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WO2015095389A1
WO2015095389A1 PCT/US2014/070944 US2014070944W WO2015095389A1 WO 2015095389 A1 WO2015095389 A1 WO 2015095389A1 US 2014070944 W US2014070944 W US 2014070944W WO 2015095389 A1 WO2015095389 A1 WO 2015095389A1
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  • the present invention relates to generally to compositions containing a pharmaceutically active ingredient and an alkylsaccharide.
  • Therapeutic agents are often combined with various surfactants. Yet, surfactants are frequently irritating to the skin and other tissues, including mucosal membranes such as those found in the nose, mouth, eye, vagina, rectum, esophagus, intestinal tract, and the like. Many surfactants also cause proteins to denature, thus destroying their biological activity. Another serious limitation to the development and use of such agents is the ability to deliver them safely, non-invasively, efficiently and stably to the site of action.
  • an ideal enhancing surfactant will stabilize the therapeutic agent, be non-toxic and non-irritable to the skin or mucosal surfaces, have antibacterial activity, and enhance the passage or absorption of the therapeutic agent through various membrane barriers without damaging the structural integrity and biological function of the membrane and increase bioavailability of the agent.
  • Parathyroid hormone has been shown to exhibit 2.1% oral bioavailability (Leone-Bay et al., 2001).
  • the second relates to intrinsically poor absorption across the intestinal mucosal membrane.
  • Non-standard amino acids are those amino acids that are not among the 22 naturally occurring L-amino acids found in proteins. There exist a vast number of non-standard amino acids that may be considered for such use in either the D or L configuration.
  • a few examples include, but are not limited to, allylglycine, (2S,3R,4S)-a-(carboxycyclopropyl)glycine, a-cyclohexylglycine, C- propargylglycine, a-neopentylglycine, a-cyclopropylglycine, N-lauroylsarcosine sodium salt, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)glycine, N-(2-furoyl)glycine, naphthylglycine, phenylglycine, lanthionine, 2-aminoisobutyric acid, dehydroalanine, gamma-aminobutyric acid.
  • non standard amino acids used in drugs include D-4- hydroxyphenylglycine which is incorporated into the antibacterial drug Amoxicillin, D- phenylglycine which is incorporated into the antihypertensive drug Enalapril, and (2R,3S)- phenylisoserine which is incorporated into the antineoplastic drug Taxol.
  • D-2-Naphthylalanine is incorporated into the endometriosis drug Nafarelin.
  • the D-isomers of naturally occurring L-amino acids are frequently used to increase stability of peptide drugs.
  • D-amino acid stabilized peptides include the anti-obesity peptide D-Leu-OB3 (Lee et al, 2010) and the CCR5 anti- HIV drug D-ala-peptide T (DAPTA) (Ruff et al, 2001) among others.
  • Enzymatic hydrolysis in the gastrointestinal tract may also be reduced or eliminated by addition of specific enzyme inhibitors such as bacitracin, bestatin, amastatin, boroleucin, borovaline, aprotinin, and trypsin inhibitor among others.
  • specific enzyme inhibitors such as bacitracin, bestatin, amastatin, boroleucin, borovaline, aprotinin, and trypsin inhibitor among others.
  • Alkylsaccharides have been demonstrated to enhance oral absorption of small molecules, and peptides, when presented as aqueous solutions of the alkylsaccharide and the small molecule or peptide. In such solutions, the concentration of the alkylsaccharide is higher than the critical micelle concentration (CMC).
  • CMC critical micelle concentration
  • An example includes the oral delivery of octreotide in aqueous solution using dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside as the alkylsaccharide absorption enhancer.
  • Another example is oral delivery of a leptin-related synthetic peptide insulin sensitizer using an aqueous dodecyl maltoside solution.
  • Yet another example is oral delivery of exenatide and pramlintide using dodecyl- beta-D-maltoside in an aqueous solution as the alkylsaccharide absorption enhancer.
  • Yet another example is oral delivery of heparin using tetradecyl maltoside in an aqueous solution as the alkyl saccharide absorption enhancer (see for example, Maggio and Grasso, Regulatory Peptides 167 (2011) 233-238; Novakovic, et al, Peptides, 43 (2013) 167 - 163; Leinung MC et al, Regulatory Peptides 179:33-38 (2012); Yang, et al, (2005) Journal of Drug Targeting, 13: 1, 29 - 38).
  • the present invention is based, in part, on the development of a therapeutic composition containing a drug enhancing agent useful for increasing the absorption and bioavailability of the drug, while at the same time avoiding various adverse toxic effects of drug.
  • the drug enhancing agents of the invention contain a non-toxic surfactant consisting of at least an alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester.
  • One advantage of the therapeutic compositions of the invention is that they permit administration and delivery of the therapeutic agents with high bioavailabilities at concentrations of enhancing agents that are dramatically below their so-called “no observable adverse effect levels" (their NOAEL's).
  • compositions including alkyl glycosides and/or saccharide alkyl esters and a therapeutic agent (e.g. small molecule organic drug molecules, low molecular weight peptides such as Exenatide, GLP-1 and the like , proteins, and non- peptide therapeutic polymers such as low molecular weight heparin and inhibitory RNA), methods of administering and using the compositions e.g. via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or pulmonary, oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell) or cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) delivery route, and methods of ameliorating a disease state in a subject by administration of such compositions.
  • a therapeutic agent e.g. small molecule organic drug molecules, low molecular weight peptides such as Exenatide, GLP-1 and the like , proteins, and non- peptide therapeutic polymers such as low molecular weight heparin and inhibitory RNA
  • methods of administering and using the compositions e.g.
  • alkylsaccharides as absorption enhancers in solid dosage forms such as tablets. While alkylsaccharides such as dodecyl maltoside, n-tetradecyl maltoside have relatively high levels of solubility in aqueous solution, they dissolve only very slowly and because a significant portion of the molecules are comprised of the hydrophobic linear alkyl chains. In order to ensure complete dissolution of these alkylsaccharides in aqueous solution, the aqueous solution is mildly heated and the container holding the aqueous media and the alkylsaccharide is either stirred or agitated continuously for up to 15 to 30 min.
  • alkylsaccharides such as dodecyl maltoside, n-tetradecyl maltoside have relatively high levels of solubility in aqueous solution, they dissolve only very slowly and because a significant portion of the molecules are comprised of the hydrophobic linear alkyl chains.
  • the aqueous solution is mildly heated and the container
  • solid dosage forms comprising an alkylsaccharide, and a pharmacologically active substance, along with other inactive excipients formed into a tablet were found to provide a substantial increase in oral bioavailability of the pharmacologically active substance, as shown in the examples.
  • other inactive excipients may include by way of example candelilla wax, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, micro crystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, povidone, and titanium dioxide.
  • the present invention relates to a surfactant composition having at least one alkyl glycoside and/or at least one saccharide alkyl ester, and when admixed, mixed or blended with a therapeutic agent, a drug, or biologically active compound, the surfactant stabilizes the biological activity and increases the bioavailability of the drug.
  • the invention provides a therapeutic composition having at least one biologically active compound and at least one surfactant, wherein the surfactant further consists of at least one alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester or sucrose ester and wherein the therapeutic composition stabilizes the biologically active compound for at least about 6 months, or more, and from about 4°C to about 25°C.
  • the invention also provides a method of administering a therapeutic composition having a surfactant including at least one alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester admixed, mixed, or blended with at least one therapeutic agent, or a drug, or biologically active compound, and administered or delivered to a subject, wherein the alkyl has from about 10 to 24, 10 to 20, 10 to 16, or 10 to 14 carbon atoms, wherein the surfactant increases the stability and bioavailability of the therapeutic agent.
  • a surfactant including at least one alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester admixed, mixed, or blended with at least one therapeutic agent, or a drug, or biologically active compound, and administered or delivered to a subject, wherein the alkyl has from about 10 to 24, 10 to 20, 10 to 16, or 10 to 14 carbon atoms, wherein the surfactant increases the stability and bioavailability of the therapeutic agent.
  • the invention provides a method of increasing absorption of a low molecular weight compound into the circulatory system of a subject by administering the compound via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or pulmonary, oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell), or CSF delivery route when admixed, mixed or blended with an absorption increasing amount of a suitable surfactant, wherein the surfactant is a nontoxic and nonionic hydrophobic alkyl joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide.
  • Such low molecular weight compounds include but are not limited to, nicotine, interferon, PYY, GLP- 1 , synthetic exendin-4, parathyroid hormone, human growth hormone, or a small organic molecule.
  • Additional low molecular weight compounds include antisense oligonucleotides or interfering RNA molecules (e.g., siRNA or RNAi).
  • the present invention also provides a method of treating diabetes including administering to a subject in need thereof via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or pulmonary, or oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell), a blood glucose reducing amount of a therapeutic composition, for example, an incretin mimetic agent or a functional equivalent thereof, and an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide, thereby increasing the absorption of incretin mimetic agent or insulin and lowering the level of blood glucose and treating diabetes in the subject.
  • a blood glucose reducing amount of a therapeutic composition for example, an incretin mimetic agent or a functional equivalent thereof
  • an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide thereby increasing the absorption of incretin
  • the present invention also provides a method of treating congestive heart failure in a subject including administering to the subject in need thereof via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, or inhalation delivery route, a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a GLP-1 peptide or a functional equivalent thereof, and an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide, thereby treating the subject.
  • the invention provides a method of treating obesity or diabetes associated with obesity in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need thereof via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or CSF delivery route, a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a PYY peptide or a functional equivalent thereof, and an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide, thereby treating the subject.
  • the invention provides a method of increasing absorption of a low molecular weight therapeutic compound into the circulatory system of a subject by administering via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or CSF delivery route the compound and an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide, wherein the compound is from about 1-30 kD, with the proviso that the compound is not insulin, calcitonin, or glucagon when the route of administration is oral, ocular, nasal, or nasolacrimal.
  • the present invention also provides a method of increasing absorption of a low molecular weight therapeutic compound into the circulatory system of a subject by administering via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or pulmonary, oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell) or CSF delivery route the compound and an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide, wherein the compound is from about 1-30 kilo Daltons (kD), with the proviso that the subject does not have diabetes when delivery is via the oral, ocular, nasal or nasolacrimal routes.
  • kD kilo Daltons
  • a pharmaceutical composition having a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of Exenatide (exendin-4) in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of GLP-1 in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of nicotine in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of interferon in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention provides pharmaceutical composition having a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of PYY in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of parathyroid hormone in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide having a molecular weight of about 1-75 kD in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, with the proviso that the peptide is not insulin, calcitonin, and glucagon.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a therapeutically effective amount erythropoietin in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having a therapeutically effective amount of an oligonucleotide in combination with an absorption increasing amount of an alkylglycoside.
  • the oligonucleotide can be an antisense oligonucleotide or interfering RNA molecules, such as siRNA or RNAi.
  • the oligonucleotide typically has a molecular weight of about 1-20 kD and is from about 1-100, 1-50, 1-30, 1-25 or 15-25 nucleotides in length. In another aspect, the oligonucleotide has a molecular weight of about 5-10 kD.
  • the alkylglycoside is tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside.
  • the invention provides a method of increasing the bioavailability of a low molecular weight oligonucleotide in a subject by administering the compound with an absorption increasing amount of an alkylglycoside, thereby increasing the bioavailability of the compound in the subject.
  • the alkylglycoside is tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside.
  • the invention provides a method of increasing absorption of a compound into the CSF of a subject having administered intranasally the compound and an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide in combination with a mucosal delivery-enhancing agent selected from:
  • a surfactant (i) a bile salt; (ii) a phospholipid additive, mixed micelle, liposome, or carrier; (iii) an alcohol; (iv) an enamine; (v) an NO donor compound; (vi) a long-chain amphipathic molecule; (vii) a small hydrophobic penetration enhancer; (viii) sodium or a salicylic acid derivative; (ix) a glycerol ester of acetoacetic acid; (x) a cyclodextrin or beta- cyclodextrin derivative; (xi) a medium-chain fatty acid; (xii) a chelating agent; (xiii) an amino acid or salt thereof; (xiv) an N-acetylamino acid or salt thereof; (xv) an enzyme degradative to a selected membrane component; (ix) an inhibitor of fatty acid synthesis; (x) an inhibitor of cholesterol synthesis; and (xi) any combination
  • a stabilizing delivery vehicle a stabilizing delivery vehicle, carrier, mucoadhesive, support or complex-forming species with which the compound is effectively combined, associated, contained, encapsulated or bound resulting in stabilization of the compound for enhanced nasal mucosal delivery, wherein the formulation of the compound with the intranasal delivery-enhancing agents provides for increased bioavailability of the compound in a blood plasma of a subject.
  • the invention provides a method of increasing absorption of a low molecular weight compound into the circulatory system of a subject by administering, via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or pulmonary, oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell) or CSF delivery route (a) the compound; (b) an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide; and (c) a mucosal delivery-enhancing agent.
  • the invention provides a method of controlling caloric intake by administering a composition having a therapeutic effective amount of exendin-4, or related GLP-1 peptide, with an effective amount of Intravail alkyl saccharide.
  • the invention provides a method of controlling blood glucose levels in a subject by administering to a subject a composition comprising a therapeutic effective amount of exendin-4, or related GLP-1 peptide, with an effective amount of Intravail alkyl saccharide.
  • the invention provides a controlled release dosage composition comprising:
  • the invention provides a method of administering an alkylglycoside composition by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one alkyglycoside having an alkyl chain length from about 12 to about 14 carbon atoms, at least one saccharide with an antibacterial activity, and at least one therapeutic agent.
  • the invention provides a composition having at least one drug selected from the group consisting of insulin, PYY, Exendin-4 or other GLP-1 related peptide, human growth hormone, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, truncated parathyroid hormone peptides such as PTH 1-34, EPO, interferon alpha, interferon beta, interferon gamma, and GCSF and at least one alkyl saccharide having antibacterial activity.
  • a drug selected from the group consisting of insulin, PYY, Exendin-4 or other GLP-1 related peptide, human growth hormone, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, truncated parathyroid hormone peptides such as PTH 1-34, EPO, interferon alpha, interferon beta, interferon gamma, and GCSF and at least one alkyl saccharide having antibacterial activity.
  • the invention provides an antibacterial alkyl saccharide composition, which includes n-Dodecyl-4-0-a-D-glucopyranosyl-P-D-glucopyranoside or n-tetradecyl-4- O-a-D-glucopyranosyl-P-D-glucopyranoside.
  • the invention provides an aqueous drug composition for transmucocal or transdermal administration having at least one drug and at least one antibacterial agent in a concentration from about 0.05% to about 0.5%.
  • the invention provides a fast-dispersing drug formulation containing a matrix material and an alkylsaccharide.
  • the formulation may have a Tmax substantially less than, and a first-pass effect substantially less than that observed for an equivalent formulation not containing an alkylsaccharide.
  • the formulation may contain about 0.1% to 10% alkylsaccharide, and exhibits a Tmax substantially less than six hours and a first-pass effect of less than 40%.
  • the alkylglycoside may be any suitable alykylglycoside and in a preferred aspect is dodecyl maltoside, tetradecyl maltoside, sucrose dodecanoate, or sucrose mono- and di-stearate.
  • the formulation may include a variety of different therapeutics, such as but not limited to melatonin, raloxifene, olanzapene and diphenhydramine.
  • the invention provides a method for providing an extended absorption curve by attenuating the alkylsaccharide concentration in drug formulation to balance gastric and buccal delivery. For example, this is performed by providing a drug formulation including a matrix material and an alkylsaccharide having a Tmax substantially less than, and a first-pass effect substantially less than that observed for an equivalent formulation not containing an alkylsaccharide.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having a therapeutically effective amount of a bisphosphonate analog or a triptan analog in combination with an absorption increasing amount of an alkylglycoside.
  • the bisphosphonate analog may be etidronate, clodronate, tiludronate, pamidronate, neridronate, olpadronate, alendronate, ibandronate, risedronate, zoledronate, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable analogs thereof.
  • the bisphosphonate analog is alendronate or pharmaceutically acceptable analog thereof.
  • the triptan analog may be sumatriptan, rizatriptan, naratriptan, zolmitriptan, eletriptan, almotriptan, frovatriptan and/or pharmaceutically acceptable analogs thereof.
  • the triptan analog is sumatriptan or pharmaceutically acceptable analog thereof.
  • the alkylglycoside is tetradecyl-beta-D- maltoside.
  • the invention provides a method of increasing the bioavailability of a bisphosphonate analog or a triptan analog in a subject by administering the compound with an absorption increasing amount of an alkylglycoside, thereby increasing the bioavailability of the compound in the subject.
  • the invention provides a composition including a peptide, wherein the peptide includes a D-amino acid or a site for cyclization, or combination thereof, and at least one alkylsaccharide, wherein the alkylsaccharide provides increased enteral absorption of the peptide.
  • the invention provides method of increasing enteral adsorption of a peptide in a biphasic manner.
  • the method includes orally or nasally administering to a subject a composition comprising at least one peptide, wherein the peptide comprises a D- amino acid or a site for cyclization, or combination thereof, and at least one alkylsaccharide, wherein the enteral absorption of the peptide is increased and systemic serum levels of the peptide are increased in a biphasic manner.
  • the invention provides a method of increasing the bioavailability of a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog in a subject.
  • the method includes administering the analog with an absorption increasing amount of an alkylglycoside, thereby increasing the bioavailability of the analog in the subject.
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition including a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog; and an absorption increasing amount of an alkylglycoside.
