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- the present invention relates to a “Once-a-Day” lithium carbonate formulation.
- lithium salts in the treatment of depressive and manic disorders, psychosis, some types of cephalalgia, has been known for many years.
- One of the major drawbacks related with lithium therapy is its low therapeutic index on the one hand, and the need to ensure constant therapeutically useful concentrations, below the toxicity levels, on the other.
- An appropriate therapeutical regimen can be obtained with the preparations commercially available at present, carrying out two to three daily administrations.
- Lithium carbonate is completely absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract in about 8 hours, the plasma concentration peak being between 2 and 4 hours. After being absorbed, the cation is slowly distributed inside the cells of different organs and its distribution volume approaches 1 (0.7-0.9), reaching the steady state at a concentration in the liquor below 50% compared with the plasmatic one.
- the plasma half-life at the steady state is 20-24 hours. More than 95% of lithium is eliminated through urine; like sodium, 80% thereof is reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule and has clearance corresponding to about 20% of that of the creatinine. The lower the peak lithium concentration in the plasma, the steadier its elimination. It is therefore desirable to have controlled release formulations to decrease the number of daily administrations and the value of the plasma peaks, thus avoiding to attain toxic concentrations while increasing the patient compliance.
- the present invention relates to a “Once-a-Day” controlled release formulation of lithium carbonate which fulfils the pharmacokinetic requirements mentioned above, ensuring a constant plasma concentration over the 24 hours at levels compatible with the established safety margins.
- the composition of the invention is in the form of a coated granulate and has the following contents, expressed in % by weight: lithium carbonate 93%, ethylcellulose 1.7%, talc 0.8% polyvinylpyrrolidone 4.5%.
- the granules can be coated with known techniques, preferably with the fluidized bed technique by spraying a solution of the coatting agent (ethylcellulose) in ethanol, acetone and water on the active ingredient granules.
- Hard-gelatin capsules are the most preferred administration forms. Capsules are prepared according to conventional techniques, for example as described in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences Handbook, Mack Pub. Co., NY, USA, XVII Ed. In addition to gelatin and any dyes, the capsules can contain sodium lauryl sulfate and magnesium stearate, as solubilizer and diluent respectively.
- coated granules incorporated in a suitable carrier, preferably in hard-gelatin capsules, ensure a constant release rate of the active ingredient over the 24 hours, without giving raise to the plasma absorption peaks usually observed after lithium administration.
- the particularly favourable pharmacokinetic allows the administration of a single daily dose, remarkably increasing the patient compliance.
- the envisaged dosages for the active ingredient can range from a minimum of 300 mg to a maximum of 900 mg, depending on a number of factors such as the severity of the disorder to treat, the age, weight and conditions of the patient. Dosages of 300, 450 or, preferably, 600 mg of lithium carbonate in a single daily dose ensure optimal results.
- the “Once-a-Day” in the following: OaD) composition of the present invention will be used in the treatment of all those disorders which require the administration of lithium, such as depressive and manic conditions, psychosis, cephalalgia, drug leukopenia, hemopoietic diseases, immunologic diseases, AIDS (in combination with AZT) and as antitumor agent.
- lithium carbonate is weighed and granulated in the granulator using the above described binder solution as granulation agent.
- the humid granulate is passed through a 840 micron wire screen, dried at 40° C. for 15 hours in a forced air circulation thermostatized drier and subsequently the granulate is sieved through sieve with openings of 500 and 840 micron.
- the powder and the granules smaller than 500 micron are regranulated with the same procedure as described above, but using water as binder. At the end of the granulation process, granules are sieved through sieve with openings of 500 and 840 micron.
- the resulting granulate is weighed and placed in the stainless steel container of the coating pan. While it rotates at a suitable rate to ensure efficient rotation of the mass (about 12 rpm), the binder solution is sprayed on the granules by a spraying device and the lithium carbonate powder is added.
