Patent ID: 8883209

Claim:
A composition, consisting essentially of: (a) a spray-dried solid dispersion consisting essentially of a low-solubility drug and a stabilizing polymer, wherein said drug, once dispersed in said dispersion, is ≦10% crystalline, said drug and said stabilizing polymer are soluble in a common solvent, and wherein said stabilizing polymer is selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate phthalate, methyl cellulose acetate phthalate, ethyl cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl cellulose acetate phthalate succinate, cellulose propionate phthalate, hydroxypropyl cellulose butyrate phthalate, cellulose acetate trimellitate, methyl cellulose acetate trimellitate, ethyl cellulose acetate trimellitate, hydroxypropyl cellulose acetate trimellitate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate trimellitate, hydroxypropyl cellulose acetate trimellitate succinate, cellulose propionate trimellitate, cellulose butyrate trimellitate, cellulose acetate terephthalate, cellulose acetate isophthalate, cellulose acetate pyridinedicarboxylate, salicylic acid cellulose acetate, hydroxypropyl salicylic acid cellulose acetate, ethylbenzoic acid cellulose acetate, hydroxypropyl ethylbenzoic acid cellulose acetate, ethyl phthalic acid cellulose acetate, ethyl nicotinic acid cellulose acetate, and ethyl picolinic acid cellulose acetate; and, (b) a concentration-enhancing polymer that increases the maximum drug concentration in a use environment relative to a control composition comprising an equivalent quantity of undispersed drug, said stabilizing polymer and said concentration-enhancing polymer each having a respective glass transition temperature measured at a relative humidity of 50%, said glass transition temperature of said stabilizing polymer being greater than said glass transition temperature of said concentration-enhancing polymer wherein said concentration-enhancing polymer is selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose succinate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate, hydroxy ethyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate, hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose acetate phthalate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and carboxylic acid-functionalized polymethacrylates.