WO1997035621A1 - Obturateur scleral contenant des medicaments proteiniques - Google Patents
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- A61K9/00—Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
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- A61K9/50—Microcapsules having a gas, liquid or semi-solid filling; Solid microparticles or pellets surrounded by a distinct coating layer, e.g. coated microspheres, coated drug crystals
- A61K9/51—Nanocapsules; Nanoparticles
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- A61K9/513—Organic macromolecular compounds; Dendrimers
- A61K9/5146—Organic macromolecular compounds; Dendrimers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polyethylene glycol, polyamines, polyanhydrides
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- A61K38/19—Cytokines; Lymphokines; Interferons
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- the present invention provides a novel sustained-release composition of a decaying proteinaceous drug which is deactivated by heating or contact with an organic solvent.
- the composition is formed into a scleral plug and used. It is intended to provide a technique useful for treating or preventing internal eye diseases by releasing a drug into the vitreous body.
- a scleral plug made of a biodegradable copolymer was devised (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-312943).
- This scleral plug is formed of a lactic acid copolymer containing a lactate unit and a glycolic acid unit containing a drug, and the drug is released into the vitreous body by utilizing the biodegradability of the copolymer. It is intended to be released and to treat vitreous and retinal diseases.
- this scleral plug can be easily inserted through a small scleral incision that occurs during vitreous surgery, etc. Things.
- the present invention applies the basic technology of the scleral plug disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-312943 to further improve the activity of protein drugs which tend to lose their activity upon ripening or contact with an organic solvent. It adds new technology for more effective application.
- nanospheres described above discloses nanospheres composed of a copolymer of lactate and dalicholic acid. More specifically, a technique is disclosed in which a copolymer is dissolved with a drug using a water-miscible organic solvent, the emulsion is finally emulsified, and the solvent is evaporated to take the drug into a capsule. ing.
- this copolymer Since this copolymer has high fat solubility, an organic solvent is usually used for dissolution, and a water-miscible organic solvent is also used in the above report. Therefore, it is difficult to use it as a protein drug which easily loses its activity upon contact with an organic solvent.
- Interferon-1 proteinaceous drugs such as interferon-1) 8 are known to be effective for diseases of the inner eye such as the vitreous and retina.
- Interferon-1; S has angiogenesis-inhibiting activity (Journal of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society, JL, 57.1.195), macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein It is also expected to be effective against obstruction and glaucoma caused by angiogenesis. It also has an antiviral effect and is expected to be effective against various intraocular virus infections.
- scleral plugs composed of biodegradable lactic acid copolymers that can release drugs easily and effectively into the inner ocular tissues such as the vitreous and retina, and focused on proteins such as interferon-1) 9.
- lactic acid copolymers have high fat solubility and require the use of an organic solvent in order to be uniformly mixed with the drug. When applied to proteinaceous drugs, their activity is greatly lost.
- a known technique Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-312 943 discloses a method of forming a scleral plug by heat molding as a specific embodiment. This method is inapplicable for drugs.
- the present inventors have conducted intensive research on a method of incorporating a protein drug into a lactic acid copolymer without substantially contacting the same with an organic solvent.
- technology using fine particles such as nanospheres has been aimed at incorporating drugs into fine particles. Focusing on the fact that it has no residue, it binds to the carboxyl residue of the lactic acid copolymer. It has been found that by utilizing the area, a uniform dispersion of the drug can be achieved.
- the protein drug does not need to be coexistent in the process of producing the fine particles made of the lactic acid copolymer, so that the protein drug does not substantially come into contact with the organic solvent, and the activity of the protein drug is reduced. No decrease was found.
- the present invention relates to a composition characterized in that a proteinaceous drug is adsorbed on the surface of fine particles made of a lactic acid copolymer, and to a scleral plug formed with the composition.
- the proteinaceous drug refers to a drug containing a protein in the composition, and is particularly expected to have an effect on internal ocular diseases, for example, such as Interferon-1;
- Interferon-1 examples include interferons, various monoclonal antibodies, cytokines such as interleukins, and anti-cytokin antibodies.
- those proteins may have a sugar chain.
- a lactic acid copolymer refers to a copolymer composed of a lactic acid unit and a glycolic acid unit.