- Spraying is carried out at intervals to provide better evaporation of the solvent, which is removed by an aspiration system, and to avoid any bubbles.
- the granulate is sieved through a 1200 micron wire screen and dried at 40° C. for 15 hours in a forced air circulation thermostatized drier.
- the granulate is sieved again through an 840 and 1200 micron mesh sieve.
- Acetone and denatured ethanol are placed in the stainless steel container, ethylcellulose is added, with stirring. Stirring is continued until complete dissolution.
- the lithium carbonate granules are placed in a fluidized bed and sprayed with the coating film.
- talc are poured onto the mass at the end of IS each spraying stage, to improve free-flowing of the mass.
- granules are forced through a 1200 micron wire screen. After completion of the coating cycle, the granulate is dried.
- the lithium carbonate formulation is filled into hard-gelatin capsules by means of a capsule filling machine programmed to fill hard-gelatin capsules with the desired weight (mg) of granulate.
- Filled capsules are closed and collected under continuous visual control in a double polyethylene bag placed in a tightly sealed metal container.
- the 300+300 mg lithium formulation covers the 24 hours with its two peaks, between which an about 50% fall occurs; the 600 mg OaD lithium formulation of the invention has Cmax slightly higher than the first peak of the 300+300 mg formulation, but after 24 hours the plasma concentration is reduced by 25% only.
- the lithium 300+300 mg formulation has plasma half-life of about 20 hours; the OaD lithium 600 mg formulation of the invention has half-life of about 36 hours.
- the lithium plasma concentration of each subject was monitored up to 72 hours and urine lithium content up to 96 hours after administration was evaluated.
- the plasma lithium profile confirms the observations of the phase 1 study: the Cmax of the OaD formulation is half that of the Cmax of the control formulation, dosages being equal.
- the OaD formulation of the invention provides better therapeutic efficacy as it can be seen from the graphs of the phase I study since, without inducing toxic plasma peaks (one peak only, below the Ctox value, compared with two peaks of the control formulation), prevents the fall of lithium plasma concentration (to 50%) which always takes place between the two administrations of the control formulation.
- Residual lithium does not circulate in blood (it is apparently absorbed by the tissues) neither contributes to induce accumulation.
- a clinical trial has been carried out by administration of the lithium s carbonate formulation of the invention, in the form of controlled release 450 mg (C.450 OaD) and 600 g (C.600 OaD) capsules, by single administration for 10 consecutive days to a group of 20 patients already under conventional therapy with lithium carbonate for a total of 20 days.
- This trial aimed at verifying whether the formulations of the invention were capable of producing a constant plasma concentration of Li+ upon repeated administrations at the steady state without inducing accumulation and with peaks compatible with the determined safety dosages.
- FIG. 4 Lithium plasma concentration (each point corresponds to a mean of 20 patients) upon repeated administrations of 450 mg OaD formulation of the invention.
- FIG. 5 Lithium plasma concentration (mean of 20 patients) upon repeated administrations of 600 mg OaD formulation of the invention.
- the OaD formulation of the invention is a therapeutically effective, safer formulation, and solves the problem involved by the rather low therapeutical index of lithium and can provide different dosages thus allowing to modulate the therapy according with the individual requirements of the patients.
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Once daily pharmaceutical compositions containing lithium carbonate in the form of coated granules.
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- The present invention relates to a “Once-a-Day” lithium carbonate formulation.
