Patent Application: US-201414200292-A

Abstract:
the present invention relates to a phosphate adsorbent on the basis of maghemite or maghemite / magnetite comprising an iron oxide core comprising a crystal structure of inverse spinel iron oxide , a coating selected from monomeric carbohydrates , in particular monosaccharides or disaccharides , alditols , or mixtures thereof , and / or a pharmaceutical excipient selected from polymeric carbohydrates , wherein the phosphate adsorbent has the form of nanoparticles with a particle size of the iron oxide core of less than 20 nm . the present invention further relates to a method for the production of a phosphate adsorbent on the basis of maghemite or maghemite / magnetite , to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the phosphate adsorbent , and to medical uses thereof , especially for the prevention and / or treatment of hyperphosphatemia .

Description:
the essence of the present invention is a phosphate adsorbent and the production thereof for the treatment of elevated serum phosphate levels with the phosphate adsorbent being based on inverse spinel iron oxide nanocrystals , which irreversibly bind phosphate in the gastrointestinal tract , thereby ensuring safe elimination of the phosphate . the essence of the invention further includes the production of a pharmaceutical drug for oral administration with an active agent consisting of inverse spinel iron oxide nanocrystals in a suitable pharmaceutical formulation and dosage form . the essence of the invention further lies in that the inverse spinel iron oxide core of the novel phosphate adsorbent consists of maghemite ( gamma - fe 2 o 3 ) with a magnetite component ( fe 3 o 4 ) defined by a proportion of ferrous ions ideally of less than 20 % and contains less than 20 % noninverse spinel iron oxides ( expressing the proportion of ferrous iron in relation to total iron as a molar ratio is equivalent to giving the percentage weight since ferrous iron has one electron more than ferric iron , which is negligible relative to total mass ). the embodiment of the invention further includes that the active agent of the phosphate adsorbent consists of monocrystalline inverse spinel iron oxide with crystallite sizes of less than 20 nm , preferably 2 to 20 nm , more preferably between 2 and 5 nm . initial crystallization in aqueous alkaline solution occurs in the presence of aliphatic and / or cyclic mono - and / or disaccharides ( e . g ., frucose , mannose ) and / or alditols ( e . g ., mannitol , sorbitol ), which is necessary to preferably obtain monocrystalline iron oxides of the inverse spinel type . the essence of the invention further lies in that the phosphate adsorbent has an iron content which is about 3 to 50 wt -% of total weight of the phosphate adsorbent . this iron content complies with the different requirements or needs of a phosphate adsorbent . on one hand , there is a need for a minimum of stabilizing excipients resulting in an optimal storage stability , release of the iron surface for phosphate adsorption , prevention of agglomeration in the intestinal tract and prevention of iron related toxicity in biological systems . on the other there is need for a reduction of pill burden and it is not of benefit according this clinical topic to minimize the content of the active ingredient ( i . e . iron content ) below about 3 % of the total adsorbent drug . another embodiment of the invention is the need for controlled oxidation of the initially produced magnetites by adding oxidizers and / or introducing room air or pure oxygen gas during heat application in order to keep the proportion of ferrous ions below 20 % ( weight / weight total iron ). the principle of phosphate adsorption in the body in vivo from biological fluids or fluids in the gastrointestinal tract and the entire contents of the gastrointesteinal tract is based on the displacement of the primary coating , which is necessary for stabilization , by phosphate . the primary coating ensures temporary stabilization of the inverse spinel iron oxide crystals in the aforementioned fluids in order to maximize the adsorptive surface area , which is at least 200 m 2 per gram of iron . ( at a density of a maghemite with a small magnetite proportion of 5 g / cm 3 , a surface area of 233 m 2 per gram of total iron is calculated for a crystal diameter of 10 nm . correspondingly , the total surface area per gram of iron increases to 560 m 2 for a crystal diameter of 3 nm ). the very small iron oxide crystals of the inverse spinel type according to the invention for use as phosphate adsorbent in the treatment of abnormally elevated phosphate serum levels are obtained from ferric iron salts and ferrous iron salts by a precipitation reaction in aqueous medium induced by addition of a base in the presence of monomeric or dimeric coating material . this precipitation leads to the formation of magnetite crystals . by additional oxidation , the magnetite crystals become maghemite crystals . in contrast to this procedure , the iron oxides of wo 2006 / 000547 a2 and wo 2008 / 071747a1 and u . s . pat . no . 7 , 767 , 851 b2 are exclusively produced from ferric iron chloride , which leads to the formation of iron hydroxides or iron oxy - hydroxides but not to the formation of magnetite or maghemite . the formation of iron oxides of the inverse spinel type requires ferrous ions in a close reaction with ferric ions . a reaction of ferrous iron alone through alkalization does not yield inverse spinel iron oxide . the same holds true for the reaction of ferric iron alone with addition of a base . when the molar ratio of ferric iron to ferrous iron is below 0 . 4 or above 0 . 