- Fine particles refer to particles having an extremely small average particle diameter, and particles having an average particle diameter of less than 1000 nanometers and a size called a so-called nanosphere are preferred, and more preferable. Preferably Are particles of about 50 to 500 nanometers.
- Adsorption refers to a state in which the drug is substantially uniformly distributed on the particle surface and physically does not easily leave the particle surface.
- the scleral plug refers to a biodegradable plug having the shape and properties disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-312943.
- a first main structure of the present invention is a composition characterized in that a protein drug is adsorbed on the surface of fine particles made of a lactic acid copolymer.
- This composition has the ultimate purpose of being formed into a scleral plug, but can be used as a medicament in its original form.
- a method for producing this composition will be briefly described. First, the lactic acid copolymer is dissolved in an organic solvent, then the solution is added to an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution, and the mixture is stirred and filtered. The filtrate is ultracentrifuged, and the precipitate is redispersed in water. Ultracentrifugation is again performed to obtain fine particles, and the fine particles are freeze-dried to obtain fine particle powder.
- This fine particle powder is redispersed in water, an aqueous solution of the protein drug is added, and the mixture is stirred and freeze-dried to obtain a desired composition.
- the protein drug does not substantially come into contact with the organic solvent, and the activity of the protein drug does not decrease.
- a second main configuration of the present invention is a scleral plug formed of the composition of the first main configuration.
- the main purpose of this scleral plug is to insert it through a small incision in the sclera during vitrectomy, to release the drug into the vitreous body, and to treat diseases of the inner eye such as the retina and the vitreous.
- the shape, strength, and the like of the scleral plug are determined according to a known scleral plug (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-31924).
- the molecular weight of the lactic acid copolymer and the compositional molar ratio of the constituent units are also determined during the period requiring treatment (type of disease, symptoms, It depends on age, etc.)
- the weight average molecular weight of the lactic acid copolymer is preferably in the range of 10,000 to 100,000. If it is less than 10,000, the strength required for a scleral plug cannot be maintained, and if it exceeds 100,000, the decomposition speed of the plug becomes too slow and molding becomes difficult.
- the drug release period (effective concentration maintenance period) is determined by appropriately selecting the molecular weight and the composition molar ratio of the constituent units. Considering the molecular weight, the relationship between the release period and the weight average molecular weight is shown below.
- about 10,000 to 100,000 preferably about 10,000 to 50,000, more preferably about 20,000 to 40,000; for about 2 weeks to about 1 month, About 10,000 to 200,000, preferably about 20,000 to 100,000, more preferably about 20,000 to 50,000; about 1 to 6 months, 10,000 to 100,000 Degree, preferably about 20,000 to 400,000, and more preferably about 40,000 to 200,000.
- the protein drug is one-third of an insulin, a period of about one to six months is preferred.
- compositional molar ratio of lactic acid units to glycolic acid units in the lactic acid copolymer also affects the degradability of the scleral plug. That is, the higher the molar ratio of glycolic acid units, the higher the hydrophilicity and the higher the water absorption, so that the decomposition speeds up. If the molar ratio of glycolic acid units exceeds 50%, it becomes difficult to prepare a scleral plug due to solubility problems. Therefore, the composition molar ratio of the lactic acid unit and the glycolic acid unit is selected between 550 and 100/0. When the drug is Interfuron-5, the molar ratio of lactic acid units to glycolic acid units is preferably 50/50 to 80/20, more preferably 70/3. 0—80Z20. In addition, milk As the acid unit component, L-integral, D-form or DL-form can be used.
- Production of the lactic acid copolymer is carried out by a known method, for example, as described in
- Molding into scleral plugs can be performed using compression molding technology.o
- the shape of the scleral plug can be the same as the shape described in JP-A-6-312943. Briefly, a nail-shaped one having a head portion for preventing the scleral plug from falling into the eye and a shaft portion inserted into the scleral opening is preferable. It is preferable that the tip of the tip be an acute cone like a pyramid or a cone. The size is usually about 6 mm in length, the diameter of the head part is about 2 mm, and the diameter or width of the shaft part is about 1 mm. The total weight is about 9 mg.
- the use of the scleral plug of the present invention is for the treatment or prevention of diseases of the inner eye such as the vitreous body and retina, but can be applied to various diseases by selecting the type of drug.
- interferon has an angiogenesis inhibitory effect and can be suitably applied to macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, glaucoma derived from angiogenesis, and the like.
