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WO1998032465A1
WO1998032465A1 PCT/KR1998/000013 KR9800013W WO9832465A1 WO 1998032465 A1 WO1998032465 A1 WO 1998032465A1 KR 9800013 W KR9800013 W KR 9800013W WO 9832465 A1 WO9832465 A1 WO 9832465A1
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Cheol Moon
Je Phil Ryoo
Mi Suk Choi
Jong Kun Choi
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  • the present invention relates to a composition for the transdermal administration of steroid drugs, wherein a mixture of a diethylene glycol ether and a sorbitan ester is used as an absorption promoter; and to a transdermal formulation containing same.
  • transdermal drug administration alleviates the aforementioned problems and delivers a drug at a controlled rate for an extended period of prescribed time due to increased bioavailability of the drug which is degraded in the digestive tract.
  • Diethyleneglycol monoethyl ether which has been used as a solubilizer in the formulation of naproxen, nitroglycerin, phenylbutazone and prazepa , was also reported to be effective as an absorption promoter in the transdermal administration of theophylline and prostaglandin E2 (Touitou, et al . , International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 20, 159-166(1991); and Watkinson, A. et al . , ibid, 74, 229- 236(1991) ) .
  • absorption promoters disclosed in the prior art include: a mixture of linoleic acid and propyleneglycol (European Patent Publication No. 261429); and mixtures of N- (hydroxyethyl)pyrrolidone and methyl laurate, ethanol and glycerol monolaurate, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether and propyleneglycol monolaurate (US Patent Nos. 4,537,776; 4,764,379; and 4,973,468).
  • the conventional transdermal formulations may be divided into three types: a reservoir type, a simple matrix type and a multi-layer lamination type.
  • the simple matrix type formulation as disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,314,577; 4,438,139; and 4,839,174, comprises a drug dispersed in a layer made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive matrix.
  • Such formulation can be produced at a low cost by a simple process.
  • it has the problem that the rate of drug release is high in the initial stage and tapers off sharply thereafter.
  • a diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether and a sorbitan ester each of which has been individually known as an absorption promoter having a limited effectiveness, provide a synergistic effect when combined, i.e., a mixture of a diethylene glycol ether and a sorbitan ester has been found to be a remarkably efficient absorption promoter for the transdermal transport of steroid drugs .
  • an object of the present invention to provide an improved composition for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug.
  • composition for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug comprising: a therapeutically effective amount of the drug; an absorption promoter consisting essentially of a diethylene glycol ether and a sorbitan ester; and a pharmaceutically acceptable adhesive matrix.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the inventive pharmaceutical formulation for the transdermal delivery of a steroid drug
  • Fig. 2 displays the time-dependent changes in the cumulative amount of estradiol transported across the skin of a hairless mouse as a function of the absorption promoter used;
  • Fig. 3 depicts the time-dependent changes in the cumulative amount of norethisterone acetate transported across the skin of a hairless mouse as a function of the absorption promoter used;
  • Fig. 4 illustrates the time-dependent changes in the cumulative amount of norethisterone acetate transported across human cadaver skin as a function of the absorption promoter used
  • Fig. 5 exhibits the time-dependent changes in the cumulative amount of norethisterone acetate transported across human cadaver skin as a function of the contents of sorbitan monolaurate and diethylene glycol monoethyl ether.
  • the present invention provides a composition for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug, comprising: the steroid drug; a mixture of diethylene glycol ether and sorbitan ester which is used as an absorption promoter; and a pharmaceutically acceptable adhesive matrix.
  • Exemplary steroid drugs for use in the composition of the present invention include estrogens, e.g., estradiol, ethynyl estradiol and estradiol ester; progestogens, e.g., norethisterone, norethisterone acetate, medroxyprogesterone acetate, desogestrel, gestaten and levonorgestrel; androgens, e.g., testosterone, testosterone propionate, testosterone enanthate, testosterone cypionate, methyltestosterone and dihydroepiandrosterone; and a mixture thereof.
  • estrogens e.g., estradiol, ethynyl estradiol and estradiol ester
  • progestogens e.g., norethisterone, norethisterone acetate, medroxyprogesterone acetate, desogestrel, gestaten and levonorgestrel
  • the total amount of the steroid drug used in the inventive composition may range from 0.05 to 30 wt%, preferably, from 0.1 to 10 wt% based on the total weight of the composition.
