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• the present invention relates to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAEDs) and in particular, relates to dosage forms containing a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), a buffer, and an NSAID.
• NSAEDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
• PPI proton pump inhibitor
• PKI proton pump inhibitor
• buffer a buffer
• NSAID an NSAID
• NS AIDs are one of the most commonly prescribed medicines. NS AIDs are commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, mild to moderate pain and a host of other conditions.
• NSAIDs operate by inhibiting an enzyme known as cyclooxygenase (COX).
• COX enzyme has two forms known as COX-1 and COX-2.
• COX-1 is an enzyme that produces a product that helps protect the lining of the stomach
• COX-2 is involved in the process of inflammation.
• Aspirin is an NSAID that is renowned for its curative properties.
• Aspirin is given for pain and is also commonly given to cardiac and stroke patients because of the benefits these patients derive from aspirin. In fact, studies have shown that aspirin reduces the risk of strokes and heart attacks. Aspirin, however, is not different from other NSAIDs in terms of its effects on the gastrointestinal tract. Hence, although its properties are well known, many patients in need of long term aspirin therapy cannot receive it due its propensity to cause gastrointestinal bleeding. As a result, patients are deprived of a beneficial therapy. There is therefore a need for a means to allow patients to enjoy the many and well documented benefits of NSAIDs without experiencing their detrimental side effects.
• the present invention provides dosage forms, methods, and formulations that permit patients to receive the benefits of NSAID therapy without experiencing the gastrointestinal side effects associated with these medications.
• Formulations provided herein generally comprise a non-enterically coated dosage form comprising a proton pump inhibitor; a buffer; and an NSAID. These formulations can be given to patients in need of NSAID therapies for any of the well known conditions for which NSAIDs are prescribed.
• methods for protecting the gastrointestinal tract from the effects of NSAIDs such methods generally comprise providing the formulation described above.
• formulations provided herein generally comprise a PPI, a buffer, and an NSAID.
• the dosage form containing these components does not need to be enterically coated. It was discovered that an NSAID and a PPI could co-exist in a single dosage form without the need for an enteric coating covering the PPI.
• PPI's are notoriously unstable in acidic environments and are commonly covered in an enteric coating to protect them from such environments, including those typically found in the stomach.
• NSAIDs are typically acidic and it was therefore surprising to find that a PPI was stable (or could be sufficiently stabilized) in an unprotected form when combined with the NSAID.
• PPI's are compounds that inhibit the hydrogen-potassium adenosine triphosphate enzyme system. This enzyme system is variously referred to as proton pumps and it is the proton pumps that ultimately provide the stomach with acid. Many PPIs are commercially available and are commonly prescribed for gastro oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as well as other indications.
• GSD gastro oesophageal reflux disease
• Any compound having PPI activity can be used in the present formulation and examples of such PPI's include lansoprazole, omeprazole, rabeprazole, and pantoprazole, as well as, for example, prodrugs and enantiomers of any of the above.
• NSAIDs are described above and are also well known. Any NSAID, or enantiomer or prodrug of an NSAID, can be employed in the formulation provided herein.
• NSAIDs include but are not limited to diclofenac, misoprostol, diflunisal, etodolac, fenoprofen, flurbiprofen, ibuprofen, indomethacin, ketoprofen, ketorolac, meclofenamate, mefenamic, meloxicam, nabumetone, naproxen, oxaprozin, piroxicam, salsalate, sulindac, tolmetin, and aspirin.
• Formulations of the invention also include a buffer.
• buffer as used herein means any compound or combination of compounds that increase the pH of the environment in which they are dissolved or dispersed. Buffers generally can be broken into two categories based upon their solubility. Both categories of buffer separately, or in combination, can be employed in the formulation. "Water-soluble buffers" typically have a solubility in water of at least 1 gm in 100 ml, preferably at least 1 gm in 75 ml, and more preferably at least 1 gm in 30 ml.
• water-soluble buffers include, but are not limited to meglumine, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium citrate, calcium gluconate, disodium hydrogen phosphate, dipotasium hydrogen phosphate, tripotasium phosphate, sodium tartarate, sodium acetate, calcium glycerophosphate, and preferably tromethamine, magnesium oxide or any combination of the foregoing.
• Water-insoluble buffers typically have a solubility in water less than 1 gm in 1 ,000 ml, preferably less than 1 gm in 5,000 ml, and more preferably less than 1 gm in 10,000 ml.