  • GLP-1 glucagon-like peptide-1
  • the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition having an opioid compound in combination with an absorption increasing amount of an alkylglycoside.
  • the opioid compound is of structural Formula I as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the opioid compound is a compound selected from those set forth in Table XXII.
  • the alkylglycoside is dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside.
  • Figure 1 is a graph showing the intranasal percent bioavailability compared to intravenous injection and the subject-to-subject coefficients of variation for MIACALCIN® (salmon calcitonin) with and without alkyl glycoside.
  • Figure 2 is a graph showing the effect of intranasal administration of insulin/0.25%TDM (filled circles) and intranasal administration of insulin alone (open circles) in reducing blood glucose levels.
  • Figure 3 is a graph showing the effect of intranasal (closed triangles) and intraperitoneal (IP) injection (closed circles) administration of exendin-4/0.25%TDM and IP injection of saline alone, minus TDM (open circles) in reducing blood glucose levels following intraperitoneal (IP) injection of glucose (i.e., in a so-called “glucose tolerance test").
  • Figure 4 is a graph showing the uptake of 1 mg mouse p-Leu-4]OB3 in 0.3% alkylglycoside tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside (IntravailTM A3) by male Swiss Webster Mice following administration by gavage.
  • Figure 5 is a graph showing the uptake of sumatriptan in 0.5% alkylglycoside tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside (IntravailTM A3) by canines for both oral and rectal administration.
  • Figure 6 is a graph showing the uptake profile of 30 ⁇ g octreotide in sodium acetate buffer after subcutaneous delivery to male Swiss Webster mice.
  • Figure 7 is a graph showing the uptake profile of 30 ⁇ g octreotide in 0.5% IntravailTM after oral delivery to male Swiss Webster mice.
  • Figure 8 is a graph showing the uptake profile of 30 ⁇ g octreotide in 1.5% IntravailTM after oral delivery to male Swiss Webster mice.
  • Figure 9 is a graph showing the uptake profile of 30 ⁇ g octreotide in 3.0% IntravailTM after oral delivery to male Swiss Webster mice.
  • Figure 10 is a graph showing blood glucose levels after oral administration of an alkylglycoside composition including liraglutide and challenge with glucose.
  • Figure 11 is a graph displaying a dose response curve.
  • Figure 12 is a graph showing the percent of PE in the plasma (canine model) over time when delivered with alkylglycoside, n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside.
  • Figure 13 is graph showing the percent of PE in the plasma (canine model) over time when delivered with the alkylglycoside, sucrose monododecanoate.
  • Figure 14 is a graph of the average plasma levels of patients nasally administered sumatriptan.
  • Figure 15 is a graph of the average plasma levels of patients nasally administered sumatriptan.
  • the present invention is based on the discovery that therapeutic compositions comprising of least one drug and at least one surfactant, wherein the surfactant is comprised of at least one alkyl glycoside and/or at least one saccharide alkyl ester are stable, non-toxic, non-irritating, anti-bacterial compositions that increase bioavailability of the drug and have no observable adverse effects when administered to a subject.
  • a “therapeutic composition” can consist of an admixture with an organic or inorganic carrier or excipient, and can be compounded, for example, with the usual non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable carriers for tablets, pellets, capsules, suppositories, solutions, emulsions, suspensions, or other form suitable for use.
  • the carriers in addition to those disclosed above, can include glucose, lactose, mannose, gum acacia, gelatin, mannitol, starch paste, magnesium trisilicate, talc, corn starch, keratin, colloidal silica, potato starch, urea, medium chain length triglycerides, dextrans, and other carriers suitable for use in manufacturing preparations, in solid, semisolid, or liquid form.
  • auxiliary stabilizing, thickening or coloring agents can be used, for example a stabilizing dry agent such as triulose.
  • a “drug” is any therapeutic compound, or molecule, or therapeutic agent, or biologically active compound, including but not limited to nucleic acids, small molecules, proteins, polypeptides or peptides and the like.
  • nucleic acids or "oligonucleotide” also denotes DNA, cDNA, R A, siRNA, RNAi, dsRNA and the like, which encode translated and untranslated regions or inhibits translated or untranslated regions of structural genes encoding a peptide or protein or regulatory region.
  • a nucleic acid of the invention can include 5' and 3' untranslated regulatory nucleotide sequences as well as translated sequences associated with a structural gene.
  • nucleic acids or “oligonucleotide” or grammatical equivalents as used herein, refers to at least two nucleotides covalently linked together.
  • oligonucleotide refers to structures including modified portions such as modified sugar moieties, modified base moieties or modified sugar linking moieties. These modified portions function in a manner similar to natural bases, natural sugars and natural phosphodiester linkages. Accordingly, oligonucleotides may have altered base moieties, altered sugar moieties or altered inter-sugar linkages. Modified linkages may be, for example, phosphoramide, phosphorothioate, phosphorodithioate, methyl phosphonate, phosphotriester, phosphoramidate, O-methylphophoroamidite linkages, or peptide nucleic acid backbones and linkages.
  • nucleic acid may be DNA, both genomic and cDNA, RNA or a hybrid, where the nucleic acid contains any combination of deoxyribo- and ribo-nucleotides, and any combination of natural or modified bases, including uracil, adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, inosine, xathanine, hypoxathanine, isocytosine, isoguanine, halogentated bases and the like.
  • antisense refers to any composition containing a nucleic acid sequence which is complementary to a specific nucleic acid sequence.
  • antisense strand is used in reference to a nucleic acid strand that is complementary to the "sense" strand.
  • Antisense molecules may be produced by any method including synthesis or transcription. Once introduced into a cell, the complementary nucleotides combine with natural sequences produced by the cell to form duplexes and to block either transcription or translation.
  • Antisense molecules include oligonucleotides comprising a singe-stranded nucleic acid sequence (either RNA or DNA) capable of binding to target receptor or ligand mRNA (sense) or DNA (antisense) sequences.
  • sense mRNA
  • antisense DNA
  • Antisense or sense oligonucleotides further comprise oligonucleotides having modified sugar-phosphodiester backbones and wherein such sugar linkages are resistant to endogenous nucleases.
  • Such oligonucleotides with resistant sugar linkages are stable in vivo (i.e., capable of resisting enzymatic degradation) but retain sequence specificity to be able to bind to target nucleotide sequences.
  • RNAi is a phenomenon in which the introduction of dsRNA into a diverse range of organisms and cell types causes degradation of the complementary mRNA.
  • long dsRNAs are cleaved into short (e.g., 21-25 nucleotide) small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), by a ribonuclease.
  • siRNAs subsequently assemble with protein components into an RNA- induced silencing complex (RISC), unwinding in the process.
  • RISC RNA- induced silencing complex
  • the activated RISC then binds to complementary transcripts by base pairing interactions between the siRNA antisense strand and the mRNA.
  • the bound mRNA is then cleaved and sequence specific degradation of mRNA results in gene silencing.
  • RNAi RNAi machinery
  • RNAi can be induced by introducing nucleic acid molecules complementary to the target mRNA to be degraded.
  • sense or antisense oligonucleotides include those oligonucleotides which are covalently linked to organic moieties and other moieties that increase affinity of the oligonucleotide for a target nucleic acid sequence, such as poly-(L-lysine).
  • intercalating agents such as ellipticine, and alkylating agents or metal complexes may be attached to sense or antisense oligonucleotides to modify binding specificities of the antisense or sense oligonucleotide for the target nucleotide sequence.
  • a peptide of the invention may be any medically or diagnostically useful peptide or protein of small to medium size (i.e. up to about 15 kD, 30 kD, 40 kD, 50 kD, 60 kD, 70 kD, 80 kD, 90 kD, 100 kD, for example).
  • the mechanisms of improved polypeptide absorption are described in U.S. Patent No. 5,661,130 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
  • Invention compositions can be mixed with all such peptides, although the degree to which the peptide benefits are improved may vary according to the molecular weight and the physical and chemical properties of the peptide, and the particular surfactant used.
  • polypeptides examples include vasopressin, vasopressin polypeptide analogs, desmopressin, glucagon, corticotropin (ACTH), gonadotropin, calcitonin, C-peptide of insulin, parathyroid hormone (PTH), growth hormone (HG), human growth hormone (hGH), growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), oxytocin, corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), somatostatin or somatostatin polypeptide analogs, gonadotropin agonist or gonadotrophin agonist polypeptide analogs, human atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), human thyroxine releasing hormone (TRH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin, insulin, insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I) somatomedin-C (SM-C), calcitonin, leptin and the leptin derived short peptide OB-3, melatonin, GLP-1 or Glucagon-
  • D-Leu OB-3 peptide Another example of a peptide containing D-amino acids is the D-Leu OB-3 peptide, which is orally active when administered in combination with alkylglycosides, such as n- dodecyl-beta-D- maltoside.
  • Octreotide is a cyclic octapeptide used for administration by deep subcutaneous (intrafat) or intravenous injection for treatment of acromegaly, metastatic carcinoid tumors where it suppresses or inhibits the severe diarrhea and flushing episodes associated with the disease, and the treatment of the profuse watery diarrhea associated with VIP-secreting tumors.
  • Octreotide acetate is known chemically as L-Cysteinamide, D- phenylalanyl-L-cysteinyl-L-phenylalanyl-D-tryptophyl-L-lysyl-L-threonyl-N- [2-hydroxy- 1 - (hydroxymethyl)propyl]-, cyclic (2 ⁇ 7)-disulfide; [R-(R*, R*)] acetate salt. It is a long- acting octapeptide with pharmacologic actions mimicking those of the natural hormone somatostatin and it contains both D-amino acids as well as cyclization, two properties that stabilize the molecule against destruction in the gastrointestinal tract. Octreotide is currently only administered by injection, however as discussed herein, may be successfully delivered nasally or orally. Analogs of somatostatin having altered amino acyl sequences have also been prepared and are suitable for use with the present invention.
  • the present invention provides oral administration of octreotide or octreotide analogs, such as but not limited to pentetreotide Dicarba-Analog of Octreotide, or 1-123 Tyr3 -octreotide with high bioavailability, circumventing the need and inconvenience of multiple daily and monthly injections and preventing needle stick injuries and associated infections of healthcare providers and family members.
  • octreotide or octreotide analogs such as but not limited to pentetreotide Dicarba-Analog of Octreotide, or 1-123 Tyr3 -octreotide with high bioavailability, circumventing the need and inconvenience of multiple daily and monthly injections and preventing needle stick injuries and associated infections of healthcare providers and family members.
  • drugs or therapeutic compounds, molecules and/or agents include cyclic peptides, such as oxytocin, carbetocin, and demoxytocin, compounds or molecules of the central nervous system affecting neurotransmitters or neural ion channels (i.e. antidepressants (bupropion)), selective serotonin 2c receptor agonists, anti-seizure agents (topiramate, zonisamide), some dopamine antagonists, and cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonists (rimonabant)); leptin/insulin/central nervous system pathway agents (i.e.
  • leptin analogues leptin transport and/or leptin receptor promoters, ciliary neurotrophic factor (Axokine), neuropeptide Y and agouti-related peptide antagonists, proopiomelanocortin, cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript promoters, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone analogues, melanocortin-4 receptor agonists, protein-tyrosine phosphatase- IB inhibitors, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma receptor antagonists, short-acting bromocriptine (ergoset), somatostatin agonists (octreotide), and adiponectin); gastrointestinal-neural pathway agents (i.e.
  • agents that increase glucagon-like peptide- 1 activity such as exenatide (extendin-4), liraglutide, taspoglutide, albiglutide, lixisenatide and dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors, protein YY3-36, ghrelin, ghrelin antagonists, amylin analogues (pramlintide)); and compounds or molecules that may increase resting metabolic rate "selective" beta-3 stimulators/agonist, melanin concentrating hormone antagonists, phytostanol analogues, functional oils, P57, amylase inhibitors, growth hormone fragments, synthetic analogues of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, antagonists of adipocyte 11B- hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity, corticotropin-releasing hormone agonists, inhibitors of fatty acid synthesis, carboxypeptidase inhibitors, gastrointestinal lipase inhibitors (ATL962),
  • Other drugs or therapeutic compounds include osteoporosis drugs, such as bisphosphonate analogs.
  • Bisphosphonate analogs also known as diphosphonates, are used clinically for the treatment of conditions such as osteoporosis, osteitis deformans (Paget's disease of the bone), bone metastasis (with or without hypercalcaemia), multiple myeloma, osteogenesis imperfecta and other conditions that feature bone fragility.
  • the class of drugs inhibit osteoclast action and the resorption of bone.
  • Examples of bisphosphonates to be admixed with alkylsaccharides for use in the compositions as described herein include both non-N-containing and N-containing bisphosphonate analogs.
  • Example of non-N-containing bisphosphonates include etidronate (DidronelTM), clodronate (BonefosTM, LoronTM), tiludronate (SkelidTM), and pharmaceutically acceptable analogs thereof.
  • Examples of N- containing bisphosphonates include pamidronate (ArediaTM), neridronate, olpadronate, alendronate (FosamaxTM or Fosamax+DTM), ibandronate (BonivaTM), risedronate (ActonelTM), and zoledronate (ZometaTM or ReclastTM), and pharmaceutically acceptable analogs thereof.
  • Other drugs or therapeutic compounds include drugs, such as triptan analogs.
  • Triptan analogs are generally a family of tryptamine based drugs used for the treatment of migraines and headaches. Their action is attributed to their binding to serotonin receptors in nerve ending and in cranial blood vessels (causing their constriction) and subsequent inhibition of pro-inflammatory neuropeptide release.
  • triptans to be admixed with alkylsaccharides for use in the compositions as described herein include sumatriptan (Imitrex and Imigran ), rizatriptan (Maxalt ), naratriptan (Amerge and Naramig ), zolmitriptan (ZomigTM), eletriptan (RelpaxTM), almotriptan (AxertTM and AlmogranTM), frovatriptan (FrovaTM and MigardTM), and pharmaceutically acceptable analogs thereof.
  • Additional drugs or therapeutic compounds include compounds, such as opioids.
  • Opioids are psychoactive compounds that resemble morphine or other opiates in their pharmacological effects. Opioids generally work by binding to opioid receptors, which are found principally in the central and peripheral nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
  • opioid refers to opiates, i.e., natural alkaloids found in the resin of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), as well as synthetic compounds.
  • an opioid compound is of structural Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
  • R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and acyl
  • R is alkyl or null
  • R is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkylalkyl and alkenylalkyl;
  • R 4 is hydrogen or hydroxyl or R 4 may be taken together with R 7 to form a carbocycle
  • R 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl and substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyalkyl;
  • R 6 is hydrogen or -OR 8 ;
  • R 7 is hydrogen or R 7 and R 6 may be taken together to form a carbonyl group
  • R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl and acyl.
  • R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl and acyl.
  • Additional opioid compounds envisioned for use in the present invention include 2,4- Dinitrophenylmorphine, 6-MDDM, chlornaltrexamine, desomorphine, dihydromorphine, hydromorphinol, methyldesorphine, N-Phenethylnormorphine, RAM-378, acetylpropionylmorphine, dihydroheroin, dibenzoylmorphine, dipropanoylmorphine, nicomorphine, 6-MAC, benzylmorphine, codeine methylbromide, dihydroheterocodeine, ethylmorphine, heterocodeine, pholcodine, myrophine, 14-Cinnamoyloxycodeinone, 14- Ethoxymetopon, 14-Methoxymetopon, PPOM, 7-Spiroindanyloxymorphone, acetylmorphone, codeinone, conorphone, codoxime, thebacon, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, me
  • n is set at 0 in the context of "0 carbon atoms", it is intended to indicate a bond or null.
  • acyl refers to a carbonyl attached to an alkenyl, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, heterocycle, or any other moiety where the atom attached to the carbonyl is carbon.
  • An “acetyl” group refers to a -C(0)CH 3 group.
  • An “alkylcarbonyl” or “alkanoyl” group refers to an alkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group. Examples of such groups include methylcarbonyl and ethylcarbonyl. Examples of acyl groups include formyl, alkanoyl and aroyl.
  • alkenyl refers to a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon group having one or more double bonds and containing from
  • suitable alkenyl groups include ethenyl, propenyl, 2-methylpropenyl, 1 ,4-butadienyl and the like. Unless otherwise specified, the term “alkenyl” may include “alkenylene” groups.
  • alkoxy refers to an alkyl ether group, wherein the term alkyl is as defined below.
  • suitable alkyl ether groups include methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, iso-butoxy, sec-butoxy, tert- butoxy, and the like.
  • alkyl refers to a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. In certain embodiments, said alkyl will comprise from 1 to 10 carbon atoms. In further embodiments, said alkyl will comprise from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Alkyl groups may be optionally substituted as defined herein.
  • alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, pentyl, iso-amyl, hexyl, octyl, noyl and the like.
  • alkylene refers to a saturated aliphatic group derived from a straight or branched chain saturated hydrocarbon attached at two or more positions, such as methylene (-CH 2 -). Unless otherwise specified, the term “alkyl” may include “alkylene” groups.
  • alkylamino refers to an alkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an amino group. Suitable alkylamino groups may be mono- or dialkylated, forming groups such as, for example, N-methylamino, N-ethylamino, N,N-dimethylamino, ⁇ , ⁇ -ethylmethylamino and the like.
  • alkylidene refers to an alkenyl group in which one carbon atom of the carbon-carbon double bond belongs to the moiety to which the alkenyl group is attached.
  • alkylthio refers to an alkyl thioether (R-S-) group wherein the term alkyl is as defined above and wherein the sulfur may be singly or doubly oxidized.
