Review Article

A Review of In Vitro Drug Release Test Methods for Nano-Sized Dosage Forms

Table 2

Examples of IVIVC with nano-sized dosage forms in animal models.

Drug and dosage formIn vitro release set-upIn vivo studiesIVIVC typeReference

Indomethacin gelatin nanoparticles Dialysis bagsWistar Albino rats Level A[32]
Silybin meglumine hollow-sphere mesoporous silica nanoparticlesCombination (USP I—dialysis bag)Beagle dogsLevel A[33]
Silybin 72-hour SLB and
PSNs (porous silica nanoparticles)
Combination (USP I—dialysis bag)Beagle dogsLevel A[35]
Simvastatin nanostructured lipid carriers and nanoparticlesDialysis bagBalb/C miceLevel A[34]
Fenofibrate nanosuspensionUSP I apparatusSprague Dawley ratsLevel A[36]
Fenofibrate lipid matrix particlesIn vitro lipolysis modelSprague Dawley ratsRank order[37]