Claims
- 1. A solvate of lercanidipine hydrochloride comprising lercanidipine hydrochloride and an organic solvent, wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of methylene chloride, acetone, anisole, tetrahydrofuran, terbutyl methyl ether, isopropanol, 2-butanol, heptane, methyl ethyl ketone, and ethyl acetate.
- 2. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is methylene chloride, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-methylene chloride content is 1:1 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 3. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is anisole, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-anisole content is 1:0.4 (mole/mole) and the solvate (a) form has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 4. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is anisole, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-anisole content is 1:0.4 (mole/mole) and the solvate (b ) form has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 5. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is acetone, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-acetone content is 1:1.2 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 6. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is ethyl acetate, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-ethyl acetate content is 1:1 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 7. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is terbutyl methyl ether, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-terbutyl methyl ether content is 1:0.8 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 8. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is isopropanol, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-isopropanol content is 1:1 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 9. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is 2-butanol, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-2-butanol content is 1:0.8 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 10. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is heptane, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-heptane content is 1:0.9 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 11. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is methyl ethyl ketone, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-methyl ethyl ketone content is 1:0.7 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 12. The solvate according to claim 1, wherein when the solvent is tetrahydrofuran, the lercanidipine hydrochloride-tetrahydrofuran content is 1:0.9 (mole/mole) and the solvate has, at wavelength Kα, an X-ray diffraction image expressed by the following Table:
- 13. Isolated lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline form (III), having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα, expressed by the following Table:
- 14. The lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline form of claim 13 characterized in that it is in micronized form.
- 15. The lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline form of claim 14 characterized in that the average size of said micronized form is of D(50%) 2-8 μm, D(90%)<15 μm.
- 16. Isolated lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline form (IV), having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα, expressed by the following Table:
- 17. The lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline form of claim 16 characterized in that it is in micronized form.
- 18. The lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline form of claim 17 characterized in that the average size of said micronized form is of D(50%) 2-8 μm, D(90%)<15 μm.
- 19. An antihypertensive pharmaceutical composition comprising (1) a first lercanipidine form selected from the group consisting of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (III), lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (IV) and combinations thereof, each crystalline form having a predetermined content; and (2) at least one component selected from the group consisting of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, a flavorant, a sweetener, a preservative, a dye, a binder, a suspending agent, a dispersing agent, a colorant, a disintegrant, an excipient, a lubricant, a plasticizer, and an edible oil.
- 20. The unit dosage form of claim 19 further comprising a second lercanidipine form that is not a predetermined amount of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (III) or lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (IV) or combination thereof.
- 21. The unit dosage form of claim 20 wherein said second lercanidipine form is selected from one or more of the group consisting of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (I), lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (II) and amorphous lercanidipine.
- 22. The unit dosage form of claim 21 wherein said second lercanidipine form is selected from one or more of the group consisting of a predetermined amount of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (I), a predetermined amount of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (II) and amorphous lercanidipine.
- 23. The unit dosage form of claim 22 wherein said second lercanidipine form is selected from one or more of the group consisting of a predetermined amount of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (I) and a predetermined amount of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (II).
- 24. A unit dosage form comprising the antihypertensive pharmaceutical composition of any one of claims 19-23.
- 25. The unit dosage form of claim 24, wherein the form comprises 0.1 to 400 mg lercanidipine hydrochloride.
- 26. The unit dosage form of claim 25, wherein the form comprises 1 to 200 mg lercanidipine hydrochloride.
- 27. The unit dosage form of claim 26, wherein the form comprises 5 to 40 mg lercanidipine hydrochloride.
- 28. The unit dosage form of claim 27, wherein the form comprises not below 0.1% by weight of lercanidipine hydrochloride, based on the total weight of the form.
- 29. The unit dosage form of claim 28, wherein the form comprises between 0.5 and 30% by weight of lercanidipine hydrochloride based on the total weight of the form.
- 30. A method of making a lercanidipine hydrochloride solvate comprising:
(i) mixing lercanidipine crystalline Form (I), lercanidipine crystalline Form (III), crude lercanidipine form (A), crude lercanidipine form (B), crude lercanidipine form (C) or a lercanidipine hydrochloride-methylene chloride solvate with an organic solvent to form a solvate of lercanidipine hydrochoride and said organic solvent; and (ii) isolating the solvate formed in step (i), with the proviso that step (i) does not consist of mixing a lercanidipine hydrochloride-methylene chloride solvate with the organic solvent methylene chloride.
- 31. The method of claim 30 wherein step (i) is performed at a temperature of about 20-50° C.
