20. April 2016

The aim of this study was to formulate face-cut, melt extruded pellets and to optimize hot melt process parameters to obtain maximized sphericity and hardness by utilizing Soluplus® as a polymeric carrier and carbamazepine (CBZ) as a model drug. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to detect thermal stability of CBZ. The Box-Behnken design for response surface methodology was developed using three factors, processing temperature (°C), feeding rate (%), and screw speed (rpm), which...