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. 2023 Jul 27;6:100202. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpx.2023.100202

Table 6A.

Overview of published stress studies related to polysorbate degradation using increased temperatures. Temperature, pH, buffer conditions, study duration, polysorbate concentration, and polysorbate quality are summarized. Abbreviations: His: histidine, d: day, m: month, MC: multicompendial, AO: all-oleate, AL: all-laurate, AcOH: acetate, HP: high-purity, SR: super-refined, AAPH: 2,2-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride, BHT: butylated hydroxytoluene, BHA: butylated hydroxyanisole.

Study Temperature / °C pH Buffer Study duration Polysorbate / % (w/v) Polysorbate
Kranz et al. (2019) (Kranz et al., 2019) 40 6.0 10 mM His, 8 % (w/v) sucrose 17 d 0.04 PS20 MC
PS80 MC/AO
40 6.0 10 mM His, 8 % (w/v) sucrose, 50 μM EDTA 7 d
17 d
0.04 PS20 MC/AL
PS80 MC/AO
40 5.5 10 mM AcOH, 8 % (w/v) sucrose 17 d 0.04 PS20 MC/AL
PS80 MC/AO
Bensaid et al. (2022) (Bensaid et al., 2022) 25 6.0 20 mM His, 20 mg·mL-1 mAb1, 10 % (w/v) sucrose 3 m 0.02 PS80 MC/AO
40 1 m
40 5.0, 6.0 20 mM citrate, 20 mg·mL-1 mAb, 10 % (w/v) sucrose, 30 ppb Fe(lI)Cl2 x 4 H2O 1 m 0.05 PS80 MC
40 7.0 20 mM His, 20 mg·mL-1 mAb, 10 % (w/v) sucrose, 30 ppb Fe(lI)Cl2 x 4 H2O 1 m 0.05 PS80 MC
40 5.0, 6.0 20 mM AcOH, 20 mg·mL-1 mAb, 10 % (w/v) sucrose, 30 ppb Fe(lI)Cl2 x 4 H2O 1 m 0.05 PS80 MC
Dahotre et al. (2018) (Dahotre et al., 2018) 2-8 5.4 His-AcOH 0, 12, 18, 24 m 0.04 PS20 (quality not defined)
2-8 5.5 His-AcOH 13, 32 m 0.02 PS20 (quality not defined)
Kishore et al. (2011) (Kishore et al., 2011a) 5 6.0 20 mM His, 10 mg·mL-1 mAb1, 240 mM trehalose 12 m 0.05 PS20 or PS80 (quality not defined)
5 6.0 20 mM His, 10 mg·mL-1 mAb2, 240 mM trehalose 12 m 0.01-0.04 PS20 and PS80 (quality not defined)
5 6.0 25 mM Na-AcOH, mAb3 10 mg·mL-1, 125 mM NaCl 12 m 0.025 PS20 (quality not defined)
5 5.5 20 mM His/His-Cl, mAb4 25 mg·mL-1, 240 mM trehalose 24 m 0.02 PS80 (quality not defined)
Doshi et al. (2020) (Doshi et al., 2020a) 40 5.5 His-AcOH, 10 mg·mL-1 IgG1 mAb, sucrose 1 m 0.03 PS20 HP/SR
25 3 m
2-8 12 m
Gopalrathnam et al. (2018) (Gopalrathnam et al., 2018) 5, 25 5.5-6.0 10 mM His, 150 mM NaCl,
5, 40, 70, 100, 120 mg·mL-1 LY2951742 antibody
10 m 0.05-0.06 PS80 (quality not defined)
Borisov et al. (2015) (Borisov et al., 2015) 40 - Water, 1.5-10 mM AAPH 19 h
40 h
0.004 PS20 (quality not defined)
40 - Water, 1.5-10 mM AAPH 12.5 h
40 h
0.004 PS80 (quality not defined)
Kranz et al. (2020) (Kranz et al., 2020) 40 6.0 His 10 mM, 8 % (w/v) sucrose, 10 ppb Fe(II)SO4 12 d 0.04 PS20 MC/AL
PS80 MC/AO
Ha et al. (2002) (Ha et al., 2002) 40, 50, 60 - Water 8 w Neat and 20 PS80 NF grade
Low peroxide PS80
Yao et al. (2009) (Yao et al., 2009) 40 7.0 100 mM Sodium phosphate, 0.1 mM EDTA - - PS20
PS80 high grades
Kishore et al. (2010) (Kishore et al., 2011b) 5, 25, 40 5.5 20 mM His, 240 mM trehalose, 10 mg·mL-1 mAb1 or placebo 12 m 0.05 or 0.03 PS20 or PS80 (quality not defined)
Liu et al. (2021) (Liu et al., 2022a) 25 6.0 Water 11-20 m 0.05 PS80 MC/ChP
Donbrow et al. (1978) (Donbrow et al., 1978a) 25, 40, 60, 70 6.0 Buffer, potassium iodide 30 d 1 PS20 (quality not defined)
Doyle et al. (2019) (Doyle et al., 2019) 50 5.5 10 mM His, citrate, phosphate 30 d 0.02 PS80 MC
Schmidt et al. (2020) (Schmidt et al., 2020) 40 - Water 7 w 10 PS20 and PS80 containing either no antioxidant or BHT or BHA at a concentration of 0.02 % (v/w)
Zhang et al. (2018) (Zhang et al., 2018) 40 5.5 20 mM Na-AcOH or 20 mM His, or His-AcOH 8 w 0.02 PS20 HP
Schröter et al. (2020) (Schröter et al., 2021) RT Acidic Water + trifluoroacetic acid (0.5 mM), 10 mM H2O2, 0.1 mM Fe(II)SO4 5 w 10 PS80 (no BHT, 1 mM BHT, 0.3 mM BHT)
40 Acidic Water + trifluoroacetic acid (0.5 mM), 1.5 mM AAPH 5 w 10 PS80 (no BHT, 1 mM BHT, 0.3 mM BHT)
Zhang et al. (2017) (Zhang et al., 2017) 40 1
7
11
Water, 1.5 mM AAPH 12, 24, 36, 48 h 0.1 PS20 AL
Agarkhed et al. (2012) (Agarkhed et al., 2013) 25 6.0 10 mM His, NaCl, glycine, 5 mg·mL-1 mAb 6 d 0.01 PS80 (SR, NF, ultrapure)