  • suitable alkyl thioether groups include methylthio, ethylthio, n-propylthio, isopropylthio, n-butylthio, iso-butylthio, sec-butylthio, tert-butylthio, methanesulfonyl, ethanesulfmyl, and the like.
  • alkynyl refers to a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon group having one or more triple bonds and containing from 2 to 20 carbon atoms. In certain embodiments, said alkynyl comprises from 2 to 6 carbon atoms. In further embodiments, said alkynyl comprises from 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
  • alkynylene refers to a carbon-carbon triple bond attached at two positions such as ethynylene (-C:::C-, -C ⁇ C-).
  • alkynyl groups include ethynyl, propynyl, hydroxypropynyl, butyn-l-yl, butyn-2-yl, pentyn-l-yl, 3-methylbutyn-l-yl, hexyn-2-yl, and the like.
  • alkynyl may include “alkynylene” groups.
  • acylamino as used herein, alone or in combination, embraces an acyl group attached to the parent moiety through an amino group.
  • An example of an “acylamino” group is acetylamino (CH 3 C(0)NH-).
  • amino refers to— NRR , wherein R and R are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, acyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, and heterocycloalkyl, any of which may themselves be optionally substituted. Additionally, R and R' may combine to form heterocycloalkyl, either of which may be optionally substituted.
  • aryl as used herein, alone or in combination, means a carbocyclic aromatic system containing one, two or three rings wherein such polycyclic ring systems are fused together.
  • aryl embraces aromatic groups such as phenyl, naphthyl, anthracenyl, and phenanthryl.
  • arylalkenyl or “aralkenyl,” as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an alkenyl group.
  • arylalkoxy or “aralkoxy,” as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an alkoxy group.
  • arylalkyl or “aralkyl,” as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an alkyl group.
  • arylalkynyl or “aralkynyl,” as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an alkynyl group.
  • arylalkanoyl or “aralkanoyl” or “aroyl,”as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to an acyl group derived from an aryl-substituted alkanecarboxylic acid such as benzoyl, napthoyl, phenylacetyl, 3-phenylpropionyl (hydrocinnamoyl), 4- phenylbutyryl, (2-naphthyl)acetyl, 4-chlorohydrocinnamoyl, and the like.
  • an aryl-substituted alkanecarboxylic acid such as benzoyl, napthoyl, phenylacetyl, 3-phenylpropionyl (hydrocinnamoyl), 4- phenylbutyryl, (2-naphthyl)acetyl, 4-chlorohydrocinnamoyl, and the like.
  • aryloxy refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxy.
  • carbamate refers to an ester of carbamic acid (-NHCOO-) which may be attached to the parent molecular moiety from either the nitrogen or acid end, and which may be optionally substituted as defined herein.
  • O-carbamyl refers to a -OC(0)NRR', group-with R and R' as defined herein.
  • N-carbamyl as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to a ROC(0)NR'- group, with R and R' as defined herein.
  • carbonyl when alone includes formyl [-C(0)H] and in combination is a -C(O)- group.
  • carboxyl or “carboxy,” as used herein, refers to -C(0)OH or the corresponding “carboxylate” anion, such as is in a carboxylic acid salt.
  • An "O-carboxy” group refers to a RC(0)0- group, where R is as defined herein.
  • a “C-carboxy” group refers to a -C(0)OR groups where R is as defined herein.
  • cyano as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to -CN.
  • cycloalkyl or, alternatively, “carbocycle,” as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to a saturated or partially saturated monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic alkyl group wherein each cyclic moiety contains from 3 to 12 carbon atom ring members and which may optionally be a benzo fused ring system which is optionally substituted as defined herein.
  • said cycloalkyl will comprise from 5 to 7 carbon atoms.
  • cycloalkyl groups examples include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, tetrahydronapthyl, indanyl, octahydronaphthyl, 2,3-dihydro-lH- indenyl, adamantyl and the like.
  • "Bicyclic” and "tricyclic” as used herein are intended to include both fused ring systems, such as decahydronaphthalene, octahydronaphthalene as well as the multicyclic (multicentered) saturated or partially unsaturated type. The latter type of isomer is exemplified in general by, bicyclo[l,l,l]pentane, camphor, adamantane, and bicyclo[3 ,2, 1 Joctane.
  • esters refers to a carboxy group bridging two moieties linked at carbon atoms.
  • ether refers to an oxy group bridging two moieties linked at carbon atoms.
  • halo or halogen
  • fluorine chlorine, bromine, or iodine.
  • haloalkoxy refers to a haloalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
  • haloalkyl refers to an alkyl group having the meaning as defined above wherein one or more hydrogens are replaced with a halogen. Specifically embraced are monohaloalkyl, dihaloalkyl and polyhaloalkyl groups.
  • a monohaloalkyl group for one example, may have an iodo, bromo, chloro or fluoro atom within the group.
  • Dihalo and polyhaloalkyl groups may have two or more of the same halo atoms or a combination of different halo groups.
  • haloalkyl groups include fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chloromethyl, dichloromethyl, trichloromethyl, pentafluoroethyl, heptafluoropropyl, difluorochloromethyl, dichlorofluoromethyl, difluoroethyl, difluoropropyl, dichloroethyl and dichloropropyl.
  • Haloalkylene refers to a haloalkyl group attached at two or more positions. Examples include fluoromethylene (-CFH-), difluoromethylene (-CF 2 -), chloromethylene (-CHC1-) and the like.
  • heteroalkyl refers to a stable straight or branched chain, or cyclic hydrocarbon group, or combinations thereof, fully saturated or containing from 1 to 3 degrees of unsaturation, consisting of the stated number of carbon atoms and from one to three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, N, and S, and wherein the nitrogen and sulfur atoms may optionally be oxidized and the nitrogen heteroatom may optionally be quatemized.
  • the heteroatom(s) O, N and S may be placed at any interior position of the heteroalkyl group. Up to two heteroatoms may be consecutive, such as, for example, -CH 2 -NH-OCH 3 .
  • heteroaryl refers to a 3 to 7 membered unsaturated heteromonocyclic ring, or a fused monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic ring system in which at least one of the fused rings is aromatic, which contains at least one atom selected from the group consisting of O, S, and N.
  • said heteroaryl will comprise from 5 to 7 carbon atoms.
  • heterocyclic rings are fused with aryl rings, wherein heteroaryl rings are fused with other heteroaryl rings, wherein heteroaryl rings are fused with heterocycloalkyl rings, or wherein heteroaryl rings are fused with cycloalkyl rings.
  • heteroaryl groups include pyrrolyl, pyrrolinyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, triazolyl, pyranyl, furyl, thienyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, oxadiazolyl, thiazolyl, thiadiazolyl, isothiazolyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, indolizinyl, benzimidazolyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl, quinoxalinyl, quinazolinyl, indazolyl, benzotriazolyl, benzodioxolyl, benzopyranyl, benzoxazolyl, benzoxadiazolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzothiadiazolyl, benzofuryl, benzothienyl, chromonyl,
  • Exemplary tricyclic heterocyclic groups include carbazolyl, benzidolyl, phenanthrolinyl, dibenzofuranyl, acridinyl, phenanthridinyl, xanthenyl and the like.
  • heterocycloalkyl and, interchangeably, “heterocycle,” as used herein, alone or in combination, each refer to a saturated, partially unsaturated, or fully unsaturated monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom as a ring member, wherein each said heteroatom may be independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur
  • said hetercycloalkyl will comprise from 1 to 4 heteroatoms as ring members.
  • said hetercycloalkyl will comprise from 1 to 2 heteroatoms as ring members.
  • said hetercycloalkyl will comprise from 3 to 8 ring members in each ring.
  • said hetercycloalkyl will comprise from 3 to 7 ring members in each ring. In yet further embodiments, said hetercycloalkyl will comprise from 5 to 6 ring members in each ring.
  • "Heterocycloalkyl” and “heterocycle” are intended to include sulfones, sulfoxides, N-oxides of tertiary nitrogen ring members, and carbocyclic fused and benzo fused ring systems; additionally, both terms also include systems where a heterocycle ring is fused to an aryl group, as defined herein, or an additional heterocycle group.
  • heterocycle groups include aziridinyl, azetidinyl, 1,3 -benzodioxolyl, dihydroisoindolyl, dihydroisoquinolinyl, dihydrocinnolinyl, dihydrobenzodioxinyl, dihydro[l,3]oxazolo[4,5-b]pyridinyl, benzothiazolyl, dihydroindolyl, dihy-dropyridinyl, 1,3- dioxanyl, 1,4-dioxanyl, 1,3-dioxolanyl, isoindolinyl, morpholinyl, piperazinyl, pyrrolidinyl, tetrahydropyridinyl, piperidinyl, thiomorpholinyl, and the like.
  • the heterocycle groups may be optionally substituted unless specifically prohibited.
  • hydrazinyl as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to two amino groups joined by a single bond, i.e., -N-N-.
  • hydroxyalkyl refers to a hydroxy group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an alkyl group.
  • isocyanato refers to a -NCO group.
  • isothiocyanato refers to a -NCS group.
  • linear chain of atoms refers to the longest straight chain of atoms independently selected from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.
  • lower means containing from 1 to and including 6 carbon atoms.
  • lower aryl as used herein, alone or in combination, means phenyl or naphthyl, which may be optionally substituted as provided.
  • lower heteroaryl means either 1) monocyclic heteroaryl comprising five or six ring members, of which between one and four said members may be heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S, and N, or 2) bicyclic heteroaryl, wherein each of the fused rings comprises five or six ring members, comprising between them one to four heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S, and N.
  • lower cycloalkyl as used herein, alone or in combination, means a monocyclic cycloalkyl having between three and six ring members. Lower cycloalkyls may be unsaturated. Examples of lower cycloalkyl include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, and cyclohexyl.
  • lower heterocycloalkyl as used herein, alone or in combination, means a monocyclic heterocycloalkyl having between three and six ring members, of which between one and four may be heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S, and N.
  • lower heterocycloalkyls include pyrrolidinyl, imidazolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, and morpholinyl.
  • Lower heterocycloalkyls may be unsaturated.
  • lower amino refers to— NRR , wherein R and R are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, and lower heteroalkyl, any of which may be optionally substituted. Additionally, the R and R' of a lower amino group may combine to form a five- or six-membered heterocycloalkyl, either of which may be optionally substituted.
  • mercaptyl as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to an RS- group, where R is as defined herein.
  • nitro refers to -N0 2 .
  • perhaloalkoxy refers to an alkoxy group where all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by halogen atoms.
  • perhaloalkyl refers to an alkyl group where all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by halogen atoms.
  • sulfonate refers to the -SO 3 H group and its anion as the sulfonic acid is used in salt formation.
  • thia and thio refer to a -S- group or an ether wherein the oxygen is replaced with sulfur.
  • the oxidized derivatives of the thio group namely sulfmyl and sulfonyl, are included in the definition of thia and thio.
  • thiol as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to an -SH group.
  • thiocarbonyl when alone includes thioformyl -C(S)H and in combination is a -C(S)- group.
  • N-thiocarbamyl refers to an ROC(S)NR'- group, with R and R'as defined herein.
  • O-thiocarbamyl refers to a -OC(S)NRR', group with R and R'as defined herein.
  • thiocyanato refers to a -CNS group.
  • trihalomethanesulfonamido refers to a X 3 CS(0) 2 NR- group with X is a halogen and R as defined herein.
  • trimihalomethanesulfonyl refers to a X 3 CS(0) 2 - group where X is a halogen.
  • trihalomethoxy refers to a X 3 CO- group where X is a halogen.
  • trimethysilyl as used herein, alone or in combination, refers to a silicone group substituted at its three free valences with groups as listed herein under the definition of substituted amino. Examples include trimethysilyl, tert-butyldimethylsilyl, triphenylsilyl and the like.
  • any definition herein may be used in combination with any other definition to describe a composite structural group.
  • the trailing element of any such definition is that which attaches to the parent moiety.
  • the composite group alkylamido would represent an alkyl group attached to the parent molecule through an amido group
  • the term alkoxyalkyl would represent an alkoxy group attached to the parent molecule through an alkyl group.
  • the term "optionally substituted” means the anteceding group may be substituted or unsubstituted.
  • the substituents of an "optionally substituted” group may include, without limitation, one or more substituents independently selected from the following groups or a particular designated set of groups, alone or in combination: lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, lower alkanoyl, lower heteroalkyl, lower heterocycloalkyl, lower haloalkyl, lower haloalkenyl, lower haloalkynyl, lower perhaloalkyl, lower perhaloalkoxy, lower cycloalkyl, phenyl, aryl, aryloxy, lower alkoxy, lower haloalkoxy, oxo, lower acyloxy, carbonyl, carboxyl, lower alkylcarbonyl, lower carboxyester, lower carboxamido, cyano, hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, amino, lower alkylcarbonyl
  • Two substituents may be joined together to form a fused five-, six-, or seven-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring consisting of zero to three heteroatoms, for example forming methylenedioxy or ethylenedioxy.
  • An optionally substituted group may be unsubstituted (e.g., -CH 2 CH 3 ), fully substituted (e.g., -CF 2 CF ), monosubstituted (e.g., -CH 2 CH 2 F) or substituted at a level anywhere in-between fully substituted and monosubstituted (e.g., -CH 2 CF ). Where substituents are recited without qualification as to substitution, both substituted and unsubstituted forms are encompassed.
  • R or the term R' refers to a moiety selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl and heterocycloalkyl, any of which may be optionally substituted.
  • aryl, heterocycle, R, etc. occur more than one time in a formula or generic structure, its definition at each occurrence is independent of the definition at every other occurrence.
  • certain groups may be attached to a parent molecule or may occupy a position in a chain of elements from either end as written.
  • an unsymmetrical group such as -C(0)N(R)- may be attached to the parent moiety at either the carbon or the nitrogen.
  • Asymmetric centers exist in the compounds disclosed herein. These centers are designated by the symbols “R” or “S,” depending on the configuration of substituents around the chiral carbon atom. It should be understood that the invention encompasses all stereochemical isomeric forms, including diastereomeric, enantiomeric, and epimeric forms, as well as d-isomers and 1 -isomers, and mixtures thereof.
  • Individual stereoisomers of compounds can be prepared synthetically from commercially available starting materials which contain chiral centers or by preparation of mixtures of enantiomeric products followed by separation such as conversion to a mixture of diastereomers followed by separation or recrystallization, chromatographic techniques, direct separation of enantiomers on chiral chromatographic columns, or any other appropriate method known in the art.
  • Starting compounds of particular stereochemistry are either commercially available or can be made and resolved by techniques known in the art.
  • the compounds disclosed herein may exist as geometric isomers.
  • the present invention includes all cis, trans, syn, anti,
  • compounds may exist as tautomers; all tautomeric isomers are provided by this invention. Additionally, the compounds disclosed herein can exist in unsolvated as well as solvated forms with pharmaceutically acceptable solvents such as water, ethanol, and the like. In general, the solvated forms are considered equivalent to the unsolvated forms.
  • the therapeutic composition of the invention includes a drug and a drug absorption enhancing agent, for example, a surfactant.
  • a drug absorption enhancing agent for example, a surfactant.
  • surfactant is any surface active agent that modifies interfacial tension of water.
  • surfactants typically have one lipophilic and one hydrophilic group in the molecule. Broadly, the group includes soaps, detergents, emulsifiers, dispersing and wetting agents, and several groups of antiseptics.
  • surfactants include stearyltriethanolamine, sodium lauryl sulfate, laurylaminopropionic acid, lecithin, benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride and glycerin monostearate; and hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, methylcellulose, hydroxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose and hydroxypropylcellulose.
  • the surfactant of the invention consists of at least one suitable alkyl glycoside.
  • alkyl glycoside refers to any sugar joined by a linkage to any hydrophobic alkyl, as is known in the art.
  • Any "suitable” alkyl glycoside means one that fulfills the limiting characteristics of the invention, i.e., that the alkyl glycoside be nontoxic and nonionic, and that it increases the absorption of a compound when it is administered with the compound via the ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or pulmonary, oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell), or CSF delivery route. Suitable compounds can be determined using the methods set forth herein.
  • Alkyl glycosides of the invention can be synthesized by known procedures, i.e., chemically, as described, e.g., in Rosevear et al, Biochemistry 19:4108-4115 (1980) or Koeltzow and Urfer, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc, 61 : 1651-1655 (1984), U.S. Pat. No. 3,219,656 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,839,318 or enzymatically, as described, e.g., in Li et al, J. Biol. Chem., 266: 10723-10726 (1991) or Gopalan et al, J. Biol. Chem. 267:9629-9638 (1992).
  • Alkyl glycosides of the present invention can include, but are not limited to: alkyl glycosides, such as octyl-, nonyl-, decyl-, undecyl-, dodecyl-, tridecyl-, tetradecyl-, pentadecyl-,hexadecyl-, heptadecyl-, and octadecyl- a- or ⁇ -D-maltoside, -glucoside or - sucroside (synthesized according to Koeltzow and Urfer; Anatrace Inc., Maumee, Ohio; Calbiochem, San Diego, Calif; Fluka Chemie, Switzerland); alkyl thiomaltosides, such as heptyl, octyl, dodecyl-, tridecyl-, and tetradecyl- -D-thiomaltoside (synthesized according to: alky
  • alkyl thiosucroses (synthesized according to, for example, Binder, T. P. and Robyt, J. F., Carbohydr. Res. 140:9-20 (1985)); alkyl maltotriosides (synthesized according to Koeltzow and Urfer); long chain aliphatic carbonic acid amides of sucrose ⁇ -amino-alkyl ethers; (synthesized according to Austrian Patent 382,381 (1987); Chem. Abstr., 108: 114719 (1988) and Gruber and Greber pp.
