Pharmaceutical composition for the once-a-day oral administration of trospium chloride

Abstract

A pharmaceutical composition of a pharmaceutically acceptable trospium salt, with upon administration to a human patient generates an average steady state blood levels of trospium with a minimum (C min ) and maximum (C max ) blood levels of about 0.5-2.5 ng/ml and about 2.0-6.0 ng/ml, respectively.

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         78 . A pharmaceutical composition suitable for a once-a-day oral administration of trospium chloride to a human, the composition comprising:
 a plurality of particulates comprising trospium chloride,   said plurality of particulates further comprising one or more polymers,   said composition comprising particulates having an in vitro release profile at 37° C. characterized by having less than about 10% of said trospium chloride released in a solution below about pH 4.5 within 2 hours and more than about 80% of said trospium chloride released in buffer media having a pH of at least 6.8 within 1 hour.   
     
     
         79 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 78 , comprising a methacrylic acid copolymer. 
     
     
         80 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 78 , comprising polymers selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic acid copolymer, cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate, and polyvinyl acetate phthalate. 
     
     
         81 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , wherein said plurality of particulates comprises at least 30 mg trospium chloride. 
     
     
         82 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , wherein said plurality of particulates comprises at least 40 mg trospium chloride. 
     
     
         83 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , wherein said plurality of particulates comprises at least 50 mg trospium chloride. 
     
     
         84 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , wherein the particulates are substantially spherical. 
     
     
         85 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , wherein upon once daily oral administration to a subject in need thereof provides therapeutically effective amounts of trospium chloride to treat said subject's condition while reducing the occurrence of dry-mouth relative to oral, twice-daily administration of 20 mg immediate release trospium chloride tablets. 
     
     
         86 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 78 , wherein once-a-day administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides steady state blood levels of trospium chloride less than about 6.0 ng/mL. 
     
     
         87 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 78 , wherein once-a-day administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides steady state blood levels of trospium chloride greater than about 0.5 ng/mL. 
     
     
         88 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 78 , whereby single-dosage administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides a plasma concentration versus time curve having an area under the curve (AUC 0-72 hrs ) of about 30,000 pg/ml*hr to about 80,000 pg/ml*hr. 
     
     
         89 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 78 , whereby single-dosage administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides blood levels of trospium chloride less than about 3.0 ng/mL. 
     
     
         90 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , wherein once-a-day administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides steady state blood levels of trospium chloride less than about 6.0 ng/mL. 
     
     
         91 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , wherein once-a-day administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides steady state blood levels of trospium chloride greater than about 0.5 ng/mL. 
     
     
         92 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , whereby single-dosage administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides a plasma concentration versus time curve having an area under the curve (AUC 0-72 hrs ), of about 30,000 pg/ml*hr to about 80,000 pg/ml*hr. 
     
     
         93 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 80 , whereby single-dosage administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides blood levels of trospium chloride less than about 3.0 ng/mL. 
     
     
         94 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 78 , comprising polymer-coated particulates having an in vitro release profile at 37° C. characterized by having less than about 10% of said trospium chloride released in an acidic solution below about pH 4.5 within 2 hours and more than about 80% of said trospium chloride released in a buffer media having a pH of at least 7.0 within 1 hour. 
     
     
         95 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 94 , wherein the polymer is selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic acid copolymer, cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate, and polyvinyl acetate phthalate. 
     
     
         96 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 95 , wherein once-a-day administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides steady state blood levels of trospium chloride less than about 6.0 ng/mL. 
     
     
         97 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 95 , wherein once-a-day administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides steady state blood levels of trospium chloride greater than about 0.5 ng/mL. 
     
     
         98 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 95 , whereby single-dosage administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides a plasma concentration versus time curve having an area under the curve (AUC 0-72 hrs ) of about 30,000 pg/ml*hr to about 80,000 pg/ml*hr. 
     
     
         99 . The pharmaceutical composition of  claim 95 , whereby single-dosage administration of said pharmaceutical composition provides blood levels of trospium chloride less than about 3.0 ng/mL.