  • the absorption promoter of the present invention is composed of a diethylene glycol monoalkylether and a sorbitan ester mixed in a weight ratio ranging from 1:4 to 4:1, preferably, from 1:2 to 2:1.
  • Diethyleneglycol monoalkyl ethers which may be suitably used in the present invention include diethylene glycol monoethyl ether and diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, and suitable sorbitan esters include sorbitan monolaurate and sorbitan monooleate.
  • the total amount of the mixture of diethylene glycol ether and sorbitan ester used in the inventive composition may range from 5 to 30 wt%, preferably, from 5 to 25 wt% based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the weight ratio of said two components is kept within the aforementioned range.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable adhesive matrix used in the present invention may be any of those known in the art, e.g., polyacrylate adhesives such as ethyl-, butyl- and 2- ethylhexyl acrylate, polyisobutylene and silicon rubber.
  • the composition of the present invention may further comprise flavoring agents, preservatives, anti-oxidants, stabilizers and pigments.
  • the transdermal formulation of a steroid drug in accordance with another aspect of the present invention may be constructed using: a protective backing layer which is impermeable to the steroid drug; a drug reservoir layer containing the aforementioned composition of the present invention, one side of which is laminated on the protective backing layer; and a peel layer attached to the other side of the drug reservoir layer, said peel layer being capable of protecting the composition from the environment until it is removed to bring the drug reservoir layer into contact with the skin.
  • the formulation of the present invention may further comprise a supplementary adhesive layer which is selected from those known in the art, e.g., a ring-shaped adhesive layer sealably attached to the periphery of the drug reservoir layer and the protective backing layer.
  • a supplementary adhesive layer which is selected from those known in the art, e.g., a ring-shaped adhesive layer sealably attached to the periphery of the drug reservoir layer and the protective backing layer.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the transdermal formulation of the present invention, which comprises peel layer(1), drug reservoir layer(2), protective backing layer(3) and supplementary adhesive layer(4).
  • the inventive composition for the transdermal delivery of a steroid drug has advantages in that: it is a simple matrix-type which can be prepared at a low cost; the use of the improved absorption promoter disclosed above makes it possible to maintain a high flux of the drug for an extended period, the apparent drug permeation rate following zero- order kinetics; and the formation of drug crystals is inhibited even at a high drug loading level owing to the use of said improved absorption promoter.
  • the dosage administered to a patient by using the composition of the present invention can be controlled by adjusting the contents of the drug and the absorption promoter.
  • the flux, or the skin permeation rate (SPR), of a drug through a skin sample was determined by the following procedure.
  • a skin sample either human cadaver skin or a skin piece excised from 6 week-old female hairless mouse, was installed in Valia-Chien diffusion cell(Crown Glass, U.S.A. ) such that the stratum corneum of the skin faced outward from the cell, and then a transdermal formulation containing one or more steroid drugs was fixed on the skin.
  • 3.4 m-2 of physiological saline solution containing 40% of polyethyleneglycol 400 (Sigma Scientific Co.) was added to the cell and stirred for the whole period of experiment.
  • the skin permeation rate (SPR) of the drug through the skin was calculated by regression analysis of the time-dependent cumulative amounts of the drug( ⁇ g/cm 2 /hr) .
  • the mixture thus obtained was poured onto an impermeable protective backing layer (Scotchpak 1109, 3M Co . ) to coat a matrix layer having a thickness of lOOO ⁇ m.
  • the resulting material consisting of the protective backing layer coated with the matrix layer was dried in an oven by raising the temperature stepwise from 60°C to 120°C.
  • the resulting material was cured in open air for 1 hour and a peel layer (Scotchpak 1012, 3M Co.) was laminated thereon.
  • the resulting transdermal formulation was stored at room temperature .
  • Figs . 2 and 3 show the time-dependent cumulative amounts of estradiol and norethisterone acetate transported across the skin as function of absorption promoter used.
  • transdermal delivery compositions were prepared and tested by the procedure of Reference Example 1, except that human cadaver skin was employed in place of the mouse skin, and 4 wt% of norethisterone acetate (NETA) was employed together with the absorption promoter listed in Table 2. The results are shown in Table 2 and Fig. 4.
