Interestingly, a significant correlation was observed between the in vitro disintegration times of the tested ODTs and the wetting times of the corresponding tablet. Tablet diameter, weight, and thickness were obtained from the package insert or interview form for each product. 
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endobj http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244646 Tamslon-OD Tablets 0.2mg, 14. 1 0 obj endobj In other words, wetting by liquid is the first requisite for tablet disintegration, even though swelling, wetting, liquid surface tension, viscosity, and capillary action may all be involved. 1826) to 17 ODTs in order to perform the further evaluation of relationships between the in vitro disintegration time and tablets characteristics, after the evaluation of the in vitro disintegration time by using Tricorptester. Each point represents a value for the volunteers, while the horizontal line indicates the mean value of the group. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> In addition, the in vitro disintegration time of ODTs measured using Tricorptester is a good reflection of the disintegration time in the oral cavity. calculated from results of our study (ca. Even that orodispersible tablets (ODTs) have been successfully used in therapy for more than 20years, there is still no compendial method of their disintegration time evaluation other than the pharmacopoeial disintegration test conducted in 800900mL of distilled water. No significant difference was observed in the clinical disintegration time of ODT-A and ODT-B among the 3 groups. endobj Promac D tablets 75 (Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), Magmitt Tab 330mg (Kyowa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.), Magmitt Tab. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> Promac D tablets 75, 2. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> 0000006291 00000 n Amlodipine 5mg, 8. Amlodin OD Tablets 2.5mg, 13. 2. While swelling, particle deformation, capillary action, and interparticle repulsion are proposed as mechanisms for tablet disintegration, most cases have been explained by swelling and capillary action.
In conclusion, this study shows that all the tested products, which are clinically available in Japan, showed good disintegration and that the disintegration time varied according to the product. Takepron OD Tablets 30mg. Each point represents the mean value of the in vitro or clinical disintegrating times (Table 1, Fig. endobj 30 0 obj 117) listed as follows: 1. 0000008554 00000 n 250mg). 0000006711 00000 n 0000011971 00000 n The test solution (NaCl, 1.44g/L; KCl, 1.47g/L; and Tween 80, 0.3%) was warmed to 37C and dripped from a height of 80mm at a flow rate of 6.0mL/min. A description of the handling of ODTs has been added in the general guidelines for the preparation of Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) upon the 16th revision. In this study, the clinical disintegration time of 17 clinically available ODTs in Japan was measured, and the correlation between the clinical disintegration time and the in vitro disintegration time of ODTs was evaluated. The clinical disintegration time of 17 ODT products was measured in healthy volunteers (n=910; age range, 2128 years). 2020-12-31 To validate the method for measuring the clinical disintegration time of ODTs, the subjects were randomly assigned to 3 groups, and the clinical disintegration time was measured. %PDF-1.4 % endstream The pharmacopoeial method correlated with the in vivo data much worse (r=0.8925, p<0.05). Morita Y, Tsushima Y, Yasui M, Termoz R, Ajioka J, Takayama K. Evaluation of the disintegration time of rapidly disintegrating tablets, Abdelbary G, Eouani C, Prinderre P, Joachim J, Reynier J, Piccerelle P. Reynier Jp., Piccerelle Ph. hbbg`b``3 endstream endobj 241 0 obj <>/Metadata 37 0 R/PageLabels 34 0 R/Pages 36 0 R/StructTreeRoot 39 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 242 0 obj <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 552.756 793.701]/Type/Page>> endobj 243 0 obj <>stream 2) for each ODT product (Nos. Improved disintegration of ODTs has been achieved by increasing the porosity to let the liquid penetrate the tablet easily, and by using disintegrants that have excellent water absorption and wetting capacities.12) Thus, the hardness, diameter, thickness, and weight of ODTs are not likely to be major factors that influence disintegration time. endobj 16 0 obj Recent technological advances in oral drug deliveryA review. To evaluate the intra-assay precision, we randomly divided 18 healthy volunteers (age range, 2128 years) into 3 groups and performed a randomized crossover trial to determine the clinical disintegration time for placebo ODT-A and ODT-B. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> Disintegration time is an important characteristic of orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs), and evaluation of disintegration time is a key step in formulation development, manufacturing, and clinical practice. endobj endobj 0000016110 00000 n <>/Border[0 0 0]>> 0000013186 00000 n endobj 126) was measured by Tricorptester (Okada Seiko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). We first validated the methods for measuring the disintegration time in oral cavity (the clinical disintegration time) to develop the methods. The clinical disintegration time of 17 ODT products, measured as the time required for oral disintegration in a clinical trial, was between 17.6 and 33.8s (Fig. $8fB_Yr,x,D`"MEPDqxR,$'QR.Je9F"R}b1f Amlodin OD Tablets 5mg, 12. 