- The use of lithium salts in the treatment of depressive and manic disorders, psychosis, some types of cephalalgia, has been known for many years. One of the major drawbacks related with lithium therapy is its low therapeutic index on the one hand, and the need to ensure constant therapeutically useful concentrations, below the toxicity levels, on the other. An appropriate therapeutical regimen can be obtained with the preparations commercially available at present, carrying out two to three daily administrations. Lithium carbonate is completely absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract in about 8 hours, the plasma concentration peak being between 2 and 4 hours. After being absorbed, the cation is slowly distributed inside the cells of different organs and its distribution volume approaches 1 (0.7-0.9), reaching the steady state at a concentration in the liquor below 50% compared with the plasmatic one. The starting half-life, after the first administration, is reduced by the redistribution. The plasma half-life at the steady state is 20-24 hours. More than 95% of lithium is eliminated through urine; like sodium, 80% thereof is reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule and has clearance corresponding to about 20% of that of the creatinine. The lower the peak lithium concentration in the plasma, the steadier its elimination. It is therefore desirable to have controlled release formulations to decrease the number of daily administrations and the value of the plasma peaks, thus avoiding to attain toxic concentrations while increasing the patient compliance.
- The present invention relates to a “Once-a-Day” controlled release formulation of lithium carbonate which fulfils the pharmacokinetic requirements mentioned above, ensuring a constant plasma concentration over the 24 hours at levels compatible with the established safety margins. The composition of the invention is in the form of a coated granulate and has the following contents, expressed in % by weight: lithium carbonate 93%, ethylcellulose 1.7%, talc 0.8% polyvinylpyrrolidone 4.5%. The granules can be coated with known techniques, preferably with the fluidized bed technique by spraying a solution of the coatting agent (ethylcellulose) in ethanol, acetone and water on the active ingredient granules. The coated granules are then incorporated in a suitable carrier for the oral administration. Hard-gelatin capsules are the most preferred administration forms. Capsules are prepared according to conventional techniques, for example as described in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences Handbook, Mack Pub. Co., NY, USA, XVII Ed. In addition to gelatin and any dyes, the capsules can contain sodium lauryl sulfate and magnesium stearate, as solubilizer and diluent respectively.
- The coated granules, incorporated in a suitable carrier, preferably in hard-gelatin capsules, ensure a constant release rate of the active ingredient over the 24 hours, without giving raise to the plasma absorption peaks usually observed after lithium administration.
- In a typical dissolution test carried out on six formulation samples, using a pH 1.1 solution in a flow-through dissolution apparatus (25 ml/min, 37° C.), the following release percentages over the 24 hours were obtained:
TABLE Release percentages Hrs Samp. 1 Samp. 2 Samp. 3 Samp. 4 Samp. 5 Samp. 6 Mean Min Max CV 1 9.1 8.5 8.5 8.9 9.2 8.9 8.9 8.5 9.2 3.33 4 38.7 34.2 35.3 36.8 38.2 36.5 36.6 34.2 38.7 4.65 8 59.4 59.1 59.7 62.2 65.1 62.4 61.3 59.1 65.1 3.82 12 69.8 69.4 69.9 73.4 76.8 72.1 71.9 69.4 76.8 3.98 16 82.8 83.6 84 88.2 90.1 87.9 86.1 82.8 90.1 3.49 24 90 93.3 91.6 94.3 95.7 93.0 90 95.7 2.41 - The data reported in the table clearly show the constant release rate of the active ingredient over the whole tested time.
- Bioequivalence studies in comparison with a commercially available composition (CARBOLITHIUM®) containing lithium carbonate granules in microcapsules consisting of magnesium stearate, gelatin, titanium dioxide, indigotin, lactose, starch, methylcellulose, have been carried out. The results, reported in the following examples, clearly show that the lithium plasma concentration remains constant over 24 hours after administration of the composition of the invention, avoiding the absorption peaks observed with the comparison formulation.
- The particularly favourable pharmacokinetic allows the administration of a single daily dose, remarkably increasing the patient compliance. The envisaged dosages for the active ingredient can range from a minimum of 300 mg to a maximum of 900 mg, depending on a number of factors such as the severity of the disorder to treat, the age, weight and conditions of the patient. Dosages of 300, 450 or, preferably, 600 mg of lithium carbonate in a single daily dose ensure optimal results.
- The “Once-a-Day” (in the following: OaD) composition of the present invention will be used in the treatment of all those disorders which require the administration of lithium, such as depressive and manic conditions, psychosis, cephalalgia, drug leukopenia, hemopoietic diseases, immunologic diseases, AIDS (in combination with AZT) and as antitumor agent.
