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Sánchez-Dengra B, Alfonso M, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, González-Álvarez M, Martínez-Máñez R. Intranasal administration of molecular-gated mesoporous nanoparticles to increase ponatinib delivery to the brain. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2023; 18:1799-1813. [PMID: 37990994 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2023-0131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
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Background: Glioblastoma is the most common and lethal brain cancer. New treatments are needed. However, the presence of the blood-brain barrier is limiting the development of new treatments directed toward the brain, as it restricts the access and distribution of drugs to the CNS. Materials & methods: In this work, two different nanoparticles (i.e., mesoporous silica nanoparticles and magnetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles) loaded with ponatinib were prepared. Results & conclusion: Both particles were characterized and tested in vitro and in vivo, proving that they are not toxic for blood-brain barrier cells and they increase the amount of drug reaching the brain when administered intranasally in comparison with the results obtained for the free drug.
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- Bárbara Sánchez-Dengra
- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics & Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan Alicante, 03550, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico, Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics & Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan Alicante, 03550, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics & Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan Alicante, 03550, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics & Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan Alicante, 03550, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico, Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain
- Unidad Mixta UPV-CIPF de Investigación en Mecanismos de Enfermedades y Nanomedicina, València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, València, 46012, Spain
- Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Nanomedicina y Sensores, Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, València, 46026, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, 28029, Spain
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Sánchez-Dengra B, García-Montoya E, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, González-Álvarez M. Establishment and Validation of a New Co-Culture for the Evaluation of the Permeability through the Blood-Brain Barrier in Patients with Glioblastoma. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15051431. [PMID: 37242673 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15051431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Currently, the mechanisms involved in drug access to the central nervous system (CNS) are not completely elucidated, and research efforts to understand the behaviour of the therapeutic agents to access the blood-brain barrier continue with the utmost importance. The aim of this work was the creation and validation of a new in vitro model capable of predicting the in vivo permeability across the blood-brain barrier in the presence of glioblastoma. The selected in vitro method was a cell co-culture model of epithelial cell lines (MDCK and MDCK-MDR1) with a glioblastoma cell line (U87-MG). Several drugs were tested (letrozole, gemcitabine, methotrexate and ganciclovir). Comparison of the proposed in vitro model, MDCK and MDCK-MDR1 co-cultured with U87-MG, and in vivo studies showed a great predictability for each cell line, with R2 values of 0.8917 and 0.8296, respectively. Therefore, both cells lines (MDCK and MDCK-MDR1) are valid for predicting the access of drugs to the CNS in the presence of glioblastoma.
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- Bárbara Sánchez-Dengra
- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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Sánchez-Dengra B, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, González-Álvarez M. Access to the CNS: Strategies to overcome the BBB. Int J Pharm 2023; 636:122759. [PMID: 36801479 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.122759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) limits the access of substances to the central nervous system (CNS) which hinders the treatment of pathologies affecting the brain and the spinal cord. Nowadays, research is focus on new strategies to overcome the BBB and can treat the pathologies affecting the CNS are needed. In this review, the different strategies that allow and increase the access of substances to the CNS are analysed and extended commented, not only invasive strategies but also non-invasive ones. The invasive techniques include the direct injection into the brain parenchyma or the CSF and the therapeutic opening of the BBB, while the non-invasive techniques include the use of alternative routes of administration (nose-to-brain route), the inhibition of efflux transporters (as it is important to prevent the drug efflux from the brain and enhance the therapeutic efficiency), the chemical modification of the molecules (prodrugs and chemical drug delivery systems (CDDS)) and the use of nanocarriers. In the future, knowledge about nanocarriers to treat CNS diseases will continue to increase, but the use of other strategies such as drug repurposing or drug reprofiling, which are cheaper and less time consuming, may limit its transfer to society. The main conclusion is that the combination of different strategies may be the most interesting approach to increase the access of substances to the CNS.
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- Bárbara Sánchez-Dengra
- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Department of Engineering, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Department of Engineering, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain.
