WO1998033488A1 - Once daily calcium channel blocker tablet having a delayed release core - Google Patents

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WO1998033488A1
WO1998033488A1 PCT/US1998/001694 US9801694W WO9833488A1 WO 1998033488 A1 WO1998033488 A1 WO 1998033488A1 US 9801694 W US9801694 W US 9801694W WO 9833488 A1 WO9833488 A1 WO 9833488A1
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  • the present invention relates to controlled release unit dose formulations of pharmaceuticals.
  • many techniques have been used to provide controlled and extended-release pharmaceutical dosage forms in order to maintain therapeutic serum levels of medicaments and to minimize the effects of missed doses of drugs caused by a lack of patient compliance
  • compositions one of which contains the active drug and the other contains a push layer of pharmacologically inactive ingredients which are osmotically active in the presence of gastrointestinal fluids
  • An outer water permeable coating covers the tablet which is provided with an aperture that is formed by laser drilled orifice to allow the medicament to be extruded out of the drug layer
  • a product of this type is disclosed in U S 4,783,337, 4,765,989, 4,612,008, and 4,327,725 and is sold commercially as Procardia XL ® .
  • Other controlled release compositions include those described in U.S. 3,948,254 and U.S. 4,036,227.
  • the osmotic dosage forms that are disclosed in U.S. 4,783,337 are described as having a passageway which includes an aperture, orifice, hole, porous element, hollow fiber, capillary tube, microporous insert, pore, microporous overlay or bore which extends through the semipermeable lamina wall into a drug layer.
  • the patent also states that the passageway may be formed by mechanical drilling, laser drilling, eroding an erodible element, extracting, dissolving, bursting or leaching a passageway-former from the wall of the osmotic dosage form (col. 14, line 35 et seq.) which are pre-formed in the tablet during the manufacturing process.
  • U.S. 4,285,987 describes an osmotic tablet which had a laser drilled aperture into the core of the tablet.
  • the laser drilled hole was plugged with leachable sorbitol which was leached out in the presence of gastrointestinal fluid.
  • the present invention is concerned with providing a once a day tablet containing a calcium channel blocker tablet that does not have a rapid release core but is provided with a core having delayed release properties which contains an enteric coated calcium channel blocker compound which is prepared by mixing the calcium channel blocker with an enteric polymer in an aqueous medium and dispersing that mixture onto a solid pharmaceutical diluent to form a granulation.
  • the present invention is directed to a controlled release dosage form which comprises: (a) a homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of:
  • FIG. 1 is a graph which shows the dissolution profile of a nifedipine core tablet of the invention in 0.5% sodium lauryl sulfate/0.1 N HCI at 37°C in a type 2 USP apparatus.
  • FIG. 2 is a graph of data which compares the dissolution profile of a tablet according to Example 1 with the dissolution profile of the commercial product AdalatCC® in 0.5% sodium lauryl sulfate/0.1 N HCI at 37°C in a type 2 USP apparatus.
  • FIG. 3 is a graph of data which shows the dissolution profile of the tablet according to Example 1 in 0.5% sodium lauryl sulfate/pH6.5 buffer, at 37°C in a type 2 USP apparatus.
  • the tablet of the invention has a delayed release core and an outer extended release coating which provides bioequivalent pharmacokinetic performance (i.e., maintains a sustained 24 hour drug plasma level) for a calcium channel blocker when compared with the commercially available Adalat CC tablet which contains the calcium channel blocker nifedipine and has a rapid release core and a extended release external coat.
  • the total amount of the calcium channel blocker is a sufficient amount to provide a 24 hour therapeutic effect of the calcium channel blocker compound by the ingestion of one single dosage unit. This amount may be from 30 to 90mg per dosage unit.
  • the core of the controlled release tablet of the present invention contains a micronized crystalline calcium channel blocker.
  • the micronized crystalline calcium channel blocker such as nifedipine is combined with an enteric coating agent which may contain a suitable plasticizer and a solid pharmaceutical acceptable filler or solid diluent.
  • a preferred micronized nifedipine will have a surface area of 5m 2 /g or higher.
  • the enteric polymers which may be used include Eudragit S
  • a granulation is formed of the enteric coated calcium channel blocker compound and this granulation is compressed into a tablet which is used as the delayed releasing core of the tablet of the invention.
