Explaining dissolution properties of rivaroxaban cocrystals.

The aim of this study was to improve rivaroxaban water-solubility by cocrystal preparation and to understand this process. The screening with water-soluble coformers was performed via both mechanochemical and solution-mediated techniques. Two cocrystals of rivaroxaban with malonic acid and oxalic acid were prepared, and the structure of the cocrystal with oxalic acid was solved. Both cocrystals exhibit improved dissolution properties. The mechanism of the supersaturation maintenance was studied by in-situ Raman spectroscopy. The transformation into rivaroxaban dihydrate was identified as the critical step in the improved dissolution properties of both cocrystals. Moreover, the transformation kinetics and solubilization effects of the coformers were identified as responsible for the differences in the dissolution behavior of the cocrystals. In-vivo experiments proved that the use of cocrystal instead of form I of free API helped to increase the bioavailability ofrivaroxaban. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Erika Hriňová, Eliška Skořepová, Igor Čerňa, Jana Královičová, Petr Kozlík, Tomáš Křížek, Jaroslava Roušarová, Pavel Ryšánek, Martin Šíma, Ondřej Slanař, Miroslav Šoóš. Explaining dissolution properties of rivaroxaban cocrystals. International journal of pharmaceutics. 2022 Jun 25;622:121854

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