IE65925B1 - Aqueous pharmaceutical formulations of erythropoietin and the use thereof - Google Patents

Aqueous pharmaceutical formulations of erythropoietin and the use thereof

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IE65925B1
IE65925B1 IE154991A IE154991A IE65925B1 IE 65925 B1 IE65925 B1 IE 65925B1 IE 154991 A IE154991 A IE 154991A IE 154991 A IE154991 A IE 154991A IE 65925 B1 IE65925 B1 IE 65925B1
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erythropoietin
epo
physiologically tolerated
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aqueous
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Dieter Brazel
Bernhard Siebold
Dorothee Krumwieh
Thomas Brune
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Behringwerke Ag
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K38/00Medicinal preparations containing peptides
    • A61K38/16Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof
    • A61K38/17Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof from animals; from humans
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
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    • A61K38/16Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof
    • A61K38/17Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof from animals; from humans
    • A61K38/18Growth factors; Growth regulators
    • A61K38/1816Erythropoietin [EPO]
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K47/00Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers or inert additives; Targeting or modifying agents chemically bound to the active ingredient
    • A61K47/02Inorganic compounds
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    • A61K9/00Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
    • A61K9/0012Galenical forms characterised by the site of application
    • A61K9/0019Injectable compositions; Intramuscular, intravenous, arterial, subcutaneous administration; Compositions to be administered through the skin in an invasive manner

Abstract

Aqueous pharmaceutical formulations of proteins with erythropoietin action, especially of natural human and recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO), are described. Highly purified EPO without foreign proteins or other conventional stabilisers retains at least about 78 % of its original activity at room temperature for at least 1 year in a physiologically tolerated aqueous phosphate buffer which contains a physiologically tolerated alkali metal halide but no other stabilising additives and has a pH of 6 to 8. The products in this aqueous pharmaceutical formulation are particularly suitable for subcutaneous or intramuscular administration.