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Department of Engineering, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Department of Engineering, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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Caldeira TG, Saúde-Guimarães DA, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, de Souza J. Eremantholide C from aerial parts of Lychnophora trichocarpha, as drug candidate: fraction absorbed prediction in humans and BCS permeability class determination. Daru 2021; 29:195-203. [PMID: 33884588 PMCID: PMC8149492 DOI: 10.1007/s40199-021-00397-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Lychnophora trichocarpha (Spreng.) Spreng. ex Sch.Bip has been used in folk medicine to treat pain, inflammation, rheumatism and bruises. Eremantholide C, a sesquiterpene lactone, is one of the substances responsible for the anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperuricemic effects of L. trichocarpha. OBJECTIVES Considering the potential to become a drug for the treatment of inflammation and gouty arthritis, this study evaluated the permeability of eremantholide C using in situ intestinal perfusion in rats. From the permeability data, it was possible to predict the fraction absorbed of eremantholide C in humans and elucidate its oral absorption process. METHODS In situ intestinal perfusion studies were performed in the complete small intestine of rats using different concentrations of eremantholide C: 960 μg/ml, 96 μg/ml and 9.6 μg/ml (with and without sodium azide), in order to verify the lack of dependence on the measured permeability as a function of the substance concentration in the perfusion solutions. RESULTS Eremantholide C showed Peff values, in rats, greater than 5 × 10-5 cm/s and fraction absorbed predicted for humans greater than 85%. These results indicated the high permeability for eremantholide C. Moreover, its permeation process occurs only by passive route, because there were no statistically significant differences between the Peff values for eremantholide C. CONCLUSION The high permeability, in addition to the low solubility, indicated that eremantholide C is a biologically active substance BCS class II. The pharmacological activities, low toxicity and biopharmaceutics parameters demonstrate that eremantholide C has the necessary requirements for the development of a drug product, to be administered orally, with action on inflammation, hyperuricemia and gout.
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- Tamires Guedes Caldeira
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, 35400-000, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, 35400-000, Brazil
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, 35400-000, Brazil
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Sánchez-Dengra B, González-Álvarez I, Sousa F, Bermejo M, González-Álvarez M, Sarmento B. In vitro model for predicting the access and distribution of drugs in the brain using hCMEC/D3 cells. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2021; 163:120-126. [PMID: 33838261 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2021.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The BBB is a protective entity that prevents external substances from reaching the CNS but it also hinders the delivery of drugs into the brain when they are needed. The main objective of this work was to improve a previously proposed in vitro cell-based model by using a more physiological cell line (hCMEC/D3) to predict the main pharmacokinetic parameters that describe the access and distribution of drugs in the CNS: Kpuu,brain, fu,plasma, fu,brain and Vu,brain. The hCMEC/D3 permeability of seven drugs was studied in transwell systems under different conditions (standard, modified with albumin and modified with brain homogenate). From the permeability coefficients of those experiments, the parameters mentioned above were calculated and four linear IVIVCs were established. The best ones were those that relate the in vitro and in vivo Vu,brain and fu,brain (r2 = 0.961 and r2 = 0.940) which represent the binding rate of a substance to the brain tissue, evidencing the importance of using brain homogenate to mimic brain tissue when an in vitro brain permeability assay is done. This methodology could be a high-throughput screening tool in drug development to select the CNS promising drugs in three different in vitro BBB models (hCMEC/D3, MDCK and MDCK-MDR1).
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- Bárbara Sánchez-Dengra
- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
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- INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-393 Porto, Portugal; i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-393 Porto, Portugal; CESPU - Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde & Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Rua Central de Gandra, 1317, 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain.
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- INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-393 Porto, Portugal; i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-393 Porto, Portugal; CESPU - Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde & Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Rua Central de Gandra, 1317, 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal
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Dahan A, González-Álvarez I. Regional Intestinal Drug Absorption: Biopharmaceutics and Drug Formulation. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13020272. [PMID: 33671434 PMCID: PMC7922912 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13020272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) can be broadly divided into several regions: the stomach, the small intestine (which is subdivided to duodenum, jejunum, and ileum), and the colon. The conditions and environment in each of these segments, and even within the segment, are dependent on many factors, e.g., the surrounding pH, fluid composition, transporters expression, metabolic enzymes activity, tight junction resistance, different morphology along the GIT, variable intestinal mucosal cell differentiation, changes in drug concentration (in cases of carrier-mediated transport), thickness and types of mucus, and resident microflora. Each of these variables, alone or in combination with others, can fundamentally alter the solubility/dissolution, the intestinal permeability, and the overall absorption of various drugs. This is the underlying mechanistic basis of regional-dependent intestinal drug absorption, which has led to many attempts to deliver drugs to specific regions throughout the GIT, aiming to optimize drug absorption, bioavailability, pharmacokinetics, and/or pharmacodynamics. In this Editorial we provide an overview of the Special Issue "Regional Intestinal Drug Absorption: Biopharmaceutics and Drug Formulation". The objective of this Special Issue is to highlight the current progress and to provide an overview of the latest developments in the field of regional-dependent intestinal drug absorption and delivery, as well as pointing out the unmet needs of the field.
