Stability of extemporaneously compounded temozolomide 10 mg/mL suspensions in Oral Mix SF® in glass and plastic bottles and plastic syringes. 2021

Karen Lingertat-Walsh, and JoEllen Weilnau, and M Petrea Cober, and Andrew Ostrenga, and Betsy Poon, and Pacita Sales, and Shirley Law, and L Lee Dupuis, and Scott E Walker
Department of Pharmacy, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

BACKGROUND Temozolomide oral suspension is not commercially available. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the stability of three temozolomide 10 mg/mL suspensions prepared in Oral Mix SF® in three container types stored at 4°C and 23°C. METHODS Using commercial capsules, three separate batches of three different temozolomide 10 mg/mL formulations (Oral Mix SF® with PK-30; PK-30 and citric acid; and neither PK-30 nor citric acid) were made and stored in three container types (amber glass bottles, amber polyethylene terephthalate bottles, and polypropylene oral syringes). The aliquots in each container type were stored protected from light, half at 25°C and half at 4°C. On study days 0, 5, 8, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, and 56, physical properties of samples from each container type at each temperature were assessed, and the temozolomide concentration was determined using a stability-indicating method. The beyond-use-date (time to achieve 90% of initial concentration calculated using the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval of the observed degradation rate) was calculated. RESULTS Samples stored at 25°C turned from white to orange within seven days. Temozolomide crystals were observed in all samples. Concentration changes due to study day and temperature (p < 0.001) were observed but not due to container (p = 0.991) or formulation (p = 0.987). The beyond-use-date of all formulations in all container types was 56 days at 4°C and 6 days at 23°C. CONCLUSIONS We recommend that these temozolomide 10 mg/mL formulations be stored at 4°C and be assigned a beyond-use-date of 30 days.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010969 Plastics Polymeric materials (usually organic) of large molecular weight which can be shaped by flow. Plastic usually refers to the final product with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, and stabilizers included (versus the resin, the homogeneous polymeric starting material). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Plastic
D003460 Crystallization The formation of crystalline substances from solutions or melts. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Crystalline Polymorphs,Polymorphism, Crystallization,Crystal Growth,Polymorphic Crystals,Crystal, Polymorphic,Crystalline Polymorph,Crystallization Polymorphism,Crystallization Polymorphisms,Crystals, Polymorphic,Growth, Crystal,Polymorph, Crystalline,Polymorphic Crystal,Polymorphisms, Crystallization,Polymorphs, Crystalline
D004339 Drug Compounding The preparation, mixing, and assembly of a drug. (From Remington, The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 19th ed, p1814). Drug Formulation,Drug Preparation,Drug Microencapsulation,Pharmaceutical Formulation,Compounding, Drug,Formulation, Drug,Formulation, Pharmaceutical,Microencapsulation, Drug,Preparation, Drug
D004349 Drug Packaging Containers, packaging, and packaging materials for drugs and BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS. These include those in ampule, capsule, tablet, solution or other forms. Packaging includes immediate-containers, secondary-containers, and cartons. In the United States, such packaging is controlled under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which also stipulates requirements for tamper-resistance and child-resistance. Similar laws govern use elsewhere. (From Code of Federal Regulations, 21 CFR 1 Section 210, 1993) DRUG LABELING is also available. Drug Containers and Closures,Packaging, Drug,Drug Containers,Container, Drug,Containers, Drug,Drug Container,Drug Packagings,Packagings, Drug
D004355 Drug Stability The chemical and physical integrity of a pharmaceutical product. Drug Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Lives,Shelf Life, Drugs,Drug Stabilities,Drugs Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Live,Life, Drugs Shelf,Shelf Life, Drug,Shelf Live, Drugs,Shelf Lives, Drugs
D004356 Drug Storage The process of keeping pharmaceutical products in an appropriate location. Drug Storages,Storage, Drug,Storages, Drug
D005898 Glass Hard, amorphous, brittle, inorganic, usually transparent, polymerous silicate of basic oxides, usually potassium or sodium. It is used in the form of hard sheets, vessels, tubing, fibers, ceramics, beads, etc.
D000077204 Temozolomide A dacarbazine derivative that is used as an alkylating antineoplastic agent for the treatment of MALIGNANT GLIOMA and MALIGNANT MELANOMA. 8-Carbamoyl-3-methylimidazo(5,1-d)-1,2,3,5-tetrazin-4(3H)-one,CCRG 81045,CCRG-81045,M&B 39831,M&B-39831,Methazolastone,NSC 362856,NSC-362856,TMZ-Bioshuttle,TMZA-HE,Temodal,Temodar,Temozolomide Hexyl Ester,CCRG81045,M&B39831,NSC362856,TMZ Bioshuttle
D013594 Syringes Instruments used for injecting or withdrawing fluids. (Stedman, 25th ed) Hypodermic Syringes,Syringe, Karman,Hypodermic Syringe,Karman Syringe,Syringe,Syringe, Hypodermic,Syringes, Hypodermic
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures

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