• water- insoluble buffers include, but are not limited to magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, dihydroxy aluminum sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate, aluminum phosphate, aluminum carbonate, dihydroxy aluminum amino acetate, magnesium oxide, magnesium trisilicate, magnesium carbonate, and combinations of the foregoing.
• PPI's, NSAIDs, and buffers are typically used in therapeutically effective amounts.
• therapeutically effective amount means a sufficient amount of, for example, the PPI, NSAID, buffer, or formulation necessary to treat the desired disorder, at a reasonable benefit/risk ratio applicable to any medical treatment.
• the total daily usage of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention will be decided by a patient's attending physician within the scope of sound medical judgment.
• the specific therapeutically effective dose level for any particular patient will depend upon a variety of factors including the disorder being treated and the severity of the disorder; activity of the specific compound employed; the specific composition employed; the age, body weight, general health, sex and diet of the patient; the time administration, route of administration, and rate of excretion of the specific compound employed; the duration of the treatment; drugs used in combination or coincidental with the specific compound employed; and other factors known to those of ordinary skill in the medical arts. For example, it is well within the skill of the art to start doses of the compound at levels lower than required to achieve the desired therapeutic effect and to gradually increase the dosage until the desired effect is achieved.
• Formulations of the invention are administered and dosed in accordance with sound medical practice, taking into account the clinical condition of the individual patient, the site and method of administration, scheduling of administration, and other factors known to medical practitioners.
• the typical daily pharmaceutically effective amount of the compounds administered to a patient in single or divided doses typically range from about 0.1 to about 200 mg/kg body weight, preferably from about 0.25 to about 100 mg/kg body weight.
• the buffer serves a pharmaceutical purpose in the formulation, it also serves to raise the pH of the stomach sufficiently to protect the acid labile PPI.
• the buffer can elevate the pH of 50 ml of simulated gastric fluid (as described below) above 7 within 20 minutes, more preferably within 15 minutes and most preferably within 10 minutes or less.
• the buffer preferably can maintain the pH of simulated gastric fluid in simulated gastric conditions (also described below) above 3 for 30 minutes, preferably above 3 for 60 minutes, and more preferably above 3 for 90 minutes.
• combinations of soluble and insoluble buffers are used to achieve the above.
• Simulated gastric fluid typically is made by dissolving 2.0 gm of sodium chloride and 3.2 gm of purified pepsin (derived from porcine stomach mucosa) having an activity of 800 to 2500 units per mg of protein, in 7.0 ml of hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sufficient water to make a 1000 mL solution.
• Solutions of SGF typically have a pH of less than 3. In cases where the SGF does not have a pH of less than 3, the solution can be pH'ed, as is well known in the art, to a preferred pH range of between 1.5 and 2.0 with additional HCl.
• Standard gastric conditions can be achieved by filling a container such as a beaker with 100 ml of SGF and adding additional SGF (typically between 10 ml to 35 ml of fresh SGF) to a container as additional components (such as the formulation or buffers described herein) are added to the initial SGF.
• additional SGF typically between 10 ml to 35 ml of fresh SGF
• the amount and ratio of the water-soluble buffer and water-insoluble buffer in a formulation generally does not depend upon the amount of the PPI in the formulation and may vary widely to achieve a rapid and sustained pH increase sufficient to protect a PPI from degradation. Exact amounts of the buffer or buffers employed is a matter of choice for those skilled in the art which can be determined empirically using SGF and simulated gastric conditions. For example, different amounts and proportions of the neutralizers may be tested in various amounts simulated gastric fluid and conditions to arrive at a desired effect.
• the quantity of water-soluble buffer in the formulation is between 50 mg and 1000 mg, preferably between 100 mg and 600 mg, and more preferably between 300 mg and 500 mg.
• the quantity of water-insoluble buffer in the formulation is typically between 100 mg and 1000 mg, preferably between 250 mg and 750 mg, and more preferably between 250 mg and 600 mg.
• any of the components in the formulation including PPIs, NSAIDs, buffers, or other excipients used in the formulation should be pharmaceutically acceptable.
• pharmaceutically acceptable includes moieties or compounds that are, within the scope of sound medical judgment, suitable for use in contact with the tissues of humans and lower animals without undue toxicity, irritation, allergic response, and the like, and are commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio.
• Formulations provided herein may also contain other well known pharmaceutically acceptable ingredients such as carriers, diluents, excipients, fillers and the like.
• the formulations provided herein can be administered in either a solid or liquid dosage form.
• Solid dosage forms of the invention for oral administration generally are fabricated in a similar manner to the tablets of the examples below.
