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Sirasitthichoke C, Patel S, Reuter KG, Hermans A, Bredael G, Armenante PM. Effect of basket mesh size on the hydrodynamics of a partially filled (500 mL) USP rotating basket dissolution testing Apparatus 1. Int J Pharm 2024; 658:124209. [PMID: 38718973 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
The USP Rotating Basket Dissolution Testing Apparatus 1 is listed in the USP as one of the tools to assess dissolution of oral solid dosage forms. Baskets of different mesh sizes can be used to differentiate between dissolution profiles of different formulations. Here, we used Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to study the hydrodynamics of the USP Apparatus 1 using baskets with different mesh openings (10-, 20- and 40-mesh) revolving at 100 rpm, when the vessel was filled with 500 mL. The velocity profiles throughout the liquid were found to vary significantly using baskets of different mesh sizes, typically increasing with increased size of the opening of the basket mesh, especially for axial and radial velocities. This, in turn, resulted in a significantly different flow rate through the basket, which can be expected to significantly impact the dissolution rate of the drug product. A comparison between the results of this work with those of a previous study with a 900-mL fill volume (Sirasitthichoke et al., Intern. J. Pharmaceutics, 2021, 607: 120976), shows that although the hydrodynamics in the USP Apparatus 1 changed with fill level in the vessel, the flow rate through the basket was not significantly affected. This implies that tablets dissolving in the two systems would experience similar tablet-liquid medium mass transfer coefficients, and therefore similar initial dissolution rates, but different dissolution profiles because of the difference in volume.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chadakarn Sirasitthichoke
- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102-1982, USA
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- Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA
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- Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA; Analytical Science Group, Haleon, Richmond, VA 23220-1212, USA
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- Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA
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- Formulation Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA
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- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102-1982, USA.
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Sirasitthichoke C, Perivilli S, Liddell MR, Armenante PM. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements of USP Apparatus 1 hydrodynamics with 500 mL fill volume. Int J Pharm 2023; 647:123492. [PMID: 37806506 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
Abstract
Changes to hydrodynamics arising from changes within dissolution testing systems, such as the fill volume level, can potentially cause variability in dissolution results. However, the literature on hydrodynamics in Apparatus 1 is quite limited and little information is available for vessels with different liquid volumes. Here, velocities in a USP Apparatus 1 vessel with a liquid fill volume of 500 mL, a common alternative to 900 mL, were experimentally measured using 2D-2C Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) for different basket rotational speeds. Tangential velocities dominated the flow field, while axial and radial velocities were much lower and varied with location. The velocities distribution increased proportionately with the basket rotational speed almost everywhere in the vessel excepting for underneath the basket. A nearly horizontal radial liquid jet was found to originate close to the basket upper edge. Comparison of these results with those previously reported with 900-mL liquid volume (Sirasitthichoke et al., Intern. J. Pharmaceutics:X; 3 (2021) 100078) showed that the flow rate through the baskets was similar in both systems, implying that, at least initially, the amount of drug in solution would increase linearly with time. In other words, the flow rate through the baskets would be independent of the liquid volume. Velocity profiles were also found to be similar, except in the region above the basket, which was affected by the radial jet with an orientation significantly different between the 500-mL and the 900-mL systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chadakarn Sirasitthichoke
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Newark, NJ 07102-1982, USA
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- United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), Dosage Form Performance Laboratory (DFPL), Rockville, MD 20852-1790, USA
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- United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), Dosage Form Performance Laboratory (DFPL), Rockville, MD 20852-1790, USA
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- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Newark, NJ 07102-1982, USA.
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Kubinski AM, Shivkumar G, Georgi RA, George S, Reynolds J, Sosa RD, Ju TR. Predictive Drug Release Modeling Across Dissolution Apparatuses I and II using Computational Fluid Dynamics. J Pharm Sci 2023; 112:808-819. [PMID: 36336104 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2022.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A modeling process is developed and validated with which active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) release is predicted across the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) dissolution apparatuses I and II based on limited experimental dissolution data (at minimum two dissolution profiles at different apparatus settings). The process accounts for formulation-specific drug release behavior and hydrodynamics in the apparatuses over the range of typical agitation rates and medium volumes. This modeling process involves measurement of experimental mass transfer coefficients via a conventional mass balance and the relationship of said mass transfer coefficients to hydrodynamics and apparatus setting via computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A novel 1-D model is hence established, which provided calibration data for a particular formulation, can model mass transfer coefficients and their corresponding drug release at apparatus configurations of interest. Based on validation against experimental data produced from five erosion-based formulations over a range of apparatus configurations, accuracy within 8 %LA (labelled amount of API) and an average root mean square deviation of 3 %LA is achieved. With this predictive capability, minimizing the number of dissolution experiments and the amount of chemical materials needed during method development appears feasible.
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- Alexander M Kubinski
- Analytical Research and Development, Development Sciences, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL 60208, United States.
