Transdermal Drug Delivery System
ట్రాన్స్డెర్మల్ డ్రగ్ డెలివరీ సిస్టమ్
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• ట్రాన్స్డెర్మల్ పారగమ్యతను ప్రభావితం చేసే కారకాలను వివరించండి
• ట్రాన్స్డెర్మల్ డెలివరీ సిస్టమ్ యొక్క భాగాలను చర్చించండి
• ట్రాన్స్డెర్మల్ ప్యాచ్ యొక్క భాగాలను గుర్తించండి
• వివిధ భాగాల ప్రాముఖ్యతను చర్చించండి
• Suggest suitable materials for the various components
• Enlist the approaches for fabrication of TDDS
• Describe the design of patch in each approach
• Suggest a suitable design for a drug with given physicochemical properties
• Explain the need for permeation enhancement methods for transdermal drug delivery
• Discuss methods employed to improve transdermal permeation of drugs
Transdermal drug delivery system
History
• The first use of transdermal can be found in ancient China, where medicated plasters were slathered on the skin and left to dry
• The method was devised to allow a medication to have direct and constant contact with the skin.
• The first patch certified and accepted by the United States Food and Drug Administration was for a motion sickness patch. It was approved in 1979.
• Nicotine patches rose the profile of transdermal patches in the 1990s when it was approved for patient use.
• Since then, patches have been designed for many medications, including those used to treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinsons, and those to administer birth control.
Definition
• Self-contained discrete dosage forms which when applied to the intact skin, deliver the drugs through the skin at a controlled rate to the systemic circulation
Or
• Systems that utilize skin as a site for continuous drug administration into the systemic circulation
Comparison of drug travel- oral v/s transdermal
Transdermal patch – more than a surgical tape
Drug in a transdermal patch
Permeates through the skin
Drug in blood stream
Advantages
• The system avoids the chemically hostile GI environment
• No GI distress or other physiological contraindications of the oral route
• Can provide adequate absorption of certain drugs
• Increased patient compliance
• Avoids first-pass effect
• Allows effective use of drugs with short biological half-life
• Allow administration of drugs with narrow therapeutic windows
• Provides controlled plasma levels of very potent drugs
• Drug input can be promptly interrupted when toxicity occurs
• Self-medication possible
Disadvantages of TDDS
• Varying barrier function of the skin: site to site; person to person; with age…
• Not suitable for drugs requiring high plasma levels
• Adhesive failure
• Skin irritation and sensitization
• May be uncomfortable
• May not be economical
Anatomy of Human Skin
Skin
1. Epidermis
Ø Stratum corneum
Ø Stratum granulosum
Ø Stratum spinosum
Ø Stratum lucidum
Ø Stratum germinativum
2. Dermis
3. Subcutaneous tissue
Epidermis
• Outer layer of the skin
• Stratified squamous epithelial cells
• Primary barrier to percutaneous absorption
• Removal of this layers results in increased permeability
• Water content of stratum corneum is around 20%
• The moisture required for stratum corneum is around 10% (w/w) to maintain flexibility and softness
Dermis
• Network of collagen and elastic fibres
• Embedded in mucopolysaccharide matrix
• This network or the gel structure is responsible for the elastic properties of the skin
• Upper portion of the dermis is formed into ridges containing lymphatics and nerve endings
Hypodermis
• Innermost and thickest layer of the skin
• Sheet of the fat containing areolar tissue
• Known as the superficial fascia
• Acts as energy reserve
• Attaches the dermis to the underlying structures
Transdermal permeation routes
1. Transepidermal
Ø Transcellular /Intracellular
Ø Paracellular /Intercellular
2. Transfollicular
Transdermal drug permeation
Transepidermal absorption
• Stratum corneum is the main resistance for absorption through this route.
• Permeation involves partitioning of the drug into the stratum corneum.
• Permeation through the skin depends upon the o/w distribution tendencies of the drug.