  • the granules which form the compressed core may contain a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent in addition to the calcium channel blocker compound.
  • the granulation for the core may also include a binder which may be a film forming polymer such as polyvinylpyrrolidone or microcrystalline cellulose as well as tablet disintegrating agents such as croscarmellose sodium, sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, polacnlin potassium and the like as well as a tablet lubricant such as glyceryl monostearate, magnesium stearate and stea ⁇ c acid
  • a binder which may be a film forming polymer such as polyvinylpyrrolidone or microcrystalline cellulose as well as tablet disintegrating agents such as croscarmellose sodium, sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, polacnlin potassium and the like as well as a tablet lubricant such as glyceryl monostearate, magnesium stearate and stea ⁇ c acid
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable fillers include solid pharmaceutical diluents such as hydroxypropyl cellulose, lactose, sucrose, dextrose, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, microcrystalline cellulose and the like
  • the core of the tabletted dosage form of the invention is provided with an external layer of an extended release formulation which also contains the calcium channel blocker compound
  • the external coat is formed by compressing the granules around the delayed release core to form an extended release external layer
  • the external coat of the extended release formulation will contain effective amounts of a pharmaceutically acceptable polymer which forms a hydrogel as well as tablet lubricants
  • pharmaceutically acceptable polymers which form a hydrogel include hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, polyethylene oxide having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 6,000,000, poly(hydroxy alkyl methacrylate) having a molecular weight of from 30,000 to 5,000,000, poly(v ⁇ nyl)alcohol, having a low acetal residue, which is cross-linked with glyoxal, formaldehyde or glutaraldehyde and having a degree of polymerization of from 200 to 30,000, a mixture of methyl cellulose, cross-linked agar and carboxymethyl cellulose
  • a tabletting machine may be used to compress the granulation mixture into a core tablet having a homogeneous core
  • the homogeneous core is subsequently completely covered with a compressed outer layer which may be compressed around the core by using a conventional apparatus such as a Dn-Cota tabletting machine
  • the controlled release tablet of the invention is primarily intended to be used to administer calcium channel blockers such as the dihydropy ⁇ dines which are slightly soluble to practically insoluble in watei although other water soluble calcium channel blocking agents may be employed
  • the terms slightly soluble to practically insoluble are used to include those substances which are soluble in from 100 to more than 10,000 parts of water per part of solute
  • Specific examples of dihydropy ⁇ dine calcium channel blockers include nifedipine, nisoldipine, nicardipine, nitredipine, nilvadipine, feiodipine and the like
  • Other calcium channel blocking agents which may be used include verapamil and diltiazem
  • a final film coating is applied which may be a protective seal coat which is applied by means of a conventional sugar or polymeric film coating solution which is applied in a coating pan
  • the outer coat should protect the light sensitive calcium channel blocking agent from any light source which will affect the calcium channel blocking agent
  • a composition of Opadry Yellow and sodium chloride (90%-10% to 10%-90%) which is applied from a water based system may be used to coat the tablets of the invention
  • Opadry yellow contains hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 4000, polysorbate 80, D&C yellow No 0 aluminum lake, and FD&C red #40 aluminum lake
  • These coatings may also contain a minor amount e g 2-5% of a water swellable polymer such as hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose or a polyethylene oxide polymer having a molecular weight of 200,000 to 1 ,000,000 (wt.av.).
  • These coatings may be applied in the form of a suspension by using a perforated coating pan.
  • the final film coating around the outer layer will comprise from about 1 to 5% preferably about 2 to 3% based on the total weight of the tablet.
  • various conventional well known solvents may be used to prepare the granules and apply the external coating to the tablets of the invention.
  • various diluents, excipients, lubricants, dyes, pigments, dispersants etc. which are disclosed in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1995 Edition may be used to optimize the formulations of the invention.
  • dry granulation techniques may be used to prepare formulation for making compressed tablets.
  • the tablet of the invention will comprise the following materials:
  • a 102g portion of the hydroxypropyl cellulose (Klucel EF) is dissolved in 2kg of water and the nifedipine is dispersed into the solution to form a granulating suspension.
