Tablets compressed with gastric floating pellets coated with acrylic resin for gastro retention and sustained release of famotidine: in-vitro and in-vivo study

Qi, X; Jiang, Y; Zhang, H; Wu, Z

HERO ID

4936774

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2015

Language

English

PMID

25495700

HERO ID 4936774
In Press No
Year 2015
Title Tablets compressed with gastric floating pellets coated with acrylic resin for gastro retention and sustained release of famotidine: in-vitro and in-vivo study
Authors Qi, X; Jiang, Y; Zhang, H; Wu, Z
Journal Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Volume 67
Issue 4
Page Numbers 493-500
Abstract <strong>OBJECTIVES: </strong>The aim of this study was to prepare a disintegrating gastric floating tablet composed of floating pellets coated with acrylic resin to prolong the gastric residence time and increase the oral bioavailability of famotidine.<br /><br /><strong>METHODS: </strong>The gastric floating pellets containing famotidine, stearyl alcohol and microcrystalline cellulose (1 : 10 : 1) were prepared by extrusion-spheronization process and coated with acrylic resin, then compressed into tablets with Avicel PH 301 pellets and cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone. The coating weight, volume ratio of Eudragit RL30 D and RS30 D and solid content of coating fluid were optimized by Box-Behnken design.<br /><br /><strong>KEY FINDINGS: </strong>In 0.1 M HCl, tablets can immediately disintegrate into pellets which can remain floating and sustained drug releasing over 12 h. The AUC0-∞ of famotidine gastric floating pellets (7776.52 ± 1065.93 h ng/ml) administered into rats was significantly higher than that of marketed rapid release tablets Xingfading® (Xingyi, Shanghai, China) (4166.23 ± 312.43 h ng/ml), while the relative bioavailability was 187.01 ± 22.81%.<br /><br /><strong>CONCLUSIONS: </strong>The experimental results indicated that the optimized formulation did offer a new gastro retention and sustained release approach to enhance the oral absorption of famotidine.
Doi 10.1111/jphp.12339
Pmid 25495700
Wosid WOS:000351832900003
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