Pharmaceutical composition for improving dissolution rate of prasugrel and its preparation method
A pharmaceutical composition containing prasugrel and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and methods for preparing the same are disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition improves the dissolution rate of prasugrel and its salts at high pH by using solid dispersion technology, inclusion technology or adding surfactants.
1. A pharmaceutical composition, comprising:
prasugrel and a surfactant, the surfactant comprising sodium dodecyl sulfate, wherein the surfactant is present in a weight proportion to prasugrel between about 1:1 and about 10:1, the pharmaceutical composition in the form of a solid preparation, wherein the pharmaceutical composition has a faster dissolution rate than prasugrel at a pH of between about 1 and 7.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the dissolution rate of the composition is faster than the solubility of prasugrel hydrochloride.
3. The composition of claim 1 in the form of a solid dispersion.
4. A method for preparing the pharmaceutical composition of claim 3 , wherein the method is selected from solvent method, melting method, solvent-molten method, and grinding method.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the solvent is selected from acetone, ethanol, methanol, ethyl acetate, methylene chloride, chloroform, DMF and ethyl ether.
6. The composition of claim 3 , further comprising a hydrophilic carrier.
7. The composition of claim 6 , wherein the weight ratio of prasugrel to the carrier is in the range of about 1:1 to about 1:20.
8. The composition of claim 6 , wherein the hydrophilic carrier is selected from povidone, polyethylene glycols, mannitol, cellulose, and cyclodextrin and cyclodextrin derivatives.
9. The composition of claim 8 , wherein the hydrophilic carrier is selected from povidone-K12 and povidone-K30.
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein:
90% of the particle size of prasugrel is less than or equal to 75 μm.
11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the solid preparation contains a filler.
12. The composition of claim 11 , wherein the filler is selected from: mannitol, starch, modified starch, microcrystalline cellulose, lactose, and calcium hydrophosphate.
13. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a lubricant.
14. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the lubricant is selected from: metallic stearates, stearic acid, hydrogenated vegetable oil, talcum powder, and colloidal silicon dioxide.
15. The composition of claim 14 , wherein the weight percent concentration of the colloidal silicon dioxide is less than 5%.
16. The composition of claim 14 , wherein in relation to the total weight of the solid preparation being 100%, the weight concentration of the metallic stearate is 0.5%-1%.
17. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant is present in a weight proportion to prasugrel of about 1:1.
18. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant is present in a weight proportion to prasugrel between about 1:1 and about 2:1.
19. An inclusion complex composition, comprising:
prasugrel and an inclusion material selected from cyclodextrin and cyclodextrin derivatives, wherein the inclusion material is present in a weight proportion to prasugrel between about 1:1 and about 15:1.
20. A method for preparing the composition of claim 19 , wherein the method is selected from co-precipitation method, knead method, ultrasound method, lyophilization method, and spray drying method.
21. The composition of claim 19 , wherein the cyclodextrin and cyclodextrin derivative is selected from cyclodextrin, β-cyclodextrin and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin.
22. The composition of claim 21 , wherein the inclusion material is cyclodextrin.