7 , other iron oxides will form in addition to magnetite or maghemite . an embodiment of the present invention is the production of a nanoparticle dispersion from inverse spinel iron oxide in an aqueous alkaline precipitation in the presence of carbohydrates of the mono - and disaccharides and / or alditols as reaction matrix and primary coating material to obtain crystallite sizes of less than 20 nm , preferably 2 - 20 nm , and more preferably 2 - 5 nm . the very small and stable iron oxides provide a large surface area for the adsorption of phosphate in the treatment of high phosphate levels in patients with impaired renal function . surprisingly , it was found that the inverse spinel iron oxide crystals produced in this way have very much higher phosphate adsorption ( examples 1 , 2 , 3 ) than other known phosphate binders on the basis of iron hydroxide ( comparative examples 1 and 2 ). an embodiment of the invention presented here is a phosphate adsorbent on the basis of spinel iron oxide that is produced by alkalization of a mixture of ferrous and ferric iron . the preferred base for alkalization of the initial reaction mixture is sodium hydroxide . koh can also be used . ammonium hydroxide can also be used for this purpose ( as shown in comparative example 3 ). however , this would require careful removal of ammonium ions , which are toxic for mammals . another embodiment of the invention is the production of the phosphate adsorbent on the basis of inverse spinel iron oxide under cooling conditions . this is clear from the comparison of example 1 and example 1b , which differ in that production occurs under cooling in example 1 . phosphate adsorption of example 1 is higher than that of example 1b . nevertheless , example 1b still has higher phopsphate adsorption than other known ( and patented ) iron - oxide - based phosphate adsorbents ( comparative examples 1 and 2 ). another embodiment of the invention is the presence of a carbohydrate matrix during formation of the iron oxide crystals . ideally , the sugar matrix consists of mono - and / or disaccharides such as mannose , saccharose , trehalose , glucose , rhamnose , galactose , and / or alditols such as mannitol or sorbitol . this sugar matrix forms a coating around the crystals forming during crystallization , preventing their aggregation in aqueous dispersions . nevertheless , this coating can be displaced by phosphate . this becomes clear by the low phosphate adsorption in comparative examples 3 and 4 . in comparative example 3 , the citrate molecules form strong bonds with the iron oxide surface via two complexing carboxyl groups , and the citrate molecules are replaced with phosphate in very small quantities only , as demonstrated by the low phosphate binding ( comparative example 3 ). similar in comparative example 4 , where the carboxyl groups of the carboxydextran coating undergo a strong interaction with the iron oxide core . this example illustrates that phosphate adsorption is too low if bonding of the coating with the core is too strong . the iron oxide crystal surface coating using carboxy - dextran as the coating material prevents as well replacement of the coating material by phosphate ions as shown in the comparative examples 4 with the commercially available magnetite - maghemite substances feraheme ® and resovist ®. another embodiment of the invention is the addition of suitable excipients , which allow drying of the product to a fine powder and ensure optimal mixture with fluids and other contents of the gastrointestinal tract . examples 1 - 5 show that the pharmaceutical preparations with the combination of inulin and gum arabic have especially high phosphate adsorption , as shown in examples 1 , 1b , 5a , and 5g . comparison of phosphate adsorption in examples 1 and 2 shows that the combination of inulin and gum arabic as the pharmaceutical excipient is especially effective since phosphate adsorption was found to be lower in example 2 , where inulin was used alone , compared with example 1 . another embodiment of the invention is an increased ratio of phosphate adsorption in relation to release of free iron ions . iron chelates or iron salt like iron ( iii ) citrate or iron ( iii ) chloride are highly efficacious phosphate adsorbers . comparative examples 8 and 9 demonstrate high phosphate adsorption but as well the release of free iron ions above 10 % of the iron input . in contrast to this obtained iron ion release from iron citrate chelates the crystalline iron hydroxides ( comparative example 1 and 2 ) show only minimal iron release but with a much lower phosphate adsorption . the magnetite - maghemite iron oxide crystal yield sufficient stability against iron release with a high iron bind capacity at the same time ( example 1 ). another embodiment of the invention is the addition of further components , such as ascorbic acid . another embodiment of the invention is the increase of the phosphate adsorption by the addition of mild acidifying agent with reductive dissolution effect on the iron oxide core and great biocompatibility , like ascorbic acid . as is it shown in comparison of example 7a , 7b and 7c . the addition of ascorbic acid dramatically increased the phosphate adsorption with only minor increase of free iron ion release , which is still far below the iron ( iii ) citrate chelate . on the other hand acidification using hydrochloric acid has no influence on the release of free iron ions but the increase in phosphate adsorption is not as high as with ascorbic acid leading to the conclusion , that a mild reductive dissolution of the iron oxide core with ascorbic acid is more effective in augmentation of the phosphate binding properties of the herein synthesized magnetite - maghemite nanoparticles . another embodiment of the invention is the use of aqueous gelatine gel with a bloom gel strength between 10 and 300 . using gelatine as the vehicle the drug substance is predispersed in a final application form and released subsequently in the gut and intestinal content . a final drug application form as gel caps or jelly beans may enhance the patient compliance in daily drug intake . further the gelatine gel as the drug vehicle increases further the phosphate adsorption as shown in example 7d . another essence of the invention is the option of producing iron oxide crystals of the inverse spinel type without primary coating ( ii ). the phosphate adsorbent prepared in this way ( see example 6 ) has a lower phosphate adsorption compared with the same phosphate adsorbent produced with a coating of compound ( ii ); however , the phosphate binding capacity of this uncoated form is higher than that of known iron - hydroxide - based phosphate adsorbents ( see comparative examples 1 and 2 ). in addition to ensuring optimal phosphate binding , an iron - based phosphate adsorbent must be highly stable to minimize release of iron from the crystals . magnetite from the group of inverse spinel iron oxides easily oxidizes and hence is less stable . without controlled oxidation , magnetites would undergo spontaneous oxidation during storage , releasing ferrous and ferric ions , which might cause undesired adverse effects when such a preparation is used in patients . it is therefore necessary and preferred to perform a controlled oxidation and to remove any iron ions released during this reaction . oxidation can be induced by adding hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizer in aqueous solution or by introducing room air or pure oxygen into the aqueous solution . iron ions released during oxidation are preferably separated and removed in a further step ( see step ( 5 )) using sedimentation of the magnetic dispersion with a magnet or centrifugation and the withdrawal of the supernatant . moreover , these reaction products can be removed by dialysis , ultrafiltration , or diafiltration . as discussed above , iron ( iii ) ions can be a basis for metal - based phosphate adsorbers , such as in form of iron ( iii ) citrate having a high phosphorus binding capacity . the production and the use of a pharmaceutical grade iron ( iii ) citrate as an oral phosphate binding drug to treat elevated serum phosphate levels has been laid down by kwok et al . in u . s . pat . no . 