  • NETA norethisterone acetate
  • transdermal delivery compositions were prepared and tested by the procedure of Reference Example 1, except that human cadaver skin as well as 0.4 wt% of estradiol and
  • the inventive compositions containing a mixture of diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (TC) and sorbitan monolaurate (SML) having a TC to SML weight ratio in the range of 0.5 to 2 (Examples 1, 2 and 3 ) as the absorption promoter exhibited markedly enhanced permeation rates of the drugs across human cadaver skin, as compared with those observed in Comparative Examples 1-6. The permeation rates follow apparent zero- order kinetics. Further, drug crystals were not observed in Examples 1 , 2 and 3.
  • transdermal delivery compositions were prepared and tested by the procedure of Reference Example 1, except that human cadaver skin and 3.5 wt% of testosterone were employed together with the absorption promoters listed Table 4.
  • transdermal delivery compositions were prepared and tested by the procedure of Reference Example 1, except that human cadaver skin and 0.8 wt% of estradiol were employed together with the absorption promoters listed Table

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Abstract

A composition for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug containing a therapeutically effective amount of the drug; an absorption promoter consisting essentially of a diethylene glycol ether and a sorbitan ester; and a pharmaceutically acceptable adhesive matrix.

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COMPOSITION FOR THE TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION OF STEROID DRUGS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a composition for the transdermal administration of steroid drugs, wherein a mixture of a diethylene glycol ether and a sorbitan ester is used as an absorption promoter; and to a transdermal formulation containing same.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The delivery of a drug through skin offers advantages over the conventional oral administration which is hampered by such problems as unpredictable rates of drug absorption, metabolic degradation of the drug and other adverse effects, e.g., gastrointestinal irritation caused by the drug itself or metabolites thereof. Namely, transdermal drug administration alleviates the aforementioned problems and delivers a drug at a controlled rate for an extended period of prescribed time due to increased bioavailability of the drug which is degraded in the digestive tract.
When a drug is transported through the skin, the horny layer of skin acts as a barrier against the permeation of the drug into the systemic circulation. Accordingly, various absorption promoters, or permeation enhancers, which facilitate the drug permeation through the horny layer, have been used in transdermal drug compositions. For example, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,006,218; 3,551,554; 4,568,343; 4,746,515; 4,379,454; 4,906,463; 4,440,777; 4,783,450 and 5,212,199 disclose, as such absorption promoters, dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO) , dimethylformamide, polyetyleneglycol monolaurate, glycerol monolaurate, ethanol, propyleneglycol monolaurate, eucalyptol, lecithin and sorbitan esters.
Diethyleneglycol monoethyl ether, which has been used as a solubilizer in the formulation of naproxen, nitroglycerin, phenylbutazone and prazepa , was also reported to be effective as an absorption promoter in the transdermal administration of theophylline and prostaglandin E2 (Touitou, et al . , International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 20, 159-166(1991); and Watkinson, A. et al . , ibid, 74, 229- 236(1991) ) .
Other absorption promoters disclosed in the prior art include: a mixture of linoleic acid and propyleneglycol (European Patent Publication No. 261429); and mixtures of N- (hydroxyethyl)pyrrolidone and methyl laurate, ethanol and glycerol monolaurate, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether and propyleneglycol monolaurate (US Patent Nos. 4,537,776; 4,764,379; and 4,973,468).
The conventional transdermal formulations may be divided into three types: a reservoir type, a simple matrix type and a multi-layer lamination type. The simple matrix type formulation, as disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,314,577; 4,438,139; and 4,839,174, comprises a drug dispersed in a layer made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive matrix. Such formulation can be produced at a low cost by a simple process. However, it has the problem that the rate of drug release is high in the initial stage and tapers off sharply thereafter.
Further, there exist needs to deliver a large dose of a drug over an extended period using a simple matrix-type formulation. For this purpose, there have been attempts to raise the drug content of the matrix to a level beyond the solubility of the drug in the matrix, i.e., supersaturate the matrix with the drug. However, supersaturation represents a thermodynamically unstable state and the drug in such formulation tends to form crystals . To alleviate this problem, crystal formation inhibitors, e.g., polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinylacetate copolymer, have been used but the effectiveness thereof was observed to be marginal (Ma, X. et al . , ibid, 142 , 115- 119(1996)) .