• Lipophilic drug concentrate in and diffuse with relative ease.
• Permeation through the dermis is through the interlocking channels of the ground substance
Transcellular route
• Direct route -Path of shortest distance
• Drugs cross the skin by directly passing through both the phospholipids membranes and the cytoplasm of the dead keratinocytes that constitute the stratum corneum
• Drugs must cross the lipophilic membrane of each cell, then the hydrophilic cellular contents containing keratin, and then the phospholipid bilayer of the cell one more time
• Series of steps is repeated numerous times to traverse the full thickness of the stratum corneum
Paracellular / intercellular route
• Pass through the small spaces between the cells of the skin
• More tortuous
• Thickness of the stratum corneum is only about 20 µm, the actual diffusional path of most molecules crossing the skin is on the order of 400 µm
• The 20-fold increase in the actual path of permeating molecules greatly reduces the rate of drug penetration
Transfollicular absorption
• The skin appendages (sebaceous and eccrine glands) are considered as shunts for by passing the stratum corneum.
• Follicular route is important for permeation because the opening of the follicular pore is relatively large and sebum aids in the diffusion of the penetrant.
• Partitioning into the sebum followed by the diffusion to the depths of the epidermis is the mechanism
Transdermal drug permeation
Clearance by local circulation
The earliest point of entry of drugs into the systemic circulation is within the papillary plexus in the upper epidermis
Factors Affecting Transdermal Permeation
Biological factors
Age
Blood flow
Site of patch application / stratum corneum thickness
Skin metabolism
Presence of hair follicles
Injury or trauma to the skin
Hydration of the skin
Effect of humidity and temperature
Chronic use of certain drugs
Skin hydration
Physicochemical factors
Diffusion coefficient
Drug concentration
Partition coefficient
Molecular size and shape
Skin age
➢ the young skin is more permeable than older
➢ Children are more sensitive for skin absorption of toxins
➢ Advancing age causes epidermis to atrophy
➢ Dermoepidermal junctions flatten – dermis thins
➢ Irritant and allergic interaction reactions are weaker in older individuals
Blood flow
➢ Changes in peripheral circulation can affect transdermal absorption
➢ Blood flow limits the absorption of the drug from the dermis
➢ Vasoconstrictor drug administered through other routes can significantly affect blood flow to the dermis hence dermal clearance of the drug into the general circulation
Site of application
➢ Thickness of skin, nature of stratum corneum and density of appendages vary site to site
➢ Variations in stratum corneum thickness, the number of sebaceous glands, and hydration status can all affect absorption
➢ Regional permeability: nail < < palm/sole < trunk/extremities < face/scalp < < scrotum
Skin metabolism
• Skin metabolizes steroids, hormones, chemical carcinogens and some drugs
• Skin metabolism determines efficacy of drug permeated through the skin
• If the penetrating drug is subject to biotransformation during skin permeation local and systemic bioavailability can be affected drastically
Hair follicles
• Hair follicles and sweat glands could provide shunt routes for drugs and chemicals through the stratum corneum
• Hair follicles are considerable weak spots in our protective sheath against certain hydrophilic drugs and may allow a fast delivery of topically applied substances
• Surface area of the follicular epithelium can be seen as a considerable enlargement of the skin surface
• Hair follicles can act as a relevant reservoir for topically applied substances and that nanoparticles and liposomes at a size of 300–750 nm preferentially penetrate into the hair follicles
Injury or trauma to the skin
• Changes in the integrity of skin affects transepidermal water loss (TEWL)
• Increased percutaneous absorption is characteristic in patients with inflamed eczematous skin
Hydration of the skin
• In contact with water the permeability of skin increases significantly
• Permeability of the stratum corneum is substantially higher in hydrated state
• Skin occlusion with wraps or impermeable plastic films prevents the loss of surface water from the skin and this causes increased level of hydration in the stratum corneum thereby decreasing the protein network density and the diffusional path length
• Occlusion of the skin surface also increases skin temperature by 2-3oC resulting in increased molecular motion and skin penetration
Chronic use of certain drugs
• Long term use of keratolytics like salicylic acid results in increased drug penetration
Humidity and temperature
• The permeation of drug increase ten folds with temperature variation
• The diffusion coefficient decreases as temperature falls
• Heat increases skin permeability
• Increased body fluid circulation
• Increased blood vessel wall permeability, rate-limiting membrane permeability, and drug solubility
Skin hydration
• In contact with water the permeability of skin increases significantly.