7 , 767 , 851 b2 . however , a major drawback of such highly soluble iron salts or chelates , such as iron ( iii ) citrate , is the release of free iron ions , as can be seen in comparative examples 8 and 9 , eading biochemically to oxidative stress with a high risk of iron toxicity . additionally in patients treated against hyperphosphatemia nearly a life long there is the risk of systemic iron overload due to intestinal iron resorption of the free iron ions , which has been shown for iron ( iii ) citrate ( heinrich , 1987 ). this results in a limited risk to benefit ratio for these type of iron compounds as phosphate adsorbers . in contrast thereto , the phosphate adsorbents of this invention do not exhibit such a disadvantageous release of free iron ( see also examples ) which renders them suitable for use in the treatment of hyperphosphatemia , also over long periods of time . pure magnetite has 30 % ferrous ions expressed in relation to total iron ( molar ratio ). ( expressing the proportion of ferrous iron in relation to total iron as a molar ratio is equivalent to giving the percentage weight since ferrous iron has one electron more than ferric iron , which is negligible relative to total mass .) another essence of the invention is a phosphate adsorbent on the basis of inverse spinel iron oxide with a proportion of ferrous iron oxides of less than 20 %, preferably less than 15 %, more preferably less than 10 %, and even more preferably less than 5 % or less than 3 % of the total iron . the present invention is illustrated in more detail in the following figures and examples , but the invention is not limited thereto . the references are herewith incorporated by reference herein . the figures show : fig1 . transmission electron microscopy ( tem ) images of the production examples ( a ), ( c ) example 1 ( b ), ( d ) comparative example 3 the tem image of example 1 ( a ) depicts the extremely small crystals as slightly electron - dense clouds . the individual crystals are too small for the resolution used here . there are only some accumulations of slightly larger crystals , of which only very small amounts are formed using this production procedure . in comparison , the tem image of a sample produced according to comparative example 3 ( b ) depicts markedly larger crystals and no clouds of very small crystals . the electron diffraction patterns of example 1 ( c ) weakly but definitely correspond to the typical patterns of magnetite and maghemite . the electron diffraction pattern is very obvious for the sample of comparative example 3 due to the larger crystals and is also consistent with the typical patterns of magnetite and maghemite . fig2 . phosphate adsorption and iron release of phosphate adsorbents of the invention compared to phosphate adsorbents of the prior art . fig3 : tem characterization of the batch used for in - vivo experiments . fig4 : urine phosphate excretion expressed in milligram per 24 hours . due to an intestinal phosphate adsorption by the drug substances the absorption of phosphate in the intestinal brush border was reduced . this results in a reduced urine phosphorus excretion for the group b with renvela ® and more pronounced for the group c with c - pam - 11 . fig5 : serum phosphate level at the 4 week treatment time point . the physiological range for rats is 2 . 26 - 3 . 06 mmol phosphate / l ( data provided by breeder charles river ). the rats treated with c - pam - 11 developed a serious hypophosphatemia indicating the intestinal phosphate adsorbing efficacy of the maghemite nanoparticles . this adverse reaction cloud simply be prevented by a further dose reduction . fig6 : left image : high resolution ct of rat femora from the control group ( left ) and from the c - pam - 11 group ( right ) group . graph : quantitatively measured bone density of rat femora . bone density was significantly reduced for the c - pam - 11 group as a result of the tremendous serum phosphate lowering efficacy in these healthy rats . this unwanted adverse effect can simply be prevented by a further dose reduction . phosphate adsorption was determined in aqueous sodium phosphate solution at phs of 3 , 5 . 5 , and 8 . a 40 mm phosphate solution ( solution a ) was prepared using sodium dihydrogen phosphate ( s0751 , sigma - aldrich , munich , germany ). the ph was adjusted by adding either sodium hydroxide or hydrochloric acid . using solution a as aqueous medium , we prepared solutions of the iron - based phosphate adsorbents , at 0 . 1 m concentration relative to iron , obtained according to the production examples and comparative examples presented hereinafter ( solution b ). a 10 - ml aliquot of solution b was gently shaken in a waterbath for two hours at 37 °. following incubation , the samples were centrifuged for 10 min ( rcf : 2700 ). the supernatant was filtered again with a 30 kd ultracentrifuge filter . the phosphate content of the filtrate was determined by hplc ( ics - 3000 , dionex ) with a ionpac as14a 4 × 250 mm column at a flow rate of 1 ml / min using 8 mm sodium carbonate / 1 mm sodium hydrogen carbonate as eluent and an injection volume of 0 . 02 ml . nutricomp mct ( b . braun , melsungen , germany ) was used as a standardized food suspension to simulate gastric contents . according to the manufacturer , 100 ml of this food suspension contains 86 . 6 mg phosphorus . during normal digestion , most of the phosphate ingested with the food is released from organic phosphate compounds by alkaline phosphatases and enterally absorbed in the duodenum . it is therefore of foremost importance for a suitable phosphate adsorbent to bind enough of the released phosphate at phs of over 7 . to simulate this gastrointestinal tract environment , the nutricomp mct suspension used in these experiments was alkalized with sodium carbonate . the ph of nutricomp mct was adjusted to 7 . 