- 32. The method of claim 31 wherein step (i) comprises mixing at room temperature.
- 33. The method of claim 30 wherein step (i) comprises stirring for 114-420 hours.
- 34. The method of claim 30, wherein step (i) comprises at least one thermal cycle, wherein the cycle is comprised of a first cooling step, a heating step and a second cooling step.
- 35. The method of claim 34, wherein the first and second cooling steps are 25° C. and the heating step is 35° C.
- 36. The method of claim 35, wherein each step is 3 hours.
- 37. The method of claim 34, wherein the cycle is repeated between 10 and 20 times.
- 38. The method of claim 37, wherein at the completion of the cycles, the mixture is stirred at 25° C. for 24-240 hours.
- 39. The method of claim 30 wherein said organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of methylene chloride, methyl ethyl, acetone, anisole, ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, terbutyl methyl ether, isopropanol, 2-butanol and heptane.
- 40. The method of claim 31 wherein the solvate formed in step (i) is selected from the group consisting of lercanidipine hydrochloride-methylene chloride, lercanidipine hydrochloride-methyl ethyl ketone, lercanidipine hydrochloride-acetone, lercanidipine hydrochloride-anisole form (a), lercanidipine hydrochloride-anisole form (b),lercanidipine hydrochloride-ethyl acetate, lercanidipine hydrochloride-tetrahydrofuran, lercanidipine hydrochloride-terbutyl methyl ether, lercanidipine hydrochloride-isopropanol, lercanidipine hydrochloride-2-butanol and lercanidipine hydrochloride-heptane.
- 41. The method of claim 30 wherein:
step (i) comprises mixing lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (I), lercandipine crude form (A), lercanidipine crude form (B) or lercanidipine crude form (C) with methylene chloride to form said lercanidipine hydrochloride-methylene chloride solvate; and step (ii) comprises isolating the lercanidipine hydrochloride-methylene chloride solvate formed in step (i).
- 42. The method of claim 41 wherein step (i) comprises stirring at a temperature between 20 and 50° C.
- 43. The method of claim 42, wherein step (i) is performed at room temperature.
- 44. The method of claim 41 wherein step (ii) comprises filtering the solvate formed in step (i).
- 45. The method of claim 30 wherein:
step (i) comprises mixing a lercanidipine hydrochloride-methylene chloride solvate with an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of acetone, anisole, ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, terbutyl methyl ether, isopropanol, 2-butanol and heptane; and step (ii) comprises isolating the solvate produced in step (i).
- 46. The method of claim 45 wherein said lercanidipine hydrochloride-methylene chloride solvate is produced by the method of one of claims 41-44.
- 47. The method of claim 45 wherein step (i) is performed at a temperature between about 20-50° C.
- 48. The method of claim 45 wherein step (i) is performed for about 116-420 hours.
- 49. The method of claim 45 wherein step (ii) comprises filtering the solvate formed in step (i).
- 50. The method of claim 30 wherein
step (i) comprises mixing lercanidipine crystalline form (III) with a solvent selected from the group consisting of anisole, ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, terbutyl methyl ether and acetone; and step (ii) comprises isolating the solvate formed in step (i).
- 51. The method of claim 50 wherein step (i) is performed at a temperature between about 20-50° C.
- 52. The method of claim 50 wherein step (i) is performed for about 116-420 hours.
- 53. The method of claim 50 wherein step (ii) comprises filtering the solvate formed in step (i).
- 54. The method of claim 30 wherein
step (i) comprises mixing lercanidipine crystalline form (III) with a solvent selected from the group consisting of anisole, ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, terbutyl methyl ether and acetone; and step (ii) comprises isolating the solvate formed in step (i).
- 55. The method of claim 54 wherein step (i) is performed at a temperature between about 20-50° C.
- 56. The method of claim 54 wherein step (i) is performed for about 116-420 hours.
- 57. The method of claim 54 wherein step (ii) comprises filtering the solvate formed in step (i).
- 58. The method of claim 30 wherein
step (i) comprises mixing lercanidipine crude form (A) or crude form (B) with a solvent selected from the group consisting of anisole, ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, terbutyl methyl ether, acetone and methylene chloride; and step (ii) comprises isolating the solvate formed in step (i).
- 59. The method of claim 58 wherein step (i) is performed at a temperature between about 20-50° C.
- 60. The method of claim 58 wherein step (i) is performed for about 116-420 hours.
- 61. The method of claim 58 wherein step (ii) comprises filtering the solvate formed in step (i).
