CA3249575A1 — Pharmaceutical composition comprising budesonide for treating iga nephropathy

USPTO Abstract

The present invention provides for a method of treatment of IgA nephropathy, which method comprises: (i) Identifying a pharmaceutically acceptable composition intended to treat IgA nephropathy comprising budesonide and one or more pharmaceuticallyacceptable excipients that provide for a modified release of said budesonide after administration to the gastrointestinal tract, which composition fulfils the following requirements in a standard in vitro USP<711>/Ph.Eur. 2.9.3 dissolution test using a dissolution ap¬ paratus according to Apparatus 2 (Paddle Apparatus) of said test; (a) the composition fidfils the requirement that no more than about 10% of the budesonide is released into the dissolution medium within about 120 minutes, when the dissolution medium is aqueous and lias a pH of about 1.2; (b) the composition fulfils the requirement that no more than about 10% of tire budesonide is released into the dissolution medium within about 30 minutes, when the dissolution medium is aqueous and lias a pH of about 6.8: and (c) the composition.