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- Arik Dahan
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Correspondence: (A.D.); (I.G.-A.)
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- Engineering, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Juan de Alicante, Spain
- Correspondence: (A.D.); (I.G.-A.)
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Ruiz-Picazo A, Lozoya-Agullo I, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, González-Álvarez M. Effect of excipients on oral absorption process according to the different gastrointestinal segments. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2020; 18:1005-1024. [PMID: 32842776 DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2020.1813108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Excipients are necessary to develop oral dosage forms of any Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API). Traditionally, excipients have been considered inactive and inert substances, but, over the years, numerous studies have contradicted this belief. This review focuses on the effect of excipients on the physiological variables affecting oral absorption along the different segments of the gastrointestinal tract. The effect of excipients on the segmental absorption variables are illustrated with examples to help understand the complexity of predicting their in vivo effects. AREAS COVERED The effects of excipients on disintegration, solubility and dissolution, transit time, and absorption are analyzed in the context of the different gastrointestinal segments and the physiological factors affecting release and membrane permeation. The experimental techniques used to study excipient effects and their human predictive ability are reviewed. EXPERT OPINION The observed effects of excipient in oral absorption process have been characterized in the past, mainly in vitro (i.e. in dissolution studies, in vitro cell culture methods or in situ animal studies). Unfortunately, a clear link with their effects in vivo, i.e. their impact on Cmax or AUC, which need a mechanistic approach is still missing. The information compiled in this review leads to the conclusion that the effect of excipients in API oral absorption and bioavailability is undeniable and shows the need of implementing standardized and reproducible preclinical tools coupled with mechanistic and predictive physiological-based models to improve the current empirical retrospective approach.
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- Alejandro Ruiz-Picazo
- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain
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Figueroa-Campos A, Sánchez-Dengra B, Merino V, Dahan A, González-Álvarez I, García-Arieta A, González-Álvarez M, Bermejo M. Candesartan Cilexetil In Vitro-In Vivo Correlation: Predictive Dissolution as a Development Tool. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:E633. [PMID: 32640620 PMCID: PMC7408357 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The main objective of this investigation was to develop an in vitro-in vivo correlation (IVIVC) for immediate release candesartan cilexetil formulations by designing an in vitro dissolution test to be used as development tool. The IVIVC could be used to reduce failures in future bioequivalence studies. Data from two bioequivalence studies were scaled and combined to obtain the dataset for the IVIVC. Two-step and one-step approaches were used to develop the IVIVC. Experimental solubility and permeability data confirmed candesartan cilexetil. Biopharmaceutic Classification System (BCS) class II candesartan average plasma profiles were deconvoluted by the Loo-Riegelman method to obtain the oral fractions absorbed. Fractions dissolved were obtained in several conditions in USP II and IV apparatus and the results were compared calculating the f2 similarity factor. Levy plot was constructed to estimate the time scaling factor and to make both processes, dissolution and absorption, superimposable. The in vitro dissolution experiment that reflected more accurately the in vivo behavior of the products of candesartan cilexetil employed the USP IV apparatus and a three-step pH buffer change, from 1.2 to 4.5 and 6.8, with 0.2% of Tween 20. This new model was able to predict the in vivo differences in dissolution and it could be used as a risk-analysis tool for formulation selection in future bioequivalence trials.
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- Andrés Figueroa-Campos
- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Juan de Alicante, Spain; (A.F.-C.); (B.S.-D.); (M.G.-Á.); (M.B.)
- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, 46100 Valencia, Spain;
- Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica y Parasitología, Universitat de València, Vicente Andrés Estelles s/n, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Juan de Alicante, Spain; (A.F.-C.); (B.S.-D.); (M.G.-Á.); (M.B.)