• Hydration is most important factor increasing the permeation of skin.
• So use of humectant is done in transdermal delivery.
Temperature and pH
• The permeation of drug increase ten folds with temperature variation
• The diffusion coefficient decreases as temperature falls
• Weak acids and weak bases dissociate depending on the pH and pKa or pKb values.
• The proportion of unionized drug determines the drug concentration in skin
Diffusion coefficient
• Penetration of drug depends on diffusion coefficient of drug.
• At a constant temperature, the diffusion coefficient of drug depends on properties of drug, diffusion medium and interaction between them.
Drug concentration
• The flux is proportional to the concentration gradient across the barrier
• Concentration gradient will be higher if the concentration of drug will be more across the barrier
Partition coefficient
• The optimal partition coefficient (K) is required for good action
• Drugs with high K are not ready to leave the lipid portion of skin
• Drugs with low K will not be permeated
Molecular size and shape
• Drug absorption is inversely related to molecular weight
• Small molecules penetrate faster than large ones
Kinetics of Transepidermal Permeation
• The release of a therapeutic agent from a TDDS applied to the skin surface and its transport to the systemic circulation involves the following steps:
– Dissolution within and release from the formulation
– Partitioninginto the outermost layer of the skin, SC
– Diffusion through the SC
– Partitioningfrom the SC into the aqueous viable epidermis
– Diffusionthrough the viable epidermis and into the upper dermis
– Uptake into the local capillary network and eventually the systemic circulation
A Multilayer Skin Model Showing Sequence of Transdermal Permeation of Drug for Systemic Delivery
• Trandermal permeation can be possible if the drug possesses certain physico-chemical properties. The rate of permeation across the skin (dQ / dt) is given by:
dQ/dt=Ps(Cd-Cr) -------------- Eq. 1
Where, Cd = concentration of skin penetrant in the donar compartment (e.g., on the surface of stratum corneum)
Cr = concentration in the receptor compartment (e.g., body) respectively
Ps = the overall permeability constant of the skin tissue to the penetrant
Ps=KsDss/hs-----------Eq. 2
• Ks is the partition coefficient for the interfacial partitioning of the penetrant molecule from a solution medium or a transdermal therapeutic system onto the stratum corneum
• Dss is the apparent diffusivity for the steady state diffusion of the penetrant molecule through a thickness of skin tissues
• hs is the overall thickness of skin tissues
Components of a TDDS
The components of the transdermal drug delivery system include –
• The drug
• Polymer matrix or matrices
• The permeation enhancers
• Drug reservoir components
• Backing laminate
• Rate controlling membrane
• Adhesive
• Release liner
Desirable properties of drugs in TDDS
Physicochemical properties
• Solubility
• Melting point
• Molecular weight
• pH
• Hydrogen bonding
Biological properties
• Potent
• Half life
• Irritancy
• Stability
• Tolerance
• Binding
• Metabolism
Physicochemical properties of the drug
• Should have some degree of solubility in both oil and water (ideally greater than 1 mg/ml)
• Should have melting point less than 200°F
• Molecular weight of less than 1000 Daltons
• A saturated aqueous solution of the drug should have a pH value between 5 and 9
• Drugs highly acidic or alkaline in solution are not suitable for TDD; because they get ionized rapidly at physiological pH
• Hydrogen bonding groups should be less than 2
Biological properties of the drug
• Drug should be very potent, i.e., it should be effective in few mgs per day (ideally less than 25 mg/day)
• Should have short biological half life
• Should be nonirritant and non-allergic to human skin
• Should be stable when in contact with the skin
• Should not stimulate an immune reaction to the skin
• Tolerance to drug must not develop under near zero order release profile of transdermal delivery
• Should not get irreversibly bound in the subcutaneous tissue
• Should not get extensively metabolized in the skin
Polymer