- It also has an antiviral effect and can be applied to various intraocular virus infections.
- Example 1 Production of fine particles of lactic acid copolymer
- composition molar ratio of DL-lactic acid-Z glycolic acid is 75/25, 500 mg of a lactic acid copolymer (PLGA) having a weight-average molecular weight of about 33,000 was dissolved in a mixture of methylene chloride (2 ml) and acetate (100 ml). This solution was added dropwise to an aqueous solution (2 wZv%, 200 ml) of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) while stirring with a magnetic stirrer. After stirring for 2 hours under reduced pressure with an aspirator, the resulting turbid solution was filtered through a membrane filter (Lxm). The filtrate was ultracentrifuged (156000 X g) for 1 hour.
- PLGA lactic acid copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of about 33,000
- the dispersion was ultracentrifuged again to obtain fine particles.
- the fine particles were redispersed in purified water (15 m 1) and freeze-dried to obtain 495 mg of fine particle powder.
- the average particle size of these fine particles was about 100 nanometers, and it was confirmed that the particle size was on the order of nanometers.
- particles having different particle sizes can be produced by changing the mixing ratio of methylene chloride and acetate used as a solvent.
- Example 2 Production of fine particles with drug adsorbed on the surface
- the PLGA fine particle powder (125 mg) obtained in Example 1 was redispersed in purified water (2.5 ml).
- Purified water 2.5 ml
- Interfe. - ⁇ (IFN-9) solution 7.5 x 10 4 units, dissolved in phosphate buffer containing 0.1% bovine serum albumin
- purified water 17.17
- Example 3 molding of scleral plug
- Example 2 The fine particles obtained by adsorbing the drug obtained in Example 2 on the surface are put into a mold. It was compression molded and formed into a scleral plug. Comparative Example 1 (acetic acid dissolution method)
- Example 2 PLGA (125 mg, the same as the raw material used in Example 1) was dissolved in acetic acid (2.5 ml). To this solution, IFN- / S solution (the same as in Example 2) ⁇ 5 ⁇ 1 and purified water (175; / 1) were added dropwise, and lyophilized immediately after dissolution to obtain IFN_S ZPLGA powder. Comparative Example 2 (wZo type emulsion method)
- PLGA 125 mg, the same as that used as a raw material in Example 1 was dissolved in clog form (2.5 ml). To this solution, 75 ⁇ l of IFN-3 solution (the same as in Example 2) and purified water (175 // 1) were added dropwise. After dropping, a stable wZo-type emulsion was prepared by ultrasonic irradiation (600 w, 60 seconds), and freeze-dried to obtain IFN- ⁇ ZPLGA powder. The following effects are exhibited by the present invention.
- the residual activity of the drug was measured to verify whether fine particles adsorbed on the surface of the lactic acid copolymer were obtained without impairing the activity of the protein drug.
- IFN-yS IFN-S / S
- the IFN-S activity of the IFN-S ZPLGA powder of Example 2 was measured, and a comparative test was performed.
- the activity of IFN- / 3 in the IFN-S ZPLGA powder obtained in Examples 1 and 2 was measured.
- IFN-; S ZPLGA powder (10 mg) was added to purified water (2 ml) and black hole form (4 ml), shaken for 30 minutes, and centrifuged (10 minutes). Measurement of IFN- activity in aqueous layer The determination was performed by ELISA. In this extraction operation, it was separately confirmed that the activity of IFN- / S did not decrease.
- the numbers in the table indicate the specific activities (average value of three cases) when the activity of the first IFN-; S is 100.
- the present invention provides a novel sustained-release composition of a decaying proteinaceous drug which is deactivated by heating or contact with an organic solvent.
- the composition is formed into a scleral plug and used. It is intended to provide a technology that is useful for treating or preventing internal eye diseases by releasing a drug into the vitreous body.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP97908497A EP0904787A1 (en) | 1996-03-25 | 1997-03-19 | Scleral plug containing proteinaceous medicine |
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| JP06860996A JP3309175B2 (ja) | 1996-03-25 | 1996-03-25 | タンパク性薬物含有強膜プラグ |
| JP8/68609 | 1996-03-25 |
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| US10/116,874 Continuation US20020146458A1 (en) | 1996-03-25 | 2002-04-05 | Scleral plug containing drug of protein derivatives |
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