3 0 obj 240 0 obj <> endobj xref 240 41 0000000016 00000 n 0000061895 00000 n endobj Similarly, the in vitro disintegration times of the 26 clinically used ODT products ranged between 4.4 and 30.4s. Currently, there are couples of apparatus for measuring disintegration time of ODTs. Therefore, several alternative tests more relevant to in vivo conditions were described by different researchers. All compressed conventional and ODTs weighed 250mg and had a diameter of 9.0mm. Patients with dementia or schizophrenia have difficulty in managing their medication by themselves due to cognitive impairment and psychiatric disorders, and sometimes refuse medication. 23 0 obj In addition, standard deviation (S.D.) Issue 9 In this study, a significant positive correlation was observed between the measured and clinical disintegration times, demonstrating that ODT disintegration time measured by Tricorptester is a good reflection of the oral disintegration time, regardless of manufacturer, formulation technology, and size of tablet. Here, ODTs are described as follows: (1) Orally disintegrating tablets are tablets that are administered by rapidly dissolving or disintegrating in the mouth. 0000003226 00000 n H\Mn09em@PFjEn_. Basen OD Tablets 0.2mg, 15. <> 0000006193 00000 n These include the following: a method using a compendial disintegration test device equipped with an adaptation of the JP dissolution test method for use with ODTs,12,13) dissolution test measurement of disintegration time using CCD camera imaging,10) utilization of a tablet compaction analysis system,14) application of a texture analyzer from the field of food science,11) tablet disintegration with upward water penetration from beneath the tablet and applying spindle rotation from above,15) and the Kyoto-model disintegration test.16) Although each of these test methods has been reported to show a correlation with disintegration time in the mouth as for the tested ODTs in this study, ODT products are currently manufactured and marketed by many manufacturers in various sizes using various formulation technologies.12,17) Therefore, the oral disintegration behavior may vary by product; some ODTs are designed to disintegrate while leaving the core intact and others are formulated to quickly disintegrate and spread in the mouth. 20 0 obj 330mg, 3. Amlodipine 2.5mg, 6. 0000014078 00000 n 0000003323 00000 n Comoglu T, Dogan A, Comoglu S, Basci N. Formulation and evaluation of diclofenac potassium fast-disintegrating tablets and their clinical application in migraine patients. Six series of ODTs were prepared by direct compression. The results of this study suggest that in vitro disintegration time measured by Tricorptester may reflect the mechanism for the disintegration of ODTs in the oral cavity. www.plosone.org 28 0 obj Copyright 2015 The Authors. Gupta A, Mishra AK, Gupta V, Bansal P, Singh R, Singh AK. The clinical disintegration time of each ODT was measured by an investigator with a stopwatch. 36 0 obj 10.1371/journal.pone.0244646 Clinical Disintegration Times of ODT-A (A) and ODT-B (B) in 3 Groups of Healthy Volunteers, Fig. ODT-A contained Ludiflash (BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany), and ODT-B contained Ludiflash and cocoa powder (NF-15, Morinaga Shoji Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan). In this study, we have selected Tricorptes, which is a newly developed disintegration testing apparatus, because it has not been reported the relationship of the in vitro disintegration time measured of ODTs by this apparatus with the clinical disintegration time which were evaluated from a validated clinical trial. 29 0 obj 2020-12-31 for 10 determinations. Sastry SV, Nyshadham JR, Fix JA. hb```b`` * @QcSZ47(Z00<5_ $.Q C)qYbEGD9y(.liek2NFE"$9LYaq nKGGc fqE8P L*@Z5!Nd`LgctjOddfdbRe4qg?X6010dRa8b@oRp)101443*5 : ?C endstream endobj 279 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/Index[39 201]/Length 30/Size 240/Type/XRef/W[1 1 1]>>stream <>/Border[0 0 0]>> In addition, we attempted to evaluate the correlation between the clinical disintegration time and the in vitro disintegration time of ODTs which was measured using Tricorptester, a newly developed disintegration testing apparatus. 4e). 0000001511 00000 n 0000002807 00000 n 0000003773 00000 n However, there is no specific description of the disintegration time or method for measuring disintegration time. Each tablet was placed on their tongues and disintegrated in their oral cavities. The volunteers were randomly assigned to 3 groups (A, B and C), and clinical disintegration times were measured. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> Randale S, Dabhi C, Tekada A, Belgamwar V, Gattani S, Surana S. Rapidly disintegrating tablets containing taste masked metoclopramide hydrochloride prepared by extrusion-precipitation method. Determination of the.
