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Effect of geometry on drug release from 3D printed tablets.

30 Oct 2015-International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Int J Pharm)-Vol. 494, Iss: 2, pp 657-663
TL;DR: This work has demonstrated the potential of 3DP to manufacture tablet shapes of different geometries, many of which would be challenging to manufacture by powder compaction.
About: This article is published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics.The article was published on 2015-10-30 and is currently open access. It has received 494 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Controlled release.
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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the main 3D printing methods, materials and their development in trending applications was carried out in this paper, where the revolutionary applications of AM in biomedical, aerospace, buildings and protective structures were discussed.
Abstract: Freedom of design, mass customisation, waste minimisation and the ability to manufacture complex structures, as well as fast prototyping, are the main benefits of additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing. A comprehensive review of the main 3D printing methods, materials and their development in trending applications was carried out. In particular, the revolutionary applications of AM in biomedical, aerospace, buildings and protective structures were discussed. The current state of materials development, including metal alloys, polymer composites, ceramics and concrete, was presented. In addition, this paper discussed the main processing challenges with void formation, anisotropic behaviour, the limitation of computer design and layer-by-layer appearance. Overall, this paper gives an overview of 3D printing, including a survey on its benefits and drawbacks as a benchmark for future research and development.

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TL;DR: Polymers are by far the most utilized class of materials for AM and their design, additives, and processing parameters as they relate to enhancing build speed and improving accuracy, functionality, surface finish, stability, mechanical properties, and porosity are addressed.
Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM) alias 3D printing translates computer-aided design (CAD) virtual 3D models into physical objects. By digital slicing of CAD, 3D scan, or tomography data, AM builds objects layer by layer without the need for molds or machining. AM enables decentralized fabrication of customized objects on demand by exploiting digital information storage and retrieval via the Internet. The ongoing transition from rapid prototyping to rapid manufacturing prompts new challenges for mechanical engineers and materials scientists alike. Because polymers are by far the most utilized class of materials for AM, this Review focuses on polymer processing and the development of polymers and advanced polymer systems specifically for AM. AM techniques covered include vat photopolymerization (stereolithography), powder bed fusion (SLS), material and binder jetting (inkjet and aerosol 3D printing), sheet lamination (LOM), extrusion (FDM, 3D dispensing, 3D fiber deposition, and 3D plotting), and 3D bioprinting....

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TL;DR: It is believed that the recent approval of a 3D printed drug product will stimulate continual innovation in pharmaceutical manufacturing technology and highlight how product and process understanding can facilitate the development of a control strategy for different 3D printing methods.

544 citations


Cites background from "Effect of geometry on drug release ..."

  • ...Strategies for increasing dissolution rates include printing high-surface-area shapes [44] and printing amorphous dispersions by hot melt extrusion [7,30]....

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  • ...Freezing of a low-melting binder • Printing SODFs with all but one side covered by an impermeable membrane so that the dissolvable portion maintains a constantsurface area during drug release [94], • Stacking six ormore distinct layers in a single product formulti-phasic release [46,95], and • Printing toroidal SODFs that achieve near-zero-order release [44]....

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TL;DR: SLA 3DP technology allows the manufacture of drug loaded tablets with specific extended-release profiles and could become a manufacturing technology for the elaboration of oral dosage forms, for industrial production or even for personalised dose.

498 citations


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  • ...…advantages of good mechanical strength (Chia and Wu, 2015), and the printed dosage forms can be designed to achieve different releases profile by modifying the infill percentage, 3D model design or surface area of the formulation (Goyanes et al., 2014; Goyanes et al., 2015e; Goyanes et al., 2015f)....

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  • ...The 3D printed tablets were tested in the dynamic in vitro model, which simulates gastric and intestinal conditions of the GI tract (Goyanes et al., 2015d)....

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  • ...In a previous study, approximately 50% of the model drug 4-aminosalicylic acid (4-ASA) was degraded during 3D printing (Goyanes et al., 2015a)....

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  • ...…capacity and ionic composition of the physiological bicarbonate buffers also closely match the buffer capacities of the intestinal fluids collected from different parts of the gut in humans (Fadda et al., 2009; Goyanes et al., 2015c; Goyanes et al., 2015d; Liu et al., 2011; Varum et al., 2013)....

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  • ...In contrast, when preparing the filaments for FDM printer, drug loading was sometimes lower than expected due to the adherence of powered drug to the walls of the containers during extrusion or irregular extrusion of components (Goyanes et al., 2015b)....

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TL;DR: This paper aims to review the processes that can be used in pharmaceutics, including the parameters to be controlled, to give an overview on the pragmatic tools, which can beused for designing customized drug delivery systems using 3D printing.

479 citations


Cites background or methods from "Effect of geometry on drug release ..."

