In Vitro Simulation of the Environment in the Upper Gastrointestinal Lumen After Drug Administration in the Fed State Using the TIM-1 System and Comparison With Luminal Data in Adults

Christina Pentafragka, Irena Tomaszewska, Susann Bellmann, Mans Minekus, Ronald Schilderink, Maria Vertzoni, Mark McAllister, Christos Reppas
In: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2021 · vol. 111(1) , pp. 197–205 · doi:10.1016/j.xphs.2021.10.010 · PMID:34673096 · W3207710200
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This study utilized the TIM-1 system to simulate the upper gastrointestinal environment in the fed state after drug administration and compared the results with luminal data from adults.

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We evaluated the environment in TIM-1 luminal compartments using paracetamol and danazol solutions and suspensions and the fed state configuration. Data were compared with recently published data in healthy adults. TIM-1 experiments were performed with a 3-fold downscale. Volumes of secretions in gastric and duodenal compartments adequately reflected the luminal data in adults up to 3 h post drug dosing. pH values in duodenal and jejunal compartments adequately reflected average pH values in adults. In gastric compartment pH values where initially higher than average values in adults and reached baseline levels earlier than in adults. The environment in the TIM-1 gastric compartment and jejunal compartment adequately reflected the average total paracetamol and danazol amounts per volume of contents in the adult stomach and upper small intestine, respectively. Total bile acids concentrations in the micellar phase of contents in duodenal and jejunal compartments overestimated micellar concentrations in the upper small intestine of adults. Adjustments in gastric emptying/acid secretion rates and bile acids identities in the duodenal and jejunal compartments, and application of dynamic bile acids secretion rates are expected to further improve the relevance of luminal conditions in TIM-1 compartments with those in adults.

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