Controlled release oxycodone compositions

• US 5,508,042 A
• Filed: 06/06/1995
• Issued: 04/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P. (Purdue Pharma L.P.), Purdue Pharma L.P., The PF Laboratories, Inc. (Purdue Pharma L.P.)
• Original Assignee: Euroceltique SA
• Inventors: Minogue, John J., Oshlack, Benjamin, Kaiko, Robert F., Chasin, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Webman, Edward J.
• Application Number:
  US08/467,584
• Time in Patent Office: 315 Days
• Field of Search: 424/486, 424/464, 424/465, 424/468-469, 424/470, 424/487-488, 424/49-98, 424/494
• US Class Current: 424/468
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/485 Morphinan derivatives, e.g. morphine, codeine
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/2013 Organic compounds, e.g. phospholipids, fats
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/2027 obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polyvinyl pyrrolidone, poly(meth)acrylates
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/2054 Cellulose; Cellulose derivatives, e.g. hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/2081 with microcapsules or coated microparticles according to A61K9/50
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/5015 Organic compounds, e.g. fats, sugars
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 25/04 Centrally acting analgesics, e.g. opioids

Abstract

A method for substantially reducing the range in daily dosages required to control pain in approximately 90% of patients is disclosed whereby an oral solid controlled release dosage formulation having from about 10 to about 40 mg of oxycodone or a salt thereof is administered to a patient. The formulation provides a mean maximum plasma concentration of oxycodone from about 6 to about 60 ng/ml from a mean of about 2 to about 4.5 hours after administration, and a mean minimum plasma concentration from about 3 to about 30 ng/ml from about 10 to about 14 hours after repeated "q12h" (i.e. every 12 hour) administration through steady-state conditions. Another embodiment is directed to a method for substantially reducing the range in daily dosages required to control pain in substantially all patients by administering an oral solid controlled release dosage formulation comprising up to about 160 mg of oxycodone or a salt thereof, such that a mean maximum plasma concentration of oxycodone up to about 240 ng/ml from a mean of up to about 2 to about 4.5 hours after administration, and a mean minimum plasma concentration up to about 120 ng/ml from about 10 to about 14 hours after repeated "q12h" (i.e., every 12 hour) administration through steady-state conditions are achieved. Controlled release oxycodone formulations for achieving the above are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for reducing the range in daily dosages required to control pain in human patients, comprising administering an oral controlled release dosage formulation comprising from about 10 to about 40 mg oxycodone or a salt thereof which provides a mean maximum plasma concentration of oxycodone from about 6 to about 60 ng/ml from a mean of about 2 to about 4.5 hours after administration, and a mean minimum plasma concentration from about 3 to about 30 ng/ml from a mean of about 10 to about 14 hours after repeated administration every 12 hours through steady-state conditions.

2. A method for reducing the range in daily dosages required to control pain in substantially all human patients, comprising administering an oral solid controlled release dosage formulation comprising from about 10 mg to about 160 mg oxycodone or a salt thereof which provides a mean maximum plasma concentration of oxycodone up to about 240 ng/ml from a mean of up to about 2 to about 4.5 hours after administration, and a mean minimum plasma concentration up to about 120 ng/ml from a mean of about 10 to about 14 hours after repeated administration every 12 hours through steady-state conditions.