Accordingly, there exists a need for an improved matrix-type transdermal formulation of drugs having a steady and high rate of drug release over an extended period and also a high level of uncrystallized drug content. The present inventors have endeavored to develop an improved composition for the transdermal administration of steroid drugs, the composition having a new absorption promoter which is capable of fulfilling the above needs. It has been unexpectedly found that a diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether and a sorbitan ester, each of which has been individually known as an absorption promoter having a limited effectiveness, provide a synergistic effect when combined, i.e., a mixture of a diethylene glycol ether and a sorbitan ester has been found to be a remarkably efficient absorption promoter for the transdermal transport of steroid drugs .
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an improved composition for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a transdermal formulation comprising said composition.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a composition for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug, comprising: a therapeutically effective amount of the drug; an absorption promoter consisting essentially of a diethylene glycol ether and a sorbitan ester; and a pharmaceutically acceptable adhesive matrix.
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The above and other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the invention taken in conjunction with the following accompanying drawings, wherein: Fig. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the inventive pharmaceutical formulation for the transdermal delivery of a steroid drug;
Fig. 2 displays the time-dependent changes in the cumulative amount of estradiol transported across the skin of a hairless mouse as a function of the absorption promoter used;
Fig. 3 depicts the time-dependent changes in the cumulative amount of norethisterone acetate transported across the skin of a hairless mouse as a function of the absorption promoter used;
Fig. 4 illustrates the time-dependent changes in the cumulative amount of norethisterone acetate transported across human cadaver skin as a function of the absorption promoter used; and
Fig. 5 exhibits the time-dependent changes in the cumulative amount of norethisterone acetate transported across human cadaver skin as a function of the contents of sorbitan monolaurate and diethylene glycol monoethyl ether.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a composition for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug, comprising: the steroid drug; a mixture of diethylene glycol ether and sorbitan ester which is used as an absorption promoter; and a pharmaceutically acceptable adhesive matrix.
Exemplary steroid drugs for use in the composition of the present invention include estrogens, e.g., estradiol, ethynyl estradiol and estradiol ester; progestogens, e.g., norethisterone, norethisterone acetate, medroxyprogesterone acetate, desogestrel, gestaten and levonorgestrel; androgens, e.g., testosterone, testosterone propionate, testosterone enanthate, testosterone cypionate, methyltestosterone and dihydroepiandrosterone; and a mixture thereof.
The total amount of the steroid drug used in the inventive composition may range from 0.05 to 30 wt%, preferably, from 0.1 to 10 wt% based on the total weight of the composition.
The absorption promoter of the present invention is composed of a diethylene glycol monoalkylether and a sorbitan ester mixed in a weight ratio ranging from 1:4 to 4:1, preferably, from 1:2 to 2:1. Diethyleneglycol monoalkyl ethers which may be suitably used in the present invention include diethylene glycol monoethyl ether and diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, and suitable sorbitan esters include sorbitan monolaurate and sorbitan monooleate.
The total amount of the mixture of diethylene glycol ether and sorbitan ester used in the inventive composition may range from 5 to 30 wt%, preferably, from 5 to 25 wt% based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the weight ratio of said two components is kept within the aforementioned range.
The pharmaceutically acceptable adhesive matrix used in the present invention may be any of those known in the art, e.g., polyacrylate adhesives such as ethyl-, butyl- and 2- ethylhexyl acrylate, polyisobutylene and silicon rubber.
The composition of the present invention may further comprise flavoring agents, preservatives, anti-oxidants, stabilizers and pigments. The transdermal formulation of a steroid drug in accordance with another aspect of the present invention may be constructed using: a protective backing layer which is impermeable to the steroid drug; a drug reservoir layer containing the aforementioned composition of the present invention, one side of which is laminated on the protective backing layer; and a peel layer attached to the other side of the drug reservoir layer, said peel layer being capable of protecting the composition from the environment until it is removed to bring the drug reservoir layer into contact with the skin.
The formulation of the present invention may further comprise a supplementary adhesive layer which is selected from those known in the art, e.g., a ring-shaped adhesive layer sealably attached to the periphery of the drug reservoir layer and the protective backing layer.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the transdermal formulation of the present invention, which comprises peel layer(1), drug reservoir layer(2), protective backing layer(3) and supplementary adhesive layer(4).