Healthy volunteers (n, 910; age range, 2128 years) participated in this randomized crossover trial. 0000016644 00000 n 0000069958 00000 n Development of orally disintegrating tablets containing solid dispersion of a poorly soluble drug for enhanced dissolution: In-vitro optimization/in-vivo evaluation 8*qTEYZccld".Y)&:.Ye1Kt'ra,'r.0%)EH}`EYd$q`\ hQr"*K0Xi/$ 7> gq$ersOdAbl(1C_7 '2a cfL3}bFQ8 ':,@Lb} [-b (O@4r EQ Orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) have the superior physical property of excellent disintegration that allows them to be taken with little or no water, and are well proven to be easily taken.13) The biggest benefit of ODTs is their use in rescuing patients who are incapable of taking oral medication, but there may be other benefits depending on the patient. 33 0 obj Khan S, Kataria P, Nkhat P, Yeole P. Taste masking of ondansetron hydrochloride by polymer carrier system and formulation of rapid-disintegrating tablets. A similar issue seems to be present with children who are not good at swallowing and require caregivers for controlling and administering their medication. The authors thank Mr. Ryouichi Takenaka and Mr. Kenjirou Yamada for their excellent technical assistance. ), Takepron OD Tablets 15 (Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), RISPERDAL OD Tablets 2mg (Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K. Bi Y, Sunada H, Yonezawa Y, Danjo K, Otsuka A, Iida K. Preparation and evaluation of a compressed tablet rapidly disintegrating in the oral cavity. No significant difference was observed in the clinical disintegration time of placebo ODT-A and ODT-B, which had different disintegration times. 0000057569 00000 n <>/Border[0 0 0]>> Gaster D Tablets 20mg, 11. 0000010052 00000 n Watanabe Y, Koizumi K, Zama Y, Kiriyama M, Matsumoto Y, Matsumoto M. New compressed tablet rapidly disintegrating in saliva in the mouth using crystalline cellulose and a disintegrant. These results have shown that development of novel biorelevant methods of ODTs disintegration time determination is eligible and scientifically justified. Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Shizuoka, 2013 Narazaki R, Harada T, Takami N, Kato Y, Ohwaki T. A new method for disintegration studies of rapid disintegrating tablet. 0000015465 00000 n In these patients, medication is often controlled and administered by nurses and caregivers, and a greater burden of medication assistance is placed on health care providers and the patients families. endobj 3). The clinical disintegration time of the 17 ODT products was between 17.6s and 33.8s. The in vitro disintegration time of 26 clinically used ODT products measured using Tricorptester ranged between 4.40s and 30.4s. A significant positive correlation was observed between in vitro and clinical disintegration times (r=0.79; p<0.001). The correlation coefficients were 0.9994 (p<0.001), and 0.9907 (p<0.001) respectively. Several methods have been reported for the measurement of ODT disintegration. V )H(Od]|.!KA \)_Q mta2]\},fbN$pA/-/.wfe}{E,T};o7]^W~x"X=I?^oHO[Tf~ssq~0WvY-vbL{i~ _O';f_M]5slF/=tn~Ehjn@*Po[+/d, Shahinaze A. Fouad, Fady A. Malaak, Mohamed A. El-Nabarawi, Khalid Abu Zeid, Development of orally disintegrating tablets containing solid dispersion of a poorly soluble drug for enhanced dissolution: In-vitro optimization/in-vivo evaluation. www.plosone.org Magmitt Tab. 2 0 obj endobj This result indicates the reproducibility of our method for measuring the clinical disintegration time. 0000007408 00000 n 37 0 obj The hardness of ODTs used in this study ranged between 26.8N (Takepron OD Tablets 15) and 110.1N (Magmitt Tab. trailer <<9CB92B2296E64E8D9AF47ED9F6041774>]/Prev 353306/XRefStm 1511>> startxref 0 %%EOF 280 0 obj <>stream 2). <>/Border[0 0 0]>> The clinical disintegration time was measured for 17 ODT products (Nos. The relationships of the measured in vitro disintegration time to tablet hardness, diameter, weight, and thickness were evaluated. 22 0 obj <>stream Statistical analysis was performed using Graphpad Prism v.5.02 (Graphpad Software, San Diego, U.S.A.). All other chemicals were of reagent grade. These guidelines recommend the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) disintegration test as the method for measuring disintegration time, while allowing any alternative method that provides equivalent results. Therefore, the actual disintegration time of ODTs in the oral cavity does not often correlate with the in vitro disintegration time measured by disintegration tests of USP or JP.58). Recent trend of fast dissolving tabletAn overveiw of fomulation technology. 3 to 5s) indicated that 7 to 17 subjects are required to detect a 5-s difference in the disintegration time of 2 ODTs, with 5% alpha error and 80% power at a two-sided 5% significance level. Volume 36
