Pharmaceutical forms with improved pharmacokinetic properties
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1. A drug formulation of vardenafil which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth, comprising:
- an uncoated tablet which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth and which releases the vardenafil in the mouth without swallowing the tablet, said tablet comprising vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate, andat least one sugar alcohol,and wherein at least 80% of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate in the drug formulation dissolves at 25°
C. in 10 ml of physiological saline, and further wherein the rate of release of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate from the drug formulation in 900 ml of physiological saline within the first 5 minutes in the USP pedal stirrer apparatus at 50 rotations per minute at 37°
C. is at least 70%.
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Abstract
The present application relates to novel drug formulations of vardenafil which dissolve rapidly in the mouth and lead to increased bioavailability and to a plateau-like plasma concentration profile, and to processes for their preparation.
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1. A drug formulation of vardenafil which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth, comprising:
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an uncoated tablet which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth and which releases the vardenafil in the mouth without swallowing the tablet, said tablet comprising vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate, and at least one sugar alcohol, and wherein at least 80% of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate in the drug formulation dissolves at 25°
C. in 10 ml of physiological saline, and further wherein the rate of release of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate from the drug formulation in 900 ml of physiological saline within the first 5 minutes in the USP pedal stirrer apparatus at 50 rotations per minute at 37°
C. is at least 70%.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 18)
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8. A drug formulation in the form of an uncoated tablet which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth and releases the drug in the mouth without swallowing the tablet comprising
vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate, and at least two sugar alcohols.
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17. A drug formulation in the form of an uncoated tablet which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth and releases vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate in the mouth without swallowing the tablet, said tablet comprising
vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate; -
sorbitol; and mannitol; and wherein; said vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate is in micronized form with a mean particle size of less than 20 μ
m;said vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate comprises from 0.8% to 25% of the formulation, calculated as vardenafil free base; and said sorbitol and mannitol together comprises from 40% to 99% of the formulation.
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