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- Title
Multi-objective optimization of tumor response to drug release from vasculature-bound nanoparticles.
- Authors
Chamseddine, Ibrahim M.; Frieboes, Hermann B.; Kokkolaras, Michael
- Abstract
The pharmacokinetics of nanoparticle-borne drugs targeting tumors depends critically on nanoparticle design. Empirical approaches to evaluate such designs in order to maximize treatment efficacy are time- and cost-intensive. We have recently proposed the use of computational modeling of nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery targeting tumor vasculature coupled with numerical optimization to pursue optimal nanoparticle targeting and tumor uptake. Here, we build upon these studies to evaluate the effect of tumor size on optimal nanoparticle design by considering a cohort of heterogeneously-sized tumor lesions, as would be clinically expected. The results indicate that smaller nanoparticles yield higher tumor targeting and lesion regression for larger-sized tumors. We then augment the nanoparticle design optimization problem by considering drug diffusivity, which yields a two-fold tumor size decrease compared to optimizing nanoparticles without this consideration. We quantify the tradeoff between tumor targeting and size decrease using bi-objective optimization, and generate five Pareto-optimal nanoparticle designs. The results provide a spectrum of treatment outcomes – considering tumor targeting vs. antitumor effect – with the goal to enable therapy customization based on clinical need. This approach could be extended to other nanoparticle-based cancer therapies, and support the development of personalized nanomedicine in the longer term.
- Subjects
NANOPARTICLES; PHARMACOKINETICS; CONJOINT analysis; NANOMEDICINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-020-65162-2