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- Science and Technology, Operations, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Analytical Research and Development, Development Sciences, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL 60208, United States
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- Non-Clinical Statistics, Development Sciences, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL 60208, United States
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- Analytical Research and Development, Development Sciences, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL 60208, United States
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- Analytical Research and Development, Development Sciences, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL 60208, United States
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Yoshida H, Teruya K, Abe Y, Furuishi T, Fukuzawa K, Yonemochi E, Izutsu KI. Altered Media Flow and Tablet Position as Factors of How Air Bubbles Affect Dissolution of Disintegrating and Non-disintegrating Tablets Using a USP 4 Flow-Through Cell Apparatus. AAPS PharmSciTech 2021; 22:227. [PMID: 34431011 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-021-02117-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This study investigated how air bubbles in media affect tablet dissolution in a flow-through cell system (USP 4) using disintegrating (USP prednisone) and non-disintegrating (USP salicylic acid) tablets. Cell hydrodynamics were studied using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The PIV analysis showed periodic changes in the local flow corresponding to the discharge and suction of the pump cycles. The absence of prior deaeration induced small air bubbles in the media and lower maximum flow during the cycle, explaining the slower dissolution of the USP salicylic acid tablets. Bubbles, occurring during the USP prednisone tablets study, induced the transition of floating disintegrated particles towards the cell outlet, whereas the particles precipitated to form a white layer on the glass beads used in the study with prior deaeration. CFD analysis showed local flow variation in multiple positions of small (ID 12 mm) and large (ID 22.6 mm) cells, explaining the different rates of dissolution of prednisone tablet particles depending on their distribution. These results emphasize the importance of prior deaeration in dissolution studies using a flow-through system. Bubbles in the flow-through cell system affected tablet dissolution by reducing the area in contact with the media (wettability), lowering the maximum instantaneous flow (pressure buffering), and altering the position of disintegrated particles in the cell.
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Influence of basket mesh size on the hydrodynamics in the USP rotating basket dissolution testing Apparatus 1. Int J Pharm 2021; 607:120976. [PMID: 34363918 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The USP Apparatus 1 (rotating basket), typically used to assess drug product reproducibility and evaluate oral solid dosage forms performance, consists of a cylindrical glass vessel with a hemispherical bottom and a wire basket rotating at constant speed. Baskets with different wire openings can be used in alternative to the standard mesh opening (40-mesh) in order to discriminate between drug formulations during early stage of drug product development. Any changes introduced by different basket geometries can potentially and significantly impact the system hydrodynamics and cause variability of results, thus affecting product quality. In this work, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) was used to experimentally quantify the velocity distribution in the USP rotating basket Apparatus 1 using baskets of different mesh sizes (10-, 20-, and 40-mesh size) under the typical operating conditions described in dissolution testing procedures. Similar flow patterns were observed in all cases. However, the radial and axial velocities in the USP Apparatus 1 generally increased with increasingly larger openings of the basket mesh. Increasing the basket agitation speed also resulted in an overall increase in the velocities, especially below in the innermost core region below the basket, where drug fragments typically reside. More importantly, the flow entering and leaving the baskets was quantified from the velocity profiles in the immediate vicinity of the baskets. It was found that the flow increased significantly with increasingly larger mesh openings, which can, in turn, promote faster dissolution of the oral solid dosage forms, thus affecting drug dissolution profiles. Hence, the selection of the basket mesh size must be carefully considered during drug product development.
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Ranjan A, Jha PK. Studying Drug Release through Polymeric Controlled Release Formulations in United States Pharmacopoeia 2 Apparatus Using Multiphysics Simulation and Experiments. Mol Pharm 2021; 18:2600-2611. [PMID: 34056905 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In vitro dissolution of oral drug formulations is often studied using the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) apparatus. Although a well-stirred vessel or a perfect sink assumption is often employed in the modeling of in vitro dissolution in USP apparatus, such a limit is usually not realized in actual experimental conditions. The interplay of hydrodynamics in the vessel and the swelling and erosion of dosage forms often results in substantial deviations from the dissolution behavior obtained under perfect sink approximation. We develop a multiphysics model of drug release from controlled release tablets of polymeric excipients with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Simulations are performed in COMSOL for the USP 2 (paddle) apparatus and the effects of stirring speed, drug loading, erosion rate, and polymer swelling and erosion are analyzed in detail. We demonstrate that the drug release phenomena can be conveniently interpreted using the Weibull equation to fit the simulation results. This is further confirmed using drug release experiments performed on mechanically compressed tablets of naproxen sodium as the API with poly-methyl-methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid as the excipient. We show that the API-to-polymer ratio may be varied to obtain different regimes of controlled release.
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- Alok Ranjan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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Experimental determination of the velocity distribution in USP Apparatus 1 (basket apparatus) using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Int J Pharm X 2021; 3:100078. [PMID: 34027384 PMCID: PMC8131919 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpx.2021.100078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The USP Apparatus 1 (basket apparatus) is commonly used to evaluate the dissolution performance of oral solid dosage forms. The hydrodynamics generated by the basket contributes, in general, to the dissolution rate and hence the dissolution results. Here, the hydrodynamics of Apparatus 1 was quantified in a vessel filled with 900-mL de-ionized water at room temperature by determining, via Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), the velocity profiles on a vertical central plane and on 11 horizontal planes at different elevations at three different basket agitation speeds. The flow field was dominated by the tangential velocity component and was approximately symmetrical in all cases. Despite all precautions taken, small flow asymmetries were observed in the axial and radial directions. This appears to be an unavoidable characteristic of the flow in Apparatus 1. The magnitudes of the axial and radial velocity components varied with location but were always low. A small jet was seen emanating radially near the top edge of the basket. Velocities typically scaled well with increasing agitation speed in most regions of the vessel except for a region directly below the basket. The results of this work provide a major insight into the flow field inside the USP Apparatus 1.
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