  • a mixture of 612g of hydroxypropyl cellulose (Klucel HXF), 2143g of hydroxypropyl cellulose (Klucel EF) and 735 g of anhydrous lactose were granulated in a fluidized bed. The dried granulation is sized and mixed with 82g of glyceryl monostearate.
  • the core tablet (50mg) is combined with the coating granules (250mg) in a press coater (Dri-Cota) and 300mg tablets having a diameter of 0.341 inches are compressed. These tablets are then coated with: Opadry Yellow 4 75% sodium chloride 25% water qs(evaporated during processing)
  • hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose titanium dioxide; polyethylene glycol 4000; polysorbate 80; D&C yellow No.10 aluminum lake; and FD&C red #40 aluminum lake
  • the yellow color suspension is applied to the previously prepared tablets in a perforated coating pan
  • the coating level is 4% by weight
  • the color coating is to protect the drug from light
  • % refers to weight percent Two pilot biostudies were carried out to compare the tablet of Example

Abstract

A controlled release dosage form which comprises: (a) a homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of: (i) particles of a calcium channel blocker compound coated with an enteric polymer that are dispersed onto a solid pharmaceutical filler; and (b) a continuous compressed outer layer around said homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of: (i) one or more pharmaceutically acceptable polymers which form a hydrogel in which calcium channel blocker compound is dispersed.

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ONCE DAILY CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER TABLET HAVING A DELAYED RELEASE CORE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to controlled release unit dose formulations of pharmaceuticals. In the prior art, many techniques have been used to provide controlled and extended-release pharmaceutical dosage forms in order to maintain therapeutic serum levels of medicaments and to minimize the effects of missed doses of drugs caused by a lack of patient compliance
In the prior art, extended release tablets containing the calcium channel blocker nifedipine have been described which were based on the use of a rapid release core component that was covered by a secondary layer which contained nifedipine in a form which released the nifedipine at a slower rate than the core The rapid release core is described as being capable of releasing at least 75% of the active drug in not less than one hour in a medium of 0 5% sodium lauryl sulfate/0.1 N HCI A product of this type is sold commercially as Adalat CC® U S 4,892,741 discloses a press coated tablet for administering nifedipine The core of this tablet contains a rapid release form of nifedipine and the outer coat around the core contains a dihydropyπdine in slow release form
Other extended release nifedipine dosage forms have been described in which the core is divided into two layers (compositions) one of which contains the active drug and the other contains a push layer of pharmacologically inactive ingredients which are osmotically active in the presence of gastrointestinal fluids An outer water permeable coating covers the tablet which is provided with an aperture that is formed by laser drilled orifice to allow the medicament to be extruded out of the drug layer A product of this type is disclosed in U S 4,783,337, 4,765,989, 4,612,008, and 4,327,725 and is sold commercially as Procardia XL®. Other controlled release compositions include those described in U.S. 3,948,254 and U.S. 4,036,227.
The osmotic dosage forms that are disclosed in U.S. 4,783,337 are described as having a passageway which includes an aperture, orifice, hole, porous element, hollow fiber, capillary tube, microporous insert, pore, microporous overlay or bore which extends through the semipermeable lamina wall into a drug layer. The patent also states that the passageway may be formed by mechanical drilling, laser drilling, eroding an erodible element, extracting, dissolving, bursting or leaching a passageway-former from the wall of the osmotic dosage form (col. 14, line 35 et seq.) which are pre-formed in the tablet during the manufacturing process. The only exemplified technique of forming a passageway in U.S. 4,783,337 is the use of a laser to drill a hole in the outer layer of the tablet and the dosage forms are all based on a drug layer superimposed on a secondary layer.
U.S. 4,285,987 describes an osmotic tablet which had a laser drilled aperture into the core of the tablet. The laser drilled hole was plugged with leachable sorbitol which was leached out in the presence of gastrointestinal fluid. The present invention is concerned with providing a once a day tablet containing a calcium channel blocker tablet that does not have a rapid release core but is provided with a core having delayed release properties which contains an enteric coated calcium channel blocker compound which is prepared by mixing the calcium channel blocker with an enteric polymer in an aqueous medium and dispersing that mixture onto a solid pharmaceutical diluent to form a granulation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a controlled release dosage form which comprises: (a) a homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of:
(i) particles of a calcium channel blocker compound coated with an enteric polymer that are dispersed onto a solid pharmaceutical filler; and (b) a continuous compressed outer layer around said homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of:
(i) one or more pharmaceutically acceptable polymers which form a hydrogel in which a calcium channel blocker compound is dispersed.
