title: Effect of hydroxypropyl beta-cyclodextrin on drug solubility in water-propylene glycol mixtures.
abstract: Combined effects of cosolvency and inclusion complexation on drug solubility were studied using a model hydrophobic compound (carbamazepine) and a model hydrophilic compound (Compound S). Propylene glycol (PG) was used as the nonaqueous solvent, and deionized water was employed for the aqueous systems. Hydroxypropyl beta-cyclodextrin (HPbetaCD) was chosen as the complexing agent and studied at concentrations up to 28% (w/v). Complex formation constants (Kc) and solubility enhancement ratios were determined for the respective compounds in various water/PG vehicles. The data suggested that the inclusion of the compounds was most favorable when water alone was used as the vehicle. However, the combined approach of cosolvency and complexation resulted in a significant increase in the total apparent solubility of carbamazepine (the hydrophobic compound). The same was not observed with Compound S (the hydrophilic model), since PG weakened the interactions between the molecule and HPbetaCD, and thus, no synergistic or additive effects were observed with the combined approach of complexation and cosolvency.
authors.affiliation: Shire Laboratories, Inc., Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA.
authors.forename: Rong-Kun
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Amir H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Shojaei
mesh_terms: D000073738:2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D004339:Drug Compounding; D005079:Excipients / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D019946:Propylene Glycol / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins
chemical_list: D003505:Cyclodextrins; D005079:Excipients; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; D014867:Water; D000073738:2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin; D002220:Carbamazepine; D019946:Propylene Glycol