  • HLB hydrophile-lipophile balance
  • the HLB number is a direct expression of the hydrophilic character of the surfactant, i.e., the larger the HLB number, the more hydrophilic the compound.
  • a preferred surfactant has an HLB number of from about 10 to 20 and an even more preferred range of from about 11 to 15.
  • the hydrophobic alkyl can thus be chosen of any desired size, depending on the hydrophobicity desired and the hydrophilicity of the saccharide moiety.
  • one preferred range of alkyl chains is from about 9 to about 24 carbon atoms.
  • An even more preferred range is from about 9 to about 16 or about 14 carbon atoms.
  • some preferred glycosides include maltose, sucrose, and glucose linked by glycosidic linkage to an alkyl chain of 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, or 24 carbon atoms, e.g., nonyl-, decyl-, dodecyl- and tetradecyl sucroside, glucoside, and maltoside, etc. These compositions are nontoxic, since they are degraded to an alcohol and an oligosaccharide, and amphipathic.
  • the surfactants of the invention can also include a saccharide.
  • a "saccharide” is inclusive of monosaccharides, oligosaccharides or polysaccharides in straight chain or ring forms, or a combination thereof to form a saccharide chain. Oligosaccharides are saccharides having two or more monosaccharide residues.
  • the saccharide can be chosen, for example, from any currently commercially available saccharide species or can be synthesized. Some examples of the many possible saccharides to use include glucose, maltose, maltotriose, maltotetraose, sucrose and trehalose. Preferable saccharides include maltose, sucrose and glucose.
  • the surfactants of the invention can likewise consist of a sucrose ester.
  • sucrose esters are sucrose esters of fatty acids and is a complex of sucrose and fatty acid. Sucrose esters can take many forms because of the eight hydroxyl groups in sucrose available for reaction and the many fatty acid groups, from acetate on up to larger, more bulky fatty acids that can be reacted with sucrose. This flexibility means that many products and functionalities can be tailored, based on the fatty acid moiety used. Sucrose esters have food and non-food uses, especially as surfactants and emulsifiers, with growing applications in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents and food additives. They are biodegradable, nontoxic and mild to the skin.
  • the surfactants of the invention have a hydrophobic alkyl group linked to a hydrophilic saccharide.
  • the linkage between the hydrophobic alkyl group and the hydrophilic saccharide can include, among other possibilities, a glycosidic, thioglycosidic (Horton), amide (Carbohydrates as Organic Raw Materials, F. W. Lichtenthaler ed., VCH Publishers, New York, 1991), ureide (Austrian Pat. 386,414 (1988); Chem. Abstr. 110: 137536p (1989); see Gruber, H. and Greber, G., "Reactive Sucrose Derivatives" in Carbohydrates as Organic Raw Materials, pp.
  • glycosides can include maltose, sucrose, and glucose linked by glycosidic linkage to an alkyl chain of about 9-16 carbon atoms, e.g., nonyl-, decyl-, dodecyl- and tetradecyl sucroside, glucoside, and maltoside.
  • these compositions are amphipathic and nontoxic, because they degrade to an alcohol and an oligosaccharide.
  • compositions of the present invention can be administered in a format selected from the group consisting of a tablet, a capsule, a suppository, a drop, a spray, an aerosol and a sustained release or delayed burst format.
  • the spray and the aerosol can be achieved through use of an appropriate dispenser.
  • the sustained release format can be an ocular insert, erodible microparticulates, swelling mucoadhesive particulates, pH sensitive microparticulates, nanop articles/latex systems, ion-exchange resins and other polymeric gels and implants (Ocusert, Alza Corp., California; Joshi, A., S. Ping and K. J. Himmelstein, Patent Application WO 91/19481). These systems maintain prolonged drug contact with the absorptive surface preventing washout and nonproductive drug loss. The prolonged drug contact is non-toxic to the skin and mucosal surfaces.
  • the surfactant compositions of the invention are stable.
  • Baudys et al. in U.S. Patent No. 5,726,154 show that calcitonin in an aqueous liquid composition comprising SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate, a surfactant) and an organic acid is stable for at least 6 months.
  • the surfactant compositions of the present invention have improved stabilizing characteristics when admixed with a drug. No organic acid is required in these formulations.
  • the composition of the invention maintains the stability of proteins and peptide therapeutics for about 6 months, or more, when maintained at about 4°C to 25°C.
  • NOAEL no observable adverse effect level
  • EPA Environmental Protection Agency
  • NOAEL no observable adverse effect level
  • NOAEL no observable adverse effect level
  • a 70 kilogram person can consume about 1400 - 2100 grams (or about 3 to 4.6 pounds) of sucrose dodecanoate per day without any observable adverse effect.
  • an acceptable daily intake for humans is about 1% of the NOAEL, which translates to about 14- 21 grams, or 14 million micrograms to 21 million micrograms, per day, indefinitely. Definitions of NOAELs and other related definitions can be found on the world wide web at epa.gov/OCEPAterms. Thus, although some effects may be produced with alkyl glycoside levels anticipated in the present invention, the levels are not considered adverse, or precursors to adverse effects.
  • a subject treated with surfactant compositions of the invention having at least one alkyl glycoside e.g. tetradecylmaltoside (TDM; or Intravail A)
  • TDM tetradecylmaltoside
  • the effective dose of the TDM is at least 1000X fold lower than (i.e., 1/1000) of the NOAEL, and falls far below 1% of the NOAEL, which is the acceptable daily intake; or in this case about 1/50,000 of the acceptable daily intake.
  • alkyl glycosides of the present invention have a high NOAEL, such that the amount or concentration of alkyl glycosides used in the present invention do not cause an adverse effect and can be safely consumed without any adverse effect.
  • the surfactant compositions of the invention are also stable because they are physiologically non-toxic and non-irritants.
  • nontoxic means that the alkyl glycoside molecule has a sufficiently low toxicity to be suitable for human administration and consumption.
  • Preferred alkyl glycosides are non-irritating to the tissues to which they are applied. Any alkyl glycoside used should be of minimal or no toxicity to the cell, such that it does not cause damage to the cell. Yet, toxicity for any given alkyl glycoside may vary with the concentration of alkyl glycoside used. It is also beneficial if the alkyl glycoside chosen is metabolized or eliminated by the body and if this metabolism or elimination is done in a manner that will not be harmfully toxic.
  • non-irritant means that the agent does not cause inflammation following immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with the skin surface or mucous membranes.
  • sucrose esters serve as anti-bacterial agents.
  • An agent is an "anti-bacterial” agent or substance if the agent or its equivalent destroy bacteria, or suppress bacterial growth or reproduction.
  • the anti-bacterial activity of sucrose esters and their fatty acids have been reported. Tetsuaki et al. (1997) "Lysis of Bacillus subtilis cells by glycerol and sucrose esters of fatty acids," Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 53(3):505-508. Watanabe et al. (2000) describe that galactose and fructose laureates are particularly effective carbohydrate monoesters.
  • the present invention is not limited to the sucrose ester described herein, but encompasses other carbohydrate esters, including galactose and fructose esters, that suppress bacterial growth and reproduction.
  • the surfactant compositions of the invention are typically present at a level of from about 0.01% to 20% by weight. More preferred levels of incorporation are from about 0.01% to 5% by weight, from about 0.01%> to 2%> by weight, from about 0.01%> to 1%>, most preferably from about 0.01% to 0.125% by weight.
  • the surfactant is preferably formulated to be compatible with other components present in the composition. In liquid, or gel, or capsule, or injectable, or spray compositions the surfactant is most preferably formulated such that it promotes, or at least does not degrade, the stability of any protein or enzyme in these compositions. Further, the invention optimizes the concentration by keeping the concentration of absorption enhancer as low as possible, while still maintaining the desired effect.
  • compositions of the invention when administered to the subject, yield enhanced mucosal delivery of the biologically active compound(s), or drug, with a peak concentration (or Cmax) of the compound(s) in a tissue, or fluid, or in a blood plasma of the subject that is about 15%, 20%, or 50%> or greater as compared to a Cmax of the compound(s) in a tissue (e.g. CNS), or fluid, or blood plasma following intramuscular injection of an equivalent concentration of the compound(s) to the subject.
  • a peak concentration (or Cmax) of the compound(s) in a tissue, or fluid, or in a blood plasma of the subject that is about 15%, 20%, or 50%> or greater as compared to a Cmax of the compound(s) in a tissue (e.g. CNS), or fluid, or blood plasma following intramuscular injection of an equivalent concentration of the compound(s) to the subject.
  • the measure of how much of the drug or compound(s) reaches the bloodstream in a set period of time can also be calculated by plotting drug blood concentration at various times during a 24-hour or longer period and then measuring the area under the curve (AUC) between 0 and 24 hours.
  • AUC area under the curve
  • a measure of drug efficacy can also be determined from a time to maximal concentration (tmax) of the biologically active compound(s) in a tissue (e.g. CNS) or fluid or in the blood plasma of the subject between about 0.1 to 1.0 hours.
  • the therapeutic compositions of the invention increase the speed of onset of drug action (i.e., reduce Tmax) by a factor of about 1.5-fold to 2-fold.
  • compositions or formulations of the invention can be administered or delivered to a subject in need systemically or locally.
  • Suitable routes may, for example, include oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or pulmonary, oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell), transmucosal administration, vaginal, rectal, parenteral delivery, including intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, intraperitoneal, or CSF delivery.
  • the mode of delivery e.g. liquid, gel, tablet, spray, etc. will also depend on the method of delivery to the subject.
  • the therapeutic compositions of the invention can consist of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • a "pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” is an aqueous or non-aqueous agent, for example alcoholic or oleaginous, or a mixture thereof, and can contain a surfactant, emollient, lubricant, stabilizer, dye, perfume, preservative, acid or base for adjustment of pH, a solvent, emulsifier, gelling agent, moisturizer, stabilizer, wetting agent, time release agent, humectant, or other component commonly included in a particular form of pharmaceutical composition.
  • Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include, for example, aqueous solutions such as water or physiologically buffered saline or other solvents or vehicles such as glycols, glycerol, and oils such as olive oil or injectable organic esters.
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier can contain physiologically acceptable compounds that act, for example, to stabilize or to increase the absorption of the specific inhibitor, for example, carbohydrates, such as glucose, sucrose or dextrans, antioxidants, such as ascorbic acid or glutathione, chelating agents, low molecular weight proteins or other stabilizers or excipients.
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier can also be selected from substances such as distilled water, benzyl alcohol, lactose, starches, talc, magnesium stearate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, alginic acid, colloidal silica, titanium dioxide, and flavoring agents.
  • Oligosaccharides can have either a (alpha) or ⁇ (beta) anomeric configuration (see Pacsu, E., et al. in Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry (R. L. Whistler, et al, eds.) Vol. 2, pp. 376-385, Academic Press, New York 1963).
  • a composition of the invention can be prepared in tablet form by mixing a therapeutic agent or drug and one alky glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester according to the invention, and an appropriate pharmaceutical carrier or excipient, for example mannitol, corn starch, polyvinylpyrrolidone or the like, granulating the mixture and finally compressing it in the presence of a pharmaceutical carrrier such as corn starch, magnesium stearate or the like.
  • the formulation thus prepared may include a sugar-coating or enteric coating or covered in such a way that the active principle is released gradually, for example, in the appropriate pH medium.
  • enteric coating is a polymer encasing, surrounding, or forming a layer, or membrane around the therapeutic composition or core.
  • the enteric coating can contain a drug which is compatible or incompatible with the coating.
  • One tablet composition may include an enteric coating polymer with a compatible drug which dissolves or releases the drug at higher pH levels (e.g., pH greater than 4.0, greater than 4.5, greater than 5.0 or higher) and not at low pH levels (e.g., pH 4 or less); or the reverse.
  • the dose dependent release form of the invention is a tablet comprising: (a) a core comprising: (i) a therapeutic agent or drug; (ii) a surfactant comprising at least one alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester; and (b) at least one membrane coating surrounding the core, wherein the coating is an impermeable, permeable, semi-permeable or porous coating and becomes more permeable or porous upon contacting an aqueous environment of a defined pH.
  • a core comprising: (i) a therapeutic agent or drug; (ii) a surfactant comprising at least one alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester; and (b) at least one membrane coating surrounding the core, wherein the coating is an impermeable, permeable, semi-permeable or porous coating and becomes more permeable or porous upon contacting an aqueous environment of a defined pH.
  • membrane is synonymous with "coating,” or equivalents thereof.
  • a region of a medicament for example, a tablet, that is impermeable, permeable, semi-permeable or porous to an aqueous solution(s) or bodily fluid(s), and/or to the therapeutic agent(s) or drug(s) encapsulated therein.
  • the membrane is permeable, semi-permeable or porous to the drug, the drug can be released through the openings or pores of the membrane in solution or in vivo.
  • the porous membrane can be manufactured mechanically (e.g., drilling microscopic holes or pores in the membrane layer using a laser), or it can be imparted due to the physiochemical properties of the coating polymer(s).
  • Membrane or coating polymers of the invention are well known in the art, and include cellulose esters, cellulose diesters, cellulose triesters, cellulose ethers, cellulose ester- ether, cellulose acylate, cellulose diacylate, cellulose triacylate, cellulose acetate, cellulose diacetate, cellulose triacetate, cellulose acetate propionate, and cellulose acetate butyrate.
  • Other suitable polymers are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3 ,845,770, 3,916,899, 4,008,719, 4,036,228 and 4,11210 which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the enteric coating according to the invention can include a plasticizer, and a sufficient amount of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to effect or adjust the pH of the suspension in solution or in vivo.
  • plasticizers include tri ethyl citrate, triacetin, tributyl sebecate, or polyethylene glycol.
  • alkalizing agents including potassium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, magnesium oxide, and magnesium hydroxide can also be used to effect or adjust the pH of the suspension in solution or in vivo.
  • an enteric coating can be designed to release a certain percentage of a drug or drugs in certain mediums with a certain pH or pH range.
  • the therapeutic composition of the invention may include at least one enteric coating encasing or protecting at least one drug which is chemically unstable in an acidic environment (e.g., the stomach).
  • the enteric coating protects the drug from the acidic environment (e.g., pH ⁇ 3), while releasing the drug in locations which are less acidic, for example, regions of the small and large intestine where the pH is 3, or 4, or 5, or greater.
  • a medicament of this nature will travel from one region of the gastrointestinal tract to the other, for example, it takes about 2 to about 4 hours for a drug to move from the stomach to the small intestine (duodenum, jejunum and ileum).
  • the pH changes from about 3 (e.g., stomach) to 4, or 5, or to about a pH of 6 or 7 or greater.
  • the enteric coating allows the core containing the drug to remain substantially intact, and prevents premature drug release or the acid from penetrating and de-stabilizing the drug.
  • enteric polymers include but are not limited to cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose phthalate, polyvinylacetate phthalate, methacrylic acid copolymer, shellac, cellulose acetate trimellitate, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose phthalate, cellulose acetate phthalate, cellulose acetate succinate, cellulose acetate malate, cellulose benzoate phthalate, cellulose propionate phthalate, methylcellulose phthalate, carboxymethylethylcellulose, ethylhydroxyethylcellulose phthalate, shellac, styrene-acrylic acid copolymer, methyl acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer, methyl acrylate-methacrylic acid copolymer, butyl acrylate- styrene-acrylic acid copolymer, methacrylic acid-methyl methacrylate copolymer, me
  • the therapeutic compositions of the invention in the form of a tablet can have a plurality of coatings, for example, a hydrophilic coating (e.g., hydroxypropylmethylcellulose), and/or a hydrophobic coating (e.g., alkylcelluloses), and/or an enteric coating.
  • a hydrophilic coating e.g., hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
  • a hydrophobic coating e.g., alkylcelluloses
  • an enteric coating e.g., the tablet core can be encases by a plurality of the same type of coating, or a plurality of different types of coating selected from a hydrophilic, hydrophobic or enteric coating.
  • a tablet can be designed having at least one, but can have more than one layer consisting of the same or different coatings dependent on the target tissue or purpose of the drug or drugs.
  • the tablet core layer may have a first composition enclosed by a first coating layer (e.g. hydrophilic, hydrophobic, or enteri- coating), and a second same or different composition or drug having the same or different dosage can be enclosed in second coating layer, etc.
  • first coating layer e.g. hydrophilic, hydrophobic, or enteri- coating
  • second same or different composition or drug having the same or different dosage can be enclosed in second coating layer, etc.
  • a first dosage of a first composition of the invention is contained in a tablet core and with an enteric-coating such that the enteric-coating protects and prevents the composition contained therein from breaking down or being released into the stomach.
  • the first loading dose of the therapeutic composition is included in the first layer and consists of from about 10% to about 40% of the total amount of the total composition included in the formulation or tablet.
  • a second loading dose another percentage of the total dose of the composition is released.
  • the invention contemplates as many time release doses as is necessary in a treatment regimen.
  • a single coating or plurality of coating layers is in an amount ranging from about 2% to 6% by weight, preferably about 2% to about 5%, even more preferably from about 2% to about 3% by weight of the coated unit dosage form.
  • composition preparations of the invention make it possible for contents of a hard capsule or tablet to be selectively released at a desired site the more distal parts of the gastro-intestinal tract (e.g. small and large intestine) by selecting the a suitable pH-soluble polymer for a specific region.