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, 46100 Valencia, Spain;
- Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica y Parasitología, Universitat de València, Vicente Andrés Estelles s/n, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel;
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Juan de Alicante, Spain; (A.F.-C.); (B.S.-D.); (M.G.-Á.); (M.B.)
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- Service of Pharmacokinetics and Generic Medicines, Division of Pharmacology and Clinical Evaluation, Department of Human Use Medicines, Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Care Products, 28022 Madrid, Spain;
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Juan de Alicante, Spain; (A.F.-C.); (B.S.-D.); (M.G.-Á.); (M.B.)
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Juan de Alicante, Spain; (A.F.-C.); (B.S.-D.); (M.G.-Á.); (M.B.)
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Markovic M, Zur M, Fine-Shamir N, Haimov E, González-Álvarez I, Dahan A. Segmental-Dependent Solubility and Permeability as Key Factors Guiding Controlled Release Drug Product Development. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:E295. [PMID: 32214015 PMCID: PMC7151103 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The main factors influencing the absorption of orally administered drugs are solubility and permeability, which are location-dependent and may vary along the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The purpose of this work was to investigate segmental-dependent intestinal absorption and its role in controlled-release (CR) drug product development. The solubility/dissolution and permeability of carvedilol (vs. metoprolol) were thoroughly studied, in vitro/in vivo (Octanol-buffer distribution coefficients (Log D), parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (PAMPA), rat intestinal perfusion), focusing on location-dependent effects. Carvedilol exhibits changing solubility in different conditions throughout the GIT, attributable to its zwitterionic nature. A biorelevant pH-dilution dissolution study for carvedilol immediate release (IR) vs. CR scenario elucidates that while the IR dose (25 mg) may dissolve in the GIT luminal conditions, higher doses used in CR products would precipitate if administered at once, highlighting the advantage of CR from the solubility/dissolution point of view. Likewise, segmental-dependent permeability was evident, with higher permeability of carvedilol vs. the low/high Peff marker metoprolol throughout the GIT, confirming it as a biopharmaceutical classification system (BCS) class II drug. Theoretical analysis of relevant physicochemical properties confirmed these results as well. A CR product may shift the carvedilol's solubility behavior from class II to I since only a small dose portion needs to be solubilized at a given time point. The permeability of carvedilol surpasses the threshold of metoprolol jejunal permeability throughout the entire GIT, including the colon, establishing it as a suitable candidate for CR product development. Altogether, this work may serve as an analysis model in the decision process of CR formulation development and may increase our biopharmaceutical understanding of a successful CR drug product.
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- Milica Markovic
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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Chilet-Rosell E, Parker LA, Hernández-Aguado I, Pastor-Valero M, Vilar J, González-Álvarez I, Salinas-Serrano JM, Lorente-Fernández F, Domingo ML, Lumbreras B. The determinants of lung cancer after detecting a solitary pulmonary nodule are different in men and women, for both chest radiograph and CT. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221134. [PMID: 31509550 PMCID: PMC6738604 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Objectives To determine the factors associated with lung cancer diagnosis and mortality after detecting a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) in routine clinical practice, in men and in women for both chest radiograph and CT. Materials and methods A 5-year follow-up of a retrospective cohort of of 25,422 (12,594 men, 12,827 women) patients aged ≥35 years referred for chest radiograph or CT in two hospitals in Spain (2010–2011). SPN were detected in 893 (546 men, 347 women) patients. We estimated the cumulative incidence of lung cancer at 5-years, the association of patient and nodule characteristics with SPN malignancy using Poisson logistic regression, stratifying by sex and type of imaging test. We calculated lung cancer specific mortality rate by sex and SPN detection and hazard rates by cox regression. Results 133 (14.9%) out of 893 patients with an SPN and 505 (2.06%) of the 24,529 patients without SPN were diagnosed with lung cancer. Median diameter of SPN in women who developed cancer was larger than in men. Men who had a chest radiograph were more likely to develop a lung cancer if the nodule was in the upper-lobes, which was not the case for women. In patients with an SPN, smoking increased the risk of lung cancer among men (chest radiograph: RR = 11.3, 95%CI 1.5–83.3; CT: RR = 7.5, 95%CI 2.2, 26.0) but smoking was not significantly associated with lung cancer diagnosis or mortality among women with an SPN. The relative risk of lung cancer diagnosis in women with SPN versus those without was much higher compared to men (13.7; 95%CI 9.2, 20.4 versus 6.2; 95%CI 4.9,7.9). Conclusion The factors associated with SPN malignancy and 5-year lung cancer mortality were different among men and women, especially regarding smoking history and SPN characteristics, where we observed a relatively high rate of lung cancer diagnosis among female non-smokers.
