CA1112567A - Disodium cromoglycate self-propelling compositions - Google Patents

Disodium cromoglycate self-propelling compositions

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CA1112567A
CA1112567A CA307,480A CA307480A CA1112567A CA 1112567 A CA1112567 A CA 1112567A CA 307480 A CA307480 A CA 307480A CA 1112567 A CA1112567 A CA 1112567A
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Kenneth Brown
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K9/00Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
    • A61K9/0012Galenical forms characterised by the site of application
    • A61K9/007Pulmonary tract; Aromatherapy
    • A61K9/0073Sprays or powders for inhalation; Aerolised or nebulised preparations generated by other means than thermal energy
    • A61K9/008Sprays or powders for inhalation; Aerolised or nebulised preparations generated by other means than thermal energy comprising drug dissolved or suspended in liquid propellant for inhalation via a pressurized metered dose inhaler [MDI]
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K9/00Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
    • A61K9/10Dispersions; Emulsions
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Abstract

COMPOSITION
ABSTRACT
Dispersions or suspensions of lecithin or a sorbitan or sorbitol ester in propellant 12, the dispersions or suspension containing no propellant 11 are described. The use of the dispersions in pressure pack formulations of medicaments is also described.

Description

Ol/C/244 This invention relates to novel pressure-pack formulations of fine powders.
~- Leci~hin and various esters, notably sorbitan esters, e.g.
sorbitan oleates such as sorbitan sesquioleate ('Arlacel C'~*
sorbitan mono-oleate ~'Span 80')*and sorbitan trioleate ('Span 85')*, - sorbitan monolaurate3 polyoxyethylene sor~itol pentaoleate and polyoxyethylene sorbitol tetraoleate, have for some tirr.e been ;- known as surfactants fo~ use in pressure pack formulations ofmaterials and in particular for use in pressure pack formulations of finely divided medicaments. The formulation of these surfactants ., .
has invol~ed the use of p~opellant 11 (trichloromonofluoromethane).
Propellznt 11 has h~rever certain undesirable properties. The common practice in pressure pack nanufactu~e is to make a so called 'concentrate' or 'nucleus suspension' of the compound to be dispensed, e.g. the medicament, and one of the above surfactants ,-: . . .
in either propellant 11 or propellant 114 (1,2-dichloro-1,1,2~2-tctrafluoroethane). These concentrates may, because of the relatively high boiling point of the propellants, be handled at, or just bel~.Y~ ~oom temperature. It has however been found that lecithin and the esters mentioned above are extremely difficult to disperse in propellant114 and ~hese surfactants have therefore been dispersed in propellant 11. Other propellants of lower `~ boiling point have not been used because these surfactants ~ould not dissolve in these other propellants at the tow temperatures *trade mark ' 1 , ~

6'7 involved and furthermore would be solid at these low tempera~ures.
We have now found that lecithin and the above esters can be made into stable dispersions in propellant 12 (dichlorodifluoro-methane).
According to our invention ~e provide a dispersion or suspension of lecithin or a sorbitan or sorbltol ester in propellant 12, the dispersion or suspension containing substantially no propellant 11.
The dispersion may, if desired contain up to 25~ by weight of propellant 114, but preferably oontains no propellants other than ,: .
propellant 12.
The dispersion may be made by adding the lecithin or the - sorbitan or sorbitol ester to the propellant 12 ~or to a mixture of propellants 12 and 114) at a temperature of below about -30C, e.g. at 40C, using a high dispersion mixer. The dispersion .i.
- 15 preferably comprises less than ~.0%, e.g. from 0.2 to 2.0~ w/w of the leicithin or of the sorbitan or sorbitol ester. In ma~ing the suspension the surfactan~ solidifies, but is readily dispersed as small discrete particles in the propellant 12 tor the mixture of propellants 12 and 114). The resulting dispersions are usually stable for at least 30 minutes.
The dispersion of the surfactant m the propellant lZ ~or the mixture of propellants 12 and 1143 can be mixed wnth the finely divided material which it is desired to dispense ~rom the pressure pack. Suitabi~ ~mely di~ided materials include medicaments and notably inhalation medicaments, e.g. bronchodilators such as '' .