  • Mechanical expulsion of the composition preparations may also be achieved by inclusion of a water absorbing polymer that expands upon water absorption within a hard semi-permeable capsule thus expelling composition through an opening in the hard capsule.
  • Drugs particularly suited for dose dependent time release include but are not limited to insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I), somatomedin-C (SM-C; diabetes, nerve function, renal function), insulin (diabetes), calcitonin (osteoporosis), leptin (obesity; infertility), leptin derived short peptide (OB-3), hGH (AIDs wasting, dwarfism), human parathyroid hormone (PTH) (osteoporosis), melatonin (sleep), GLP-1 or Glucagon-like peptide- 1 (diabetes), GiP (diabetes), pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and islet function (diabetes), GM-1 ganglioside, (Alzheimers), nerve growth factor (NGF), (Alzheimers), nafarelin (endometriosis
  • the specific dose level and frequency of dosage for any particular subject in need of treatment may be varied and will depend upon a variety of factors including the activity of the specific compound employed, the metabolic stability and length of action of that compound, the age, body weight, general health, sex, diet, mode and time of administration, rate of excretion, drug combination, the severity of the particular condition, and the host undergoing therapy.
  • alkyl glycosides particularly alkylmaltosides and more specifically, dodecylmaltoside (DDM) and tetradecylmaltoside (TDM), stabilize insulin in solution and prevent aggregation of the peptide.
  • DDM dodecylmaltoside
  • TDM tetradecylmaltoside
  • Hovgaard- 1 shows that even after 57 days, the DDM-insulin complex remained stable and possessed nearly full biological activity. It is postulated that the stability of the complex is due to the length of the alkyl group (number of carbon atoms) and the higher ratio of DDM to insulin ratio the better (e.g. 4: 1 and 16: 1; see FIG. 1 in Hovgaard 1). However, according to Hovgaard- 1, although the DDM-insulin complex was stable, the same stability was not shown for other maltosides. Yet, in a related study, Hovgaard et al.(1996) demonstrated that when DDM-insulin was orally administered to animals in vivo, bioavailability of the complex was weak (e.g.
  • an improved aspect of the invention is that the surfactant increases the bioavailability of a drug to the target tissues, organs, system etc., as well as increase drug stability.
  • one aspect of the invention is to provide therapeutic compositions having at least one drug and one surfactant, wherein the surfactant further consists of at least one alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester formulation which enhances the bioavailability of the drug. Determining the bioavailability of drug formulations is described herein. As used herein, “bioavailability” is the rate and extent to which the active substance, or moiety, which reaches the systemic circulation as an intact drug. The bioavailability of any drug will depend on how well is adsorbed and how much of it escapes being removed from the liver.
  • the tested drug and mode of administration is measured against an intravenous reference dose.
  • the bioavailability of the intravenous dose is 100% by definition.
  • animals or volunteering humans are given an intravenous injections and corresponding oral doses of a drug.
  • Urinary or plasma samples are taken over a period of time and levels of the drug over that period of time are determined.
  • the areas under the curve (AUC), of the plasma drug concentration versus time curves, are plotted for both the intravenous and the oral doses, and calculation of the bioavailability of both formulations is by simple proportion. For example, if the same intravenous and oral doses are given, and the oral AUC is 50% of the intravenous AUC, the bioavailability of the oral formulation is 50%. Note that the bioavailability of any drug is due to many factors including incomplete absorption, first pass clearance or a combination of these (discussed more below). Further, the peak concentration (or C max ) of the plasma drug concentration is also measured to the peak concentration (C max ) of the plasma drug concentration following intramuscular (IM) injection of an equivalent concentration the drug. Moreover, the time to maximal concentration (or t max ) of the plasma drug is about 0.1 to 1.0 hours.
  • bioavailability of the formulations are assessed against each other as one or both drugs could be subject to first pass clearance (discussed more below) and thus undetected.
  • a first oral formulation is assessed against a second oral formulation.
  • the second formulation is used as a reference to assess the bioavailability of the first. This type of study provides a measure of the relative performance of two formulations in getting a drug absorbed.
  • MIACALCIN® commonly calcitonin from Novartis
  • the MIACALCIN® product information sheet can be found on the world wide web at miacalcin. com/ info/ho w Works/ index .j sp and drugs . com/PDR Miacalcin_Nasal_Spray . html .
  • MIACALCIN® The data on MIACALCIN®, which was obtained by various investigators using different methods and human subjects, show great variability in the drug's bioavailability, e.g. in normal volunteers only ⁇ 3% of the nasally administered dose is bioavailable, as compared to the same dose administered by intramuscular injection (MIACALCIN® product insert). This represents two orders of a magnitude in variability and is undesirable to the consumer.
  • the alkyl glycosides or sucrose esters of the present invention include any compounds now known or later discovered.
  • Drugs which are particularly well suited for admixture with the alkyl glycosides and/or saccharide alkyl esters of the invention are those that are difficult to administer by other methods, e.g. drugs that are degraded in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or those that are not absorbed well from the GI tract, or drugs that can be self-administered via the ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation, or CSF delivery route instead of traditional methods such as injection.
  • GI gastrointestinal
  • peptides include peptides, polypeptides, proteins, nucleic acids and other macromolecules, for example, peptide hormones, such as insulin and calcitonin, enkephalins, glucagon and hypoglycemic agents such as tolbutamide and glyburide, and agents which are poorly absorbed by enteral routes, such as griseofulvin, an antifungal agent.
  • peptide hormones such as insulin and calcitonin, enkephalins, glucagon and hypoglycemic agents such as tolbutamide and glyburide
  • agents which are poorly absorbed by enteral routes such as griseofulvin, an antifungal agent.
  • Other compounds include, for example, nicotine, interferon (e.g., alpha, beta, gamma), PYY, GLP-1, synthetic exendin-4 (Exenatide), parathyroid hormone, and human growth hormone or other low molecular weight peptides and proteins.
  • bioavailability of a drug can be determined by measuring the levels of the drug's first pass clearance by the liver.
  • Alkyl glycosides and/or saccharide alkyl ester compositions of the invention administered intranasally or via oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell) do not enter the hepatic portal blood system, thereby avoiding first pass clearance by the liver. Avoiding first past clearance of these formulations by the liver is described herein.
  • first pass liver clearance is the extent to which the drug is removed by the liver during its first passage in the portal blood through the liver to the systemic circulation. This is also called first pass metabolism or first pass extraction.
  • Blood carrying drug from the systemic circulation enter the liver via the portal vein, and the liver in turn extracts a certain percentage or ratio (i.e. 0.5 or 50%) of that drug.
  • the remainder left over i.e. 0.2 or 20%
  • This rate of clearance of the drug is called the hepatic extraction ratio. It is the fraction of the drug in the blood which is irreversibly removed (or extracted) during the first pass of the blood through the liver. If no drug is extracted, the hepatic extraction ratio is zero. Conversely, if the drug is highly extracted in the first pass through the liver, the hepatic extraction ratio may be as high as 100% or 1.0. In general, clearance of the drug by the liver depends then on the rate of delivery of that drug to the liver (or the hepatic blood flow), and on the efficiency of removal of that drug (or the extraction ratio).
  • liver clearance - blood flow (unbound fraction * intrinsic clearance) / blood flow + (unbound fraction * intrinsic clearance) (1)
  • the "unbound fraction” of drug is dependent on how tightly the drug is bound to proteins and cells in the blood. In general, it is only this unbound (or free) drug which is available for diffusion from the blood into the liver cell. In the absence of hepatic blood flow and protein binding, the "intrinsic clearance” is the ability of the liver to remove (or metabolize) that drug. In biochemical terms, it is a measure of liver enzyme activity for a particular drug substrate. Again, although intrinsic clearance can be high, drugs cannot be cleared more rapidly than that presented to the liver. In simple terms, there are two situations: where liver enzyme activity is very high or very low (i.e. high extraction ratio or low extraction ratio).
  • the liver removes most of the drug presented to it and the extraction ratio is high.
  • the only factor determining the actual hepatic clearance is the rate of supply of drug to the liver (or hepatic blood flow).
  • First pass liver clearance is important because even small changes in the extraction of drugs can cause large changes in bioavailability. For example, if the bioavailability of drug A by oral administration is 20% by the time it reaches the systemic circulation, and the same drug A by intravenous administration is 100%, absent no other complicating factors, the oral dose will therefore have to be 5 times the intravenous dose to achieve similar plasma concentrations.
  • drug formulations should be designed to have the drug pass directly through to the systemic circulation and avoid first pass liver clearance all together.
  • drugs administered intranasally, sublingual, buccal, rectal, vagina, etc. directly enter the systemic circulation and do not enter the hepatic portal blood circulation to be partially or fully extracted by the liver.
  • a tablet with at least one enteric-coating layer to prevent release of the drug in the stomach i.e. highly acidic environment
  • first pass liver clearance is an important factor because many patients are on more than one drug regimen, and this may cause drug interactions which increase or decrease liver enzyme activity; thereby increasing or decreasing metabolism (increasing or decreasing the hepatic extraction ratio) of the drug of interest.
  • compositions of the invention can be administered directly to the systemic circulatory system and avoid first pass liver clearance. Avoiding first pass clearance assures that more of the drug will be available to the system. Stated another way, by avoiding first pass liver clearance, the bioavailability of the drug is increased.
  • the present invention also relates to methods of increasing absorption of a low molecular compound into the circulatory system of a subject comprising administering via the oral, ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation, or the CSF delivery route the compound and an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide.
  • composition formulation is appropriately selected according to the administration route, such as oral administration (oral preparation), external administration (e.g., ointment), injection (preparations for injection), and mucosal administration (e.g., buccal and suppository) etc.
  • oral administration oral preparation
  • external administration e.g., ointment
  • injection preparations for injection
  • mucosal administration e.g., buccal and suppository
  • excipients e.g., starch, lactose, crystalline cellulose, calcium lactate, magnesium aluminometasilicate and anhydrous silicate
  • disintegrators e.g., carboxymethylcellulose and calcium carboxymethylcellulose
  • lubricants e.g., magnesium stearate and talc
  • coating agents e.g., hydroxyethylcellulose
  • flavoring agents can be used for oral and mucosal formulations
  • solubilizers and auxiliary solubilizers capable of forming aqueous injections (e.g., distilled water for injection, physiological saline and propylene glycol), suspending agents (e.g., surfactant such as polysorbate 80), pH regulators (e.g., organic acid and metal salt thereof) and stabilizers are used for injections; and aqueous or oily solubilizers and auxiliary solubilizers (e.g., alcohols and fatty acid esters), tack
  • the drug and the alkyl glycoside can be admixed, mixed, or blended along with the above excipients, disintegrators, coating polymers, solubilizers, suspending agents, etc., prior to administration, or they can be administered sequentially, in either order. It is preferred that they be mixed prior to administration.
  • mucosal delivery-enhancing agent includes agents which enhance the release or solubility (e.g., from a formulation delivery vehicle), diffusion rate, penetration capacity and timing, uptake, residence time, stability, effective half-life, peak or sustained concentration levels, clearance and other desired mucosal delivery characteristics (e.g., as measured at the site of delivery, or at a selected target site of activity such as the bloodstream or central nervous system) of a compound(s) (e.g., biologically active compound).
  • Enhancement of mucosal delivery can occur by any of a variety of mechanisms, including, for example, by increasing the diffusion, transport, persistence or stability of the compound, increasing membrane fluidity, modulating the availability or action of calcium and other ions that regulate intracellular or paracellular permeation, solubilizing mucosal membrane components (e.g., lipids), changing non-protein and protein sulfhydryl levels in mucosal tissues, increasing water flux across the mucosal surface, modulating epithelial junction physiology, reducing the viscosity of mucus overlying the mucosal epithelium, reducing mucociliary clearance rates, and other mechanisms.
  • mucosal membrane components e.g., lipids
  • mucosal membrane components e.g., lipids
  • changing non-protein and protein sulfhydryl levels in mucosal tissues increasing water flux across the mucosal surface
  • modulating epithelial junction physiology reducing the viscosity of mucu
  • Exemplary mucosal delivery enhancing agents include the following agents and any combinations thereof:
  • a surfactant (i) a bile salt; (ii) a phospholipid additive, mixed micelle, liposome, or carrier; (iii) an alcohol; (iv) an enamine; (v) an NO donor compound; (vi) a long-chain amphipathic molecule; (vii) a small hydrophobic penetration enhancer; (viii) sodium or a salicylic acid derivative; (ix) a glycerol ester of acetoacetic acid; (x) a cyclodextrin or beta- cyclodextrin derivative; (xi) a medium-chain fatty acid; (xii) a chelating agent; (xiii) an amino acid or salt thereof; (xiv) an N-acetylamino acid or salt thereof; (xv) an enzyme degradative to a selected membrane component; (ix) an inhibitor of fatty acid synthesis; (x) an inhibitor of cholesterol synthesis; and (xi) any combination
  • a stabilizing delivery vehicle a stabilizing delivery vehicle, carrier, mucoadhesive, support or complex-forming species with which the compound is effectively combined, associated, contained, encapsulated or bound resulting in stabilization of the compound for enhanced nasal mucosal delivery, wherein the formulation of the compound with the intranasal delivery-enhancing agents provides for increased bioavailability of the compound in a blood plasma of a subject.
  • Additional mucosal delivery-enhancing agents include, for example, citric acid, sodium citrate, propylene glycol, glycerin, ascorbic acid (e.g., L-ascorbic acid), sodium metabisulfite, ethylenediammetetraacetic acid (EDTA) disodium, benzalkonium chloride, sodium hydroxide, and mixtures thereof.
  • EDTA or its salts e.g., sodium or potassium
  • Therapeutic agents or drugs of the present invention can be peptides or proteins, medically or diagnostically useful, of small to medium size, e.g. up to about 15 kD, 30 kD, 50 kD, 75 kD, etc., or a protein having between about 1-300 amino acids or more.
  • the methods of the invention also anticipate the use of small molecules, for example, an organic compound that has a molecular weight of less than 3 kD, or less than 1.5 kD.
  • the mechanisms of improved drug absorption according to the invention are generally applicable and should apply to all such peptides or protein, although the degree to which their absorption is improved may vary according to the molecular weight (MW) and the physico-chemical properties of the peptide or protein, and the particular enhancer used.
  • MW molecular weight
  • physico-chemical properties of the peptide or protein and the particular enhancer used.
  • peptides or protein examples include vasopressin, vasopressin polypeptide analogs, desmopressin, glucagon, corticotropin (ACTH), gonadotropin, calcitonin, C-peptide of insulin, parathyroid hormone (PTH), growth hormone (HG), human growth hormone (hGH), growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), oxytocin, corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), somatostatin or somatostatin polypeptide analogs, gonadotropin agonist or gonadotrophin agonist polypeptide analogs, human atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), human thyroxine releasing hormone (TRH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and prolactin.
  • vasopressin vasopressin polypeptide analogs
  • desmopressin desmopressin
  • glucagon corticotropin
  • CAH corticotropin
  • gonadotropin calcitonin
  • Exenatide is a synthetic version of exendin-4, and has been used in clinical trials by AmylinTM Pharmaceuticals.
  • Exendin-4 is a low molecular weight peptide that is the first of a new class of therapeutic medications known as incretin mimetic agents or hormones.
  • Incretin hormones are any of various gastrointestinal (GI) hormones and factors that act as potent stimulators of insulin secretion, e.g. as gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), glucagon-like peptide- 1 (GLP-1), or Exenatide, or exendin-4, or equivalents thereof.
  • GIP gastric inhibitory polypeptide
  • GLP-1 glucagon-like peptide- 1
  • Exenatide or exendin-4, or equivalents thereof.
  • Exendin-4 is a naturally occurring 39-amino acid peptide isolated from salivary secretions of the Gila Monster Lizard. Eng et al., "Isolation and characterization of exendin- 4, an exendin-3 analogue, from Heloderma suspectum venom. Further evidence for an exendin receptor on dispersed acini from guinea pig pancreas," J. Biol. Chem. 267(15):7402- 7405(1992). Exenatide exhibits similar glucose lowering actions to glucagons like peptide, or GLP-1. Exenatide is being investigated for its potential to address important unmet medical needs of many people with type 2 diabetes.
  • Exenatide treatment decreases blood glucose toward target levels and is associated with weight loss.
  • the effects on glucose control observed with Exenatide treatment are likely due to several actions that are similar to those of the naturally occurring incretin hormone GLP-1 (see Example 7). These actions include stimulating the body's ability to produce insulin in response to elevated levels of blood glucose, inhibiting the release of glucagon following meals and slowing the rate at which nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream.
  • Exenatide administration resulted in preservation and formation of new beta cells, the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, which fail as type 2 diabetes progresses.
  • Exenatide, incretin mimetic agents or equivalents thereof can be used to treat various forms of diabetes including but not limited to brittle diabetes, chemical diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance, gestational diabetes, diabetes insipidus, diabetes insipidus central, diabetes insipidus nephrogenic, diabetes insipidus pituitary, latent diabetes, lipatrophic diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes of youth (MODY), diabetes mellitus (DM), diabetes mellitus adult-onset (type 2 DM), diabetes mellitus insulin-dependent (IDDM, or type 1 DM), diabetes mellitus non-insulin dependent (NIDDM), diabetes mellitus juvenile or juvenile-onset, diabetes mellitus ketosis-prone, diabetes mellitus ketosis-resistant, diabetes mellitus malnutrition-related (MRDM), diabetes mellitus tropical or tropical pancreatic, diabetes mellitus, preclinical diabetes, or diabetes induced by various drugs e.g. thiazide diabetes,
  • compositions of the invention are used to treat obesity.