• Integral and foremost important component of transdermal drug delivery systems
• Mechanism of drug release depends upon the physicochemical properties of the drug and polymer used in the manufacture of the device
• Molecular weight, glass transition temperature, chemical functionality of polymer must allow diffusion and release of the specific drug
• The polymer should permit the incorporation of a large amount of drug
• The polymer should not react, physically or chemically with the drug
• The polymer should be easily manufactured and fabricated into the desired product and inexpensive
• The polymer must be stable and must not decompose in the presence of drug and other excipients used in the formulation, at high humidity conditions, or at body temperature
• Polymers and its degradation products must be non-toxic
• No single material may have all these attributes; e.g., cosolvents such as ethanol, propylene glycol, PEG 400 could be added to increase drug solubility
Polymers in TDDS
Techniques employed to modify the polymer properties and thus drug release rates
• Cross linked polymers: The higher the degree of cross linking, the denser the polymer and slower the diffusion of drug molecules through the matrix.
• Polymer blends:Polymers have been blended on varying ratios to combine the advantages of the individual polymers.
• Plasticizers:Plasticizers have been known to reduce the stiffness of the polymer backbone, thereby increasing the diffusion characteristics of the drug.
Penetration enhancers
• Compounds, which promote skin permeability by altering stratum corneum the as a barrier to the flux of a desired
• Resistance of skin to diffusion of drugs has to be reduced in order to allow drug molecules to cross skin and to maintain therapeutic levels in blood.
• They can modify the skin’s barrier to penetration either by interacting with the formulation that applied or with the skin itself.
• Pharmacologically inert, nontoxic, non-allergenic, non-irritating and ability to act specifically, reversibly and for predictable duration
• Should not cause loss of body fluids, electrolytes or other endogeneous materials
Ex: Terpenes, Terpenoids, Pyrrolidones
Solvents like alcohol, Ethanol, Methanol
Surfactants like Sodium Lauryl sulfate, Pluronic F127, Pluronic F68
Drug reservoir components
• It must be compatible with the drug
• Must allow for drug transport at the desired rate
• Drug reservoir must possess the desired viscosity attributes to ensure reliable manufacturing process
• Must possess the desired adhesive and cohesive properties to hold the system together
Backing laminates
• Primary function is to provide support
• Should be able to prevent drug from leaving the dosage form through top
• Must be impermeable to drugs and permeation enhancers
• Should allow moisture vapour transmission rate
• Must have optimal elasticity, flexibility, and tensile strength
• Must be chemically compatible with the drug, enhancer, adhesive and other excipients
• Must be relatively inexpensive and must allow printing and adhesive lamination
• Composed of
– Pigmented layers
– An aluminium vapor coated layer
– A plastic film (polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyester)
– A heat seal layer
Rate controlling membrane
• Rate controlling membranes in transdermal devices govern drug release from the dosage form
Adhesive layer
• For fastening of transdermal devices to the skin
• A pressure sensitive adhesive
• Positioned on the face or in the back of device
• Should not cause irritation, sensitization or imbalance in the normal skin flora during its contact with the skin.
Classes of polymers evaluated for potential adhesive applications in
TDDS include:
➢ Polyisobutylene type pressure sensitive adhesives
➢ Acrylic type pressure sensitive adhesives
➢ Silicone type pressure sensitive adhesives
Release liners
• The release liner has to be removed before the application of transdermal system
• Prevents the loss of the drug that has migrated into the adhesive layer during storage
• Helps to prevent contamination
• Composed of
– A base layer, which may be nonocclusive or occlusive
– Release coating layer made of silicon or Teflon.
