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Comparing a Statistical Model and Bayesian Approach to Establish the Design Space for the Coating of Ciprofloxacin HCl Beads at Different Scales of Production

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The primary objective of this study was to compare two methods for establishing a design space for critical process parameters that affect ethylcellulose film coating of multiparticulate beads and assess this design space validity across manufacturing scales. While there are many factors that can affect film coating, this study will focus on the effects processing conditions have on the quality and extent of film formation, as evaluated by their impact coating yield and drug release. Ciprofloxacin HCl layered beads were utilized as an active substrate core, ethylcellulose aqueous dispersion as a controlled release polymer, and triethyl citrate as a plasticizer. Thirty experiments were conducted using a central composite design to optimize the coating process and map the response surface to build a design space using either statistical least squares or a Bayesian approach. The response surface was fitted using a linear two-factor interaction model with spraying temperature, curing temperature, and curing time as significant model terms. The design spaces established by the two approaches were in close agreement with the statistical least squares approach being more conservative than the Bayesian approach. The design space established for the critical process parameters using small-scale batches was tested using scale-up batches and found to be scale-independent. The robustness of the design space was confirmed across scales and was successfully utilized to establish process signature for the coating process.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Salah Ahmed, CEO of Abon Pharmaceuticals for allowing us to conduct scale-up experiments at their facility, Dr. Brian Carlin and Dr. Rina Choksi from FMC Corp. for their participation in the project, and Oystar Huttlin, Germany for providing the fluid bed Mycrolab at the University of Maryland, Bela Janscik from OPULUS for supplying the Pyrobutton package. The content of this paper was part of the graduate thesis dissertation submitted by Bhaveshkumar H. Kothari to the faculty of the School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland Baltimore in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctorate degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences—2013.

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Funding for the project was from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under grant no. HHSF223201110076A.

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  1. Bhaveshkumar H. Kothari

    Present address: Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Brookhaven, NY, 11719, USA

  2. Christine M. V. Moore

    Present address: Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, 19486, USA

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  1. School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 20 N Pine Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

    Bhaveshkumar H. Kothari & Stephen W. Hoag

  2. Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Center for Veterinary Medicine, US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD, 20855, USA

    Raafat Fahmy & H. Gregg Claycamp

  3. Office of Process and Facilities, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA

    Christine M. V. Moore & Sharmista Chatterjee

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Kothari, B.H., Fahmy, R., Claycamp, H.G. et al. Comparing a Statistical Model and Bayesian Approach to Establish the Design Space for the Coating of Ciprofloxacin HCl Beads at Different Scales of Production. AAPS PharmSciTech 19, 3809–3828 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1208/s12249-018-1116-y

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