It is an object of the invention to provide a once a day formulation of a calcium channel blocker.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide a controlled release pharmaceutical tablet that does not require an osmotic core.
It is also an object of this invention to provide a controlled release pharmaceutical tablet having an inner compressed core and an outer compressed coat which may be made using ordinary tablet compression techniques.
These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from the appended specification.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a graph which shows the dissolution profile of a nifedipine core tablet of the invention in 0.5% sodium lauryl sulfate/0.1 N HCI at 37°C in a type 2 USP apparatus. FIG. 2 is a graph of data which compares the dissolution profile of a tablet according to Example 1 with the dissolution profile of the commercial product AdalatCC® in 0.5% sodium lauryl sulfate/0.1 N HCI at 37°C in a type 2 USP apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a graph of data which shows the dissolution profile of the tablet according to Example 1 in 0.5% sodium lauryl sulfate/pH6.5 buffer, at 37°C in a type 2 USP apparatus. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The tablet of the invention has a delayed release core and an outer extended release coating which provides bioequivalent pharmacokinetic performance (i.e., maintains a sustained 24 hour drug plasma level) for a calcium channel blocker when compared with the commercially available Adalat CC tablet which contains the calcium channel blocker nifedipine and has a rapid release core and a extended release external coat.
In the tablets of the invention, generally the total amount of the calcium channel blocker is a sufficient amount to provide a 24 hour therapeutic effect of the calcium channel blocker compound by the ingestion of one single dosage unit. This amount may be from 30 to 90mg per dosage unit.
The core of the controlled release tablet of the present invention contains a micronized crystalline calcium channel blocker. The micronized crystalline calcium channel blocker such as nifedipine is combined with an enteric coating agent which may contain a suitable plasticizer and a solid pharmaceutical acceptable filler or solid diluent. A preferred micronized nifedipine will have a surface area of 5m2/g or higher. The enteric polymers which may be used include Eudragit S
(methacrylic acid/methyl methacrylate copolymer with a 1 :2 ratio of MA to MMA) or Eudragit L (methacrylic acid/methyl methacrylate copolymer with a 1 :1 ratio of MA to MMA), hydroxypropylmethylcellulose phthalate (HPMCP), cellulose acetate phthalate, shellac etc. A granulation is formed of the enteric coated calcium channel blocker compound and this granulation is compressed into a tablet which is used as the delayed releasing core of the tablet of the invention. The granules which form the compressed core may contain a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent in addition to the calcium channel blocker compound. The granulation for the core may also include a binder which may be a film forming polymer such as polyvinylpyrrolidone or microcrystalline cellulose as well as tablet disintegrating agents such as croscarmellose sodium, sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, polacnlin potassium and the like as well as a tablet lubricant such as glyceryl monostearate, magnesium stearate and steaπc acid
The pharmaceutically acceptable fillers include solid pharmaceutical diluents such as hydroxypropyl cellulose, lactose, sucrose, dextrose, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, microcrystalline cellulose and the like
The core of the tabletted dosage form of the invention is provided with an external layer of an extended release formulation which also contains the calcium channel blocker compound The external coat is formed by compressing the granules around the delayed release core to form an extended release external layer The external coat of the extended release formulation will contain effective amounts of a pharmaceutically acceptable polymer which forms a hydrogel as well as tablet lubricants Examples of pharmaceutically acceptable polymers which form a hydrogel include hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, polyethylene oxide having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 6,000,000, poly(hydroxy alkyl methacrylate) having a molecular weight of from 30,000 to 5,000,000, poly(vιnyl)alcohol, having a low acetal residue, which is cross-linked with glyoxal, formaldehyde or glutaraldehyde and having a degree of polymerization of from 200 to 30,000, a mixture of methyl cellulose, cross-linked agar and carboxymethyl cellulose, a hydrogel forming copolymer produced by forming a dispersion of a finely divided copolymer of maleic anhydride with styrene, ethyiene, propylene, butylene or isobutylene cross-linked with from 0 001 to 0 5 moles of saturated cross- linking agent per mole of maleic anyhydnde in the copolymer, Carbopol® acidic carboxy polymers having a molecular weight of 450,000 to 4,000,000, Cyanamer® polyacrylamides, cross-linked water swellabie indenemaieic anhydride polymers, Goodnte® polyacryhc acid having a molecular weight of 80,000 to 200,000, starch graft copolymers, Aqua-Keeps® acrylate polymer polysacchaπdes composed of condensed glucose units such as diester cross-linked polyglucan and the like Other polymers which form hydrogels are described in U S. 3,865,108, U S 4,002,173 and U S 4,207,893 all of which are incorporated by reference
