Patent Application
20230347124
The disclosure relates to the field of medical technologies, and more particularly to an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch, a preparation method of the insoluble transdermal microneedle patch, and an application of the insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
Transdermal delivery is a common method of administration, it can improve compliance of patients, avoid gastrointestinal drug decomposition, improve bioavailability, and eliminate pain caused by subcutaneous injection. An existence of stratum corneum limits a range of application for the transdermal delivery from molecular weight and water solubility of drugs, only a few drugs can perform administration through the transdermal delivery method, and an effect of the administration is limited. A research progress of the administration with microneedles is rapidly advanced with a development of micro-nanofabrication technology in recent years. Microneedle array is a minimal invasive device that can painlessly penetrate the stratum corneum of skin, assist the drugs penetrate a barrier during the transdermal delivery, and improve the bioavailability of the drugs. The microneedles have received widespread attention in recent years because of the advantages of mass production, low cost, numerous applicable drugs and patient autonomy in drug administration.
Researches of the microneedles are numerous, the microneedles can be divided into soluble microneedles and insoluble microneedles according to a solubility of the microneedles. It is necessary to research a metabolic and elimination method for components soluble in the skin before applying the soluble microneedles in clinical treatment, so as to judge biosafety of materials, thus a progress of commercialization will be inevitably delayed. The insoluble microneedles are mostly composed of a material such as metal, monocrystalline silicon, or macromolecule, the microneedles can be completely removed after being applied to the skin, without material accumulation in the body and reducing a burden of material metabolism. Therefore, the insoluble microneedles are mainly used in the clinical treatment at present. When the commonly used insoluble microneedles assist the transdermal delivery, it is necessary to apply drugs after the microneedles are removed, so as to make the drugs through skin pores formed by the microneedles. However, the skin pores begin to heal when the microneedles are removed, a retention time of the skin pores is limited by skin self-healing, and an overall efficiency of the transdermal delivery is difficult to be further developed.
A first purpose of the disclosure is to provide an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch, the transdermal microneedle patch does not contain active substance, after applying drugs and removing the transdermal microneedle patch, a good bioavailability is obtained without applying drugs to promote absorption of the drugs.
A second purpose of the disclosure is to provide a preparation method of the insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
A third purpose of the disclosure is to provide an application method of the insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
In order to achieve the above first purpose, the disclosure provides the following technical solutions.
An insoluble transdermal microneedle patch, includes microneedles and a backing. Each of the microneedles includes a base and a needlepoint located on the base, and materials made for each of the microneedles mainly includes crosslinked sodium alginate. The backing is connected with the base, and parts of the backing corresponding to the needlepoints of the microneedles are hollow portions.
The base and the needlepoint of the transdermal microneedle patch can be formed as one whole or separately according to different technology. Moreover, the microneedle is composed of crosslinked sodium alginate, it can be understood that a main part of the microneedle is the crosslinked sodium alginate.
In an embodiment, the crosslinked sodium alginate is a structure crosslinked by sodium alginate and an in-situ crosslinker. The crosslinked sodium alginate obtained from this system as a main body of the microneedle not only has a higher strength, but also can be well applied to skin. Meanwhile, the crosslinked sodium alginate does not have irritation of the skin and it is safe and harmless. Moreover, the crosslinked sodium alginate has a higher swelling degree, it can effectively inject active substances into a subcutaneous area and has a higher bioavailability. Finally, the microneedles are insoluble in water and can be taken and stopped at any time during administration, so as to effectively control a dosage.
In an embodiment, the crosslinked sodium alginate is obtained by mixing an aqueous solution of the sodium alginate with an aqueous solution of the in-situ crosslinker into a uniform water solution and then crosslinking.
In an embodiment, the in-situ crosslinker is a mixed solution of calcium sodium edetate and gluconolactone, a mole ratio of the calcium sodium edetate and the gluconolactone is 1:0.8 to 1:1.2. Under this condition, the prepared microneedles have a higher strength and less skin irritation while ensuring a high swelling degree.
In an embodiment, a concentration of the calcium sodium edetate is 0.3-1.0 moles per liter (mol/L) in the aqueous solution of the in-situ crosslinker.
In an embodiment, a volume ratio of the aqueous solution of the sodium alginate and the aqueous solution of the in-situ crosslinker is 20:1-4:1.