endobj 5 0 obj In contrast, there were no relationship between in vitro disintegration time and tablet hardness, diameter, weight, and thickness. Participants took a 15-min interval between tests of ODT-A and ODT-B. Magmitt Tab. 25 0 obj ScienceDirect is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. FDA guidelines indicate that the disintegration time of ODTs should be approximately within 30s.4) Our result indicated that ODT products, which are clinically used in Japan, have good disintegration (within approximately 30s) and that the disintegration time varies according to the product. 24 0 obj Gaslon NOD Tablets 4mg, 16. 0000077986 00000 n endobj The clinical disintegration time of 17 ODT products was between 17.6s and 33.8s. The 16th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia describes the optimum characteristics of ODTs, but there is no specific description about the disintegration time. [16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R 24 0 R 25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R 30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R 35 0 R 36 0 R] The practical approach to the evaluation of methods used to determine the disintegration time of orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs). Each ODT was placed on their tongues, and it disintegrated in their oral cavities. 250mg, 4. false 117). Each point represents a value for the volunteers, while the horizontal line indicates the mean value of the group. A randomized single-blind trial was performed; each tablet was placed on the tongues of the participants, and it disintegrated in their oral cavities. The aim of this study was to compare these methods and correlate them with in vivo results. -EO,chLE0DOcPE_wfIx,Ioy^eNzu?EiRY=>.{.yA~ezphtQ>]J.69/VE#M,K,[2~_='EUB*%xE^+rd~!_8Zd-YE2kltp~"?oo5% y=Zux>>bOKn[, $1qO3iG%` t[ endstream endobj 244 0 obj <> endobj 245 0 obj <> endobj 246 0 obj <>stream 0000021297 00000 n 31 0 obj endobj 18 0 obj <>/Border[0 0 0]>> 1. The wetting time of each ODT product was measured as described previously with minor modification.8,9) In brief, a piece of paper tissue folded twice was placed in a culture dish containing 6mL of the test solution (NaCl, 1.44g/L; KCl, 1.47g/L; and Tween 80, 0.3%) at 37C. <>stream A tablet was put on the paper, and the time for complete wetting was measured using 3 tablets for each product. ODTs have various merits as listed above, and are expected to improve compliance because of the ease with which they can be swallowed. All volunteers who provided written informed consent participated in the study. The drugs used in this study are listed in Table 1, including 26 ODT products that are currently available for clinical use. The use of ODTs will not only improve compliance but also ease the burden of medication assistance, because ODTs can address issues such as the patient spitting out the medication or taking a long time to swallow it. It also states that the disintegration time should be within approximately 30s, which is presented only as a recommended time to express the rapid disintegration of ODTs in the oral cavity. 250mg (Kyowa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.), Gaster D Tablets 10mg (Astellas Pharma Inc.), Amlodipine 2.5mg (Nippon Chemiphar Co., Ltd.), Harnal D Tablets 0.2mg (Astellas Pharma Inc.), Amlodipine 5mg (Nippon Chemiphar Co., Ltd.), TAMSLON-OD TABLETS 0.1mg (Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), AMLODIPINE-OD TABLETS 5mg TOWA (Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), Gaster D Tablets 20mg (Astellas Pharma Inc.), Amlodin OD Tablets 5mg (Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.), Amlodin OD Tablets 2.5mg (Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.), TAMSLON-OD TABLETS 0.2mg (Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), BASEN OD Tablets 0.2mg (Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd), Gaslon NOD Tablets 4mg (Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.), Gaslon NOD Tablets 2mg (Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.), Takepron