54 by adding 1 m sodium carbonate solution ( natrium carbonat decahydrat , sigma - aldrich no . 71538 ). nutricomp mct contains phosphorus in the form of organic phosphate compounds . for the experiments described hereinafter , we did not add alkaline phosphatases to release the phosphate from these compounds but instead supplemented nutricomp mct with phosphate . a 400 ml sample of nutricomp mct solution was supplemented with 1 . 62 g of sodium dihydrogen phosphate ( s0751 , sigma - aldrich , munich , germany ) dissolved in 6 ml of 0 . 9 % sodium chloride solution . for ph adjustment , 14 ml of 1 m sodium carbonate solution was added ( sigma - aldrich , no . 71538 ). the resulting mixture is hereinafter referred to as food suspension a . the iron - based phosphate adsorbents were added to 15 - ml aliquots of food suspension a according to the production and comparative examples presented hereinafter . the amount added resulted in a 0 . 1 m iron concentration ( incubation mixture b ). a 10 - ml aliquot of said incubation mixture b was shaken in a waterbath for 2 hours at 37 ° c . following this incubation period , incubation mixture b was centrifuged ( rcf 2700 ). the supernatant was again filtered with an ultracentrifuge filter with a 30 kd separation membrane . the phosphate content of the filtrate was determined by hplc ( ics - 3000 , dionex ) with a ionpac as14a 4 × 250 mm column at a flow rate of 1 ml / min using 8 mm sodium carbonate / 1 mm sodium hydrogen carbonate as eluent and an injection volume of 0 . 02 ml . total iron content in the phosphate adsorption test filtrate was determined by reduction of all iron ions to ferrous iron using the hydroxylamine hydrochloride reagent . colored ferrous orthophenantroline complex was measured at 510 nm absorbance on a thermoscientific genesys 6 spectrophotometer . an iron - hydroxide - based phosphate adsorbent was prepared according to production example 3 of wo 2006 / 000547 a2 . this method describes the production of an iron - based phosphate adsorbent with optimized phosphate binding . a solution of 52 g sodium carbonate decahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 71538 ) in 78 g bidistilled water was prepared ( solution 1 ). a second solution of 38 g iron ( iii ) nitrate nonahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31233 ) in 16 g bidistilled water was prepared ( solution 2 ). solution 2 was added dropwise to solution 1 with strong stirring over 30 min . the resulting solution ( solution 3 ) was continued to stir for another 60 min at room temperature and then dialsysed against water in a dialysis tube ( spectra por dialysis tube , rc membrane , 12 - 14 kd cutoff ). this procedure was continued until , after repeated exchange of water , conductivity in the filtered solution was & lt ; 0 . 5 ms / cm . a 100 - ml aliquot was taken from the retentate , to which were added 6 g cornstarch ( sigma - aldrich , no . s 4126 ) and 6 g sucrose ( sigma - aldrich , no . s 7903 ). the red - brown turbit dispersion was reduced to 60 ml at 60 ° c . on a rotation vaporizer and dried overnight at 60 ° c . in a cabinet dryer . the resulting red - brown powder was ground to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle . the final powder has an iron content of 276 mg / g . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . an iron - hydroxide - based phosphate adsorbent was prepared according to production example 2 of wo 2008 / 071747 . a solution of 15 g sodium carbonate decahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 71538 ) in 50 g bidistilled water was prepared ( solution 1 ). a second solution of 13 . 5 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) in 22 . 5 g bidistilled water was prepared ( solution 2 ). suspension 3 was prepared by adding 3 . 68 g potato starch ( sigma - aldrich , no . s 5241 ) to 20 g bidistilled water . solutions 1 and 2 were combined with strong stifling by continuously and simultaneously transferring the two solutions into a reaction vessel at a flow rate of 2 ml / min at room temperature . the resulting red - brown turbid suspension was stirred for another hour at 25 ° c . and then filtered through a grade 595 paper filter ( schleicher - schüll ). the filter retentate was resuspended by washing the filter in 90 g bidistilled water . this filtration and resuspension were repeated twice . the suspension was then filtered once again , and the red - brown dry retentate was detached from the filter and resuspended in 7 . 5 g bidistilled water , 3 . 7 g sucrose , and 12 g ethanol ( purest quality ) and stirred at room temperature for 1 hour . the resulting suspension was reduced to 10 ml on a rotation vaporizer and dried overnight at 60 ° c . in a cabinet dryer . the fine powder obtained by grinding with a mortar and pestle has an iron content of 186 mg / g dry substance . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . a dispersion of inverse spinel iron oxide with a complexing coating of citric acid was prepared according to the publication of sahoo ( sahoo et al . 2005 ). a solution of 1 . 72 g iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 44939 ) in 40 ml deoxygenated bidistilled water was prepared ( solution a ). a second solution of 4 . 7 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) in 40 ml deoxygenated bidistilled water was prepared ( solution b ). solutions a and b were combined in an argone atmosphere and heated , while stirring , to 80 ° c . ( solution c ). at this temperature , solution c was rapidly supplemented with 10 ml of 28 % ammonium hydroxide solution in an argone atmosphere ( solution d ). solution d was stirred at 80 ° c . in argone atmosphere for 30 min , to which was then rapidly added 2 g of citric acid ( sigma - aldrich , no . 251275 ) dissolved in 4 ml of bidistilled water . the resulting black - brown suspension was stirred in an open vessel with free access to room air for another 90 min at 95 ° c . after cooling to room temperature , the dispersion was separated on a magnet ( 1 tesla ) and the supernatant dialysed against 3 1 of bidistilled water in a dialysis tube ( spectra por dialysis tube , rc membrane , 12 - 14 kd cutoff ). the water was exchanged until conductivity in the filtrate was & lt ; 0 . 5 ms / cm . the resulting dispersion was reduced to 30 ml on a rotation vaporizer and then supplemented with 3 g inulin and stirred for another 30 min at room temperature . the resulting suspension was dried overnight at 60 ° c . the dry substance was ground to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle . the final powder has an iron content of 376 mg / g dry substance and a proportion of ferrous iron of 3 . 