CPC A61K 31/136 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0053 (2013.01); A61K 9/501 (2013.01); A61K 9/5015 (2013.01); A61K 9/5026 (2013.01); A61K 9/5031 (2013.01); A61K 9/5042 (2013.01); A61K 9/5047 (2013.01); A61K 9/5078 (2013.01); A61K 31/13 (2013.01); A61P 25/16 (2018.01); A61P 25/28 (2018.01)] | 34 Claims |
1. A method of reducing levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) in a subject with Parkinson's disease in need thereof, comprising orally administering once daily to the subject an oral pharmaceutical composition comprising:
a drug, wherein the drug is amantadine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and wherein said oral pharmaceutical composition comprises from 50 mg to 500 mg of the amantadine or an equivalent amount of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and
at least one excipient that modifies the release of at least a portion of said drug;
wherein said oral pharmaceutical composition has a dissolution profile of said drug which shows (a) and/or (b):
(a)
(i) 0% to 10% in 2 hours, and
(ii) 3% to 14% in 4 hours, and
(iii) 23% to 40% in 6 hours, and
(iv) not less than 80% in 12 hours;
(b)
(i) not more than 10% dissolution at 2 hours, and
(ii) 5% to 13% dissolution at 4 hours, and
(iii) 20% to 43% dissolution at 6 hours, and
(iv) at least 80% dissolution at 12 hours;
wherein the dissolution profile is determined with a USP Type 2 apparatus (paddles) at 50 rpm at 37.0±0.5° C. with 500 ml water as the dissolution medium; and
wherein said oral pharmaceutical composition provides (i) a Tmax for amantadine of 11 to 19 hours, (ii) an AUC0-inf for amantadine of 44 to 72 ng*hr/ml per mg of said drug, and (iii) a pAUC0-8 for amantadine of 1.0 to 2.0 ng*hr/ml per mg of said drug, when said oral pharmaceutical composition is dosed in healthy subjects of a single dose, human pharmacokinetic study, wherein the subjects are dosed in the morning after an overnight fast;
wherein LID is reduced in the subject.
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