Infant formula as a solid lipid dose form for enhancement of the oral bioavailability of cannabidiol for paediatric patients

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  • Shouyuan Huang
  • Anna C. Pham
  • Malinda Salim
  • Thomas Eason
  • Gisela Ramirez
  • Boyd, Ben

Cannabinoids can save paediatric patients from harmful psychological conditions caused by epilepsy. However, the limited aqueous solubility of the drug presents a limitation to oral absorption and bioavailability. Previous studies have shown the enhancement of oral bioavailability for poorly water-soluble drugs using milk or milk-based products like infant formula as a novel lipid-based formulation, due to digestion of the lipids to enhance drug solubility that is particularly well suited to infants and in low economy settings. Therefore, this study has investigated the in vitro solubilisation enhancement of cannabidiol (CBD) in milk-based products during digestion using synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering, followed by pharmacokinetic studies to determine the relative oral bioavailability. The in vitro results, coupled with in vivo data, demonstrate a two-fold increase in the oral bioavailability of CBD in bovine milk as well as infant formula. The results of this study indicate the potential for infant formula to be considered as a novel formulation approach for CBD. Further study is encouraged for more drugs with infant formula to strengthen the correlation between the solubilisation of drug and their oral bioavailability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number124257
JournalInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics
Volume660
Number of pages7
ISSN0378-5173
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

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