The purpose of this research was to develop a stable bladder instillation of EO-9 for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer. First, stability and dissolution studies were performed. Subsequently, the freeze-drying process was optimized by determination of the freeze-drying characteristics of the selected cosolvent/water system and differential scanning calorimetry analysis of the formulation solution. Furthermore, the influence of the freeze-drying process on crystallinity and morphology of the freeze-dried product was determined with x-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. Subsequently, a reconstitution solution was developed. This study revealed that tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) can be used to both dramatically improve the solubility and stability of EO-9 and to shorten the freeze-drying cycle by increasing the sublimation rate. During freeze drying, 3 TBA crystals were found: TBA hydrate-ice crystals, crystals of TBA hydrate, and a third crystal, probably composed of TBA hydrate crystals containing~90% to 95% TBA. Furthermore, it was shown that crystallization of TBA hydrate was inhibited in the presence of both sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3 ) and mannitol. Addition of an annealing step resulted in a minor increase in the crystallinity of the freeze-dried product and formation of the δ-polymorph of mannitol. A stable bladder instillation was obtained after reconstitution of the freeze-dried product (containing 8 mg of EO-9, 20 mg of NaHCO 3 , and 50 mg of mannitol per vial) to 20 mL with a reconstitution solution composed of propylene glycol/water for injection (WfI)/NaHCO 3 /sodium edetate 60%/40%/2%/0.02% vol/ vol/wt/wt, followed by dilution with WfI to a final volume of 40 mL.
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