 alkyl that may be substituted; aryl that may be substituted; aralkyl that may be substituted; or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group having 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms or sulfur atoms that may be substituted,

X XIII-1 , X XIII-2 , X XIII-3 , X XIII-4 may be the same or different and are a hydrogen atom; halogen atom; C 1-4 lower alkyl; halogenated C 1-4 lower alkyl; C 1-4 lower alkoxy; cyano group; nitro group; acyl; or aryl, respectively;

Y XIII is —CO—; or —SO 2 —; and

Z XIII is a hydrogen atom; or mercapto protective group.

11. The composition of claim 10 wherein said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of N,N′-(dithiodi-2,1-phenylene)bis[2,2-dimethyl-propanamide]; N,N′-(dithiodi-2,1-phenylene)bis[1-methyl-cyclohexanecarboxamide]; N,N′-(dithiodi-2,1-phenylene)bis[1-(3-methylbutyl)-cyclopentanecarboxamide]; N,N′-(dithiodi-2,1-phenylene)bis[1-(3-methylbutyl)-cyclohexanecarboxamide]; N,N′-(dithiodi-2,1-phenylene)bis[1-(2-ethylbutyl)-cyclohexanecarboxamide]; N,N′-(dithiodi-2,1-phenylene)bis-tricyclo[3.3.1.1 3,7 ]decane-1-carboxamide; propanethioic acid, 2-methyl-,S-[2[[[1-(2-ethylbutyl)cyclohexyl]carbonyl]amino]phenyl]ester; propanethioic acid, 2,2-dimethyl-, S-[2-[[[1-(2-ethylbutyl)cyclohexyl]carbonyl]amino]phenyl]ester; and ethanethioic acid, S-[2-[[[1-(2-ethylbutyl)cyclohexyl]carbonyl]amino]phenyl]ester.

12. The composition of claim 10 wherein said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor is propanethioic acid, 2-methyl-,S-[2[[[1-(2-ethylbutyl)cyclohexyl]carbonyl]amino]phenyl]ester.

13. The composition of any one of claims 10 to 12 wherein said solid amorphous dispersion is substantially homogeneous.

14. The composition of any one of claims 10 to 12 wherein the amount of said cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor in crystalline form does not exceed 10 wt %.

15. The composition of any one of claims 10 to 12 wherein said concentration-enhancing polymer is selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS), hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate (HPMCP), cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP), cellulose acetate trimellitate (CAT), methyl cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl cellulose acetate phthalate, cellulose acetate terephthalate and cellulose acetate isophthalate.