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- Elisa Chilet-Rosell
- Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, Peset Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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- Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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Teruel AH, Pérez-Esteve É, González-Álvarez I, González-Álvarez M, Costero AM, Ferri D, Gaviña P, Merino V, Martínez-Máñez R, Sancenón F. Double Drug Delivery Using Capped Mesoporous Silica Microparticles for the Effective Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Mol Pharm 2019; 16:2418-2429. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Adrián H. Teruel
- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat
de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat
de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería, Sección de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, 03550, Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería, Sección de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, 03550, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat
de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat
de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat
de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat
de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnologia Farmacéutica, Universitat de València 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat
de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)
- Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Nanomedicina y Sensores. Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain
- Unidad Mixta UPV-CIPF de Investigación en Mecanismos de Enfermedades y Nanomedicina, València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Centro de
Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat
de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)
- Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Nanomedicina y Sensores. Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain
- Unidad Mixta UPV-CIPF de Investigación en Mecanismos de Enfermedades y Nanomedicina, València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Centro de
Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain
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Pérez-Sánchez A, Cuyàs E, Ruiz-Torres V, Agulló-Chazarra L, Verdura S, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, Joven J, Micol V, Bosch-Barrera J, Menendez JA. Intestinal Permeability Study of Clinically Relevant Formulations of Silibinin in Caco-2 Cell Monolayers. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E1606. [PMID: 30935093 PMCID: PMC6480586 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20071606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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An ever-growing number of preclinical studies have investigated the tumoricidal activity of the milk thistle flavonolignan silibinin. The clinical value of silibinin as a bona fide anti-cancer therapy, however, remains uncertain with respect to its bioavailability and blood⁻brain barrier (BBB) permeability. To shed some light on the absorption and bioavailability of silibinin, we utilized the Caco-2 cell monolayer model of human intestinal absorption to evaluate the permeation properties of three different formulations of silibinin: silibinin-meglumine, a water-soluble form of silibinin complexed with the amino-sugar meglumine; silibinin-phosphatidylcholine, the phytolipid delivery system Siliphos; and Eurosil85/Euromed, a milk thistle extract that is the active component of the nutraceutical Legasil with enhanced bioavailability. Our approach predicted differential mechanisms of transport and blood⁻brain barrier permeabilities between the silibinin formulations tested. Our assessment might provide valuable information about an idoneous silibinin formulation capable of reaching target cancer tissues and accounting for the observed clinical effects of silibinin, including a recently reported meaningful central nervous system activity against brain metastases.
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- Almudena Pérez-Sánchez
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular (IBMC) and Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE), Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), 03202 Elche, Spain.
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- Program Against Cancer Therapeutic Resistance (ProCURE), Metabolism and Cancer Group, Catalan Institute of Oncology, 17007 Girona, Spain.
- Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), 17190 Girona, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular (IBMC) and Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE), Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), 03202 Elche, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular (IBMC) and Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE), Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), 03202 Elche, Spain.
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- Program Against Cancer Therapeutic Resistance (ProCURE), Metabolism and Cancer Group, Catalan Institute of Oncology, 17007 Girona, Spain.
- Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), 17190 Girona, Spain.
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Engineering Department, Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), San Juan de Alicante, 03202 Alicante, Spain.
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Engineering Department, Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), San Juan de Alicante, 03202 Alicante, Spain.
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- Unitat de Recerca Biomèdica, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201 Reus, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular (IBMC) and Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE), Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), 03202 Elche, Spain.
- CIBER, Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición, CIBERobn, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CB12/03/30038), 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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- Program Against Cancer Therapeutic Resistance (ProCURE), Metabolism and Cancer Group, Catalan Institute of Oncology, 17007 Girona, Spain.