• liquid dosage forms of the invention for oral administration can be pharmaceutically acceptable emulsions, solutions, suspensions, syrups, and elixirs.
• the liquid dosage forms may contain inert diluents commonly used in the art such as water or other solvents, solubilizing agents and emulsifiers such as ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, ethyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, propylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, dimethyl formamide, oils (in particular, cottonseed, goundnut, corn, germ, olive, castor, and/or sesame oils), glycerol, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, polyethylene glycols and fatty acid esters of sorbitan and mixtures thereof.
• inert diluents commonly used in the art such as water or other solvents, solubilizing agents and emulsifiers such as ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, ethyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, benzy
• oral compositions of the invention may also include adjuvants such as wetting agents, emulsifying and suspending agents, sweetening agents, flavoring agents, and/or perfuming agents.
• adjuvants such as wetting agents, emulsifying and suspending agents, sweetening agents, flavoring agents, and/or perfuming agents.
• compositions of the invention can be manufactured by utilizing an acid-labile and/or acid-stable pharmaceutical compound in the form of granules and/or powder.
• micronized acid-labile pharmaceutical compositions can be used in place of the granules or powder.
• Micronization is utilized in order to produce a particle having a smaller diameter in relationship to the granules. Since the dissolution rate of acid-labile pharmaceutical compositions of the invention is generally directly proportional to, among other factors, the surface area of the composition particle, a reduction in particle size increases the amount of exposed surface area and, thus, increases the dissolution rate.
• micronization results in increased exposed surface area causing particle aggregation, which can negate the benefit of micronization and is an expensive manufacturing step
• micronization of the proton pump inhibitor does present a significant benefit of increasing the dissolution rate of relatively water-insoluble drugs, e.g. omeprazole.
• Formulations of the invention can be used for treatment of almost any physiological and/or psychological disorders for which the pharmaceutical compounds are indicated.
• the formulations provided herein are given to human patients in need of a therapy for disorders for which NSAIDs are typically indicated such as, for example, angina, aorto-pulmonary shunt occlusion, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, coronary artery disease, dementia, dysmenorrhea, myocardial infarction, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, pain, headache, migraine headache, stroke, thrombocythemia, postoperative thromboembolism, ischemia, bursitis, cognative decline, fever, gout, musculoskelatal disorders, pericarditis and soft tissue injury.
• the NSAID employed in the formulation is aspirin at a dose between 25, and 150 mg, more preferably between 50 and 100 mg; the PPI is lansoprazole at a dose between 5mg and 100 mg, more preferably between 10 mg and 35 mg.
• This embodiment is well suited for any of the well known cardiac, stroke, or other inflammatory conditions for which aspirin is currently prescribed.
• the method comprises administering an NSAID in a single non-enterically coated dosage form that also comprises a PPI and a buffer.
• Example 2 Substance Compatibility in Granulations and Tablets
• granulations of a PPI and various NSAIDs were prepared to determine the compatibility of these substances with each other in a granulated form.
• Granulations containing the ingredients listed in Table 2 below were prepared.
• the potency (mg/g) of each drug substance in each granulation was determined by HPLC.
• the potency data is presented in Table 3, below.
• Granulations A, C, and D, as well as naproxen and piroxicam drug substances were weighed and separately placed in scintillation vials and stored at room temperature (RT) and at 40°C with 75% to 85% relative humidity ("Extreme Conditions").
• Granulations A, C, and D, as well as the naproxen and piroxicam were tested for potency of the lansoprazole and NSAID after 19 and 33 days at the room temperature conditions and after two and four weeks under the Extreme Conditions. The results (given in mg/g) of the compatibility assessment at the various conditions is shown in Table 4, below.
• Tablets were made using granulation A (from Example 2) in combination with granulations E, F, or G from Example 2.
• the granules were weighed in such a manner as to make tablets that contained 30 mg of lansoprazole and either 81 mg of aspirin, 250 mg of naproxen, or 20 mg of piroxicam.
• the components were compressed into tablets after mixing the different granules.
• the granules were compressed into tablets at l A to Vi metric ton of pressure to form a tablet that would rapidly release its components upon dissolution.
• the dissolution experiments were performed using the following reagents and conditions.
• the vessels were sampled using 5-mL disposable syringes with stainless steel cannulae and then filtered through 0.45- ⁇ m PTFE or PNDF syringe filters (Gelman Acrodisc) prior to HPLC analysis.
• Dissolution was facilitated with a Nan Kel NK700 mixing apparatus equipped with two paddles turning at 75 rpm.
• the contents of each dissolution vessel is given below in Table 5.

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