  • ...Indeed, numerous pharmaceutical companies have shown growing interest in the HME process to develop different dosage forms such as tablets (e.g. Kaletra® [Abott]), implants (e.g. Ozurdex® [Allergan]) and medical devices (Nuvaring® [Mercks]) [Goyanes et al., 2015b]....

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  • ...In another study, Goyanes and coworkers showed that FDM allowed dissolution release profiles to be modified according to the geometry of the dosage form [Goyanes et al., 2015b]....

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  • ...Similar impregnation essays were performed on fluorescein, 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA, mesalazine) and 4-aminosalicylic acid (4-ASA), with yields of 0.29, 0.24 and 0.06% w/w, respectively [Goyanes et al., 2014, 2015a]....

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  • ...…to reprint the figure has been obtained) Figure 12: 3D representation and images of the 3D geometries printed using the FDM process [Adapted from Goyanes et al., 2015b] (permission to reprint the figure has been) obtained Figure 1 Figure 2 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 N u m b e r o f ar…...

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  • ...…that must be controlled during an FDM process are the infill density, the speed of the extruder, the height of the layers and the temperature of both the nozzle and the building plate [Goyanes et al., 2014; Goyanes et al., 2015a; Goyanes et al. 2015b; Pietrzak et al., 2015 Skowyra et al., 2015]....

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TL;DR: Improved bioavailability was achieved again demonstrating the value of the technology as a drug delivery tool, with particular advantages over solvent processes like co-precipitation.

790 citations


"Effect of geometry on drug release ..." refers methods in this paper

  • ...Several research groups have demonstrated HME processes as a viable method to prepare a wide range of accepted pharmaceutical drug delivery systems, including granules, pellets, transdermal patches, transmucosal films systems and implants (Breitenbach, 2002; Crowley et al., 2007; Fonteyne et al., 2013)....

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TL;DR: The pharmaceutical applications of hot-melt extrusion, including equipment, principles of operation, and process technology, are reviewed and the physicochemical properties of the resultant dosage forms are described.
Abstract: Interest in hot-melt extrusion techniques for pharmaceutical applications is growing rapidly with well over 100 papers published in the pharmaceutical scientific literature in the last 12 years. Hot-melt extrusion (HME) has been a widely applied technique in the plastics industry and has been demonstrated recently to be a viable method to prepare several types of dosage forms and drug delivery systems. Hot-melt extruded dosage forms are complex mixtures of active medicaments, functional excipients, and processing aids. HME also offers several advantages over traditional pharmaceutical processing techniques including the absence of solvents, few processing steps, continuous operation, and the possibility of the formation of solid dispersions and improved bioavailability. This article, Part I, reviews the pharmaceutical applications of hot-melt extrusion, including equipment, principles of operation, and process technology. The raw materials processed using this technique are also detailed and the physicochemical properties of the resultant dosage forms are described. Part II of this review will focus on various applications of HME in drug delivery such as granules, pellets, immediate and modified release tablets, transmucosal and transdermal systems, and implants.

771 citations


"Effect of geometry on drug release ..." refers methods in this paper

  • ...Several research groups have demonstrated HME processes as a viable method to prepare a wide range of accepted pharmaceutical drug delivery systems, including granules, pellets, transdermal patches, transmucosal films systems and implants (Breitenbach, 2002; Crowley et al., 2007; Fonteyne et al., 2013)....

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TL;DR: The study indicates that FF 3DP has the potential to offer a new solution for fabricating personalized-dose medicines or unit dosage forms with controlled-release profiles and the low cost of FDM printers means the paradigm of extemporaneous or point-of-use manufacture of personalized- dose tablets is both feasible and attainable.

450 citations


"Effect of geometry on drug release ..." refers background in this paper

  • ...fluorescein (Goyanes et al., 2014), aminosalicylates (Goyanes et al....

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  • ...This principle has been demonstrated, for example, to tablets containing fluorescein (Goyanes et al., 2014), 4-aminosalicylate and 5-aminosalicylate (Goyanes et al....

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  • ...Goyanes et al. / International Journal of Pharmaceutics xxx (2015) xxx–xxx G Model IJP 14860 No....

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TL;DR: The potential role of FDM 3DP as an efficient and low-cost alternative method of manufacturing individually tailored oral drug dosage, and also for production of modified-release formulations, is demonstrated.

444 citations


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  • ..., 2014), aminosalicylates (Goyanes et al., 2015) and herein paracetamol....

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  • ..., 2014), 4-aminosalicylate and 5-aminosalicylate (Goyanes et al., 2015) and prednisolone (Skowyra et al....

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TL;DR: FDM based 3D printing is a promising method to produce and control the dose of extended release tablets, providing a highly adjustable, affordable, minimally sized, digitally controlled platform for producing patient-tailored medicines.

424 citations


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  • ..., 2015) and prednisolone (Skowyra et al., 2015)....

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