• Other materials include polyesters, foil, Mylar and metallized laminate
Approaches to Transdermal Therapeutic Systems
• Membrane permeation controlled systems
• Adhesive dispersion controlled systems
• Matrix dispersion type systems
• Microreservoir system
Membrane permeation controlled systems
• The drug reservoir is totally encapsulated in a shallow compartment moulded from
– A drug – impermeable metallic plastic laminate
– Rate controlling polymeric membrane which may be microporous or non-porous.
– Drug can be in the form of solution, suspension, gel or dispersion in polymer matrix in the reservoir compartment
• The rate of drug release from this type of TDDS can be tailored by varying the composition of polymer, permeability coefficient, thickness of the rate limiting membrane & adhesive.
• On the outer surface of polymeric membrane, a thin layer of adhesive polymer is applied
Membrane permeation controlled systems…
Name | Drug | Remarks |
Transderm-nitro | Nitroglycerine | For once a day medication in angina pectoris. |
Transderm-scop | Scopolamine | For 72 hrs. prophylaxis of motion sickness |
Catapress | Clonidine | delivers clonidine at an approximately constant rate for 7 days |
Estraderm | Estradiol | Nominal rate of estradiol release 50 micrograms/day |
Adhesive Dispersion Type TDDS
• In this type, the drug reservoir is prepared by directly dispersing the drug in an adhesive polymer
• Then this medicated adhesive polymer is spread over a flat sheet of drug impermeable backing membrane
• The drug reservoir layer is then covered by a non-medicated rate controlling polymer of constant thickness to produce an adhesive diffusion controlling DDS
Example: Isosorbide dinitrate-releasing Transdermal therapeutic system (Frandol tape) for once a day medication of angina pectoris.
Matrix dispersion type TDDS
Preparation of a drug polymer blend
Then pasted on to an occlusive base plate in a compartment fabricated from a drug impermeable plastic backing
Adhesive polymer is then spread along the circumference to form a strip of adhesive rim around the medicated disc
Matrix dispersion type TDDS
Microreservoir type TDDS
• A combination of reservoir and matrix diffusion type drug delivery system.
• A drug reservoir is formed by first suspending the solid drug in an aqueous solution of water soluble polymer. This drug suspension is homogenously dispersed in a lipophilic polymer by high energy dispersion technique.
• This forms the microscopic spores of drug reservoir which are supported over an occlusive pad and are thermodynamically unstable
• Stabilization by cross linking the polymer chain in-situ using cross linking agent
• It can be further coated with a layer of biocompatible polymer to improve the drug release
Permeation Enhancement Methods
Physical Enhancement Techniques
1. Stature Based
Microneedles
2. Electrically Based
Iontophoresis
Electroporation
Ultrasound
Photomechanical wave
3. Velocity Based
Jet Propulsion
Microneedles - Microporation
Basic design of microneedle delivery system devices. Needles with or without hollow centre channels are placed onto the skin surface so that they penetrate the SC and epidermis without reaching the nerve endings present in the upper epidermis.