76 % in relation to total iron . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . commercially available colloid dispersions ( resovist ®, feraheme ®) of nanoscale magnetite - maghemite iron oxide crystals with modified dextran coating were tested for their phosphate - binding capacity in a phosphate solution at ph 8 . feraheme ® has a carboxymethyl dextran coat and is available in a 0 . 54 m solution relative to iron . resovist ® has a carboxydextran coat and is available in a 0 . 5 m solution relative to iron . binding experiments were performed using incubation concentrations corresponding to those of the experiments described above . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . an iron - hydroxide - based phosphate adsorbent was prepared according to production example 3 of wo 2006 / 000547 a2 . this method describes the production of an iron - based phosphate adsorbent with optimized phosphate binding . however , in contrast to the method disclosed in wo 2006 / 000547 a2 , we used inulin and gum arabic instead of starch . a solution of 52 g sodium carbonate decahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 71538 ) in 78 g bidistilled water was prepared ( solution 1 ). a second solution of 38 g iron ( iii ) nitrate nonahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31233 ) in 16 g bidistilled water was prepared ( solution 2 ). solution 2 was added dropwise to solution 1 with strong stirring over 30 min . the resulting solution ( solution 3 ) was continued to stir for another 60 min at room temperature and then dialysed against water in a dialysis tube ( spectra por dialysis tube , rc membrane , 12 - 14 kd cutoff ). this procedure was continued until , after repeated exchange of water , conductivity in the filtrate was & lt ; 0 . 5 ms / cm . a 100 - ml aliquot was taken from the retentate , to which were successively added 3 g inulin ( sigma - aldrich 12255 , chicory ), 3 g gum arabic ( acaciabaum reagent grade , sigma g9752 ), and 6 g sucrose ( sigma - aldrich , no . s 7903 ). the red - brown turbit dispersion was reduced to 60 ml at 60 ° c . on a rotation vaporizer and dried overnight at 60 ° c . in a cabinet dryer . the resulting red - brown powder was ground with a mortar and pestle , yielding a fine powder with an iron content of 263 . 5 mg / g . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . the precipitation of magnetite - maghemite iron oxide nanoparticles was prepared in a one - step synthesis in a mannose solution according to example 5 of wo 2007 / 095871 a2 ( horak ). 10 ml of a 50 wt % d - mannose ( sigma - aldrich , no . 63582 ) was mixed under stifling with 10 ml of an aqueous solution containing 1 . 51 g of iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) and 0 . 64 g of iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 44939 ). 7 . 5 % aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution was slowly added ( 2 ml / min ) under mild stirring until a ph 12 was reached , which was achieved after the addition of 16 ml of ammonium hydroxide . the mixture was then heated to 60 ° and maintained there for 15 min . after cooling to room temperature the mixture was sonicated at 860 w for 2 min ( sonorex typ rk 156 bh , bandelin gmbh , berlin ). the so obtained dispersion was dialyzed in tubes against water ( 12 - 14 kd cutoff , regenerated cellulose , spectra por ) for 24 hours with a five time change of the water ( 2 1 ). the volume was reduced by evaporation an finally dried over night at 60 ° c . the so obtained powder has an iron content of 470 mg per gram dry material and a proportion of ferrous iron of 1 . 7 % in relation to total iron by weight . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . the phosphate binding of the approved drug renvela ® with sevelamer carbonate as the active drug substance was tested in nutricomp in a setting identical to iron - based phosphate adsorbers . weight input of sevelamer carbonate was 197 mg absolute . this results in a molar ratio of 1 : 0 . 16 allyl - amine units : po 4 . for this experiment the absolute weight input of sevelamer carbonate was 197 mg a solube form of ferric citrate as the active drug substance of the phosphate binding oral drug drug zerenex ® ( currently in clinical trials phase iii ) was prepared according to u . s . pat . no . 7 , 767 , 851 b2 by kwok et al . example 1 . 5 m sodium hydroxide solution was added slowly added ( 10 ml per minute ) to 27 . 3 ml of a 1 . 85m iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) solution at room temperature until a ph of 7 was achieved ( 11 ml of 5 m sodium hydroxide was necessary ). this mixture was sonicated at 860 w for 2 min ( sonorex typ rk 156 bh , bandelin gmbh , berlin ) to break up aggregates . this mixture was filtered using a folded cellulose paper filter ( rotilabo ®- faltenfilter , cellulose ). the filtrate was centrifuged at 1500 rcf 10 min redispersed with water and centrifuged again , redispersion and centrifugation was repeated 3 more times . the supernatant was discarded and the remaining sediment was analyzed for iron content . 5 % citric acid ( weight / volume ) was added to obtain a 1 : 1 molar ratio of iron ions : citrate and the mixture was heated to 80 ° c . under mild stirring . further citric acid was subsequently added until a clear dark brown solution with an ph under 0 . 8 was obtained . this step takes 48 hours with stirring at 80 ° c . for 8 hours a day and rest overnight at room temperature . this dispersion was centrifuged at 1500 rcf for 15 min . the supernatant was mixed with 5 volumes of ethanol and under light stifling a pale beige precipitate was formed . this suspension was centrifuged at 1500 rcf for 10 minutes . the supernatant was discarded and the sediment was resuspended and centrifuged again with ethanol for two times . the precipitate was dried overnight at 60 ° c . and the resulting dry substance was ground to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle . it was not further sieved as described in u . s . pat . no . 7 , 767 , 851 b2 by kwok et al . example 1 . the final powder obtained in this way has an iron content of 226 mg / g and a proportion of ferrous iron of 3 . 79 % in relation to total iron . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . to obtain a better soluble form of the commercially available iron citrate 30 g iron ( iii ) citrate tribasic monohydrate ( fluka 44941 ) were dissolved in 200 ml bidistilled water at 90 ° c . after cooling to room temperature 150 ml pure ethanol was added . the resulting suspension was centrifuged at 1500 rcf for 10 min . the supernatant was withdrawn and the sediment was resuspended in 100 ml ethanol stirred for 5 min and centrifuged again . the sediment was air dried . the final powder obtained in this way has an iron content of 218 mg / g and a proportion of ferrous iron of 5 . 3 % in relation to total iron . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . a phosphate adsorbent based on magnetite - maghemite was prepared by precipitation from a solution of ferrous and ferric iron in the presence of a base . a solution was prepared by dissolving 7 . 55 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) in 50 ml bidistilled water cooled to 4 ° c . ( solution a ). a second solution was prepared by dissolving 3 . 2 g iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 44939 ) in solution a ( solution b ). a third solution was prepared by dissolving 25 g d - mannose ( sigma - aldrich , no . 63582 ) in bidistilled water cooled to 4 ° c . ( solution c ). solutions b and c were combined and stirred for 2 min ( solution d ). solution d was supplemented with 100 ml of 1 . 5 m naoh ( cooled to 4 ° c .) and the resulting mixture stirred for 5 min at 4 ° c . until a homogeneous colloid was obtained ( approx . 5 min ). the colloid was then heated to 60 ° c . and stirred for 15 min at 60 ° c . subsequently , the solution was cooled to room temperature while stirring over 15 min and reduced to 100 ml using ultrafiltration ( 10 kd , spectrum , hollow fiber , pes ). the solution was dialysed 5 times against 2 liters of bidistilled water in dialysis tubes ( 12 - 14 kd cutoff , regenerated cellulose , spectra por ) until no more iron or chloride were detectable in the filtrate . the total amount of 200 ml colloid solution obtained after dialysis was mixed with 25 ml bidistilled water in which had been dissolved 0 . 1 g mannose , 3 g gum arabic ( acaciabaum reagent grade , sigma g9752 ), and 3 g inulin ( sigma aldrich 12255 , chicory ), which had been dissolved together in 25 ml bidistilled water . this dispersion was stirred for 3 min and supplemented with 100 % ethanol to yield 11 . this step precipitated the nanoparticles , which were removed by centrifugation at 800 rcf . the sediment was dried overnight at 60 ° c . the resulting dry substance was ground to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle . the final powder has an iron content of 157 mg / g dry substance and a proportion of ferrous iron of 2 . 04 % in relation to total iron . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . the production of example 1b is identical to the production according to example 1 except that the individual steps are not performed with cooled solutions . all steps in preparing the phosphate adsorbent according to example 1b were performed at room temperature . the iron oxide powder prepared according to example 1b has a total iron content of 250 mg with a 5 . 28 % proportion of ferrous iron relative to total iron ( weight / weight ). for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . a phosphate adsorbent based on magnetite - maghemite was prepared by precipitation from a solution of ferrous and ferric iron in the presence of a base . a solution was prepared by dissolving 7 . 2 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) and 10 g d - mannose ( sigma - aldrich , no . 63582 ) in 25 ml 0 . 4 m hydrochloric acid with a temperature of 4 ° c . ( solution a ). solution b was prepared by adding 3 . 5 g iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 44939 ) to solution a . solution b was stirred at 4 ° c . for 5 min . solution b was rapidly added to 80 ml of 1 . 5 m hydrochloric acid ( solution c ). solution c was stirred at 4 ° c . until a black - brown suspension was obtained . then solution c was heated to 60 ° c . and stirred at this temperature for another 30 min . this dispersion was supplemented by 3 g inulin ( sigma - aldrich 12255 , chicory ) and stirred for another 3 min . the dispersion was removed from the hotplate and stirred at room temperature until it was cooled to room temperature . this dispersion was centrifuged at 1500 rcf for 10 min . the sediment was dispersed with five times its volume of 3 % inulin solution and centrifuged under said conditions . this step was repeated 5 times . the final sediment obtained after completion of centrifugation was dried overnight at 60 ° c . the resulting granulate was ground to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle . the final powder obtained in this way has an iron content of 307 mg / g and a proportion of ferrous iron of 9 . 57 % in relation to total iron . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . a phosphate adsorbent based on magnetite - maghemite was prepared by precipitation from a solution of ferrous and ferric iron in the presence of a base . a solution was prepared by dissolving 7 . 2 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) in 25 ml 0 . 4 m hydrochloric acid with a temperature of 4 ° c . ( solution a ). solution b was prepared by adding 3 . 5 g iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 44939 ) to solution a . ten grams of mannitol ( sigma - aldrich , no . m 4125 ) were dissolved in 80 ml of 1 . 5 m sodium hydroxide solution ( solution c ). solution b was rapidly added to solution c , and the mixture was stirred at 4 ° c . until a black - brown suspension was obtained . this suspension was supplemented by 3 g of potato starch ( sigma - aldrich , no . 54251 ) and heated to 60 ° c . while stirring . to this suspension was added 5 ml 30 % hydrogen peroxide in 1 - ml amounts , stirring for 1 min at 60 ° c . after each addition . five minutes after the last addition , the absence of peroxidase was demonstrated using the quantofix peroxid 100 test ( merck kda ). the suspension obtained in this way was supplemented by 3 g inulin ( sigma aldrich 12255 , chicory ), and the resulting suspension was continued to stir without further heating until it was cooled to room temperature ( approx . 20 min ). after cooling , 3 g of carboxymethyl cellulose was added ( sigma - aldrich , no . c9481 , usp grade ). the resulting suspension was centrifuged ( 1500 rcf , 10 min ). the sediment was resuspended with five times its volume of 2 % saccharose solution and centrifuged . this step was repeated four times . the resulting sediments was dried overnight at 60 ° c . in an oven . the resulting granulate was ground to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle . the final iron oxide powder has an iron content of 298 . 03 mg / g and a proportion of ferrous iron of 11 . 