OD Tablets 30mg (Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), Aricept D Tablets 5mg (Eisai Co., Ltd./Pfizer Japan Inc.), Harnal D Tablets 0.1mg (Astellas Pharma Inc.), Lendormin D Tablets 0.25mg (Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Inc.), AMLODIPINE-OD TABLETS 2.5mg TOWA (Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), EBASTEL (Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.), RISPERDAL OD Tablets 1mg (Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K. 4). The clinical disintegration time was measured for 17 ODT products (Nos. endobj We added other 9 ODT products (Nos. Gaslon NOD Tablets 2mg, and 17. 0000014687 00000 n 27 0 obj 19 0 obj 0000001691 00000 n By continuing you agree to the use of cookies. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> Development of oral acetaminophen chewable tablets with inhibited bitter taste. Tricorptester is a test device composed of 2 meshes; a lower mesh, on which an ODT is placed, and an upper mesh, which is attached to holders and is in contact with the ODT, on which artificial saliva is dripped from above. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> 0000001116 00000 n (2) Orally disintegrating tablets have appropriate disintegration properties. The tablet diameter was between 6.0 and 11.5mm, weight was between 80 and 570mg, and thickness was between 2.4 and 4.9mm. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Guidance for Industry: Orally Disintegrating Tablets, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.A., December, 2008. Before the test, the oral cavity of participants was rinsed with a cup of water (120mL). <>/Border[0 0 0]>> <>/Border[0 0 0]>> To date, no studies have described validation of the method for measuring the clinical disintegration time of ODTs although a few studies have reported the disintegration time in the oral cavity.7,10,11) Thus, we first validated the method for measuring the clinical disintegration time of ODTs in healthy volunteers who were randomly assigned to 3 groups.
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Furthermore, medication should be well suited to the lifestyles of individual patients to encourage compliance in those with lifestyle-related diseases such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes. Therefore, it is likely that the easier water penetrates the tablet, the faster the tablet disintegrates. endobj Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2015.01.015. They were allowed to move the tablet gently against the upper palate of the mouth with their tongue without biting. <>/ProcSet 14 0 R/XObject<>>> 17 0 obj The disintegration time is measured as the time elapsed until the tablet completely disintegrates and the 2 meshes touch each other. 21 0 obj 117). The clinical disintegration time of each ODT was measured. The hardness of ODT was determined by a load cell-type hardness tester, PC-30 (Okada Seiko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) using 10 tablets for each product. The in vitro disintegration time represents meanS.D. 26 0 obj Peer review under responsibility of King Saud University. Shibata Y, Yamamoto Y, Fujii M, Kondoh M, Watanabe Y. This study shows that all the tested products, which are clinically available in Japan, showed good disintegration and that the disintegration time varied according to the product. 0000010648 00000 n 35 0 obj 0000017151 00000 n Clinical Disintegration Times of Clinically Available ODTs, 2013 The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Edited and published by The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Validation of the Method for the Measurement of Clinical Disintegration Time, Measurement of Clinical Disintegration Time in Clinically Available ODTs. On the other hand, guidance regarding ODTs has been issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008.4) The guidance provides a definition of ODTs, stating that ODTs should rapidly disintegrate in saliva without the need for chewing or liquids. However, when ODT disintegration time is to be evaluated in humans, ethical issues arise because tablets containing active pharmaceutical ingredients are administered to humans. Copyright 2022 Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> 10.1371/journal.pone.0244646 endobj false 0000009307 00000 n 0000001856 00000 n A significant positive correlation was observed between in vitro and clinical