- Department of Medical Sciences, Medical School University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
- Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Dr. Josep Trueta University Hospital, 17007 Girona, Spain.
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- Program Against Cancer Therapeutic Resistance (ProCURE), Metabolism and Cancer Group, Catalan Institute of Oncology, 17007 Girona, Spain.
- Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), 17190 Girona, Spain.
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Caldeira TG, Ruiz-Picazo A, Lozoya-Agullo I, Saúde-Guimarães DA, González-Álvarez M, de Souza J, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M. Determination of intestinal permeability using in situ perfusion model in rats: Challenges and advantages to BCS classification applied to digoxin. Int J Pharm 2018; 551:148-157. [PMID: 30218825 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The purpose of this work was to describe the closed loop in situ perfusion method in rats and to compare the difficulties and advantages with other methods proposed by regulatory agencies for BCS classification and finally to illustrate its application to evaluate the permeability of digoxin at relevant clinical concentrations. Digoxin was evaluated at two concentration levels: 1.0 μg/ml (with and without sodium azide 65.0 μg/ml) and 6.0 μg/ml. These concentrations correspond to the ratio of the highest dose strength (0.25 mg) and the highest single dose administered (1.5 mg) and the 250 ml of water. In situ closed loop perfusion studies in rats were performed in the whole small intestine and also in duodenum, jejunum and ileum segments to evaluate the relevance of P-gp secretion in the overall permeability. A kinetic modelling approach involving passive permeation and efflux transport mechanism allowed the estimation of the passive diffusional component and the Michaelis-menten parameters. The estimated Km value demonstrated that at clinical luminal concentrations the efflux process is not saturated and then it could be inhibited by other drugs, excipients or food components leading to the already reported clinical drug-drug and drug-food interations. The present data confirms from a mechanistic point of view these interactions.
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- Tamires Guedes Caldeira
- Department of Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain; Laboratório de Controle de Qualidade, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Laboratório de Plantas Medicinais, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Laboratório de Controle de Qualidade, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain.
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Lozoya-Agullo I, González-Álvarez I, Merino-Sanjuán M, Bermejo M, González-Álvarez M. Preclinical models for colonic absorption, application to controlled release formulation development. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2018; 130:247-259. [PMID: 30064699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Oral controlled release (CR) formulations have many benefits and have become a valuable resource for the local and systemic administration of drugs. The most important characteristic of these pharmaceutical products is that drug absorption occurs mainly in the colon. Therefore, this review analyses the physiological and physicochemical features that may affect an orally administered CR product, as well as the different strategies to develop a CR dosage form and the methods used to evaluate the formulation efficacy. The models available to study the intestinal permeability and their applicability to colonic permeability determinations are also discussed.
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- Isabel Lozoya-Agullo
- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Spain; Molecular Recognition and Technological Development, Polytechnic University-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
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Ruiz Picazo A, Martinez-Martinez MT, Colón-Useche S, Iriarte R, Sánchez-Dengra B, González-Álvarez M, García-Arieta A, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M. In Vitro Dissolution as a Tool for Formulation Selection: Telmisartan Two-Step IVIVC. Mol Pharm 2018; 15:2307-2315. [PMID: 29746133 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The purpose of this investigation was to develop an exploratory two-step level A IVIVC for three telmisartan oral immediate release formulations, the reference product Micardis, and two generic formulations (X1 and X2). Correlation was validated with a third test formulation, Y1. Experimental solubility and permeability data were obtained to confirm that telmisartan is a class II compound under the Biopharmaceutic Classification System. Bioequivalence (BE) studies plasma profiles were combined using a previously published reference scaling procedure. X2 demonstrated in vivo BE, while X1 and Y1 failed to show BE due to the lower boundary of the 90% confidence interval for Cmax being outside the acceptance limits. Average plasma profiles were deconvoluted by the Loo-Riegelman method to obtain the oral fractions absorbed ( fa). Fractions dissolved ( fdiss) were obtained in several conditions in USP II and USP IV apparatus, and later, the results were compared in order to find the most biopredictive model, calculating the f2 similarity factor. The apparatus and conditions showing the same rank order than in vivo data were selected for further refinement of conditions. A Levy plot was constructed to estimate the time scaling factor and to make both processes, dissolution and absorption, superimposable. The in vitro dissolution experiment that reflected more accurately the in vivo behavior of the different formulations of telmisartan employed the USP IV dissolution apparatus and a dissolution environment with a flow rate of 8 mL/min and a three-step pH change, from 1.2 to 4.5 and 6.8, with a 0.05% of Tween 80. Thus, these conditions gave rise to a biopredictive dissolution test. This new model is able to predict the formulation differences in dissolution that were previously observed in vivo, which could be used as a risk-analysis tool for formulation selection in future bioequivalence trials.
