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Towards a More Desirable Dry Powder Inhaler Formulation: Large Spray-Dried Mannitol Microspheres Outperform Small Microspheres
Kaialy, Waseem Hussain, Tariq Alhalaweh, Amjad Nokhodchi, Ali
Kaialy, Waseem
Hussain, Tariq
Alhalaweh, Amjad
Nokhodchi, Ali
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2013-08-06
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Purpose To investigate, for the first time, the performance of a dry powder inhaler (DPI, Aerolizer®) in the case of a model drug (i.e. albuterol sulphate) formulated with spray dried mannitol carrier particles with homogeneous shape and solid–state formbut different sizes. Methods Spray dried mannitol (SDM) particles were characterized in terms of size, surface area, morphology, water content, solid–state, density and electrostatic charge by a novel approach. DPI formulations composed of SDM and albuterol sulphate (AS) were prepared and evaluated in terms of drug content homogeneity and in vitro aerosolization performance. Results All SDM particles generated similar fine particle fractions of AS. Formulations consisting of larger SDM particles demonstrated better drug content homogeneity, reduced amounts of drug loss and reduced oropharyngeal deposition. Comparing different SDM products demonstrated that SDM powders with relatively poorer flowability, wider size distributions and higher charge density generated DPI formulations with poorer drug content homogeneity and deposited higher amount of drug on the inhaler, mouthpiece adaptor and throat. DPI formulation total desirability increased linearly with the mean diameter of SDM. Conclusion Particle shape and solid–state form of mannitol could dominate over carrier size, bulk density, flowability and charge in terms of determining the aerosolization behaviour of AS formulated with mannitol carrier, at least within the experimental protocols applied in the present study.
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Towards a More Desirable Dry Powder Inhaler Formulation: Large Spray-Dried Mannitol Microspheres Outperform Small Microspheres 2013, 31 (1):60 Pharmaceutical Research
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0724-8741
1573-904X
1573-904X