The inventive composition for the transdermal delivery of a steroid drug has advantages in that: it is a simple matrix-type which can be prepared at a low cost; the use of the improved absorption promoter disclosed above makes it possible to maintain a high flux of the drug for an extended period, the apparent drug permeation rate following zero- order kinetics; and the formation of drug crystals is inhibited even at a high drug loading level owing to the use of said improved absorption promoter. The dosage administered to a patient by using the composition of the present invention can be controlled by adjusting the contents of the drug and the absorption promoter.
The following Examples are intended to further illustrate the present invention without limiting its scope.
Determination of Drug Permeation Rate through Skin
The flux, or the skin permeation rate (SPR), of a drug through a skin sample was determined by the following procedure. A skin sample, either human cadaver skin or a skin piece excised from 6 week-old female hairless mouse, was installed in Valia-Chien diffusion cell(Crown Glass, U.S.A. ) such that the stratum corneum of the skin faced outward from the cell, and then a transdermal formulation containing one or more steroid drugs was fixed on the skin. 3.4 m-2 of physiological saline solution containing 40% of polyethyleneglycol 400 (Sigma Scientific Co.) was added to the cell and stirred for the whole period of experiment. Thereafter, lOOμl samples of the physiological saline solution were taken periodically and subjected to high performance liquid chromatography to determine the cumulative amount of the drug transported across the skin. The skin permeation rate (SPR) of the drug through the skin was calculated by regression analysis of the time-dependent cumulative amounts of the drug(μg/cm2/hr) .
The process described above was repeated 3 times and averaged to define SPR of the drug.
Reference Example 1 : Preparation and Testing of
Transdermal Administration
Compositions containing Conventional Absorption Promoters
(hairless mouse skin)
0.6 wt% of estradiol (ED) , 3.0 wt% of norethisterone acetate (NETA) and an absorption promoter listed in Table 1 were added to a polyacrylate adhesive (Durotac 87-2074, National Starch Chem. Co.), and then the mixture was stirred sufficiently to dissolve the drugs in the adhesive.
The mixture thus obtained was poured onto an impermeable protective backing layer (Scotchpak 1109, 3M Co . ) to coat a matrix layer having a thickness of lOOOμm. The resulting material consisting of the protective backing layer coated with the matrix layer was dried in an oven by raising the temperature stepwise from 60°C to 120°C. The resulting material was cured in open air for 1 hour and a peel layer (Scotchpak 1012, 3M Co.) was laminated thereon. The resulting transdermal formulation was stored at room temperature .
The permeation rates of the drugs across the skin of hairless mouse were determined and the results are shown in Table 1 and Figs. 2 and 3. Table 1 Permeation rates of ED and NETA across mouse skin in the presence of conventional absorption promoter
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*SPR: Skin permeation rate across the skin (mean±SD(μg/cm2/hr) )
Figs . 2 and 3 show the time-dependent cumulative amounts of estradiol and norethisterone acetate transported across the skin as function of absorption promoter used.
As can be seen from Table 1 and Figs . 2 and 3 , the compositions containing sorbitan monolaurate(Reference Example 1-4) and squalene (Reference Example 1-5) as the absorption promoter exhibited high permeation rates . However, crystals of the drugs were observed in each of the above Reference Examples . Reference Example 2 Preparation and Testing of Transdermal Administration
Compositions containing
Conventional Absorption Promoters (human cadaver skin)
Four transdermal delivery compositions were prepared and tested by the procedure of Reference Example 1, except that human cadaver skin was employed in place of the mouse skin, and 4 wt% of norethisterone acetate (NETA) was employed together with the absorption promoter listed in Table 2. The results are shown in Table 2 and Fig. 4.
Table 2. Permeation rates of NETA across human cadaver skin when conventional absorption promoters are used
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As can be seen from Table 2 and Fig. 4, the compositions containing sorbitan monolaurate (Reference Example 2-2), squalene (Reference Example 2-3) and diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (Reference Example 2-4) as the absorption promoter enhanced the permeation rate of NETA across human cadaver skin to an extent that is significantly lower than that determined for the hairless mouse skin. Further, drug crystal formation was observed in all but Reference Example 2-4, wherein diethylene glycol monoethyl ether was employed as the absorption promoter. Example 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 6 :
Nine transdermal delivery compositions were prepared and tested by the procedure of Reference Example 1, except that human cadaver skin as well as 0.4 wt% of estradiol and
2.7 wt% of norethisterone acetate were employed together with the absorption promoters listed in Table 3.
