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Crosslinked, porous polymers for controlled drug delivery
Assignee: Novartis Corp
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Filing: 1983-08-15
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Granted: 1985-10-22
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Expires: 2003-08-15
Abstract
Abstract A controlled-release, drug-delivery composition which comprises (A) a crosslinked copolymer, capable of swelling in ethanol to give a swollen copolymer containing at least 40% by weight of ethanol, and capable of swelling in water to give a swollen copolymer containing no more than 20% by weight of water, where the swelling ratio (% ethanol: % water) is 2:1 to 22:1, which comprises the copolymerization product of (a) 50 to 99% by weight of said copolymer of a water-insoluble monoolefinic monomer or (a) with 0 to 45% by weight of total monomers of a water-soluble monoolefinic monomer, with (b) 50 to 1% by weight, but not more than 20 mol % of a divinyl or polyvinyl crosslinking agent; and (B) an effective amount of a pharmaceutical medicament is useful for the controlled and prolonged release of drugs when taken orally.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl F. Mueller
- 👤 Sonia J. Heiber
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-23 04:46
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K9/00; A61K9/14; A61K9/16; A61K9/1605; A61K9/1629; A61K9/1635
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A controlled-release, drug-delivery carrier composition which comprises a crosslinked copolymer, capable of swelling in ethanol to give a swollen copolymer containing at least 40% by weight of ethanol, and capable of swelling in water to give a swollen copolymer containing no more than 20% by weight of water, where the % ethanol: % water is 2:1 to 22:1 respectively, which copolymer is the copolymerization product of (a) 50 to 99% by weight of said copolymer of (aa) a water-insoluble monoolefinic monomer, or mixture of said monomers, or mixture of said monomers with 0 to 45% by weight of total monomers of (bb) a water-soluble monolefinic monomer, or mixture of said water-soluble monomers, with (b) 50 to 1% by weight of said copolymer of a divinyl or polyvinyl crosslinking agent having a molecular weight of 100 to 10,000, but where (b) is not more than 20 mol% of component (a).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A controlled-release, drug-delivery carrier composition which comprises a crosslinked copolymer, capable of swelling in ethanol to give a swollen copolymer containing at least 40% by weight of ethanol, and capable of swelling in water to give a swollen copolymer containing no more than 20% by weight of water, where the % ethanol: % water is 2:1 to 22:1 respectively, which copolymer is the copolymerization product of (a) 50 to 99% by weight of said copolymer of (aa) a water-insoluble monoolefinic monomer, or mixture of said monomers, or mixture of said monomers with 0 to 45% by weight of total monomers of (bb) a water-soluble monolefinic monomer, or mixture of said water-soluble monomers, with (b) 50 to 1% by weight of said copolymer of a divinyl or polyvinyl crosslinking agent having a molecular weight of 100 to 10,000, but where (b) is not more than 20 mol% of component (a).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the swollen copolymer the % ethanol: % water is 3:1 to 15:1 respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composition according to claim 2 wherein the swollen copolymer the % ethanol: % water is 4:1 to 8:1 respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
A composition according to claim 1 where in the copolymer at least a third by weight of the water-insoluble monomer of component (a) is a monomer with an alkyl group of 4 to 21 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the copolymer is the copolymerization product of 75-98% by weight of component (a) and 25-2% by weight of component (b).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein component (a) comprises 70-95% by weight of water-insoluble monomer (aa) and 30-5% by weight of water-soluble monomer (bb).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein component (a) is 75-0% by weight of methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate or mixture thereof, and 25-100% by weight of a C 4 -C 10 alkyl acrylate or methacrylate or mixture thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the water-insoluble monomer of component (a) is methyl methacrylate, n-butyl acrylate, n-butyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, n-octyl acrylate, n-octyl methacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, vinyl acetate or mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein 10-60% by weight of component (a) is n-butyl acrylate or 2-ethylhexyl acrylate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the water-soluble monomer of component (a) is N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, 2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate or mixtures thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
216 words
A composition according to claim 1 where the crosslinking agent of component (b) is a terminal diolefinic hydrophobic macromer having a molecular weight from about 400 to about 8000, said macromer having the formula ##STR2## wherein R 1 is a chain having a molecular weight from about 200 to about 8000, which is the residue of a poly(propylene oxide) or poly(tetramethylene oxide) glycol having ether linkages; R 2 is hydrogen, methyl or --CH 2 COOR 4 , wherein R 4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group with up to 10 carbon atoms; R 3 is hydrogen or COOR 4 , with the proviso that at least one of R 2 and R 3 is hydrogen; X is oxa, --COO--, or --CONR 5 -- is hydrogen or alkyl with up to 5 carbon atoms and Y is a direct bond or the radical --R 6 --Z 1 --CO--NH--R 7 --NH--CO--Z 2 --, wherein R 6 is linked to X and represents branched or linear alkylene with up to 7 carbon atoms; Z 1 and Z 2 is oxa or NR 5 and R 7 is the diradical of an aliphatic or aromatic diisocyanate, with the proviso that in case X is oxa, Y is different from a direct bond, and R 2 and R 3 are hydrogen.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A composition according to claim 11 wherein R 1 is polypropylene oxide or polytetramethyleneoxide chain with a molecular weight of about 600 to about 4000.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
A composition according to claim 11 wherein said macromer is a polytetramethyleneoxide glycol with a molecular weight of about 600 to about 4000, endcapped with toluene or isophorone diisocyanate and reacted with 2 moles of a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or methacrylate, wherein alkyl has 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the crosslinking agent (b) is a C 2 -C 6 alkylene diacrylate, a C 2 -C 6 alkylene dimethacrylate, 3-oxapentamethylene diacrylate, 3-oxapentamethylene dimethacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate or mixtures thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
55 words
A composition according to claim 1 where the copolymer is the copolymerization product of 85-99% of component (a) and 15-1% of component (b), where (a) is 15-50% by weight of methyl methacrylate, 15-70% by weight of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate or n-octyl acrylate, 5-15% by weight of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and 0-25% by weight of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
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