18 % in relation to the total iron content ( weight / weight ). for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . a phosphate adsorbent based on magnetite - maghemite was prepared by precipitation from a solution of ferrous and ferric iron in the presence of a base . a solution was prepared by dissolving 7 . 2 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) in 25 ml 0 . 4 m hydrochloric acid with a temperature of 4 ° c . ( solution a ). solution b was prepared by adding 3 . 5 g iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 44939 ) to solution a . ten grams of saccharose ( sigma - aldrich , no . 50389 ) were dissolved in 80 ml of 1 . 5 m sodium hydroxide solution ( solution c ). solution b was rapidly added to solution c and the mixture was stirred at 4 ° c . until a black - brown suspension was obtained . this suspension was supplemented by 3 g of potato starch ( sigma - aldrich , no . 54251 ) and heated to 60 ° c . while stirring . to this suspension was added 5 ml of 30 % hydrogen peroxide in 1 - ml amounts , stifling for 1 min at 60 ° c . after each addition . five minutes after the last addition , the absence of perioxidase was demonstrated using the quantofix peroxid 100 test ( merck kda ). the suspension obtained in this way was supplemented by 3 g inulin ( sigma aldrich 12255 , chicory ), and the resulting suspension was continued to stir without further heating until it was cooled to room temperature ( approx . 20 min ). after cooling , 3 g of carboxymethyl cellulose was added ( sigma - aldrich , no . c9481 , usp grade ). the resulting suspension was centrifuged ( 1500 rcf , 10 min ). the sediment was resuspended with five times its volume of 2 % saccharose solution and centrifuged . this step was repeated four times . the resulting sediments was dried overnight at 60 ° c . in an oven . the resulting granulate was ground to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle . the resulting iron oxide powder has an iron content of 353 . 51 mg / g and a proportion of ferrous iron of 4 . 73 % in relation to total iron ( weight / weight ). for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . using the production procedure of example 1 , we tested different combinations of primary coating and secondary excipients with regard to phosphate adsorption . in all cases , solutions were prepared using 50 ml of 0 . 4 m hydrochloric acid , in which 14 . 4 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich no . 31232 ) and 7 g iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich no . 44939 ) were dissolved in conjunction with the primary coating material as listed in the “ primary coating ” column in the table below ( solution a ). solution a was abruptly added to 80 ml ice - cooled 1 . 5 m sodium hydroxide solution and stirred for 5 min . the resulting suspension was supplemented with the respective excipient as listed in the “ excipients ” column of the table below . the resulting suspension was stirred for 30 min in an iced waterbath . thereafter , 2 ml of 15 % hydrogen peroxide was added to the suspension . the resulting dispersion was heated to 65 ° c . and stirred at this temperature for 15 min . after cooling to room temperature , the suspension obtained in this way was centrifuged ( 10 min at 1500 rcf ), the supernatant discarded , and the sediment dried overnight at 60 ° c . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . a phosphate adsorbent based on magnetite - maghemite was prepared by precipitation from a solution of ferrous and ferric iron in the presence of a base . a solution was prepared by dissolving 7 . 2 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) in 25 ml 0 . 4 m hydrochloric acid with a temperature of 4 ° c . ( solution a ). solution b was prepared by adding 3 . 5 g iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 44939 ) to solution a . solution b was supplemented by 70 ml of 1 . 5 m sodium hydroxide solution ( cooled to 4 ° c .) and the mixture stirred at 4 ° c . until a black - brown suspension was obtained . this black - brown suspension was supplemented by 2 ml 30 % hydrogen peroxide , the suspension heated to 75 ° c ., and the suspension was kept at this temperature with free exposure to ambient air for 10 min . after cooling to room temperature , the suspension was tested for the absence of peroxides using the quantofix peroxid 100 test ( merck kda ). the suspension obtained in this way was successively supplemented by 3 g potato starch ( sigma - aldrich , no . 54251 ) and 3 g gum arabic ( acacia tree , reagent grade , sigma g9752 ), each dissolved in 15 ml 1 . 5 m naoh waiting 5 min after each addition . moreover , 4 g inulin and 3 g inulin ( sigma aldrich 12255 , chicory ) and 0 . 1 g carboxymethyl cellulose sodium were successively added as powders , stirring for 5 min after each addition . this suspension was centrifuged at 700 rcf for 15 min and the supernatant discarded ; the resulting sediment was resuspended with 30 ml 2 % sucrose solution and centrifuged this step was repeated 5 times . the sediment was dried overnight at 60 ° c . in an oven . the resulting granulate was ground to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle . the final iron oxide powder has an iron content of 207 mg / g with a proportion of ferrous iron of 3 . 13 % relative to the total iron content ( weight / weight ). for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . a solution was prepared by dissolving 7 . 55 g iron ( iii ) chloride hexahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 31232 ) in 25 ml bidistilled water at 4 ° c . ( solution a ). solution b was prepared by adding 3 . 2 g iron ( ii ) chloride tetrahydrate ( sigma - aldrich , no . 44939 ) to solution a . solution c was prepared by dissolving 15 g d - mannitol ( sigma - aldrich , no . m 4125 ) in 100 ml 1 . 5 m naoh cooled to 4 ° c . solution b was decanted to solution c under stifling . this mixture was stirred at 4 ° c . until a black brown precipitate was formed . 7 . 5 g inulin ( sigma aldrich 12255 , chicory ) were added and this mixture was stirred for further 15 min at 4 ° c . after addition of 3 ml 30 % hydrogen peroxide the mixture was heated to 60 ° c ., and stirred at this temperature for further 15 min . after cooling to room temperature the suspension was tested for the absence of peroxides using the quantofix peroxid 100 test ( merck kda ). the so obtained colloid was dialysed against water using cellulose tube ( 3 . 