In an embodiment, a solid content of the aqueous solution of the sodium alginate is 12-25%.
In an embodiment, a mole ratio of the gluconolactone and the calcium sodium edetate in the in-situ crosslinker is 0.8-1.2.
In an embodiment, the materials made for each of the microneedles include a pore-forming agent. An existence of the pore-forming agent contributes to intradermal water molecules entering interiors of upper needlepoint matrixes, thus regulating a drug release rate.
In an embodiment, an additive amount of the pore-forming agent accounts for 0.1-10 weight (wt) % of a total weight of the microneedle.
In an embodiment, the pore-forming agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, hyaluronic acid and sodium hyaluronate, cellulose derivatives, trehalose, maltose, cyclodextrins.
In an embodiment, the backing is a backing film. A selection of the backing film is based on its ability to bind well with the base of the microneedle.
In order to achieve the above second purpose, the disclosure provides the following technical solutions.
A preparation method of the insoluble transdermal microneedle patch, includes the following steps:
In an embodiment, the drying is blow drying, and a time of drying is 20-40 minutes (min).
In an embodiment, during liquid injection molding, a time of vacuumizing is 15-30 min based on a different additive amount of the in-situ crosslinker.
In order to achieve the above third purpose, the disclosure provides the following technical solutions.
An application method of the insoluble transdermal microneedle patch, includes: performing transdermal delivery by using the insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
In an embodiment, the application method includes the following steps:
applying the microneedles of the transdermal microneedle patch onto human skin;
applying active substances to the microneedles by the hollow portions of the backing; and
taking out the transdermal microneedle patch after completing administration.
In the disclosure, the active substance is one of drugs, medicated creams, medicated gels and the like. Specifically, the drugs can be divided into soluble drugs and insoluble drugs. The insoluble drugs can be lipophilic drugs such as tocopherol, antifungal/antibacterial drugs. The soluble drugs can be water-soluble acidic drugs such as L-ascorbic acid (e.g., vitamin C), water-soluble neutral drugs such as tranexamic acid, water-soluble alkaline drugs such as matrine, peptide drugs such as exenatide, polysaccharide drugs such as heparin, and nucleic acid drugs such as ribavirin.
Beneficial effects of the disclosure are as follows.
The insoluble transdermal microneedle patch provided in the disclosure can act in the skin for a long time, during it is used for transdermal delivery, drugs can enter skin micropores to be absorbed into a body through pores formed after swelled microneedles acting on the skin absorbs water, thereby increasing the bioavailability of the drugs during the transdermal delivery. After drug administration is ended, the microneedles may be completely removed without increasing a metabolic burden in the body, a soluble material is prevented from being accumulated in the body, and the microneedles have good biological safety.
The following is a further detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure in conjunction with drawings.
In order to describe the disclosure more clearly, the following will provide a further detailed description of the disclosure in conjunction with drawings and embodiments, similar components in the drawings are expressed by same reference numerals. Those skilled in the art should understand that the specific content described below is illustrative rather than restrictive and should not limit a scope of protection of the disclosure.
According to data in Table 1, 1 gram (g) sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 9 milliliter (mL) ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution (i.e., an aqueous solution of sodium alginate). 0.112 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.0534 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 1 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution (i.e., an aqueous solution of in-situ crosslinker). The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 microliters (μL). The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 minutes (min), blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film (i.e., backing) to obtain an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch. A fluorescence microscope diagram of the obtained microneedles is shown in
According to data in Table 1, 1 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 9 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.224 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.125 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 1 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film to obtain an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
According to data in Table 1, 1.5 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 8.5 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.281 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.133 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 1.5 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film to obtain an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
According to data in Table 1, 1.5 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 8.5 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.393 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.214 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 1.5 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film to obtain an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
According to data in Table 1, 2 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 8 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.449 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.214 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 2 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film to obtain an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
According to data in Table 1, 2 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 8 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.598 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.285 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 2 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film to obtain an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
According to data in Table 1, 1 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 9 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.561 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.267 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 2.5 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film to obtain an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
According to data in Table 1, 1 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 9 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.748 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.356 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 2.5 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film to obtain an insoluble transdermal microneedle patch.
Where Vsodium alginate represents a volume of sodium alginate, and Vcrosslinking solution represents a volume of crosslinking solution.