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- Alejandro Ruiz Picazo
- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area , Miguel Hernandez University , Alicante 03550 , Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area , Miguel Hernandez University , Alicante 03550 , Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area , Miguel Hernandez University , Alicante 03550 , Spain.,Analysis and Control Department , University of Los Andes , Mérida 5101 , Venezuela
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area , Miguel Hernandez University , Alicante 03550 , Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area , Miguel Hernandez University , Alicante 03550 , Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area , Miguel Hernandez University , Alicante 03550 , Spain
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- Service on Pharmacokinetics and Generic Medicines, Division of Pharmacology and Clinical Evaluation, Department of Human Use Medicines , Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Care Products , Madrid , Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area , Miguel Hernandez University , Alicante 03550 , Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area , Miguel Hernandez University , Alicante 03550 , Spain
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Teruel AH, Pérez-Esteve É, González-Álvarez I, González-Álvarez M, Costero AM, Ferri D, Parra M, Gaviña P, Merino V, Martínez-Mañez R, Sancenón F. Smart gated magnetic silica mesoporous particles for targeted colon drug delivery: New approaches for inflammatory bowel diseases treatment. J Control Release 2018; 281:58-69. [PMID: 29753956 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Magnetic mesoporous silica microparticles were loaded with safranin O (S1) and with hydrocortisone (S2) and the outer surface functionalized with a bulky azo derivative bearing urea moieties. Aqueous suspensions of both solids at pH 7.4 showed negligible payload release whereas a marked delivery was observed in the presence of sodium dithionite due to the rupture of the azo bonds. Besides, a moderate cargo release was observed at acidic pH due to the hydrolysis of the urea bonds that linked the azo derivative onto the external surface of the inorganic scaffolds. In vitro digestion models showed that S1 and S2 microparticles could be used for the controlled release of payload in the reducing colon environment (in which azoreductase enzymes are present). On the other hand, in vivo pharmacokinetic studies in rats showed that safranine O release from S1 microparticles was concentrated in colon. The performance of S2 microparticles for the treatment of colitis in rats (induced by oral administration of a 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid solution) was tested. The controlled release of hydrocortisone from S2 in the colon of injured rats induced marked reduction in colon/body weight ratio and in clinical activity score. Also, histological studies showed a marked decrease in inflammation followed by intensive regeneration and almost normal mucosal structure of the individuals treated with S2. Besides, the use of a magnetic belt increased the therapeutic performances of S2 due to an enhanced retention time of the particles in the colon.
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- Adrián H Teruel
- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería, Sección de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante 03550, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería, Sección de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante 03550, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain; Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain; Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain; Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain; Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València, Doctor Moliner 50, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain; Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnologia Farmacéutica, Universitat de València, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Nanomedicina y Sensores, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain; Unidad Mixta UPV-CIPF de Investigación en Mecanismos de Enfermedades y Nanomedicina, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Nanomedicina y Sensores, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain; Unidad Mixta UPV-CIPF de Investigación en Mecanismos de Enfermedades y Nanomedicina, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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Lozoya-Agullo I, Araújo F, González-Álvarez I, Merino-Sanjuán M, González-Álvarez M, Bermejo M, Sarmento B. PLGA nanoparticles are effective to control the colonic release and absorption on ibuprofen. Eur J Pharm Sci 2018; 115:119-125. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Alcaide F, Amlerová J, Bou G, Ceyssens PJ, Coll P, Corcoran D, Fangous MS, González-Álvarez I, Gorton R, Greub G, Hery-Arnaud G, Hrábak J, Ingebretsen A, Lucey B, Marekoviċ I, Mediavilla-Gradolph C, Monté MR, O'Connor J, O'Mahony J, Opota O, O'Reilly B, Orth-Höller D, Oviaño M, Palacios JJ, Palop B, Pranada AB, Quiroga L, Rodríguez-Temporal D, Ruiz-Serrano MJ, Tudó G, Van den Bossche A, van Ingen J, Rodriguez-Sanchez B. How to: identify non-tuberculous Mycobacterium species using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Clin Microbiol Infect 2017; 24:599-603. [PMID: 29174730 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 11/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The implementation of MALDI-TOF MS for microorganism identification has changed the routine of the microbiology laboratories as we knew it. Most microorganisms can now be reliably identified within minutes using