Formulation Consideration and Skin Retention-Permeation Study of Insitu Nanogel Containing Dimethylfumarate for Treatment of Psoriasis

Aims and Objective: to develop and evaluate an insitu nanogel formulation containing dimethylfumarate for targeted topical delivery therapy of psoriasis.

Study Design: 32 full factorial design

Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmaceutics, Parul Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Parul University, Vadodara, between 2016 to 2019.

Methodology: Nanogel were formulated by chemical cross linked gel method using Polyvinyl alcohol and Hyaluronic acid (1:5) ratio using Glutaraldehyde (GA) (25 %w/v) and Hydrochloric acid (HCl) (6%v/v) as a crosslinking agent and catalyst. Dimethylfumarate loaded nanogel were clear and showed physicochemical parameters desired for topical delivery and stability.

Results: The Permeation profile of dimethylfumarate through rat skin from selected nanogel formulation exhibited highest skin uptake. The Micoscopic observations indicated that the optimized nanogel had n significant effect on the microscopic structure of the sin and epithelial cells appered mostly unchanged. The surface epithelium lining and the granular cellular structure of the skin were totally intact. The developed Nanogel may be a potential drug delivery vehicle for targeted topical delivery of dimethylfumarate in the treatment of psoriasis.

Conclusion: As per drug retention study the highest amount of drug retained on the skin and lowest amount of drug permeate to the skin. Hence it was observed that there was no significant correlation between skin retention and skin permeation study.