Journal
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
Volume 95, Issue 3, Pages 515-520Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2003.12.026
Keywords
starch acetate; matrix tablet; controlled drug release; pharmacokinetics; IVIVC
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Highly substituted starch acetate can be used to control drug release from directly compressed tablets in vitro. The aim of this study was to evaluate controlled release properties of starch acetate in vivo in humans. Three starch acetate tablet formulations with different in vitro release rates for diltiazem (fast, moderate and slow) were developed. An open, single dose, randomised, four treatment, four period, four sequence cross-over pharmacokinetic study was conducted in eight healthy volunteers. Diltiazem concentrations in plasma were determined by HPLC. Concentration-time profiles of the formulations differed: mean C-max and AUC(0-infinity) values of the fast, moderate and slow formulations were 95, 69, 31 ng/ml and 610, 511, 231 ng h/ml, respectively. In vitro-in vivo correlation (IVIVC) was analysed according to the cumulative area under the curves and in vitro release profiles. Acceptable limits of prediction errors were achieved for C-max and AUC(0-24 h). The moderate formulation and commercial reference tablet showed similar in vitro release profiles and diltiazem concentrations in plasma. In conclusion, direct compression starch acetate formulations control drug release in humans. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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