scholarly journals Advances in Injectable In Situ-Forming Hydrogels for Intratumoral Treatment

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1953
Author(s):  
Gi Ru Shin ◽  
Hee Eun Kim ◽  
Jae Ho Kim ◽  
Sangdun Choi ◽  
Moon Suk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Intratumoral Injection ◽  
Chemotherapeutic Agents ◽  
Antitumor Effects ◽  
In Situ Forming ◽  
Target Organs ◽  
In Situ Forming Hydrogels ◽  
Delivery Technology

Chemotherapy has been linked to a variety of severe side effects, and the bioavailability of current chemotherapeutic agents is generally low, which decreases their effectiveness. Therefore, there is an ongoing effort to develop drug delivery systems to increase the bioavailability of these agents and minimize their side effects. Among these, intratumoral injections using in situ-forming hydrogels can improve drugs’ bioavailability and minimize drugs’ accumulation in non-target organs or tissues. This review describes different types of injectable in situ-forming hydrogels and their intratumoral injection for cancer treatment, after which we discuss the antitumor effects of intratumoral injection of drug-loaded hydrogels. This review concludes with perspectives on the future applicability of, and challenges for, the adoption of this drug delivery technology.

scholarly journals Regeneration of critical-sized defects, in a goat model, using a dextrin-based hydrogel associated with granular synthetic bone substitute

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Pereira ◽  
José Eduardo Pereira ◽  
Luís Maltez ◽  
Alexandra Rodrigues ◽  
Catarina Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Regeneration ◽  
Bone Substitute ◽  
Bone Substitutes ◽  
Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ◽  
Micro Computed Tomography ◽  
Synthetic Bone Substitute ◽  
In Situ Forming ◽  
Bioactive Agents ◽  
In Situ Forming Hydrogels

Abstract The development of injectable bone substitutes (IBS) have obtained great importance in the bone regeneration field, as a strategy to reach hardly accessible defects using minimally invasive techniques and able to fit to irregular topographies. In this scenario, the association of injectable hydrogels and bone graft granules is emerging as a well-established trend. Particularly, in situ forming hydrogels have arisen as a new IBS generation. An in situ forming and injectable dextrin-based hydrogel (HG) was developed, aiming to act as a carrier of granular bone substitutes and bioactive agents. In this work, the HG was associated to a granular bone substitute (Bonelike®) and implanted in goat critical-sized calvarial defects (14 mm) for 3, 6 and 12 weeks. The results showed that HG improved the handling properties of the Bonelike® granules and did not affect its osteoconductive features, neither impairing the bone regeneration process. Human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells from the umbilical cord, extracellular matrix hydrolysates and the pro-angiogenic peptide LLKKK18 were also combined with the IBS. These bioactive agents did not enhance the new bone formation significantly under the conditions tested, according to micro-computed tomography and histological analysis.

In Vitro and In Vivo Drug Release from a Novel In Situ Forming Drug Delivery System

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 1347-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiko Kranz ◽  
Erol Yilmaz ◽  
Gayle A. Brazeau ◽  
Roland Bodmeier
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Drug Release ◽  
Drug Delivery System ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
In Situ Forming

Probiotics for the Chemoprotective Role Against the Toxic Effect of Cancer Chemotherapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aafrin Waziri ◽  
Charu Bharti ◽  
Mohammed Aslam ◽  
Parween Jamil ◽  
Aamir Mirza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Clinical Management ◽  
Clinical Evidence ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Chemotherapeutic Agents ◽  
Antitumor Effects ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Growth Promoting ◽  
High Degree

Background: The processes of chemo- and radiation therapy-based clinical management of different types of cancers are associated with toxicity and side effects of chemotherapeutic agents. So, there is always an unmet need to explore agents to reduce such risk factors. Among these, natural products have generated much attention because of their potent antioxidant and antitumor effects. In the past, some breakthrough outcomes established that various bacteria in the human intestinal gut are bearing growth-promoting attributes and suppressing the conversion of pro-carcinogens into carcinogens. Hence, probiotics integrated approaches are nowadays being explored as rationalized therapeutics in the clinical management of cancer. Methods: Here, published literature was explored to review chemoprotective roles of probiotics against toxic and side effects of chemotherapeutics. Results: Apart from excellent anti-cancer abilities, probiotics are bearing and alleviate toxicity and side effects of chemotherapeutics, with a high degree of safety and efficiency. Conclusion: Preclinical and clinical evidence suggested that due to the chemoprotective roles of probiotics against side effects and toxicity of chemotherapeutics, their integration in chemotherapy would be a judicious approach.

Catechol-modified hyaluronic acid: in situ-forming hydrogels by auto-oxidation of catechol or photo-oxidation using visible light

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (10) ◽  
pp. 4069-4085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Sato ◽  
Takao Aoyagi ◽  
Mitsuhiro Ebara ◽  
Rachel Auzély-Velty
Keyword(s):  
Hyaluronic Acid ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Photo Oxidation ◽  
In Situ Forming ◽  
In Situ Forming Hydrogels

Dual-sensitive dual-prodrug nanoparticles with light-controlled endo/lysosomal escape for synergistic photoactivated chemotherapy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yubin Huang ◽  
Hongtong Lu ◽  
Shasha He ◽  
Qingfei Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyuan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Clinical Application ◽  
Drug Delivery Systems ◽  
Controlled Drug Delivery ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Chemotherapeutic Agents

The clinical application of conventional chemotherapeutic agents, represented by cisplatin, is limited by severe side effects. So, it is essential to explore more safer and controlled drug delivery systems for...

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