- 62. A method for preparing lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (III), comprising the removal of solvent from a lercanidipine hydrochloride solvate by evaporation under vacuum or in a nitrogen stream to form said crystalline Form (III).
- 63. The method of claim 62 wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of methylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran, heptane, anisole, ethyl acetate, isopropanol and 2-butanol.
- 64. The method of claim 63 wherein the acetone is removed in a vacuum of about 1-0.01 mbar for about 20-30 hours at a temperature of about 50-80° C.
- 65. The method of claim 63 wherein the solvent is removed from a solvate selected from the group consisting of:
lercanidipine hydrochloride with methylene chloride having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα as expressed in Table 7; lercanidipine hydrochloride with anisole (a) form having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα as expressed in Table 8; lercanidipine hydrochloride with anisole (b) form having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα expressed in Table 9; lercanidipine hydrochloride with ethyl acetate having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα as expressed in Table 11; lercanidipine hydrochloride with isopropanol having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα as expressed in Table 13; lercanidipine hydrochloride with 2-butanol having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα the image as expressed in Table 14; lercanidipine hydrochloride with heptane having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα as expressed in Table 15; and lercanidipine hydrochloride with tetrahydrofuran having an X-ray diffraction image, at wavelength Kα as expressed in Table 16.
- 66. The method of claim 63, wherein the method is performed at room temperature.
- 67. The method of claim 63, wherein the method further comprises at least one thermal cycle, wherein the cycle is comprises of a first cooling step, a heating step, and a second cooling step.
- 68. The method of claim 67, wherein the first and second cooling steps are 25° C. and the heating step is 35° C.
- 69. The method of claim 68, wherein each step is 3 hours.
- 70. The method of claim 67, wherein the cycle is repeated between 10 and 20 times.
- 71. The method of claim 70, wherein at the completion of the cycles, the mixture is stirred at 25° C. for 24-240 hours.
- 72. A method for preparing lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (IV), comprising removal of acetone from a lercanidipine hydrochloride-acetone solvate by evaporation under vacuum or in a nitrogen stream.
- 73. The method of claim 72 wherein the acetone is removed in a vacuum of about 1-0.01 mbarr for about 20-30 hours at a temperature of about 50-80° C.
- 74. A method for preparing a solvate lercanidipine hydrochloride-methyl ethyl ketone, comprising the steps of:
(i) mixing lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (I) with methyl ethyl ketone to obtain a solution; (ii) optionally cooling the solution and continue stirring to produce the solvate lercanidipine hydrochloride-methyl ethyl ketone, and (iii) isolating the solvate of step (ii).
- 75. The method of claim 74 wherein the solution of step (i) comprises 0-5% (v/v) water.
- 76. The method of claim 74 wherein step (i) is performed at 80° C.
- 77. The method of claim 74 wherein step (ii) comprises cooling to room temperature and stirring.
- 78. The method of claim 74 wherein step (ii) comprises stirring the solution at room temperature for two days.
- 79. The method of claim 74 wherein step (iii) comprises filtering.
- 80. The method of claim 74 wherein step (iii) comprises drying the solvate from step (ii) in an oven at about 60° C. for 24 hours.
- 81. A method of treating a subject with arterial hypertension, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (III), lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline form (IV), or combinations thereof to a subject in need of such treatment.
- 82. A method of treating or preventing atherosclerotic lesions in arteries in a subject, which comprises administering a herapeutically effective amount of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (III), lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (IV), or combinations thereof having a predetermined content in each of said Form (III) and (IV) to a subject in need of such treatment.
- 83. A method of treating or preventing heart failure in a subject, which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (III), lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (IV), or combinations thereof having a predetermined content in each of said Form (III) and (IV) to a subject in need of such treatment.
- 84. The method of any one of claim 81-83 wherein said subject is a mammal.
- 85. The method of claim 84 wherein said subject is a human.
- 86. An antihypertensive composition comprising predetermined amounts of lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (III) and lercanidipine hydrochloride crystalline Form (IV).
- 87. The antihypertensive composition of claim 86 wherein the ratio of Form (III):Form (IV) is between about 1:9 to 9:1.
- 88. The antihypertensive composition of claim 87 wherein the ration of Form (III):Form (IV) is selected from the group consisting of 9:1, 7:3, 1:1, 3:7 and 1:9.
Priority Claims (2)
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MI 2001A 001726 |
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MI 2001A001727 |
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RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (e) of U.S. provisional application No. 60/367,789, filed Mar. 26, 2002 and priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d) of Italian patent applications MI 2001A 001726 and MI 2001A 001727, each filed Aug. 6, 2001. Each of the aforementioned applications is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60367789 |
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