  • Obesity is a common problem in both adults and adolescents.
  • PYY3-36 (or AC 162352) is a hormone that plays a critical role in decreasing appetites.
  • the gut hormone fragment peptide PYY3-36 (PYY) reduces appetite and food intake when infused into subjects of normal weight. Similar to the adipocyte hormone, leptin, PYY reduces food intake by modulating appetite circuits in the hypothalamus.
  • leptin Similar to the adipocyte hormone, leptin, PYY reduces food intake by modulating appetite circuits in the hypothalamus.
  • Injection of PYY revealed that they eat on average 30% less than usual, resulting in weight loss.
  • PYY 3-36 has potential as a treatment for obesity.
  • AmylinTM Pharmaceuticals submitted an Investigational New Drug application for PYY 3-36 in 2003.
  • Compounds whose absorption can be increased by the method of this invention include any compounds now known or later discovered, in particular drugs, or therapeutic compounds, molecules or agents that are difficult to administer by other methods, for example, drugs that are degraded in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or that are not absorbed well from the GI tract, or drugs that subjects could administer to themselves more readily via the ocular, nasal, nasolacrimal, inhalation or pulmonary, oral cavity (sublingual or Buccal cell), or CSF delivery route than by traditional self-administration methods such as injection.
  • GI gastrointestinal
  • peptides include peptides, polypeptides, proteins and other macromolecules, for example, peptide hormones, such as insulin and insulin analogs or derivatives such as HumalogTM and NovalogTM, among others and calcitonin, enkephalins, glucagon and hypoglycemic agents such as tolbutamide and glyburide, and agents which are poorly absorbed by enteral routes, such as griseofulvin, an antifungal agent.
  • Other compounds include, for example, nicotine, interferon (e.g., alpha, beta, gamma), PYY, GLP-1, synthetic exendin-4 (Exenatide), parathyroid hormone (PTH), and human growth hormone or other low molecular weight peptides and proteins.
  • varying amounts of drug may be absorbed as a drug passes through the buccal, sublingual, oropharyngeal and oesophageal pregastric portions of the alimentary canal.
  • the bulk of the drug passes into the stomach and is absorbed in the usual mode in which enteric dosage forms such as tablets, capsules, or liquids are absorbed.
  • enteric dosage forms such as tablets, capsules, or liquids are absorbed.
  • the drug is brought directly into the liver, where, depending upon its specific chemical structure, it may be metabolized and eliminated by enzymes that perform the normal detoxifying processes in liver cells. This elimination is referred to as "first-pass" metabolism or the "first-pass” effect in the liver as previously discussed.
  • the resulting metabolites most often substantially or completely inactive compared to the original drug, are often found circulating in the blood stream and subsequently eliminated in the urine and/or feces.
  • aspects of the present invention are based on the discovery that addition of certain alkyl saccharides, when included in fast-dispersing dosage forms, modulate the proportion of drug that is subject to the first-pass effect, thus allowing a fixed amount of drug to exert greater clinical benefit, or allowing a smaller amount of drug to achieve similar clinical benefit compared to an otherwise larger dose.
  • Additional aspects of the invention are based on the discovery that increasing or decreasing the amount of specific alkyl saccharides included in fast-dispersing dosage forms alters or modulates the site of absorption of a drug, increasing or decreasing, respectively, that proportion of a drug that is absorbed through buccal tissue compared to other portions of the alimentary canal.
  • the alkylsaccharide content can be reduced to attenuate buccal absorption so that a portion of the drug is immediately absorbed buccally for rapid onset, but the rest is absorbed through the slower gastric absorption process.
  • addition of certain alkylsaccharides having specific alkyl chain lengths to the fast-dispersing tablets alters the pharmacokinetics of pre-gastric drug absorption in beneficial ways. Specifically, incorporation of from between about 0.2%-0.3%, 0.3%-0.4%, 0.4%-0.5%, 0.5%-1.0%, 1.0%-2.0%, 2.0%-3.0%, 3.0%-4.0%, 4.0%-5.0%, 5.0%-6.0%, 6.0%-7.0%, 7.0%-8.0%, 9.0%-10.0% and greater than 10% of alkylglycoside alters the pharmacokinetics of pre-gastric drug absorption in beneficial ways.
  • the alkylsaccharide is dodecyl maltoside, tetradecyl maltoside and/or sucrose dodecanoate, which when incorporated into a fast-dispersing tablet format increases the drug that enters into systemic circulation and decreases the drug that is eliminated by the "first- pass" effect in the liver. Additionally, the time to maximum drug levels is dramatically reduced, typically from one to six hours, to approximately 15 to 45 minutes. For use in treating combative patients undergoing psychotic episodes, this more rapid absorption of drug, resulting in more rapid onset of action, may be of great benefit.
  • aspects of the invention are based on the discovery that when certain types of fast-dissolve or fast-dispersing tablets are placed between the cheek and gum or into close association with buccal tissue inside the mouth, an even larger proportion of drug is directly absorbed into systemic circulation and a smaller amount subsequently undergoes first pass elimination in the liver. Lastly, it has been discovered that a particularly favorable location within the mouth for this effect is inside the central portion of the upper lip, between the inside of the lip and gums, directly below the nose.
  • these types of fast-dissolve dosage formulations are prepared by lyophilization or vacuum drying. In an exemplary aspect, the dosage formulation is prepared in a manner that results in a dosage formulation that is substantially porous.
  • the term "fast-dispersing dosage form” is intended to encompass all the types of dosage forms capable of dissolving, entirely or in part, within the mouth.
  • the fast-dispersing dosage form is a solid, fast-dispersing network of the active ingredient and a water-soluble or water-dispersible carrier matrix which is inert towards the active ingredient and excipients.
  • the network may be obtained by lyophilizing or subliming solvent from a composition in the solid state, which composition comprises the active ingredient, an alkyl saccharide, and a solution of the carrier in a solvent. While a variety of solvents are known in the art as being suitable for this use, one solvent particularly well suited for use with the present invention is water.
  • Water - alcohol mixtures may also be employed where drug solubility in the mixed solvent is enhanced.
  • dispersions of small drug particles can be suspended in an aqueous gel that maintains uniform distribution of the substantially insoluble drug during the lyophilization or subliming process.
  • the aqueous gel may be the self-assembling hydrogels described in U.S. Patent Application No. 60/957,960, formed using selected alkylsaccharides such as sucrose mono- and di-stearate and/or tetradecyl-maltoside, incorporated herein by reference.
  • the fast-dissolve compositions of the invention disintegrates within 20 seconds, preferebly less than 10 seconds, of being placed in the oral cavity.
  • Matrix forming agents suitable for use in fast-dissolve formulations of the present invention are describe throughout this application.
  • Such agents include materials derived from animal or vegetable proteins, such as the gelatins, collagens, dextrins and soy, wheat and psyllium seed proteins; gums such as acacia, guar, agar, and xanthan; polysaccharides; alginates; carrageenans; dextrans; carboxymethylcelluloses; pectins; synthetic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone; and polypeptide/protein or polysaccharide complexes such as gelatin-acacia complexes.
  • gelatin particularly fish gelatin or porcine gelatin is used.
  • the therapeutic compositions of the invention also contemplate non-peptide drugs or therapeutic agents.
  • non-peptide compounds are disclosed which mimic or inhibit the chemical and/or biological activity of a variety of peptides.
  • Such compounds can be produced by appending to certain core species, such as the tetrahydropyranyl ring, chemical functional groups which cause the compounds to be at least partially cross-reactive with the peptide.
  • compounds which mimic or inhibit peptides are to varying degrees cross-reactivity therewith.
  • Other techniques for preparing peptidomimetics are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,550,251 and 5,288,707. The above U.S. patents are incorporated by reference in their entirety.
  • the method of the invention can also include the administration, along with the alkyl glycoside and a protein or peptide, a protease or peptidase inhibitor, such as aprotinin, bestatin, alphai proteinase inhibitor, soybean trypsin inhibitor, recombinant secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor, captopril and other angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and thiorphan, to aid the protein or peptide in reaching its site of activity in the body in an active state (i.e., with degradation minimal enough that the protein is still able to function properly).
  • the protease or peptidase inhibitor can be mixed with the alkyl glycoside and drug and then administered, or it can be administered separately, either prior to or after administration of the glycoside or drug.
  • the invention also provides a method of lowering blood glucose level in a subject comprising administering a blood glucose-reducing amount of a composition comprising insulin and an absorption increasing amount of a suitable nontoxic, nonionic alkyl glycoside having a hydrophobic alkyl group joined by a linkage to a hydrophilic saccharide, thereby increasing the absorption of insulin and lowering the level of blood glucose.
  • a "blood glucose-reducing amount" of such a composition is that amount capable of producing the effect of reducing blood glucose levels, as taught herein.
  • Preferred is an amount that decreases blood glucose to normoglycemic or near normoglycemic range.
  • DM diabetes mellitus
  • the instant method can be used to treat diabetes mellitus.
  • Preferred alkyl glycosides are the same as those described above and exemplified in the Examples.
  • a method of raising blood glucose level in a subject by administering a blood glucose-raising amount comprising glucagons and at least one alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester.
  • a blood glucose-raising amount comprising glucagons and at least one alkyl glycoside and/or saccharide alkyl ester.
  • the composition includes insulin, it can be used to cause the known effect of insulin in the bloodstream, i.e., lower the blood glucose levels in a subject.
  • Such administration can be used to treat diabetes mellitus, or related diseases.
  • a "blood glucose-raising amount" of glucagon in such a composition is that amount capable of producing the effect of raising blood glucose levels.
  • a preferred amount is that which increases blood glucose to normoglycemic or near-normoglycemic range.
  • Another preferable amount is that which causes a sustained rising of blood glucose levels.
  • Even more preferred is that amount which is sufficient to treat hypoglycemia by raising blood glucose level.
  • this method
  • this composition when this composition includes glucagon, it can be used to cause the known effect of glucagon in the bloodstream, i.e., to raise the blood glucose levels in a subject. Such administration can therefore be used to treat hypoglycemia, including hypoglycemic crisis.
  • the invention also provides methods for ameliorating neurological disorders which comprises administering a therapeutic agent to the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF).
  • CSF cerebral spinal fluid
  • neurological disorder denotes any disorder which is present in the brain, spinal column, and related tissues, such as the meninges, which are responsive to an appropriate therapeutic agent.
  • the surprising ability of therapeutic agents of the present invention to ameliorate the neurological disorder is due to the presentation of the therapeutic agent to persist in the cerebro-ventricular space.
  • the ability of the method of the invention to allow the therapeutic agent to persist in the region of the neurological disorder provides a particularly effective means for treating those disorders.
  • the specific dose level and frequency of dosage for any particular subject in need of treatment may be varied and will depend upon a variety of factors including the activity of the specific compound employed, the metabolic stability and length of action of that compound, the age, body weight, general health, sex, diet, mode and time of administration, rate of excretion, drug combination, the severity of the particular condition, and the host undergoing therapy. Generally, however, dosage will approximate that which is typical for known methods of administration of the specific compound. For example, for intranasal administration of insulin, an approximate dosage would be about 0.5 unit/kg regular porcine insulin (Moses et al).
  • Dosage for compounds affecting blood glucose levels optimally would be that required to achieve proper glucose levels, for example, to a normal range of about 5-6.7 mM. Additionally, an appropriate amount may be determined by one of ordinary skill in the art using only routine testing given the teachings herein (see Examples).
  • compositions of the invention can be administered in a format selected from the group consisting of a drop, a spray, an aerosol and a sustained release format.
  • the spray and the aerosol can be achieved through use of the appropriate dispenser.
  • the sustained release format can be an ocular insert, erodible microparticulates, swelling mucoadhesive particulates, pH sensitive microparticulates, nanoparticles/latex systems, ion- exchange resins and other polymeric gels and implants (Ocusert, Alza Corp., California; Joshi, A., S. Ping and K. J. Himmelstein, Patent Application WO 91/19481). These systems maintain prolonged drug contact with the absorptive surface preventing washout and nonproductive drug loss.
  • the nasal mucosa is highly vascularized and hence optimal for high drug permeation. Moreover, absorption of drug(s) through the nasal mucosa is available to the central nervous system (CNS). Although local application of drugs is desirable, a challenge for this method of administration is mucosal irritancy.
  • compositions of the invention are non-toxic and non-irritable providing repeated and long-term intranasal administration, which is beneficial for those patients with chronic and ongoing disease(s).
  • sucrose dodecanoate a sucrose ester
  • Sucrose dodecanoate is administered in vivo to human nasal epithelium and during and after 47 days (i.e., the duration of the study), no observable irritation was detected (data not shown).
  • these results show that alkyl glycosides and sucrose esters of the invention are non-toxic and do not cause mucosa irritation when administered daily over a long period of time.
  • Stability of the alkyl glycoside depends, in part, on the number of carbon atoms or length of the alkyl chain and other long alkyl chains, with tetradecylmaltoside (TDM) having the greatest effect; but other highly branched alkyl chains including DDM also have stabilizing effects.
  • TDM tetradecylmaltoside
  • the instant invention shows that this ratio is much lower.
  • alkyl glycosides in the range of about 0.01% to about 6% by weight result in good stabilization of the drug; whereas Hovgaard-1 shows stabilization is only achieved at much higher ratios of alkyl glycosides to drug (10: 1 and 16: 1).
  • alkyl glycosides of the invention in the range of about 0.01% to about 6% have increased bioavailability (see FIG. 1). This is in sharp contrast to Hovgaard-2, which showed relatively low bioavailability (0.5-1%) at the high alkyl glycoside ratios (10: 1 and 16: 1).
  • FIG. 1 is a graph comparing the bioavailability of the drug MIACALCIN® (salmon calcitonin from Novartis) with and without alkyl glycoside (TDM).
  • MIACALCIN® is a nasal spray and administered directly onto the nasal epithelium or nasal mucosa.
  • Figure 1 shows that MIACALCIN® minus alkyl glycoside has very low bioavailability levels in humans (MIACALCIN® product specification insert), as compared to the MIACALCIN® with alkyl glycoside as administered to rats. More specifically, intranasal delivery of MIACALCIN® with 0.125% and 0.250% alkyl glycoside (TDM) resulted in about 43% to about 90% bioavailability, respectively.
  • the alkyl glycoside compositions of the invention effectively decrease the bioavailability variance of the drug.
  • Figure 1 shows that administration of MIACALCIN® with alkyl glycoside (0.125% or 0.25%) intranasally has a bioavailability variance of +/- 8%, whereas the bioavailability variance without alkyl glycoside is 0.3%> to 30%>, or a two orders of magnitude change.
  • the increase in bioavailability and the decrease in the bioavailability variance ensures patient-to- patient variability is also reduced.
  • the results as shown in FIG. 1 are administered intranasally, however, similar results are expected for oral, buccal, vaginal, rectal, etc. delivery and at different alkyl glycoside concentrations.
  • the alkyl glycoside compositions of the invention in the range of about 0.01% to about 6%> result in increased bioavailability and reduced bioavailability variance. This has not otherwise been reported.
  • Blood D-glucose values were measured by collecting a drop of blood from the tail vein at 5- 10 min intervals throughout the experiment and applying the blood to glucometer strips (Chemstrip bG) according to directions provided with the instrument (Accu-Chek II, Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics; Indianapolis, Ind.). Blood D-glucose values ranged from 200 to 400 mg/dl in anesthetized nondiabetic rats.
  • mice were given 20 ⁇ of eye drops composed of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) with or without 0.2% regular porcine insulin and 0.125%)-0.5%> of the absorption enhancing alkyl glycoside (e.g. TDM) to be tested. Eye drops were instilled at time 0 using a plastic disposable pipette tip with the eyes held open, and the rat was kept in a horizontal position on a warming pad (37°C.) throughout the protocol. The rats were given additional anesthesia if they showed signs of awakening.
  • PBS phosphate-buffered saline
  • TDM absorption enhancing alkyl glycoside
  • Octyl- -D-maltoside, decyl- -D-maltoside, dodecyl ⁇ -D-maltoside, tridecyl-P-D-maltoside and tetradecyl-P-D-maltoside were obtained from Anatrace, Inc. (Maumee, Ohio).
  • Hexylglucopyranoside, heptylglucopyranoside, nonylglucopyranoside, decylsucrose and dodecylsucrose were obtained from Calbiochem, Inc. (San Diego, Calif); Saponin, BL-9 and Brij 78 were obtained from Sigma Chemical Co. (St. Louis, Mo.).
  • Insulin administered ocularly with 0.5%> dodecyl- -D-maltoside (see Table I) or 0.5%> decyl- ⁇ - ⁇ - maltoside (see Table III) results in a prompt and sustained fall in blood glucose levels which are maintained in the normoglycemic (80-120 mg/dl) or near-normoglycemic (120-160 mg/dl) range for the two hour duration of the experiment.
  • at least two alkylmaltosides are effective in achieving sufficient absorption of insulin delivered via the ocular route to produce a prompt and sustained fall in blood glucose levels in experimentally hyperglycemic animals.
  • the surfactant compositions of the invention are therefore useful to achieve systemic absorption of insulin and other peptides/proteins, e.g., glucagon and macromolecular drugs and heparin delivered via the ocular route in the form of eye drops.
  • peptides/proteins e.g., glucagon and macromolecular drugs and heparin delivered via the ocular route in the form of eye drops.
  • alkylmaltosides are also effective as absorption enhancers for ocular administration of insulin including 0.5% tridecylmaltoside (see Table III) and 0.125% (Table II) and 0.5% tetradecyl maltoside.
