Pang, Yuying;
Buanz, Asma;
Gaisford, Simon;
Magdysyuk, Oxana V;
Williams, Gareth R;
(2022)
Monitoring Polymorphic Phase Transitions in Flufenamic Acid Amorphous Solid Dispersions Using Hyphenated X-ray Diffraction–Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
Molecular Pharmaceutics
, 19
(5)
pp. 1477-1487.
10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00016.
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Abstract
Flufenamic acid (FFA) is a highly polymorphic drug molecule with nine crystal structures reported in the Cambridge Structural Database. This study explores the use of synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction combined with differential scanning calorimetry to study crystallization and polymorphic phase transitions upon heating FFA–polymer amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs). Ethyl cellulose (EC, 4 cp) and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) grades with different viscosities and substitution patterns were used to prepare dispersions with FFA at 5:1, 2:1, 1:1, and 1:5 w/w drug/polymer ratios by quench cooling. We employed a 6 cp HPMC 2910 material and two HPMC 2208 samples at 4000 and 100 000 cp. Hyphenated X-ray diffraction (XRD)–differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies show that the 6 and 100 000 cp HPMCs and 4 cp EC polymers can stabilize FFA form IV by inhibiting the transition to form I during heating. It appears that the polymers stabilize FFA in both amorphous and metastable forms via a combination of intermolecular interactions and viscosity effects. Increasing the polymer content of the ASD also inhibits polymorphic transitions, with drug/polymer ratios of 1:5 w/w resulting in FFA remaining amorphous during heating. The comparison of FFA ASDs prepared with different samples of HPMCs and ECs suggests that the chemical substitution of the polymer (HPMC 2208 has 19–24% methoxy groups and 4–12% hydroxypropyl groups, while HPMC 2910 has 28–30% methoxy groups and 7–12% hydroxypropyl groups) plays a more significant role in directing polymorphic transitions than the viscosity. A previously unreported polymorph of FFA was also noted during heating but its structure could not be determined.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Monitoring Polymorphic Phase Transitions in Flufenamic Acid Amorphous Solid Dispersions Using Hyphenated X-ray Diffraction–Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00016 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00016 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Amorphous solid dispersion, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, ethyl cellulose, flufenamic acid, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, polymorphic transition |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146350 |
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