EP3669867A1 — Pharmaceutical composition comprising ibrutinib

USPTO Abstract

The present invention relates to a tablet composition comprising ibrutinib and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, characterized in that: • ibrutinib is form C, having characteristic peaks in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern at the following 2 theta (± 0.2) angles: 6.9°, 18.2°, 19.2°, 19.6° and 23.0°, measured using a Cu Kα radiation, and • the composition is free of surfactant, and • the composition exhibits a dissolution rate of at least 65% in 20 minutes when tested in 900 ml 0.01 N hydrochloric acid pH 2.0 (+ 1 % Tween 20) at 37°C, 75 rpm and/or in 900 ml phosphate buffer pH 6.8 (+3% Tween 20) at 37°C, 75 rpm in a USP apparatus II. The invention further relates to the use of said composition as a medicament, particularly in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia (WM).