'7 isoprenaline, orciprenaline, terbutalene, rimiterol, fenoterol, carbutarol or salbutamol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any one the~eof; topical steroids such as beclomethasone dipropionate, betamethasone valerate or triamcinolone acetonide;
- S and compounds which prevent the release of mediators of anaphylaxis such as disodium cromoglycate. When disodium cr~oglycate is used we prefer it to be dried before use. When the medicament is to be inhaled we prefer that it has a mass median diameter in the range 0.01 to 10 microns. ~e prefer the finely divided material to comprise rom 0.05 to 15,, preferably from 0.1 to 10.0 and m~st preferably from 1 to 5~0 of the dispersionO Further pro~ellant 12 `~ and/or propellant 114 (appropriately cooled, e.g. to -50C) may be t added to the original dispersion or the original dispersion containing the finely divided material which it is desired to dispense.
According to our invention we also provide a dispersion or suspension of lecithi~ or a sorbitan or sorbltol ester in a mixture of propellant 12 and propellant 114, the dispersion or suspension containin~ no propellant 11, and preferably containing no other propellants whatsoever.
l~e prefer the ratio of propellant 12 to propellant 114 in the inal mixture to be in the range 2 to 1:1, and preferably about lt5:1 by weight; i.e. we prefer an excess of propellant 12 over propellant 114.
We prefer the dispersion or suspension of the surfactant in the ; 25 final mixture of pro~ellants 12 and 114 to contain from 0.15 to ~' _ 4 _ 0~/C/244 , ` ,~
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2.0~, preferably 0.2 to 1.2% by weight of lecithin or of the sorbitan or sorbitol ester. ~e also prefer such dispersions or suspensions to contain from O.OS to 2.0~, and preferably from 0.2 to 2.0~, by weight of medicament~ e.g. disodium cromoglycate.
Dispersions of from 0.2 to 2 parts by wei~ht of sorbitan ester in a mixture of from S0 to 70 parts by weight of propellant 12 and from 50 to 30 parts by ~eight of propellant 114 are stable for at least 16 hours at a temperature o -60C.
We particularly prefer dispersions in which the surfactant ,~
is a sorbitan ester, e.g. sorbitan trioleate ('Span 80'). Il~en lecithin is used we prefer it to be vegetable, e,g. soya, lecithin The compositions according to the invention preferably contain less than 1.0~, more preferably less than 0.5~ and most preferably less than 0.2~ by weight of water.
As a particular facet of our in~ention we pro~ide a mixture comprising a sorbitan ester, e.g. sorbitan trioleate, disodium cromoglycate, propellant 12, propellant 114 and no propellant 11.
Certain compositions according to the invention are advantageous in that they either give a higher proportion of fine particles in the aerosol cloud produced, or that they can be used to produce such formulations, as co~pared to equivalent co~positions ;~ containing propellant 11. A suitable method of determining the proportion of fine particles produced in an aerosol cloud is described In J Pharm, Pharmac. 1973, 25, Suppl. 32P-36P.

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, - 6 - ~ '7 ..~, The inve~tion is illustrated, but in no way limited by the ` following Exa~ples.
Example 1 ! Mbthod :
The sorbitan ester is dispersed in up to half ~le propellant 12 at -40C while stirrLng with a high dispersion mixer. The dry ~'? drug ~s added to the resulting dispersion and disperses In it very readily. The balance of the propellant lZ is then added at -50C, followed by the propellant 114 also cooled to -50C. The resulting mixtures are then filled into vials onto which valves, e.g. metering valves, are subsequently crimped.
Ingredients Table ~ w/w ~ w/w 15 Dried nicronised disodium cromoglycate0.3605 1.4420 Sorbitan trioleate 0.2500 1.0000 Propellant 11439.755839.0232 Propellant 1259.633758.5348 . .
Stability Batches of vials fitted with metering val~es and containing the above fonmulations were stored at 5C, 25C and 37&
respectively for a period of 12 months. Two further batches of : vials were stored at respectively ~a3 temperatures which varied from 15C to 37& , and (b~ at a temperature of 45 & for a period ,; , ';' ' ''' . ~, .