Description

BEHRINGWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT HOE 90/B 021 - Ma 787 Dr. LP/VO Description Aqueous pharmaceutical formulations of erythropoietin and the use thereof The invention relates to aqueous pharmaceutical formula5 tions of purified erythropoietin, in particular of human native and of recombinant human erythropoietin (rh EPO).
The formulations of the invention - without foreign proteins, sugars, amino acids or other customary stabilizers - retain at least about 78% of their original activity for at least one year at a temperature of 4-8’C.
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein with 166 amino acids, 3 glycosylation sites at amino-acid positions 24, 38 and 83 and a molecular weight of about 34,000. EPO can either be isolated from natural sources such as human urine (cf., for example, Miyake et al., J. Biol. Chem., vol. 252 (1977), 5558-5564) or be prepared by genetic engineering processes (cf., for example, EP-A 0,148,605 and 0,267,678). Aqueous solutions of erythropoietin are unstable at temperatures from about 3°C to room tempera20 ture.
Patients with kidney failure are unable to form EPO and thus suffer from anemia. Attempts to compensate for this undersupply of EPO by administering EPO and to reduce the symptoms of anemia have already been successful. Further clinical uses comprise administration of hEPO for iatrogenic anemia after chemotherapy or radiotherapy of malignant diseases.
A single dose of EPO amounts to only a few microgrammes. Because of the short half-life after l.v. administration, physiological plasma levels can best be achieved by subcutaneous injection.
The pharmaceutical formulations of erythropoietin hitherto proposed or available contain added detergents and/or proteins, sugars or polyalcohols, which are intended, on the one hand, to stabilize EPO and, on the other hand, to prevent adsorption of EPO onto the inner wall of the storage container (i.e. the ampoule) (EP-B-0,178,576; EP-A-0,178,665; G. Krystal et al.. Blood vol. 67 (1986), 1, 71 - 79). Subcutaneous or i.m. administration of EPO stabilized in this way results in local inflammation with the formation of granulomas. Highly pure EPO prepared by known processes (EP-A-0,236,059; DS-A 4,667,159; PCT/US 86/01342 (= WO 86/07594)) lost more than 25% of Its activity within one week on storage at 24°C. EP-B-0,178,576 also discloses a solution of human erythropoietin, which has been reductively methylated with 14C-formaldehyde, in PBS; cf. Experiment 1 and 2.
The object on which the invention is based is to provide aqueous pharmaceutical formulations of purified erythropoietin which are free of the customary stabilizing additives and nevertheless have adequate stability at temperatures from about 3"C to room temperature and are suitable in particular for subcutaneous or intramuscular administration.
It has been found, surprisingly, that purified erythropoietin (about 99% pure), especially purified native or recombinant human erythropoietin, is stable for a lengthy period at temperatures from 4 to 8 *C in a physiologically tolerated aqueous phosphate buffer of pH 6 to 8 which contains a physiologically tolerated alkali metal halide, but otherwise no stabilizing additives, in sealed test tubes or glass ampoules.
Hence the invention relates to aqueous pharmaceutical formulations of purified erythropoietin in a physiologically tolerated aqueous phosphate buffer of pH 6 to 8 which contains a physiologically tolerated alkali metal halide, but otherwise no stabilizing additives. A buffer composed of 50 mM sodium phosphate, 100 mM NaCl, pH 7.8, is particularly preferred. The concentration of erythropoietin in the aqueous buffer solution is 50 - 1000 μ$ per ml of buffer solution.
Examples of physiologically tolerated aqueous phosphate buffers are sodium phosphate buffer and potassium phosphate buffer, preferably sodium phosphate buffer. Examples of physiologically tolerated alkali metal halides are sodium chloride and potassium chloride, preferably sodium chloride. A preferred phosphate buffer is a buffer containing 50 mM sodium phosphate, 100 mM NaCl, pH 7.8. This buffer is also called PBS for brevity. The aqueous solutions of erythropoietin in PBS are very well suited for subcutaneous or intramuscular administration.
The invention additionally relates to the use of the aqueous pharmaceutical formulations for preparing injection products for subcutaneous or intramuscular administration. Subcutaneous administration is particularly preferred because, by contrast with the known formulations stabilized with proteins, it causes no irritation or inflammatory pain. This has emerged from clinical trials.
The examples illustrate the invention.
Example 1 Purification of rh EPO The purification of rh EPO started from serum-containing or serum-free medium which was conditioned by rh EPOproducing animal cells by the process described in EP-A 0,267,678, page 6, line 45, to page 9, line 5. The process comprises (1) clarification, concentration and dialysis of the culture medium. - 4 (2) ion exchange chromatography, (3) preparative reverse phase HPLC and (4) gel filtration chromatography.
For the gel filtration chromatography, the column was 5 equilibrated with PBS, i.e. 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer, 100 mM NaCl, pH 7.8. With this buffer solution, rh EPO was eluted in a single symmetrical peak (measurement of the eluate at 280 nm). The resulting rh EPO was at least 99% pure according to SDS-PAGE. (5) Dilution The combined rh EPO fractions from the gel filtration step (4) contained 0.1 - 0.8 mg of EPO per ml and were dispensed in single doses of 100 pg/ml using the sodium phosphate/sodium chloride buffer (PBS) pH 7.8.
Example 2 Stability testing The stability of the PBS solution of rh EPO obtained as in Example 1 was tested after storage of the single doses in sterile glass tubes, comparing with various stabili20 zers. The activity of rh EPO was measured by the incorporation of 3T into mouse spleen cells treated with phenylhydrazine in a conventional manner. The data shown in the Table which follows are related to the initial activity of the employed rh EPO = 100%. - 5 (a) Storage at 4 - 8"C Stabilizer Amount of stabilizer % activity (wt./wt. relative to after 12 EPO) based on 100 pg months 5 EPO/ml PBS PBS alone - 78.5 PBS + sorbitol 5000 51 PBS + glycerol 6150 0 10 PBS + Haemaccel* 100 68 (b) Storage at 37°C (accelerated test) Stabilizer Amount of stabilizer % Activity after months 1 2 3 6 15 PBS alone - 86.3 39 11.2 9.9 PBS + sorbitol 5000 33.5 10. 7 5.1 0 PBS + Haemaccel* 100 42 14. 8 6.0 5.1 Note: Haemaccel* is a degraded gelatin The surprisingly . better stabilization of rh EPO in PBS 20 (pH 7.8) without further addition of a stabilizer is evident from the Tables. - 6 HOE 90/B 021

Claims (6)

1. Patent claims: 1. An aqueous pharmaceutical formulation of purified erythropoietin in a physiologically tolerated aqueous buffer solution of pH 6 to 8 which contains a physiologically tolerated alkali metal phosphate * and alkali metal halide, but otherwise no stabilizing additives.
2. A formulation as claimed In claim 1, wherein the aqueous buffer solution is composed of 50 mM sodium phosphate, 100 mM NaCl, pH 7.8.
3. A formulation as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the erythropoietin is human native or recombinant erythropoietin.
4. A formulation as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the concentration of erythropoietin is 50 - 1000 μς per ml of buffer solution.
5. The use of an aqueous formulation of purified erythropoietin as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4 for preparing injection products.
6. A process for preparing a stable pharmaceutical formulation of erythropoietin as claimed in claim 1, which comprises dissolving erythropoietin with a purity of £ 99% in a physiologically tolerated aqueous buffer solution of pH 6 to 8, said buffer solution containing a physiologically tolerated alkali metal phosphate and alkali metal halide, but otherwise no stabilizing additives. s: I 8. A formulation as claimed in claim 1, substantially as hereinbefore described and exemplified. A process as claimed in claim 6, substantially as hereinbefore described and exemplified. A stable pharmaceutical formulation of erythropoietin as claimed in claim 1, whenever prepared by a process claimed in claim 6 or 8. /5
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