Title: Crafting With Dry Pasta, Play-Doh Safe for Kids With Gluten Sensitivity: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/4/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/5/2020 12:00:00 AM

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory lung condition, causing progressive decline in lung function leading to premature death. Acute exacerbations in COPD patients are predominantly associated with respiratory viruses. Ribavirin is a generic broad-spectrum antiviral agent that could be used for treatment of viral respiratory infections in COPD. Using the Particle Replication In Nonwetting Templates (PRINT) technology, which produces dry-powder particles of uniform shape and size, two new inhaled formulations of ribavirin (ribavirin-PRINT-CFI and ribavirin-PRINT-IP) were developed for efficient delivery to the lung and to minimize bystander exposure. Ribavirin-PRINT-CFI was well tolerated in healthy participants after single dosing and ribavirin-PRINT-IP was well tolerated in healthy and COPD participants after single and repeat dosing. Ribavirin-PRINT-CFI was replaced with ribavirin-PRINT-IP since the latter formulation was found to have improved physicochemical properties and it had a higher ratio of active drug to excipient per unit dose. Ribavirin concentrations were measured in lung epithelial lining fluid in both healthy and COPD participants and achieved target concentrations. Both formulations were rapidly absorbed with approximately dose proportional pharmacokinetics in plasma. Exposure to bystanders was negligible based on both the plasma and airborne ribavirin concentrations with the ribavirin-PRINT-IP formulation. Thus, ribavirin-PRINT-IP allowed for an efficient and convenient delivery of ribavirin to the lungs while minimizing systemic exposure. Further clinical investigations would be required to demonstrate ribavirin-PRINT-IP antiviral characteristics and impact on COPD viral-induced exacerbations. (The clinical trials discussed in this study have been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under identifiers NCT03243760 and NCT03235726.)

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