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'. ' . -~ 7 ~ ~L3L~L~ 7 .~.
of 6 months. No change in (a~ the amount of disodium cromoglycate dispersed per shot, (b) the content of fine particles in the cloud or (c3 the crystal size o~ ~he s~dium crom~lycate was observed cver the period ~f observation.
,r 5 Exam~le 2 Using the method described in Example 1 the following compositions were made and filled into vials.
(a) Beclomethas _e dipropionate, 50 ~g/dose ~ w/w ~eclomethasone dipropionate, micronised 0.0729 Sorbitan m~nolaurate 0.2187 Propellant 114 29.9125 Propellant 12 69.7959 Cb) Betamethasone valerate 100 ~/dose lS ~ ~J/W
Betamethason0 valerate, micronised0.1442 Sorbitan sesquioleatei 0.3605 Propellant 114 39.79Bl Propellant 12 59.6972 (c) Orciprenaline sulphate, 750 ~ ~/dose ~ w/w Orciprenaline sulphate, micronised1.0707 Sorbitan monolaurate 1.9985 Propellant 114 48.4654 Prope~llant 12 - 48.4654 '' ~ - 7 -. ~ _ , ... . . . .
- , 8 ~L~L~
,, (d) Terbutalene sulPhate 2C0 ~/dose /w Terbulalene sulphate, micronised 0.2869 Sorbitan monoGleate~ 0.5739 Propellant 114 44.6126 Propellant 12 54.5266 ~e) Rimiterol hYdrobromide 200 /dose ...._ , ~L4g , % w/w ~imiterol hydrobromide, micronised 0.2900 Sorbitan trioleate0.7252 Propellant 11434.6447 Propellant 12 64.3401 . (f) Salbu~a~,ol sulphate, 120.5 ~ g/dose (equivalent to 100~ g/dose salbutamol) % w/w Salbutamol sulphate, micronised0.1738 - Snrbitan monooleate 0.3309 : Propellant 114 39.7981 Propellant 12 59.6972 , .
(g) Fenoterol hydrobromide 200 ~ g/dose % t~/W
Fenoterol hydrobromide, micronised 0.2869 Sorbitan ses~uioleate 0.7174 Propellant 114 44.5481 Propellant 12 54.4476 ' ._ ' .

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(h) Isoprenaline hydrochloride 160 ~ ~Jdose and phenylephrine ~ w/w Isoprenaline llydrochloride, micronised 0.2320 Phenylephrine bitatrate, micro~ised 0.3481 Sorbitan trioleate 0.7977 Propellant 114 34.5178 Propellant 12 64.1044 , "~

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Claims (8)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:-
1. An inhalation composition comprising a dispersion or suspension of an effective amount of disodium cromoglycate and an effective amount of lecithin or a sorbitan or sorbitol ester in a propellant mixture comprising di-chlorodifluoromethane and 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetra fluoroethane, the ratio of dichlorodifluoromethane to 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane in said mixture being in the range from 2:1 to 1:1 by weight, said dis-persion or suspension containing no trichloromonofluoro-methane.
2. A composition according to Claim 1, wherein the di-sodium cromoglycate has a mass median diameter of 0.01 to 10 microns.
3. A composition according to Claim 1 or Claim 2 compris-ing from 0.15 to 2.0% by weight of lecithin or of said sorbitan or sorbitol ester.
4. A composition according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, com-prising from 0.05 to 2.0% by weight of disodium cromo-glycate.
5. A composition according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, wherein said sorbitan ester is sorbitan sesquioleate, sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan monolaurate, or sorbitan trioleate.
6. A composition according to Claim 1 or Claim 2 comprising less than 1% by weight of water.
7. A composition according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, wherein said propellant mixture contains no propellant other than said dichlorodifluoromethane and said 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,-2-tetrafluoroethane.
8. A method of making a composition according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, which comprises dispersing the lecithin or sorbitan or sorbitol ester and the disodium cromoglycate in dichlorodifluoromethane and mixing the resulting dis-persion with 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane.
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