5 kd cutoff , spectra por dialysis tube , rc membrane ) the suspension was kept at this temperature with free exposure to ambient air for 10 min . the retentate was centrifuged ( 1500 rcf , 10 min ). the sediment was withdrawn and the supernatant was supplemented with 3 g arabic gum . the so obtained dispersion was lyophilized . the final iron oxide powder has an iron content of 211 mg / g with a proportion of ferrous iron of 0 . 89 % relative to the total iron content ( weight / weight ). two phosphate binding experiments have been performed ; example 7a with the above obtained powder , example 7b by addition of ascorbic acid to the final powder according to example 7b . to test the influence of ascorbic acid on the phosphate adsorption efficacy in nutricomp 200 mg of the substance was grinded with ascorbic acid and binding experiments were performed in nutricomp mct ( example 7b ). in example 7c , the ph was adjusted during the incubation of the substance in nutricomp mct using hcl without ascorbic acid . in example 7d the influence of the mixture of gelatine gel on the phosphate adsorption capacity was tested . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . the ph of nutricomp was adjusted to 7 . 54 before addition of the adsorbens with ascorbic acid ; a ph of 7 . 0 was achieved at the end of the incubation period . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . the ph of nutricomp was adjusted to 7 . 54 before addition of the adsorbens with ascorbic acid ; a ph of 7 . 0 was achieved at the end of the incubation period by titration with hydrochloric acid for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 0 . 1m . the ph of nutricomp was adjusted to 7 . 54 before addition of the adsorbens with ascorbic acid ; a ph of 7 . 0 was achieved at the end of the incubation period by titration with hydrochloric acid an amount of 0 . 06 mmol relative to iron from example 1 was dissolved in 10 ml fetal calf serum . for comparison , an identical experiment was performed with feraheme , i . e ., iron oxide stabilized with carboxymethyl dextran . these samples were incubated at 37 ° c . for two hours and then centrifuged using a centrifuge filter with 30 kd cutoff . in the filtrate , phosphate content was determined according to the preceding examples . for all experiments , the iron content of the test solution was adjusted to 6 mm . maghemite - based nanoparticles as an efficient new oral phosphate adsorber : preclinical in vivo results in rats hyperphosphatemia is the main cause of cardiovascular mortality in patients with impaired renal function . currently approved oral phosphate - lowering drugs fail to achieve the nkf - kdoqi ™- recommended target phosphate serum level in 40 % of patients ( block et . al : association of serum phosphorus and calcium × phosphate product with mortality risk in chronic hemodialysis patients : a national study . american journal of kidney disease , vol 31 , no 4 ( april ), 1998 : 607 - 617 ). this could be explained by a high pill burden linked to adverse reactions like diarrhea as well as obstipation and nausea . calcium based phosphate adsorber accelerate cardiovascular calcifications and the risk for an increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality . hence , there is a clinical need for more efficient oral phosphate - lowering drugs . currently the non - metal based phosphate adsorber sevelamer carbonate ( active substance of renvela ®, genzyme corporation ) or sevelamer hydrochloride ( active substance of renagel ®, genzyme corporation ) is the gold standard in therapy of elevated phosphate serum levels . in rats the in vivo enteral phosphate - adsorbing efficacy of new maghemite - based phosphate adsorber according to present wo 2013 / 034267 a1 , example 7 ( herein named “ c - pam - 11 ”— charité - phosphate - adsorbing - maghemite ) was compared to the commercially available drug renvela ® with sevelamer carbonate as the active substance . for the in vivo experiments example 7 of the present application was chosen because with the use of gelatin the drug product according to example 7 and the reference drug renvela ® could well be mixed with the rat standard diet and it was rated by a self test of the inventors as completely tasteless . this is a basic requirement for the acceptance by the animals and it has been demonstrated that the addition of gelatin increased the phosphate adsorbing efficacy . in detail , 500 g of the powder form of the rat diet ( altromin 1320 , 0 . 7 % phosphorus content ) was mixed with 500 ml 5 % gelatin from porcine skin , fa . sigma , type a . food balls of 20 gram each were formed . food was stored for a maximum of three days at 4 ° c . rats were controlled daily and food residues were removed and replaced by fresh food balls each day . over a 4 - week period healthy sprague dawley rats ( n = 8 per group , cd rat charles river , sulzfeld germany ) were fed ad libitum this gelatin rat diet food balls as control ( group a ), or gelatin rat diet balls supplemented with renvela ® ( group b ) or c - pam - 11 ( group c ) as treatment groups ( supplementation : 0 . 5 % weight / weight based on sevelamer or iron ). once a week the rats were housed in individual metabolic cages for 24 hours to collect urine . after the 4 - week period rats were sacrificed for blood chemistry and histology of organs and the gastrointestinal tract . furthermore the femora were gained to measure the bone density by using a high resolution peripheral quantitative computer tomography ( hr pqct ). all groups tolerated the procedure well . food intake of all rats groups differs not significantly between the groups and was overall higher compared to charles river breeder data . weight increase ( from an average of 289 ± 26 g ) was significantly higher in group b ( 467 ± 31 g ) than in groups a ( 438 ± 30 g ) and c ( 420 ± 27 g ). weight increase lies within the breeder data range and was exceeded by the group b ( renvela ®). urine phosphate excretion was significantly lower in group c versus a and b at all sampling times ( fig2 ). at 4 week treatment time the 24 hours urine phosphate excretion was 0 . 075 ± 0 . 089 mg ( c ) versus 6 . 59 ± 7 . 15 mg ( a ) and 0 . 48 ± 0 . 55 mg ( b ). group c developed hypophosphatemia with serum phosphate of 1 . 9 ± 0 . 09 mmol / l versus 2 . 5 ± 0 . 4 mmol / l in group a and 2 . 4 ± 0 . 41 mmol / l in group b . all other blood chemistry parameters were normal . histology revealed no abnormalities in any group . the hr pqct measurements detected a significantly lower bone density in group c revealing an osteomalacia in these animals which could be explained by the extreme enteral phosphate - 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