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Study the influence of formulation process parameters on solubility and dissolution enhancement of efavirenz solid solutions prepared by hot-melt extrusion: a QbD methodology
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posted on 2023-06-09, 12:03 authored by Jaywant Pawar, Dilipkumar Suryawanshi, Kailas Moravkar, Rahul Aware, Vasant Shetty, Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Purnima AminThe current study investigates the dissolution rate performance of amorphous solid solutions of a poorly water-soluble drug, efavirenz (EFV), in amorphous Soluplus® (SOL) and Kollidon® VA 64 (KVA64) polymeric systems. For the purpose of the study, various formulations with varying drug loadings of 30, 50, and 70% w/w were developed via hot-melt extrusion processing and adopting a Box–Behnken design of experiment (DoE) approach. The polymers were selected based on the Hansen solubility parameter calculation and the prediction of the possible drug-polymer miscibility. In DoE experiments, a Box–Behnken factorial design was conducted to evaluate the effect of independent variables such as Soluplus® ratio (A1), HME screw speed (A2), and processing temperature (A3), and Kollidon®VA64 ratio (B1), screw speed (B2), and processing temperature (B3) on responses such as solubility (X1 and Y1) and dissolution rate (X2 and Y2) for both ASS [EFV:SOL] and BSS [EFV:KVA64] systems. DSC and XRD data confirmed that bulk crystalline EFV transformed to amorphous form during the HME processing. Advanced chemical analyses conducted via 2D COSY NMR, FTIR chemical imaging, AFM analysis, and FTIR showed that EFV was homogenously dispersed in the respective polymer matrices. The maximum solubility and dissolution rate was observed in formulations containing 30% EFV with both SOL and KVA64 alone. This could be attributed to the maximum drug-polymer miscibility in the optimized formulations. The actual and predicted values of both responses were found precise and close to each other.
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Drug Delivery and Translational ResearchISSN
2190-393XPublisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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6Volume
8Page range
1644-1657Department affiliated with
- Chemistry Publications
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2018-02-12First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-02-09First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-02-12Usage metrics
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