disintegration times of 17 ODT products (r=0.79; p<0.001, Fig. 32 0 obj endobj endobj 10.1371/journal.pone.0244646 0000012572 00000 n 0000011365 00000 n On the other hand, the compendial disintegration test does not seem to accurately reproduce the disintegration behavior of ODTs in the oral cavity as the test is carried out in a large volume of test solution (i.e., 900mL). Harnal D Tablets 0.2mg, 7. The highest correlation with oral disintegration time was found in the case of own-construction apparatus with additional weight and the employment of the method proposed by Narazaki et al. 0000002312 00000 n On the other hand, wetting time of ODTs correlated significantly with in vitro disintegrating time (r=0.718; p<0.001, Fig. Therefore, an appropriate method is required to evaluate the disintegration time of ODTs. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244646 In this study, we aimed to clarify the clinical disintegration time of ODTs that are currently used clinically, and to evaluate its correlation with the in vitro disintegration time of ODTs which was measured using Tricorptester, a newly developed disintegration testing apparatus. No significant difference was observed in the clinical disintegration time of each ODT among the 3 groups to which the subjects were randomly assigned. endobj 0000004167 00000 n The remnants of each ODT were removed and rinsed from the mouth with water after each test. A novel method for predicting disintegration time in the mouth of rapidly disintegrating tablet by compaction analysis using TabAll. endobj Gaster D Tablets 10mg, 5. Disintegration time is an important quality attribute of ODTs, and the evaluation of disintegration time is positioned as a key step in formulation development, manufacturing, and clinical practice. The placebo ODTs were prepared by direct compression method using a single-station tableting machine (HANDTAB-100; Ichihashi-seiki Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan). 6 0 obj Harada T, Narazaki R, Nagira S, Ohwaki T, Aoki S, Iwamoto K. Evaluation of the disintegration properties of commercial famotidine 20mg orally disintegrating tablets using a simple new test and human sensory test. % Kakutani R, Muro H, Makino T. Development of a new disintegration method for orally disintegrating tablets. ODTs, which can be taken without water, can be taken even when water is not readily available at work, or when the patient does not want his/her disease known to people in the workplace. Shahinaze A. Fouad, Fady A. Malaak, Mohamed A. El-Nabarawi, Khalid Abu Zeid The result of this study showed that a significant positive correlation was found between in vitro and clinical disintegration times, which showed that the in vitro disintegration time of ODTs measured using Tricorptester is a good reflection of the disintegration time in the oral cavity. endobj Tamslon-OD Tablets 0.1mg, 9. ). 1). <>/Border[0 0 0]>>
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Tukeys test was performed to examine the significance at p<0.05. In addition, the in vitro disintegration time of ODTs measured using Tricorptester is a good reflection of the disintegration time in the oral cavity. <>/Border[0 0 0]>> Liquid penetrates through pores deep into the tablet, and the disintegrant exerts its disintegrating function by absorbing the water that reached into the tablet. All protocols of the clinical trials were approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Shizuoka. Amlodipine-OD Tablets 5mg TOWA, 10. <> %PDF-1.6 <>/Border[0 0 0]>> Suzuki H, Onishi H, Takahashi Y, Iwata M, Machida Y. Each point represents a value for each ODT product listed in Table 1. When the relationships of the measured in vitro disintegration time with tablet hardness, diameter, weight, and thickness were evaluated for each ODT product, there was no significant correlation between the in vitro disintegration time and any of the parameters (Fig. The mean in vitro disintegration times of the 26 clinically used ODT products, measured using Tricorptester, ranged from 4.40 to 30.4s (Table 1). Pages 1488-1493, (compatible with EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite, RefWorks). In vitro disintegration time of 26 ODT products (Nos. We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. endobj The clinical disintegration time of ODT-A in the 3 groups was 13.83.8s, 16.63.4s, and 16.62.5s, and that for ODT-B was 30.83.6s, 31.52.6s, and 28.45.6s (Fig.