A tabletting machine may be used to compress the granulation mixture into a core tablet having a homogeneous core The homogeneous core is subsequently completely covered with a compressed outer layer which may be compressed around the core by using a conventional apparatus such as a Dn-Cota tabletting machine
The controlled release tablet of the invention is primarily intended to be used to administer calcium channel blockers such as the dihydropyπdines which are slightly soluble to practically insoluble in watei although other water soluble calcium channel blocking agents may be employed The terms slightly soluble to practically insoluble are used to include those substances which are soluble in from 100 to more than 10,000 parts of water per part of solute Specific examples of dihydropyπdine calcium channel blockers include nifedipine, nisoldipine, nicardipine, nitredipine, nilvadipine, feiodipine and the like Other calcium channel blocking agents which may be used include verapamil and diltiazem
After the external coat is compressed around the tablet core, a final film coating is applied which may be a protective seal coat which is applied by means of a conventional sugar or polymeric film coating solution which is applied in a coating pan The outer coat should protect the light sensitive calcium channel blocking agent from any light source which will affect the calcium channel blocking agent A composition of Opadry Yellow and sodium chloride (90%-10% to 10%-90%) which is applied from a water based system may be used to coat the tablets of the invention Opadry yellow contains hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 4000, polysorbate 80, D&C yellow No 0 aluminum lake, and FD&C red #40 aluminum lake These coatings may also contain a minor amount e g 2-5% of a water swellable polymer such as hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose or a polyethylene oxide polymer having a molecular weight of 200,000 to 1 ,000,000 (wt.av.). These coatings may be applied in the form of a suspension by using a perforated coating pan.
Generally, the final film coating around the outer layer will comprise from about 1 to 5% preferably about 2 to 3% based on the total weight of the tablet.
In the preparation of the tablets of the invention, various conventional well known solvents may be used to prepare the granules and apply the external coating to the tablets of the invention. In addition, various diluents, excipients, lubricants, dyes, pigments, dispersants etc. which are disclosed in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1995 Edition may be used to optimize the formulations of the invention. In the alternative, dry granulation techniques may be used to prepare formulation for making compressed tablets.
Generally the tablet of the invention will comprise the following materials:
(a) 10% to 30%, and preferably 15% to 25% of a homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of:
(i) 5% to 40%, and preferably 10% to 30% of particles of a calcium channel blocker compound coated with an amount of an enteric polymer which provides delayed release properties to the core; (ii) 95% to 60%, and preferably 90% to 70% of a solid pharmaceutically acceptable filler;
(iii) 0% to 3%, and preferably 1 % to 2% of a tablet lubricant; (iv) 0% to 5%, and preferably 1 % to 3% of a tablet disintegrating agent; and
(b) 90% to 70%, and preferably 85% to 75% of a compressed outer layer around said homogeneous compressed core which comprises a granulation of:
(i) 90% to 50%, and more preferably 60% to 80% of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable polymers which form a hydrogel having from 50% to 40% and preferably 10% to 30% of a dispersed calcium channel blocker; and
(ii) 0% to 30% and preferably from 10% to 20% a pharmaceutically acceptable filler.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
EXAMPLE 1
Tablets having the following formula are prepared as follows:
I Core Tablet Granulation nifedipine (micronized crystalline 5.8m2/g) 715g hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate1 720g sodium hydroxide 68g triacetin 715g lactose (anhydrous) 4377g water 14.4kg
Wight average molecular weight = 78,000;
(a) The crystalline nifedipine is first dispersed in a solution of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate, the sodium hydroxide and triacetin in the water. This dispersion is then formed into a granulation using a fluidized bed. The dried granules are sized and mixed with 214g of polyvinylpyrrolidone, 286g of croscarmellose sodium and 71 g of glyceryl monostearate. Core tablets weighing 50mg and having a diameter of 0.2 inches are prepared using direct compression. II Coating granules
hydroxypropyl cellulose 2245g
(Klucel EF) nifedipine(micronized crystalline 5.8m2/g) 408g
hydroxypropyl cellulose 612g
(Klucel HXF) anhydrous lactose 735g glyceryl monostearate 82g purified water 2kg
A 102g portion of the hydroxypropyl cellulose (Klucel EF) is dissolved in 2kg of water and the nifedipine is dispersed into the solution to form a granulating suspension. A mixture of 612g of hydroxypropyl cellulose (Klucel HXF), 2143g of hydroxypropyl cellulose (Klucel EF) and 735 g of anhydrous lactose were granulated in a fluidized bed. The dried granulation is sized and mixed with 82g of glyceryl monostearate.
