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Tarja Toropainen1, Teemu Heikkilä, Jukka Leppänen
1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland. tarja.toropainen@uku.fi
Purpose:
The present study describes the crystal structure changes of gamma-cyclodextrin (gamma-CD) during the solution enhanced dispersion by supercritical fluids (SEDS) process and its effect on dissolution behaviour of complexed budesonide.
Materials And Methods:
gamma-CD solution (10 mg/ml in 50% ethanol) was pumped together with supercritical carbon dioxide through a coaxial nozzle with or without a model drug, budesonide (3.3 mg/ml). The processing conditions were 100 b and 40, 60 or 80 degrees C. gamma-CD powders were characterised before and after vacuum-drying (2-3 days at RT) with XRPD, SEM and NMR. Budesonide/gamma-CD complexation was confirmed with DSC and XRPD. The dissolution behaviour of complexed budesonide was determined in aqueous solution (1% gamma-CD, 37 degrees C, 100 rpm).
Results:
During the SEDS process (100 b, 40 and 60 degrees C), gamma-CD and budesonide/gamma-CD complexes crystallized in a tetragonal channel-type form. The vacuum-drying transformed crystalline gamma-CD into amorphous form while the complexes underwent a tetragonal-to-hexagonal phase transition. The increase in the processing temperature decreased the crystallinity of gamma-CD. At 80 degrees C, amorphous gamma-CD was obtained while the complexes crystallized in a hexagonal channel-type form. The dissolution behaviour of budesonide/gamma-CD complexes was dependent on their crystal structure: the tetragonal form dissolved faster than the hexagonal form.
Conclusions:
The crystal structure of gamma-CD and subsequently, the dissolution rate of complexed budesonide, can be modified with the processing conditions.
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