1 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 9 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.561 g calcium sodium edetate is weighed and dissolved in 2.5 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution without gluconolactone. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film.
1 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 9 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.438 g ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid and 0.267 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 2.5 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film.
1 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 9 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.112 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.0267 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 1 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. A mole ratio of the calcium sodium edetate and the gluconolactone in the crosslinked solution is 1:0.5. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film.
1 g sodium alginate powder is weighed and dissolved in 9 mL ultrapure water as a sodium alginate solution. 0.561 g calcium sodium edetate and 0.401 g gluconolactone are weighted and dissolved in 2.5 mL ultrapure water as a crosslinked solution. A mole ratio of the calcium sodium edetate and the gluconolactone in the crosslinked solution is 1:1.5. The sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution are mixed to obtain a mixed solution, the mixed solution is spread on a microneedle mold, and a volume of the mixed solution added to each microneedle unit is 40 μL. The microneedle mold is vacuumed for 20 min, blown and dried for 30 min to obtain formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles, then the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are taken out, and backs of the formed crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles are attached with a backing film. The mixed solution of the sodium alginate solution and the crosslinked solution cannot keep a stable and uniform viscosity during a process of producing microneedles, and a solution volume of the microneedle unit is caused inaccurate. The microneedles produced contain undissolved calcium sodium edetate and gluconolactone particles visible to the naked eye.
Swelling microneedles from embodiments 1-8 are dried to a constant weight, and a mass of the swelling microneedles is determined as m1, then the swelling microneedles are soaked in pure water in a 37 centigrade (° C.) incubator until the mass remains constant, then they are taken out, wiped off surface moisture and weighted, the mass is recorded as m2, a swelling rate of hydrogel is calculated according to the following formula:
SR=(m2−m1)/m1×100
Test animal is a New Zealand white rabbit weighing 2.5 kilogram (kg).
Test samples are as follows. 4 samples are selected from patches of each embodiment, and each of the samples is cut into discs with a diameter of 2 centimeter (cm).
Test methods are as follows. The relevant provisions and contents of the “Technical Guidelines for the Study of Irritability, Allergy, and Hemolysis of Chemical Drugs” issued by the National Food and Drug Administration are adopted. The patches are stuck on one side of back of the white rabbit, and torn off after 7 days. The skin irritations of the patches are evaluated by obtained averaging scores according to the following grading scale: (1) 0-0.49 is non-irritating; (2) 0.5-2.99 is mildly irritating; (3) 3.0-5.99 is moderately irritating; (4) 6.0-8.00 is strongly irritating, and results are listed in Table 2.
The dissolution refers to a uniform phase formed between microneedles and water. The disintegration refers to the microneedles being dispersed into multiple parts in water, without forming a uniform phase with water.
A device used is the SYSTEM 912-24 fully automatic transdermal diffusion sampling system from Lugen Company in the United States. An effective transmission area of transdermal cups used is 0.625 square centimeter (cm2). Skin used is fresh 800 micron (μM) thick pig ear skin. The crosslinked sodium alginate microneedles of each embodiment are applied to one side of stratum corneum of the skin, and dermis is facing a receiving pool. A volume of the receiving pool is 2.7 mL, and the microneedle patches obtained from each embodiment are conducted in-vitro percutaneous permeability test. Embodiment 4, embodiment 6 and embodiment 8 are conducted in-vitro percutaneous permeability test, control groups include skin treated with monocrystalline silicon puncture and untreated skin. L-ascorbic acid, tranexamic acid and matrine are individually selected as a transdermal drug. The skin treated with monocrystalline silicon puncture and the untreated skin are used as the control groups. Curve drawing results are shown in
24-hour cumulative percutaneous permeabilities of the embodiments 1-8 are shown in Table 3.
Obviously, the above embodiments of the disclosure are merely for the purpose of clearly describing the embodiments provided by the disclosure, rather than limiting the implementation methods of the disclosure. For those skilled in the art, on the basis of the above description, other different forms of modifications or changes can be made, and it is not possible to exhaustive list all the implementation methods here, any obvious changes or variations arising from the technical solution of the disclosure are still within a scope of protection of the disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 2021110737071 | Sep 2021 | CN | national |
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | PCT/CN2022/113262 | Aug 2022 | US |
| Child | 18329399 | US |
