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  • Cocrystallization of lenvat...
    Wang, Zhi-Qing; Dai, Xia-Lin; Gu, Dai-Lin; Wu, Chao; Lu, Tong-Bu; Long, Xiang-Tian; Chen, Jia-Mei

    CrystEngComm, 07/2023, Volume: 25, Issue: 29
    Journal Article

    Two anti-melanoma drugs, lenvatinib and temozolomide, were cocrystallized to obtain two drug-drug cocrystal solvates, TMZ-LEN·MeOH (1 : 1 : 1) and TMZ-LEN·EtOH (1 : 1 : 1). They were fully characterized by XRD and thermal analyses, NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. The crystal structure of TMZ-LEN·MeOH shows that LEN is simultaneously linked to TMZ and methanol via hydrogen bonding interactions. Stability, dissolution and compaction evaluations highlight that the formation of the drug-drug cocrystal not only improves the physicochemical stability and tabletability of TMZ, but also optimizes the dissolution behavior of LEN and TMZ, respectively. Therefore, TMZ-LEN·MeOH and TMZ-LEN·EtOH have great potential to be developed as a drug combination, which will address the problematic properties of LEN and TMZ, for the treatment of melanoma patients with brain metastases. Cocrystallization of two anti-melanoma drugs, lenvatinib and temozolomide, resulted in two drug-drug cocrystal solvates presenting improved performance in terms of stability, dissolution, and tabletability, which show great potential to be developed as a drug combination.