III Final Tablet
The core tablet (50mg) is combined with the coating granules (250mg) in a press coater (Dri-Cota) and 300mg tablets having a diameter of 0.341 inches are compressed. These tablets are then coated with: Opadry Yellow4 75% sodium chloride 25% water qs(evaporated during processing)
"hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose; titanium dioxide; polyethylene glycol 4000; polysorbate 80; D&C yellow No.10 aluminum lake; and FD&C red #40 aluminum lake The yellow color suspension is applied to the previously prepared tablets in a perforated coating pan The coating level is 4% by weight The color coating is to protect the drug from light The term "%" as used herein refers to weight percent Two pilot biostudies were carried out to compare the tablet of Example
1 with the commercial product AdalatCC under fasting and fed conditions The following results were obtained:
Fasting Subjects (n=6)
At 90% Confidence Interval Geometric Mean Ratio Lower Limit Upper Limit
AUC 0-t 1 088 94 35% 125 51 %
AUC 0-24 1 076 95 41% 121 28%
Cmax 1 195 107 47% 132.98% Fed Subiects (n=6
Geometric Mean Ratio
AUC 0-t 1 028 AUC 0-24 1 020 C-Max 1 168
While certain preferred and alternative embodiments of the invention have been set forth for purposes of disclosing the invention, modifications to the disclosed embodiments may occur to those who are skilled in the art Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover all embodiments of the invention and modifications thereof which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention

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We claim:
1. A controlled release dosage form which comprises:
(a) a homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of:
(i) particles of a calcium channel blocker compound coated with an enteric polymer that are dispersed onto a solid pharmaceutical filler; and
(b) a continuous compressed outer layer around said homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of: (i) one or more pharmaceutically acceptable polymers which form a hydrogel in which calcium channel blocker compound is dispersed
2. A controlled release pharmaceutical tablet as defined in claim 1 wherein the calcium channel blocker is nifedipine.
3. A controlled release pharmaceutical tablet as defined in claim 2 wherein the enteric polymer is selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropylmethylceilulose phthalate, cellulose acetate phthalate, shellac and polymethyl methacrylate copolymers.
4. A controlled release pharmaceutical tablet as defined in claim 3 wherein the enteric coating is plasticized with a plasticizer
5. A controlled release pharmaceutical tablet as defined in claim 4 wherein the enteric coating is plasticized with triacetin
6. A controlled release pharmaceutical tablet as defined in claim 1 wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable polymer which forms a hydrogel is hydroxypropyl cellulose.
7. A controlled release pharmaceutical tablet which consists essentially of:
(a) a delayed release homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of:
(i) particles of nifedipine coated with hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose phthalate which is dispersed on anhydrous lactose; and
(b) a continuous extended release compressed outer layer around said homogeneous compressed core which comprises a compressed granulation of:
(i) hydroxypropyl cellulose; (ii) nifedipine; and
(iii) anhydrous lactose.
8. A controlled release pharmaceutical tablet as defined in claim 7 wherein the core contains a tablet lubricant.
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