- The following examples illustrate the invention in greater detail.
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Lithium Carbonate 150 Kg Povidone 7,300 Kg Ethylcellulose 2,575 Kg Talc 1,125 Kg Acetone* q.s. Denaturated ethanol* q.s. Water* q.s.
*solvents used in the manufacturing process.
- Water is placed in a stainless steel container equipped with pneumatic stirrer, then Povidone is poured therein, in small amounts. Stirring is continued until dissolution.
- One part of lithium carbonate is weighed and granulated in the granulator using the above described binder solution as granulation agent.
- The humid granulate is passed through a 840 micron wire screen, dried at 40° C. for 15 hours in a forced air circulation thermostatized drier and subsequently the granulate is sieved through sieve with openings of 500 and 840 micron.
- The powder and the granules smaller than 500 micron are regranulated with the same procedure as described above, but using water as binder. At the end of the granulation process, granules are sieved through sieve with openings of 500 and 840 micron.
- The resulting granulate is weighed and placed in the stainless steel container of the coating pan. While it rotates at a suitable rate to ensure efficient rotation of the mass (about 12 rpm), the binder solution is sprayed on the granules by a spraying device and the lithium carbonate powder is added.
- Spraying is carried out at intervals to provide better evaporation of the solvent, which is removed by an aspiration system, and to avoid any bubbles.
- Finally, the granulate is sieved through a 1200 micron wire screen and dried at 40° C. for 15 hours in a forced air circulation thermostatized drier.
- The granulate is sieved again through an 840 and 1200 micron mesh sieve.
- Acetone and denatured ethanol are placed in the stainless steel container, ethylcellulose is added, with stirring. Stirring is continued until complete dissolution.
- The lithium carbonate granules are placed in a fluidized bed and sprayed with the coating film.
- Furthermore, small amounts of talc are poured onto the mass at the end of IS each spraying stage, to improve free-flowing of the mass.
- At the end of the operation, granules are forced through a 1200 micron wire screen. After completion of the coating cycle, the granulate is dried.
- Finally the granulate is sieved through sieve with openings of 840 and 1340 micron.
- The lithium carbonate formulation is filled into hard-gelatin capsules by means of a capsule filling machine programmed to fill hard-gelatin capsules with the desired weight (mg) of granulate.
- Filled capsules are closed and collected under continuous visual control in a double polyethylene bag placed in a tightly sealed metal container.
- A two phases clinical trial has been designed and carried out according to the EEC guidelines for clinical trials on pharmaceuticals.
- The study was carried out on 18 healthy volunteers.
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FIGS. 1 and 2 report the graphs based on the arithmetic means of the obtained results (each point is the mean of 18 measurements=patients). - The 300+300 mg lithium formulation covers the 24 hours with its two peaks, between which an about 50% fall occurs; the 600 mg OaD lithium formulation of the invention has Cmax slightly higher than the first peak of the 300+300 mg formulation, but after 24 hours the plasma concentration is reduced by 25% only. The
lithium 300+300 mg formulation has plasma half-life of about 20 hours; theOaD lithium 600 mg formulation of the invention has half-life of about 36 hours. These data prove that the formulation of the invention is effective as expected, but that possible accumulation may occur after repeated administrations. - In order to better evaluate any accumulation risks, five healthy volunteers were subjected to single administration of the
OaD 300 mg formulation of the invention in comparison with Carbolithium®) 300 mg control formulation. - The lithium plasma concentration of each subject was monitored up to 72 hours and urine lithium content up to 96 hours after administration was evaluated.
- The graphs of
FIGS. 3 and 4 disclose the results of the study. - 1. The plasma lithium profile confirms the observations of the
phase 1 study: the Cmax of the OaD formulation is half that of the Cmax of the control formulation, dosages being equal. - 2. The Cmax of the control formulation is consistent with the known literature data.
