Claims for Patent: 10,905,694

Summary for Patent: 10,905,694

Title:	Pharmaceutical solid preparation comprising benzazepines and production method thereof
Abstract:	The subject invention provides a novel pharmaceutical solid preparation that has superior disintegration properties and excellent solubility, leading to sufficient absorbability of active ingredients through the gastrointestinal tract. The pharmaceutical solid preparation of the present invention comprises: (a) 7-chloro-5-hydroxy-1-[2-methyl-4-(2-methylbenzoylamino)benzoyl]-2,3,4,5-t- etrahydro-1H-benzoazepine and/or salt thereof; (b) hydroxypropylcellulose containing a hydroxypropoxyl group in an amount of 50% or greater; and (c) at least one member selected from the group consisting of carmellose, sodium carboxy methyl starch, crospovidone, and low substituted hydroxypropylcellulose with an average particle diameter of 30 to 70 .mu.m, and a 90% cumulative particle diameter of 100 to 200 .mu.m.
Inventor(s):	Nakagawa; Shinsuke (Osaka, JP), Suzuki; Kai (Osaka, JP), Mukai; Tadashi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee:	OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP)
Application Number:	12/665,642
Patent Claims:	1. A pharmaceutical solid preparation obtained by a method, comprising: Step 1 of producing amorphous composites consisting of (a) 7-chloro-5-hydroxy-1-[2-methyl-4-(2-methylbenzoylamino)benzoyl]-2,3,4,5-t- etrahydro-1H-benzoazepine and/or salt thereof, and (b) hydroxypropylcellulose containing a hydroxypropoxyl group in an amount of 50% or greater; Step A of processing a mixture of (i) the amorphous composites obtained in Step 1, (ii) crystalline cellulose, and (iii) corn starch and/or lactose into granules using a granulation method; Step 2 of mixing the granules obtained in Step A with (c-1) low substituted hydroxypropylcellulose, to obtain a mixture, wherein the low substituted hydroxypropylcellulose is cellulose containing a hydroxy propoxyl group in an amount of about 10 to 13%, has an average particle diameter of 45 to 65 .mu.m, and has a 90% cumulative particle diameter of 150 to 200 .mu.m, and the component (c-1) directly contacts at least some of the amorphous composites; and Step 3 of processing the mixture obtained in Step 2 into a solid preparation, wherein the content of the component (c-1) is 1 to 15 wt % of the solid preparation. 2. The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutical solid preparation is a form of tablet. 3. The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 2, wherein Step 3 includes coating the tablet with an enteric film or a sustained-release film to modify a drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. 4. The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1, wherein the content of (a) the 7-chloro-5-hydroxy-1-[2-methyl-4-(2-methylbenzoylamino)benzoyl]-2,3,4,5-t- etrahydro-1H-benzoazepine and/or salt thereof is 0.01 to 95 wt % of the solid preparation. 5. The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1, wherein the content of (b) the hydroxypropylcellulose containing the hydroxypropoxyl group in the amount of 50% or greater is 0.01 to 2 times that of the content of (a) the 7-chloro-5-hydroxy-1-[2-methyl-4-(2-methylbenzoylamino)benzoyl]-2,3,4,5-t- etrahydro-1H-benzoazepine and/or salt thereof in the solid preparation. 6. The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1, wherein the content of the component (c-1) is 3 to 12 wt % of the solid preparation.