Application of machine learning to a material library for modeling of relationships between material properties and tablet properties

[Display omitted] This study investigates the usefulness of machine learning for modeling complex relationships in a material library. We tested 81 types of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and their tablets to construct the library, which included the following variables: 20 types of API ma...

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Published in:International journal of pharmaceutics 2021-11, Vol.609, p.121158-121158, Article 121158
Main Authors: Hayashi, Yoshihiro, Nakano, Yuri, Marumo, Yuki, Kumada, Shungo, Okada, Kotaro, Onuki, Yoshinori
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boosted tree
Machine learning
Material library
Quality by design
Random forest
Tablet
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Summary:[Display omitted] This study investigates the usefulness of machine learning for modeling complex relationships in a material library. We tested 81 types of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and their tablets to construct the library, which included the following variables: 20 types of API material properties, one type of process parameter (three levels of compression pressure), and two types of tablet properties (tensile strength (TS) and disintegration time (DT)). The machine learning algorithms boosted tree (BT) and random forest (RF) were applied to analysis of our material library to model the relationships between input variables (material properties and compression pressure) and output variables (TS and DT). The calculated BT and RF models achieved higher performance statistics compared with a conventional modeling method (i.e., partial least squares regression), and revealed the material properties that strongly influence TS and DT. For TS, true density, the tenth percentile of the cumulative percentage size distribution, loss on drying, and compression pressure were of high relative importance. For DT, total surface energy, water absorption rate, polar surface energy, and hygroscopicity had significant effects. Thus, we demonstrate that BT and RF can be used to model complex relationships and clarify important material properties in a material library.
ISSN:0378-5173
1873-3476
DOI:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121158