• Involves the use of micro needles that are applied to the skin
• They pierce only the SC and increase skin permeability
• Uses needles that are 10 to 200 μm in height and 10 to 50 μm in width
• Micro needles do not stimulate the nerves, so the patient does not experience pain or discomfort
• They are usually drug coated projections of solid silicon or hollow, drug filled metal needles
Improving Transdermal Permeation
Iontophoresis
• Process of enhancing the permeation of topically applied therapeutic agents through the skin by the application of electric current
• Drug is applied under an electrode of the same charge as the drug
• An indifferent counter electrode is positioned elsewhere on the body
• Active electrode effectively repels the active substance and forces it into the skin
Sonophoresis
• Involves the use of ultrasonic energy to enhance skin penetration of active substances
• Low frequency regimes (20 KHz < f <100 KHz)
• Mechanism of transdermal skin permeation involves the disruption of the SC lipids by the formation of gaseous cavities, thus allowing the drug to pass through the skin
• Several antibiotics have been delivered through this technique
Electroporation
• Application of short (microsecond or millisecond), high voltage (50-1000 volts) pulses to the skin
• Mechanism of penetration is the formation of transient pores due to electric pulses
• Allow the passage of macromolecules from the outside of the cell to the intracellular space via a combination of processes such as diffusion and electrophoresis
• Macromolecules that have been delivered by electroporation include: insulin,vaccines, oligonucleotides and microparticles
Magnetophoresis
• Application of a magnetic field which acts as an external driving force to enhance the diffusion of a diamagnetic solute across the skin
• Exposure to magnetic field might induce structural alterations in the skin
• Magnetophoresis can be combined with chemical permeation enhancers for enhanced drug permeation
Jet propulsion
Needle free injectors
• Technique involves firing the liquid or solid particles at supersonic speeds through the SC
• A pain-free method of administration of drugs to the skin
Mechanism involves
• Forcing compressed gas such as helium or nitrogen through the nozzle with the resultant drug particles entrained within the jet flow, reportedly traveling at sufficient velocity for skin penetration
Injection without needles – Dermal powder jet
Thermal ablation
• Thermal ablation selectively heats the skin surface to generate micron-scale perforations in the stratum corneum.
• Transiently heating the skin’s surface to hundreds of degrees for microseconds to milliseconds
• Localizes heat transfer to the skin surface without allowing heat to propagate to the viable tissues below
• This spares these tissues from damage or pain
• Mechanistically, thermal ablation may involve rapidly vaporizing water in the stratum corneum
• Resulting volumetric expansion ablates micron-scale craters in the skin’s surface
• Skin heating has been achieved using ohmic microheaters and radio-frequency ablation
Microdermabrasion
• A final way to remove the stratum corneum barrier employs abrasion by microdermabrasion or simply using sandpaper.
• Microdermabrasion is a widely used method to alter and remove skin tissue for cosmetic purposes
• Shown to increase skin permeability to drugs, including lidocaine and 5-fluorouracil
• Vaccine delivery across the skin has also been facilitated by skin abrasion using sandpaper
Commercially Available Transdermal Patches
• Nicotine patch
Nicotine patch helps to give up smoking by relieving the desire to smoke, and some of the unpleasant effects which smokers experience when they stop smoking
• Transdermal scopolamine patches
• Hormone patch
• Clonidine patches for hypertension
• Testosterone patches
• Fentanyl patches
• Nitroglycerine patches
Summary
• Self-contained discrete dosage forms which when applied to the intact skin, deliver the drugs through the skin at a controlled rate to the systemic circulation
Transdermal patch – more than a surgical tape
Drug in blood
Permeates Stream through the skin
Drug in a transdermal patch
Anatomy of Human Skin
1. Epidermis
· Stratum corneum
· Stratum granulosum
· Stratum spinosum
· Stratum lucidum
· Stratum germinativum
2. Dermis
3. Subcutaneous tissue
Transdermal permeation routes
1. Transepidermal
· Transcellular /Intracellular
· Paracellular /Intercellular
2. Transfollicular
Factors Affecting Transdermal Permeation
Biological factors
Age
Blood flow
Site of patch application / stratum corneum thickness
Skin metabolism
Presence of hair follicles
Injury or trauma to the skin
Hydration of the skin
Effect of humidity and temperature
Chronic use of certain drugs
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• ఔషధం నిర్దిష్ట భౌతిక-రసాయన లక్షణాలను కలిగి ఉంటే ట్రాండర్మల్ పారగమ్యం సాధ్యమవుతుంది. చర్మం అంతటా పారగమ్యత రేటు (dQ / dt) దీని ద్వారా ఇవ్వబడింది:
dQ/dt=Ps(Cd-Cr) ------------- Eq. 1
Ps=KsDss/hs------------Eq. 2
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