Melt granulation is a versatile process that is underutilized in the pharmaceutical industry. Most pharmaceutical wet granulation and twin-screw extruders can be adapted for melt granulation. Twin-screw melt granulation (TSMG) is of interest since is a continuous process and allows for flexible process design and a high degree of control. TSMG can be used to produce formulations for oral immediate or sustained release. This research focuses on the use of TSMG to taste-mask APIs.
Many APIs are bitter or unpleasant tasting. Taste-masking may be required, particularly for products intended for pediatric patients. Taste-masking has been achieved with many different techniques, but a simple, cost-effective method that can be applied to many different APIs is not currently available. A matrix encapsulation approach using continuous twin-screw melt granulation was attempted with three different APIs. The resulting granule properties, particularly particle size, are related to the granulation process parameters.
Prediction of taste-masking based on in vitro assessments is challenging and generally clinical evaluation is required. A small-volume dissolution method was developed as a screening test the melt granules. It is not clear if this technique is predictive of clinical taste-masking performance, but it is expected to be an improvement over discrete sampling or typical quality control dissolution methods. The dissolution rate was estimated using the Noyes-Whitney equation and correlated to the mean granule particle size. From this, a simple model for time to a taste threshold could be used to define a design space around the granulation process. / Pharmaceutical Sciences
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TEMPLE/oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/6819 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Forster, Seth, 0000-0001-6072-1959 |
| Contributors | Lebo, David, Wong, Ho-Lun, Fassihi, Reza, Gupta, Pardeep |
| Publisher | Temple University. Libraries |
| Source Sets | Temple University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 168 pages |
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| Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6801, Theses and Dissertations |
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