  • alkylmaltosides with the longer alkyl chains e.g., dodecyl-, tridecyl- and tetradecyl- -D- maltosides
  • the increase in the number of carbon atoms also contributes to the greater hydrophobic/hydrophilic structural balance and absorption enhancing effect.
  • the shorter alkyl chains (fewer carbon atoms) e.g., decylmaltoside, or no, e.g., octylmaltoside, produce less absorption enhancing activity.
  • the most effective alkylmaltosides produce effects comparable to or greater than those seen with other absorption enhancers such as saponin, and with the added advantage that they can be metabolized to nontoxic products following systemic absorption.
  • the effects of the alkylmaltosides as absorption enhancers are dose-dependent, as can be seen by examining the effects of different concentrations ranging from 0.125-0.5% in producing a hypoglycemic effect when combined with insulin. Whereas, 0.5%> and 0.375%) dodecylmaltoside appear equally effective in achieving systemic absorption of insulin and reduction of blood glucose levels, 0.25%> has a smaller and more transient effect and 0.125%) is ineffective (Table I). Similarly, tridecylmaltoside also shows a dose-dependent effect in lowering blood glucose concentrations when combined with insulin, but the effect achieved with even 0.25% of the absorption enhance is sustained for the two hour time course of the experiment. Thus, dose-dependent effects of the alkylmaltosides suggest that they achieve enhancement of protein absorption via the ocular route in a graded fashion proportional to the concentration of the agent.
  • 0.5% decylsucrose was also effective in reducing blood glucose levels, but as shown for the alkylmaltosides, a reduction in the length of the alkyl chain, and hence the hydrophobic properties of the molecule, appears to reduce the potency of the alkylsucrose compounds. However, a significant and sustained reduction in blood glucose levels is achieved with 0.5%> decylsucrose (from 313 mg/dl. +-.15 mg/dl at time 0 min. to 164 mg/dl+-.51 mg/dl at time 120 min.).
  • alkyl saccharides with two distinct disaccharide moieties suggests that it is the physicochemical properties of the compounds which are crucial to their activity and that other alkyl saccharides, e.g., dodecyllactose, have the right balance of properties to be equally or more effective as absorption enhancers while retaining the metabolic and nontoxic properties of the alkylsaccharide enhancing agents.
  • alkyl saccharides are anticipated by the invention.
  • compositions on the invention consisting of at least an alkyl glycoside and a drug are stable and the alkyl glycosides enhance the absorption of the drug.
  • Tetradecylmaltoside (TDM) in combination with insulin also produced a drop in blood D-glucose levels when administered in the form of a drop intranasally as well as via a drop by the ocular route. Eye drops containing 0.2%> regular porcine insulin with 0.125%) tetradecylmaltoside are administered to rats as previously described. The administration of the composition produces a prompt and prominent drop in blood glucose levels. The drop in blood glucose levels decrease even more by administration of a nose drop containing the same concentration of insulin with 0.5% tetradecylmaltoside (Table II). Thus, intranasal delivery and administration of the alkyl saccharide with drug results in lowering of blood glucose levels. TABLE II
  • TDM tetradecylmaltoside
  • compositions of the invention consisting of certain alkyl glycosides or alkyl saccharides plus a drug, e.g. insulin, effectively lower blood glucose levels, and that these effects are measurable shortly after administration of the drug.
  • a drug e.g. insulin
  • the ob/ob mouse model was utilized for the studies described herein. Friedman, J. M. , Nature 404, 632-634 (2000). All animals received an intraperitoneal (IP) injection of a bolus of 2 g/kg glucose for purposes of determining glucose tolerance. At time 0 the experimental animals were given about 100 micrograms/kg of exendin-4/0.25% TDM (exendin-4 from American Peptide) either as 10 ⁇ of nasal drops (FIG. 3; closed triangles), or by IP injection (FIG. 3; closed circles), or by and IP injection of saline alone (no drug, no TDM; FIG. 3; open circles). Control animals were previously performed and received no drugs. The results of this study are shown in FIG. 3.
  • IP intraperitoneal
  • FIG. 3 shows that glucose tolerance of the animals were different since blood glucose levels vary at time 0 when the animals received the glucose bolus. Regardless, of the glucose tolerance level at time 0, immediately after injection of the glucose bolus, blood glucose levels increased in all three animals. The blood glucose level of the animal receiving the IP injection of saline alone does not decrease as rapidly as the experimental animals receiving the drug. Moreover, the animal receiving the IP injection of saline alone never reached a normoglycemic level (FIG.3, open circles). In contrast, the experimental animals, after administration of nasal drops of exendin-4/TDM, or IP injection of exendin-4/TDM, showed a rapid and immediate decrease in blood glucose levels.
  • exendin-4 administered about 15-30 minutes ahead of the glucose bolus (before time 0 in FIG. 3; data not shown) produced an even more pronounced lowering of blood glucose effect, because the absorption of the hormone takes a certain amount of time to be absorbed and to be active.
  • exendin-4 or Exenatide
  • which is currently in human clinical trials when combined with alkyl glycosides of the invention, effectively treats a hyperglycemic condition by lowering the blood glucose levels of the hyperglycemic subject.
  • Candida albicans ATCC No. 10231
  • Aspergillus niger ATCC No. 16404
  • Escherichia coli ATCC No. 8739
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC No. 9027
  • Staphylococcus aureus ATCC No. 6538
  • the viable microorganisms used in the invention were not more than five passages removed from the original ATCC culture. As described herein, one passage is defined as the transfer of organisms from an established culture to fresh medium and all transfers are counted.
  • a suitable volume of solid agar medium was inoculated from a fresh revived stock culture of each of the specified microorganisms.
  • the culture conditions for the inoculum culture is substantially as described in Table IV.
  • suitable media can include but is not limited to, Soybean-Casein Digest or Sabouraud Dextrose Agar Medium. The bacterial and C.
  • albicans cultures was harvested using sterile saline TS, by washing the surface growth, collecting it in a suitable vessel, and adding sufficient sterile saline TS to obtain a microbial count of about 1 x lO colony- forming units (cfu) per mL.
  • a sterile saline TS containing 0.05% of polysorbate 80 was used, and then adding sufficient sterile saline TS to obtain a count of about 1 x lO cfu per mL.
  • the stock culture organisms may be grown in any suitable liquid medium (e.g., Soybean-Casein Digest Broth or Sabouraud Dextrose Broth) and the cells harvested by centrifugation, and washed and resuspended in sterile saline TS to obtain a microbial count of about 1 x lO cfu per mL.
  • suitable liquid medium e.g., Soybean-Casein Digest Broth or Sabouraud Dextrose Broth
  • the estimate of inoculum concentration was determined by turbidimetric measurements for the challenge microorganisms.
  • the suspension should be refrigerated if it is not used within 2 hours.
  • the number of cfu per mL in each suspension was determined using the conditions of media and microbial recovery incubation times listed in Table IV (e.g., from about 3 to about 7 days). This value serves to calibrate the size of inoculum used in the test.
  • the bacterial and yeast suspensions were used within 24 hours of harvest; whereas the fungal preparation can be stored under refrigeration for up to 7 days.
  • n-dodecyl-4-0-a-D-glucopyranosyl-P-D- glucopyranoside and n-tetradecyl-4-0-a-D-glucopyranosyl-P-D-glucopyranoside were obtained from Anatrace Inc., Maumee, OH, USA, and PYY was obtained from Bachem California Inc., Torrance, CA, USA.
  • Antibacterial activity of the alkylglycosides were conducted in four sterile, capped bacteriological containers of suitable size into which a sufficient volume of alkylglycoside solution had been transferred. Each container was inoculated with one of the prepared and standardized inoculums and mixed. The volume of the suspension inoculum was between about 0.5% and about 1.0% of the volume of the alkylglycoside solution. The concentrations of test microorganisms added to the alkylglycoside solution was such that the final concentrations of the test preparation after inoculation was between about 1 ⁇ 10 5 and 1 ⁇ 10 6 cfu per mL of alkylglycoside solution.
  • the initial concentration of viable microorganisms in each test preparation was estimated based on the concentration of microorganisms in each of the standardized inoculum as determined by the plate-count method.
  • the inoculated containers were then incubated at about 22.5°C ⁇ 2.5.
  • the growth or non-growth of the microorganisms in each culture/container were again determined at day 14 and day 28.
  • the number of cfu present in each calculation was determined by the plate-count procedure standard in the art for the applicable intervals.
  • the change in the orders of magnitude of bacterium and/or fungi was then determined by subtracting the first calculated loglO values of the concentrations of cfu per mL present at the start or beginning (e.g., day 0), from the loglO values of the concentration of cfu per mL for each microorganism at the applicable test intervals (e.g., day 14 and day 28; see Tables V, VI and VII).
  • the protocol involved a 3 way crossover in which each animal had the first 3 test agents in Table VIII administered on 3 different dates. There was a 1 week washout period between dosing dates. Two of the animals were subsequently given a fourth test agent containing 5% sodium caprate as an absorption enhancer. Analysis of the blood levels was conducted using quantitative analysis involving solid phase extraction using cationic polystyrene nanoparticles.
  • Nanoparticle- oligonucleotide conjugates were formed using a known amount of oligonucleotide added to an aliquot of each sample (200-400 ⁇ ) and diluted with 800 ⁇ of 50 mM Tris HCl (pH 9) in deionized water. The mixture was briefly vortexted prior to the addition of 200 ⁇ of a polystyrene nanoparticle suspension prepared by surfactant-free emulsion polymerization using water-soluble cationic initiators to induce a positive surface charge (solid content: approximately 10 mg/ml). The mixture was subsequently vortexed again.
  • the suspension was centrifuged and the supernatant removed.
  • the particles were resuspended in 1 ml of a solution of 0.5 M acetic acid in deionized water/ethanol (1 : 1) and separated from the washing solution by centrifugation. After the supernatant was removed, the particles were resuspended in 1 ml of deionized water and separated by another centrifugation step. 200 ⁇ of a solution of 150 ⁇ SDS in aqueous ammonia (25%)/acetonitrile (60/40) was added to the nanoparticle-oligonucleotide conjugates and the released oligonucleotides were separated from the carrier by centrifugation.
  • the supernatant was placed in another 1.5 -ml tube and centrifuged again. Subsequently, the samples were dried by rotoevaporation or lyophilization and stored at -20°C until analysis.
  • CGE Capillary gel electrophoresis
  • CGE Capillary gel electrophoresis
  • An oligonucleotide analysis kit containing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) coated capillaries, polymer solution B, and oligonucleotide buffer was obtained. Using PVA- coated capillaries, analysis was carried out using the manufactures protocol.
  • PVA polyvinyl alcohol
  • HON nstd ( 8 std soN)((AoN ToN) (Astd Tstd)),
  • nstd is the amount of standard oligonucleotide added to the sample
  • 8std and SON are the molar extinction coefficients
  • Astd / Tstd and AON / TON are the corrected peak areas (quotient of peak area and migration time) of the standard and the investigated compound, respectively.
  • the quotient of the corrected peak areas of the analyte and the standard is referred to as the normalized area.
  • AUC's were calculated from the concentration vs. time cures over a 240 minute period.
  • the relative bioavailabilities were determined as the ratio of each AUC divided by the AUC for the intravenously administered drug.
  • IntravailTM (tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside) excipient provided bioavailability up to 18%.
  • the control showed no detectable absorption without a surfactant excipient.
  • the sodium caprate formulation showed an average bioavailability of 9%.
  • Fast-dispersing dosage forms of olanzapine were prepared as follows. Olanzapine, CAS# 132539-06-1, is obtained from SynFine (Ontario, Canada). Sodium acetate buffer, 10 mM, pH 5.0 and pH 6.5 is prepared as follows. In an appropriate sized clean container with volumetric markings, place 495 mL of sterile water for injection. Add 0.286 mL acetic acid. Add IN NaOH to bring the pH to 5.00 (or to pH 6.5). When the proper pH is obtained, add additional water to bring the total volume to 500 mL and recheck the pH.
  • Liquid formulations having the compositions illustrated in Table IX below are made up by adding the fish gelatin or porcine skin gelatin slowly to the acetate buffer and allowing sufficient time to dissolve while stirring throughout the process. Upon complete dissolution of the fish or porcine skin gelatin, the mannitol is added and allowed to dissolve. Then the sweetener is added. Once this has been fully dispersed, the active ingredient, olanzapine, being one of the examples for the compounds of the present invention, is added to produce the final solution. Secondary components such as preservatives, antioxidants, surfactants, viscosity enhancers, coloring agents, flavoring agents, sweeteners or taste-masking agents may also be incorporated into the composition.
  • Suitable coloring agents may include red, black and yellow iron oxides and FD & C dyes such as FD & C blue No. 2 and FD & C red No. 40 available from Ellis & Everard.
  • Suitable flavoring agents may include mint, raspberry, licorice, orange, lemon, grapefruit, caramel, vanilla, cherry and grape flavors and combinations of these.
  • Suitable sweeteners include aspartame, acesulfame K and thaumatin.
  • Suitable taste-masking agents include sodium bicarbonate. Cyclodextrins should be avoided since they form inclusion compounds with alkylsaccharides that reduce the effectiveness of these excipients.
  • Croda Colloids Ltd non-hydrolysed, spray dried fish gelatin
  • the drug olanzapine also called Zyprexa
  • Zyprexa The drug olanzapine, also called Zyprexa
  • Zyprexa The drug olanzapine, also called Zyprexa
  • Zyprexa The drug olanzapine, also called Zyprexa
  • Zyprexa The drug olanzapine, also called Zyprexa
  • Zyprexa The drug olanzapine, also called Zyprexa
  • Zyprexa The drug olanzapine, also called Zyprexa, is known to be well absorbed when administered as a "whole-swallowed" tablet and reaches peak concentrations in approximately 6 hours following an oral dose. It is eliminated extensively by first pass metabolism, with approximately 40% of the dose metabolized before reaching the systemic circulation.
  • Pharmacokinetic studies showed that "whole-swallowed" olanzapine tablets and rapidly dispersing olanzapine tablets prepared by ly
  • fast-dispersing tablets are prepared by lyophilization as described above in this Example containing 10 mg olanzapine.
  • the fast dispersing olanzapine tablet Upon administration of the fast dispersing olanzapine tablet by placing it in contact with buccal tissue, it has been discovered that addition of certain alkylsaccharides having specific alkyl chain lengths to the fast-dispersing olanzapine tablets results in substantially reduced first-pass effect metabolism of olanzapine as seen by a reduction in the relative proportion of olanzapine metabolites in systemic circulation compared to un-metabolized active drug.
  • the relative proportions of olanzapine and olanzapine metabolites in serum or plasma can be determined using an HPLC Chromatograph, Perkin Elmer 200, with a Refractive Index Detector equipped with a thermostated cell.
  • a suitable solid-phase absorbent may be used such as Lichrosorb RP-18 (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) 250mm, with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile: water gradient. Injection volumes of 20 using the Perkin Elmer 200 auto-sampler and a flow rate of 0.8mL/minute are satisfactory for this purpose.
  • incorporation of from 0.2% up to 10%) dodecyl maltoside or tetradecyl maltoside or sucrose dodecanoate in a fast- dispersing tablet format increases the drug that enters into systemic circulation and decreases the drug that is eliminated by the "first- pass" effect in the liver. Additionally, the time to maximum drug levels is dramatically reduced, typically from one to six hours, to as little as approximately 15 to 45 minutes. For use in treating combative patients undergoing psychotic episodes, this more rapid absorption of drug, resulting in more rapid onset of action, may be of great benefit.
  • Melatonin or 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine is a neurohormone used to regulate sleep-wake cycles in patients with sleep disorders. Endogenous melatonin is secreted by the pineal gland in all animals exhibiting circadian or circannual rhythms. Melatonin plays a proven role in maintaining sleep-wake rhythms, and supplementation may help to regulate sleep disturbances that occur with jet lag, rotating shift- work, depression, and various neurological disabilities. [0297] Commercially available formulations of melatonin include oral and sublingual tablets, capsules, teas, lozenges, and oral spray delivery systems. Oral melatonin administration follows a different pharmacokinetic profile than that of the endogenous hormone.
  • melatonin undergoes significant first-pass hepatic metabolism to 6-sulfaoxymelatonin, producing a melatonin bioavailability estimated at 30— 50%.
  • DeMuro et al. (2000) reported that the absolute bioavailability of oral melatonin tablets studied in normal healthy volunteers is somewhat lower at approximately 15%. The mean elimination half-life of melatonin is roughly 45 minutes.
  • Fast-dispersing melatonin tablets are prepared containing 1 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg and 20 mg according to the method described in Example 10 above, with and without 1% to 2% alkylsaccharide as described in Example 10.
  • New Zealand White rabbits are anesthetized are placed into a restraining box and anesthetized using a single administration of acepromazine/ketamine (0.7 mg/0.03mg in 0.1 mL) administered by injection into the marginal ear vein) to facilitate dosing. This results in anesthesia for a period of about 10 minutes during which time the animals are dosed with test article. Thereafter, the animals return to consciousness.
  • Melatonin is measured using a commercial ELISA kit (No. 40-371-25005) manufactured by GenWay Biotech Inc., San Diego, CA. In addition, for the tablets containing alkylsaccharide the maximal concentration of melatonin is reached in approximately one half the time it takes for tablets not containing alkyl saccharides.
  • Raloxifene also called Evista® is used for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, the reduction in the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, and the reduction in the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women at high risk of invasive breast cancer.