- 3. After 24 hours, the plasma lithium concentration of both formulations is comparable (within the limits of the experimental fluctuations ascribable to the subjects).
- 4. The OaD formulation of the invention provides better therapeutic efficacy as it can be seen from the graphs of the phase I study since, without inducing toxic plasma peaks (one peak only, below the Ctox value, compared with two peaks of the control formulation), prevents the fall of lithium plasma concentration (to 50%) which always takes place between the two administrations of the control formulation.
- 5. Furthermore, considering 100 the urine lithium removed with reference to the single administration of the control formulation, it can be deduced that the lithium removal with the formulation of the invention is reduced by half.
- 6. Residual lithium does not circulate in blood (it is apparently absorbed by the tissues) neither contributes to induce accumulation.
- These data are due to the chemical nature of the product and to the fact that lithium absorption, transport and elimination take place with a passive diffusion process and therefore with a rate which is linearly related with the originally available lithium concentration (upon administration). Therefore the administrations of lithium in low concentrations induce lower diffusion and elimination rates which, combined with the continuous release carried out by the OaD formulation of the invention, allows to attain a steady state with constant lithium plasma concentration and no risks of accumulation.
- The results prove that when using the OaD lithium carbonate formulation of the invention, accumulation is most unlikely to take place, and the product can be considered both clinically effective and safe.
- A clinical trial has been carried out by administration of the lithium s carbonate formulation of the invention, in the form of controlled release 450 mg (C.450 OaD) and 600 g (C.600 OaD) capsules, by single administration for 10 consecutive days to a group of 20 patients already under conventional therapy with lithium carbonate for a total of 20 days.
- This trial aimed at verifying whether the formulations of the invention were capable of producing a constant plasma concentration of Li+ upon repeated administrations at the steady state without inducing accumulation and with peaks compatible with the determined safety dosages.
- The results of this trial are expressed in the two graphs of
FIGS. 4 and 5 , corresponding to the two tested dosages. -
FIG. 4 : Lithium plasma concentration (each point corresponds to a mean of 20 patients) upon repeated administrations of 450 mg OaD formulation of the invention. -
FIG. 5 : Lithium plasma concentration (mean of 20 patients) upon repeated administrations of 600 mg OaD formulation of the invention. - The lithium plasma concentration profiles clearly show that:
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- the OaD lithium carbonate formulation of the invention is therapeutically effective;
- the “therapeutical yield” is higher, as the subjects who had been stabilised with a therapeutical daily dose of 900 mg lithium carbonate conventional formulation maintained the steady state by single administration of the 600 mg OaD formulation;
- patients who had been stabilised with 600 mg of the conventional lithium carbonate formulation maintained the steady state by single administration of the 450 mg OaD formulation.
- Therefore the OaD formulation of the invention is a therapeutically effective, safer formulation, and solves the problem involved by the rather low therapeutical index of lithium and can provide different dosages thus allowing to modulate the therapy according with the individual requirements of the patients.
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6. A pharmaceutical composition containing an amount of lithium carbonate from 300 mg to 900 mg, in the form of coated granules having the following composition:
93% to (150/1.61) % lithium carbonate and further containing ethylcellulose, talc, and polyvinylpyrrolidone.
7. The composition of claim 6 wherein said granules have the following composition:
93% to (150/1.61) % lithium carbonate;
(2.575/1.61) % to 1.7% ethylcellulose;
(1.125/1.61) % to 0.8% talc; and
4.5% to (7.300/1.61) % polyvinylpyrrolidone.
8. The composition of claim 6 wherein said amount of lithium carbonate is selected from the group consisting of 300 mg, 450 mg, and 600 mg.
9. The composition of claim 6 wherein said granules have the following composition:
93% lithium carbonate;
1.7% ethylcellulose;
0.8% talc; and
4.5% polyvinylpyrrolidone.
