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. 2014 Jun 27;16(5):1077–1084. doi: 10.1208/s12248-014-9639-y

Table I.

Summary of Drug Specific Physicochemical Input Data and Particle Size Distribution Parameters for Drug Material in Formulations

Molecular weight 543.5
Ionization constant Neutral (base pKa <2)
logD at pH 7.4 3.03
Human permeability (10–4 cm/s) 3.5 (high)
Solubility (mg/mL) in fasted state simulating intestinal fluid: pH = 6.5a 0.025
Particle size distribution parameters for used formulations D10b [μm] D50c [μm] D90d [μm]
Finely milled material for formulation in study SAD 0.9 2.3 5.1
Finely milled material for formulation in study REL_BA1 and REL_BA2 1.1 3.7 12.2
Coarsely milled material for formulation in study REL_BA1 3.7 27 109

Scaled from Caco2 cells using method described in (18)

SAD single-ascending dose

aComposition of media is described in (5). Clinical dosage forms (standard capsules) were equilibrated for 24 h at 37°C, and the supernatant was analyzed by HPLC after centrifugation and filtration through a PVDF filter (0.45 μM)

b10%,of the volume of drug material was measured as below the given diameter

c50% of the volume of drug material was measured as below the given diameter

d90% of the volume of drug material was measured as below the given diameter