Cutaneous Pharmacokinetics of Acyclovir Cream 5% Products: Evaluating Bioequivalence with an In Vitro Permeation Test and an Adaptation of Scaled Average Bioequivalence
Purpose The in vitro permeation test (IVPT) with a new statistical approach was investigated to evaluate the utility of an IVPT methodology as a sensitive tool to support a demonstration of bioequivalence (BE) for topical dermatological drug products. Methods IVPT experiments were performed utilizin...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Pharmaceutical research 2020-10, Vol.37 (10), Article 210 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Purpose
The
in vitro
permeation test (IVPT) with a new statistical approach was investigated to evaluate the utility of an IVPT methodology as a sensitive tool to support a demonstration of bioequivalence (BE) for topical dermatological drug products.
Methods
IVPT experiments were performed utilizing
ex vivo
human skin. The initial screening tests involved four differently formulated acyclovir 5% creams: the U.S. Zovirax® as the reference product and the U.K. Zovirax®, Aciclovir 1A Pharma® and Aciclostad® as test products. Subsequently, a pivotal BE study was conducted comparing the two Zovirax® creams. The resulting data was used to evaluate BE of test (T) versus reference (R), T versus T, and R versus R, with an adaption of scaled average BE approach to address high variability in IVPT data.
Results
More acyclovir permeated into and through the skin from the two Zovirax® creams compared to the two non-Zovirax® creams. The U.S. Zovirax® cream showed a significantly higher J
max
and total amount permeated over 48 h, compared to the U.K. Zovirax® cream. The statistical analysis indicated that the test and reference products were not bioequivalent, whereas each product tested against itself was shown to be bioequivalent.
Conclusions
The current study demonstrated that the IVPT method, with an appropriate statistical analysis of the results, is a sensitive and discriminating test that can detect differences in the rate and extent of acyclovir bioavailability in the skin from differently formulated cream products. |
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ISSN: | 0724-8741 1573-904X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11095-020-02821-z |