10. The composition of claim 6 wherein said granules have the following composition:
(150/1.61) % lithium carbonate;
(2.575/1.61) % ethylcellulose;
(1.125/1.61) % talc; and
(7.300/1.61 ) % polyvinylpyrrolidone.
11. The composition of claim 6 wherein said granules are contained in a gelatin capsule.
12. A controlled release dosage formulation for suitable for once-a-day administration to a human patient, comprising coated granules of lithium carbonate, said granules comprising at least 93% of lithium carbonate, wherein administration of a said formulation once daily to said patient results in a substantially constant plasma concentration of lithium for 24 hours.
13. The controlled release dosage formulation of claim 12 , said dosage unit containing said lithium carbonate in the form of a plurality of coated granules, said granules comprising, in addition to said lithium carbonate, at least each of ethyl cellulose, talc, and polyvinylpyrrolidone.
14. The controlled release dosage formulation of claim 13 , wherein said granules have a formulation which is 93% to (150/1.61) % lithium carbonate.
15. The controlled release dosage formulation of claim 13 , wherein said granules have a formulation which is
93% to (150/1.61) % lithium carbonate;
(2.575/1.61) % to 1.7% ethylcellulose;
(1.125/1.61) % to 0.8% talc; and
4.5% to (7.300/1.61) % polyvinylpyrrolidone.
16. The formulation of claim 6 which provides a substantially constant release rate of lithium carbonate over a period of 24 hours to produce a plasma concentration of lithium that varies by no more than about 25% over 24 hours.
17. The formulation of claim 12 wherein said the coating of said coated granules comprises ethylcellulose.
18. The formulation of claim 6 wherein said coated granules are from about 840 microns to about 1340 microns in diameter.
19. The formulation of claim 12 wherein said coated granules are from about 840 microns to about 1340 microns in diameter.
20. The formulation of claim 6 wherein upon administration of said formulation to a patient, said lithium carbonate is released so as to produce a plasma concentration in said patient of at least 0.35 mEq/L over 24 hours.
21. The formulation of claim 12 wherein upon administration of said formulation to a patient, said lithium carbonate is released so as to produce a plasma concentration in said patient of at least 0.35 mEq/L over 24 hours.
22. A method of treating a condition selected from the group consisting of depressive and manic disorders, psychosis, cephalalgia, medicament leukopenia, hemopoietic diseases, immunologic diseases, tumors, and AIDS in a patient having said condition comprising administering an effective amount for the treatment of said condition of the composition of claim 6 to said patient.
23. A method of treating a condition selected from the group consisting of depressive and manic disorders, psychosis, cephalalgia, medicament leukopenia, hemopoietic diseases, immunologic diseases, tumors, and AIDS in a patient having said condition comprising administering an effective amount for the treatment of said condition of the composition of claim 12 to said patient.
24. The method of claim 22 wherein said administration is once daily.
25. The method of claim 23 wherein said administration is once daily.
26. A method of manufacture of a dosage form of claim 6 comprising (a) granulating lithium carbonate with an aqueous solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone to result in a first granulate; (b) sieving said first granulate; (c) drying the result of step b to give a first dried product; (c) coating said first dried product with an additional aliquot of said aqueous solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone and additional lithium carbonate to result in a second granulate; (d) sieving said second granulate; (e) drying said second granulate to result in a second dried product; (f) coating said second dried product with ethylcellulose, said talc being added in fractions after each ethylcellulose coating cycle.
27. A method of manufacture of a dosage form of claim 13 comprising (a) granulating lithium carbonate with an aqueous solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone to result in a first granulate; (b) sieving said first granulate; (c) drying the result of step b to give a first dried product; (c) coating said first dried product with an additional aliquot of said aqueous solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone and additional lithium carbonate to result in a second granulate; (d) sieving said second granulate; (e) drying said second granulate to result in a second dried product; (f) coating said second dried product with ethylcellulose, said talc being added in fractions after each ethylcellulose coating cycle.
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