As a positive control, a commercially available reservoir type formulation, i.e., Estragestβ(EG, CibaGeigy, Swiss) was used in Comparative Example 6. The results are shown in Table 3 and Fig. 5.
Table 3. Permeation rates of ED and NETA across human cadaver skin
Figure imgf000013_0001
SML: sorbitan monolaurate,
TC: diethylene glycol monoethyl ether
As can be seen from Table 3 and Fig. 5, the inventive compositions containing a mixture of diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (TC) and sorbitan monolaurate (SML) having a TC to SML weight ratio in the range of 0.5 to 2 (Examples 1, 2 and 3 ) as the absorption promoter exhibited markedly enhanced permeation rates of the drugs across human cadaver skin, as compared with those observed in Comparative Examples 1-6. The permeation rates follow apparent zero- order kinetics. Further, drug crystals were not observed in Examples 1 , 2 and 3.
Example 4 and Comparative Examples 7 to 10:
Five transdermal delivery compositions were prepared and tested by the procedure of Reference Example 1, except that human cadaver skin and 3.5 wt% of testosterone were employed together with the absorption promoters listed Table 4.
Table 4. Permeation rates of testosterone across human cadaver skin
Figure imgf000014_0001
As the results in Table 4 show, the inventive composition containing a mixture of diethylene glycol monoethyl ether(TC) and sorbitan monolaurate( SML) (Example 4 ) as the absorption promoter exhibited a markedly higher permeation rate than those observed when TC or SML was used alone (Comparative Examples 8 and 9). Examples 5 to 7 and Comparative Examples 11 to 12:
Five transdermal delivery compositions were prepared and tested by the procedure of Reference Example 1, except that human cadaver skin and 0.8 wt% of estradiol were employed together with the absorption promoters listed Table
5.
Table 5. Permeation rates of estradiol across human cadaver skin as a function of the absorption promoter used
Figure imgf000015_0001
As the results in Table 5 show, the inventive compositions containing a mixture of diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (TC) and sorbitan monolaurate (SML) having a TC to SML ratio ranging from 1 to 4 (Example Nos. 5, 6 and 7) exhibited enhanced permeation rates estradiol through human cadaver skin.

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What is claimed is:
1. A composition for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug, comprising: a therapeutically effective amount of the drug; an absorption promoter consisting essentially of a diethylene glycol ether and a sorbitan ester; and a pharmaceutically acceptable adhesive matrix.
2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of the diethylene glycol ether and the sorbitan ester ranges from 1:4 to 4:1.
3. The composition of claim 2, wherein the weight ratio of the diethylene glycol ether and the sorbitan ester ranges from 1:2 to 2:1.
4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the diethylene glycol ether is diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether or a mixture thereof.
5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the sorbitan ester is sorbitan monolaurate, sorbitan monooleate or a mixture thereof.
6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the steroid drug is an estrogen, progestogen, androgen or a mixture thereof .
7. The composition of claim 6, wherein the estrogen is estradiol, ethynyl estradiol or estradiol ester.
8. The composition of claim 6, wherein the progestogen is norethisterone, norethisterone acetate, medroxyprogesterone acetate, desogestrel, gestaten or levonorgestrel .
9. The composition of claim 6, wherein the androgen is testosterone, testosterone propionate, testosterone enanthate, testosterone cypionate, methyltestosterone or dehydroepiandrosterone .
10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of the steroid drug ranges from 0.05 to 30 wt% based on the total weight of the composition.
11. The composition of claim 10, wherein the amount of the steroid drug ranges from 0.1 to 10 wt% based on the total weight of the composition.
12. The composition of claim 1, wherein the amount of the absorption promoter ranges from 5 to 30 wt% based on the total weight of the composition.
13. The composition of claim 12, wherein the amount of the absorption promoter ranges from 5 to 25 wt% based on the total weight of the composition.
14. The composition of claim 1, wherein the adhesive matrix is a polyacrylate adhesive, polyisobutylene or silicon rubber.
15. A transdermal formulation for the transdermal administration of a steroid drug, comprising: a protective backing layer; a drug reservoir layer containing the composition of claim 1, which is placed on the protective backing layer, one side of which is laminated on the protective backing layer; and a removable peel layer attached to the other side of the drug reservoir layer.
16. The formulation of claim 15, which further comprises a supplementary adhesive layer.
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