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- Title
Complex Factors and Challenges that Affect the Pharmacology, Safety and Efficacy of Nanocarrier Drug Delivery Systems.
- Authors
Piscatelli, Joseph A.; Ban, Jisun; Lucas, Andrew T.; Zamboni, William C.
- Abstract
Major developments in nanomedicines, such as nanoparticles (NPs), nanosomes, and conjugates, have revolutionized drug delivery capabilities over the past four decades. Although nanocarrier agents provide numerous advantages (e.g., greater solubility and duration of systemic exposure) compared to their small-molecule counterparts, there is considerable inter-patient variability seen in the systemic disposition, tumor delivery and overall pharmacological effects (i.e., anti-tumor efficacy and unwanted toxicity) of NP agents. This review aims to provide a summary of fundamental factors that affect the disposition of NPs in the treatment of cancer and why they should be evaluated during preclinical and clinical development. Furthermore, this chapter will highlight some of the translational challenges associated with elements of NPs and how these issues can only be addressed by detailed and novel pharmacology studies.
- Subjects
DRUG delivery systems; DRUG efficacy; PHARMACOLOGY; NANOMEDICINE; RETICULO-endothelial system
- Publication
Pharmaceutics, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 1, p114
- ISSN
1999-4923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pharmaceutics13010114