  • the recommended dosage is one 60 mg tablet daily. While approximately 60% of an oral dose of raloxifene is absorbed rapidly after oral administration, presystemic glucuronide conjugation is extensive, resulting in an absolute bioavailability for raloxifene of only 2%.
  • a fast-dispersing 60 mg raloxifene tablets prepared as described in US patent 5,576,014 or 6,696,085 B2 or 6,024,981 are found to have very similar pharmacokinetics with approximately 2% absolute bioavailability.
  • a fast-dispersing tablet containing 10 mg or less of micronized raloxifene -prepared by spray-dried dispersion (Bend Research Inc., Bend Oregon, or AzoPharma, Miramar, FL) or by more commonly used standard pharmaceutical grinding or milling processes, and 0.5%> to 5% dodecyl maltoside when administered buccally achieves systemic drug levels similar to those achieved with the 60 mg oral tablet and at the same time results in less circulating inactive raloxifene glucuronide.
  • a self-assembling hydrogel can be formed by adding 1% to 30%> w/w CRODESTA F-110 in a suitable buffer, which is vortexed and heated to45 degrees for 1 hr. Then raloxifene in a fine particle or micronized form is added to the warm liquid to achieve a concentration in suspension of 60 mg/mL which is again mixed by vortexing until the solid is uniformly suspended and dispersed. Upon cooling to room temperature, a stable thixotropic hydrogel forms which is capable of being dispensed but which maintains the uniform suspension. Acetate buffer in the pH range of pH 2 to pH 7 is found to be particularly well suited for this purpose. Aliquots of 1 mL of the gel suspension of raloxifene are placed in the wells of a 24 well disposable microwell plastic plate and lyophilized as described in Example 1.
  • Diphenhydramine is a sedating antihistamine with pronounced central sedative properties and is used as a hypnotic in the short-term management of insomnia, symptomatic relief of allergic conditions including urticaria and angioedema, rhinitis and conjunctivitis, pruritic skin disorders, nausea and vomiting, prevention and treatment of motion sickness, vertigo, involuntary movements due to the side effects of certain psychiatric drugs and in the control of parkinsonism due to its antimuscarinic properties.
  • a particularly desirable characteristic of diphenhydramine is its apparent lack of any evidence of creating dependency.
  • Diphenhydramine hydrochloride is given by mouth in usual doses of 25 to 50 mg three or four times daily. The maximum dose in adults and children is about 300 mg daily. A dose of 20 to 50 mg may be used as a hypnotic in adults and children over 12 years old. The drug is well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract; however it is subject to high first-pass metabolism which appears to affect systemic drug levels. Peak plasma concentrations are achieved about 1 to 4 hours after oral doses. Diphenhydramine is widely distributed throughout the body including the CNS and due to its extensive metabolism in the liver, the drug is excreted mainly in the urine as metabolites with small amounts of unchanged drug found to be present.
  • diphenhydramine While diphenhydramine is considered safe and effective for treatment of insomnia and other disorders, the relatively long onset of action due to the delay in achievement of peak plasma concentrations of from one to four hours is inconvenient and reduces the practical utility of this safe and effective drug.
  • Intravenously administered diphenhydramine exerts a rapid onset of action; however, intravenous administration is not practical for outpatient use or non-serious medical indications.
  • the need for a rapid onset-of-action formulation of diphenhydramine is clear.
  • a patient may need to take the current oral forms of the drug well in advance of going to bed in order to minimize the likelihood of extended restless sleeplessness while waiting for the drug to achieve sufficient systemic drug levels in order to exert its desired pharmacological effect.
  • Diphenhydramine has a solubility in water of approximately 3.06 mg/mL. Therefore the method described in Example 12 may be used to prepare fast-dispersing diphenhydramine tablet containing 50 mg of drug and 1% to 2% alkylsaccharide. Because Diphenhydramine is slightly bitter, a taste masking amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable flavor and a sweetener may be added to improve palatability. Fast-dispersing tablets prepared in this manner have a more rapid onset of action compared to "whole-swallowed" tablets syrup, chewable tablets, lozenge, or edible film-strip and exhibit less first-pass metabolism as well.
  • This example shows the uptake of anti-obesity peptide mouse [D-Leu-4]OB3 in 0.3% alkylglycoside tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside (IntravailTM A3) by male Swiss Webster Mice.
  • the synthetic leptin agonist [D-Leu-4]OB3 mixed with 0.3% alkylglycoside tetradecyl-beta- D-maltoside (IntravailTM A3) was administered to six -week old male Swiss Webster mice at a dose of lmg by gavage.
  • Mouse [D-Leu-4]OB3 (at a concentration of 1 mg/200 ul) was dissolved in either PBS (pH 7.2) or 0.3% alkylglycoside tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside (IntravailTM A3) reconstituted in PBS (pH 7.2) and administered by gavage, without anesthesia, to each of 4 mice per time point. After 10, 30, 50, 70, 90 or 120 minutes, the mice were euthanized by inhalation of isoflurane (5%) and exsanguinated by puncture of the caudal vena cava. Blood was also collected from four mice not given peptide (prebleed). The blood from each of the four mice in the time period was pooled, and serum samples were prepared. Mouse [D-Leu- 4]OB3 content of the pooled samples was measured by competitive ELISA.
  • This example shows the uptake of sumatriptan in 0.5% alkylglycoside tetradecyl- beta-D-maltoside (IntravailTM A3) by canines.
  • Octreotide in three oral concentrations of n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside (DDM) (0.5%, 1.5%, and 3% DDM) and a subcutaneous injection (s.c.) of octreotide in buffer (s.c. Octreotide) containing no Intravail® is administered to four respective groups of 24 mice each.
  • the animal test groups are described below in Table 2.
  • Dosing solutions may be stored refrigerated at 4 - 8 deg. C prior to administration.
  • the oral and subcutaneous doses administered are adjusted to be 1000 ⁇ g/kg average body mass/group (which is 30 ⁇ g for 30g mice), administered by 200 ⁇ , oral gavage or subcutaneously as a lOOuL injection between the skin and underlying tissue layers in the scapular region on the back of each animal.
  • Mice are anesthetized with 5% isoflurane, and blood is collected by cardiac puncture over a three hour time period at 0, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes immediately prior to or following either oral or subcutaneous administration of octreotide. Death is confirmed by cervical dislocation. After blood collection, serum is immediately prepared from each blood sample. Dosing solutions and all serum samples are stored at -70°C until assayed as described below.
  • the blood is collected in sterile nonheparinized plastic centrifuge tubes and allowed to stand at room temperature for 1 h. The clotted blood is rimmed from the walls of the tubes with sterile wooden applicator sticks.
  • mice are segregated by weight into each of the four treatment groups to minimize variation within groups.
  • the animals are housed individually in polycarbonate cages fitted with stainless steel wire lids and air filters and supported on ventilated racks (Thoren Caging Systems, Hazelton, PA, USA).
  • the mice are maintained at a constant temperature (24°C) with lights on from 07:00 to 19:00 hours and allowed food and water ad libitum.
  • mice Male Swiss Webster (SW-M) mice, 6 to 7 weeks of age
  • Age 6 to 7 weeks of age
  • Octreotide is obtained from BCN (Spain) or Polypeptide Laboratories (California, USA). Octreotide stock solutions are prepared as described in Table XII by dissolving the lyophilized powder in pH 4.5 acetate buffer 0.1% EDTA (Table 2) containing 0.0% DDM (s.c. control), 0.5%>, 1.5% or 3% DDM. The appropriate dose is administered to animals in each group as listed in Table XIII. All of these animal procedures are reviewed and approved by the institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, and are performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The dosing solution remaining after administration is divided and frozen at -70°C until assayed.
  • Octreotide concentrations for dosing solution(s) and pooled serum samples for each time period for each treatment group are assayed in triplicate using an octreotide enzyme immunoassay assay (EIA) (Peninsula Laboratories, LLC (San Carlos, CA) Cat. No. S-1342 - Octreotide for Serum and Plasma Samples) according to the instructions supplied by the manufacturer.
  • EIA enzyme immunoassay assay assay
  • Pharmacokinetic analyses is carried out as follows. To determine relative bioavailability, serum concentrations of octreotide vs. time following s.c. and oral delivery are plotted using the graphics program SigmaPlotTM 8.0 (SPSS Science, Chicago, IL, USA). The area under each curve (AUC) is calculated with a function of this program. The lowest AUC value obtained is arbitrarily set at 1.0. Relative bioavailability is determined by comparing all other AUC values to 1.0.
  • Serum half-life (t i/ 2 ) is determined as follows. The period of time required for the serum concentration of octreotide to be reduced to exactly one-half of the maximum concentration achieved following s.c. or oral administration is calculated using the following formula:
  • keiim represents the elimination constant, determined by plotting the natural log of each of the concentration points in the beta phase of the uptake profiles against time. Linear regression analysis of these plots results in straight lines, the slope of which correlates to the keiim for each delivery method.
  • Intravail® produces an uptake profile ( Figure 7) with a C max i more than 2-fold higher than C max2 (59.7 ng/ml vs. 25.9 ng/ml, respectively).
  • C max i is reduced to 17.8 ng/ml and 3.75 ng/ml, respectively.
  • 1.5% or 3.0% Intravail® also reduces C max2 to 4.0 ng/ml and 2.48 ng/ml, respectively.
  • the AUC of octreotide after s.c. administration is determined to be 290 ng/ml/min, and assigned a relative bioavailability of 1.0.
  • the AUC of octreotide following oral delivery in 0.5%, 1.5% or 3.0% Intravail® is 1,254 ng/ml/min, 230.7 ng/ml/min, and 141.24 ng/ml, respectively, and is assigned relative bioavailabilities of 4.3, 0.8 and 0.6.
  • Vd apparent volume of distribution
  • octreotide is increased by oral delivery in 0.5% DDM from 41.2 min (s.c.) to 52.1 min, and clearance from the plasma is reduced from 30.0 L/min (s.c.) to 3.9 L/min.
  • Table XIV All pharmacokinetic parameters measured in this study are summarized in Table XIV.
  • n-tetradecyl maltoside, n- tridecyl maltoside and sucrose monododecanoate may be used to substitute for DDM to get similar results.
  • AUC (ng/ml/min) 290.12 1254.08 230.70 141.24
  • a canine model subjects were dosed orally with various phenylephrine (PE) tablet formulations, and blood samples were taken to determine the rate of parent phenyl ethyl phenylephrine absorption. Blood levels of parent phenylephrine were measured. Three subject groups were created with each alkylsaccharide test group containing five subjects in each test group. All subject groups received 10 mg of phenylephrine as a single tablet. Each subject was in the fasting state for overnight and two hours post dose. Blood samples were taken at pre-dose, 5, 10, 15, 30, 45 min., 1 , 2, and 3 hours.
  • PE phenylephrine
  • Comparator was the standard 30 mg (total weight including excipients) phenylephrine tablet was no absorption enhancer.
  • Group number 2 tablets contain the alkylsaccharide designated A3, which is n-dodecyl-beta- D-maltoside in the amounts of 2.5 mg, 5 mg, and 7.5 mg, respectively.
  • Group number three tablets contain the alkylsaccharide designated B3, which is sucrose monododecanoate, in the amounts of 5 mg, 10 mg, and 20 mg, respectively.
  • drugs for which these formulations and methods of testing are useful include by way of example phenylephrine (as HC1 or bitartrate), aspirin, naproxen sodium, brompheniramine (maleate), triprolidine, chlorpheniramine (maleate), dextromethorphan (HBr), guaifenesin, acetaminophen, pseudaphedrine, epinephrine, diphenhydramine, cimetidine, loratadine, ranitidine, famotidine, ketoprofen, omeprazole, clemastine, dimenhydrinate, ibuprofen, cyclizine (Marizine) or other pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof such as hydrochlorides, maleates, tartrates
  • Plasma samples are stored at -70°C until analyzed.
  • Plasma drug levels are determined by HPLC using the method described by Boulton or similar HPLC method.
  • the concentration vs time data are plotted to determine the Cmax at each alkylsaccharide concentration and the ratio of Cmax with and without alkylsaccharide present is calculated and recorded as shown in Table XIX.
  • the observed Tmax values from each plot is determined by inspection of the concentration vs time plots and recorded as shown in Table XX.
  • the doses designated in this table reflect amounts of triptan free base in each case.
  • phosphate buffer prepared by dissolving 0.2g dibasic sodium phosphate and 10. Og monobasic potassium phosphate in 1L of water., adjusted to pH 5.5, containing either 0.18% dodecylmaltoside ("Formulation A") or no dodecylmaltoside excipient ("Formulation B”) and a final sumatriptan concentration of 20 mg per 100 microliter spray. Final pH adjustment is made using sulfuric acid or sodium hydroxide solution.
  • Each drug solution is administered to 18 patients in a three-way crossover study, with a washout period between doses of at least 3 days, as a 100 microliter metered nasal spray using standard metered nasal spray devices such as those manufactured by Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH, Radolfzell, Germany, Valois Pharma, Le Neubourg, France, or Becton Dickinson, New Jersey, USA.
  • Blood samples are collected from each patient at the timed intervals, for example 0.08, 0.17, 0.25, 0.33, 0.42, 0.6, 0.67, 0.83, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 hours, as shown in Figures 14 and 15, for preparation of plasma from each blood sample using K 2 EDTA (dipotassium EDTA) as the anticoagulant.
  • Plasma levels of sumatriptan are determined by high performance liquid chromatography (Ge, Tessier et al. 2004).
  • Figure 14 shows a comparison of the average plasma levels of all patients at the various time points as indicated, along with the standard deviation, for the Imitrex® nasal spray reference and Formulation B which contains no alkylsaccharide excipient.
  • the reference and the formulation B yield approximately equal performance with a Cmax of approximately 15 ng per mL and a Tmax of 1-2 hours.
  • Figure 15 shows a comparison of the average plasma levels of all patients at the various time points as indicated, along with the standard deviation, for the Imitrex® nasal spray Reference and Formulation A which contains 0.18% dodecyl maltoside excipient.
  • the Cmax for Formulation A is approximately 60 ng per mL, or approximately 4 times the Cmax observed for the Imitrex nasal spray Reference.
  • the T-max is reduced from 1-2 hours for the Reference to approximately 8-10 minutes for Formulation A which contains alkylsaccharide and the presumed therapeutically relevant Cmax value of 15 ng/mL achieved by the Reference formulation in 1 - 2 hours was reached in approximately 2 minutes in the case of Formulation A.
  • AUCo-t the area under the drug plasma concentration versus time curve, from time of administration to the time of last measurable concentration.
  • AUCo-oo area under the drug plasma concentration versus time curve, from time of administration to infinity.
  • Tmax time to the maximum drug plasma concentration.
  • Half-life time after administration until the drug plasma concentration is half of its maximum concentration.
  • Opioids generally include compounds having the general structure of Formula 1 as defined herein, such as naltrexone, methylnaltrexone, naloxone, morphine, codeine, thebaine, oripavine, heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, buprenorphine and nalbuphine.
  • Each set of drug solutions is administered to six groups of eight rats each by 20uL instillation to a single nare of each animal.
  • 200 ⁇ blood samples are drawn by orbital bleed over a three hour time period at 0, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes. After the last blood sample is collected each animal is euthanized with C0 2 . After blood collection, plasma is immediately prepared from each blood sample using lithium/heparin as the anticoagulant. Plasma samples are stored at -70°C until analyzed. Plasma drug levels are determined by HPLC using the method described by Boulton or similar HPLC method. The concentration vs time data are plotted to determine the Cmax at each alkylsaccharide concentration and the ratio of Cmax with and without alkylsaccharide present is calculated and will be recorded in the format shown in Table XIX of Example 19.
  • Opioids generally include compounds having the general structure of Formula 1 as defined herein, including naltrexone, methylnaltrexone, naloxone, morphine, codeine, thebaine, oripavine, heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, buprenorphine and nalbuphine.
  • Final pH adjustment may be made using sulfuric acid or sodium hydroxide solution.
  • Each drug solution is administered to 18 patients in a crossover study, with a washout period between doses of at least 3 days, as a 100 microliter metered nasal spray using standard metered nasal spray devices such as those manufactured by Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH, Radolfzell, Germany, Valois Pharma, Le Neuvier, France, or Becton Dickinson, New Jersey, USA.
  • Blood samples will be collected from each patient at the timed intervals, for example 0.08, 0.17, 0.25, 0.33, 0.42, 0.6, 0.67, 0.83, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 hours for preparation of plasma from each blood sample using K 2 EDTA (dipotassium EDTA) as the anticoagulant.
  • Plasma levels of opioid are then to be determined by high performance liquid chromatography (Ge, Tessier et al. 2004).
  • Opioids are expected to exhibit the same or similar pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters as triptans as described in Example 20 and as shown in Figure 14 and 15 as well as Table XXI.
  • Intravail® Oral delivery of octreotide acetate in Intravail® improves uptake, half-life, and
  • D-leu-OB-3 an orally bioavailable leptin-related synthetic peptide insulin sensitizer: A study comparing the efficacy is of D-leu-OB-3 and metformin on energy balance and glycemic regulation in insulin-deficient male Swiss Webster mice. Zachary Novakovic, Matthew Leinung, Patricia Grasso, Peptides, 43 (2013)
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La présente invention concerne des compositions et des méthodes qui permettent d'améliorer la biodisponibilité d'agents thérapeutiques chez un patient. Les compositions comprennent au moins un alkylglycoside et au moins un agent thérapeutique, l'alkylglycoside possédant une longueur de chaîne alkylique d'environ 10 à environ 16 atomes de carbone.
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