this inexpensive, user-friendly methodology. However, its application in the identification of mycobacteria isolates has been hampered by the structure of their cell wall. Improvements in the sample processing method and in the available database have proved key factors for the rapid and reliable identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolates using MALDI-TOF MS. AIMS The main objective is to provide information about the proceedings for the identification of non-tuberculous isolates using MALDI-TOF MS and to review different sample processing methods, available databases, and the interpretation of the results. SOURCES Results from relevant studies on the use of the available MALDI-TOF MS instruments, the implementation of innovative sample processing methods, or the implementation of improved databases are discussed. CONTENT Insight about the methodology required for reliable identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria and its implementation in the microbiology laboratory routine is provided. IMPLICATIONS Microbiology laboratories where MALDI-TOF MS is available can benefit from its capacity to identify most clinically interesting non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a rapid, reliable, and inexpensive manner.
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- F Alcaide
- Servei de Microbiología, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge- IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Division of Bacterial Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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- Hospital Sant Pau i Santa Creu, Servei de Microbiologia, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Medicine, Diagnostic Directorate, Cork University Hospital, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Plateforme de Biologie, Hôpital Cavale Blanche, Brest, France
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- Unidad Referencia Regional de Micobacterias, Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Health Services Laboratories, London, UK
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- Institut de Microbiologie de l'Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; European Study Group on Genomics and Molecular Diagnosis (ESGMD), Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Plateforme de Biologie, Hôpital Cavale Blanche, Brest, France
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- Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic
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- Dept. of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
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- University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratori de Microbiologia-CDB, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona-ISGlobal, Departament de Fonaments Clínics, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
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- Institut de Microbiologie de l'Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Medicine, Diagnostic Directorate, Cork University Hospital, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Unidad Referencia Regional de Micobacterias, Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Hospital Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- MVZ Dr. Eberhard & Partner Dortmund (ÜBAG), Department of Medical Microbiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiología, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge- IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- European Study Group on Genomics and Molecular Diagnosis (ESGMD), Switzerland; Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratori de Microbiologia-CDB, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona-ISGlobal, Departament de Fonaments Clínics, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Bacterial Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- European Study Group on Genomics and Molecular Diagnosis (ESGMD), Switzerland; Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain.
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Lozoya-Agullo I, Araújo F, González-Álvarez I, Merino-Sanjuán M, González-Álvarez M, Bermejo M, Sarmento B. Usefulness of Caco-2/HT29-MTX and Caco-2/HT29-MTX/Raji B Coculture Models To Predict Intestinal and Colonic Permeability Compared to Caco-2 Monoculture. Mol Pharm 2017; 14:1264-1270. [PMID: 28263609 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b01165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Caco-2 cellular monolayer is a widely accepted in vitro model to predict human permeability but suffering from several and critical limitations. Therefore, some alternative cell cultures to mimic the human intestinal epithelium, as closely as possible, have been developed to achieve more physiological conditions, as the Caco-2/HT29-MTX coculture and the triple Caco-2/HT29-MTX/Raji B models. In this work the permeability of 12 model drugs of different Biopharmaceutical Classification System (BCS) characteristics, in the coculture and triple coculture models was assessed. Additionally, the utility of both models to classify compounds according to the BCS criteria was scrutinized. The obtained results suggested that the coculture of Caco-2/HT29-MTX and the triple coculture of Caco-2/HT29-MTX/Raji B were useful models to predict intestinal permeability and to classify the drugs in high or low permeability according to BCS. Moreover, to study thoroughly the transport mechanism of a specific drug, using a more complex model than Caco-2 monocultures is more suitable because coculture and triple coculture are more physiological models, so the results obtained with them will be closer to those obtained in the human intestine.
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- Isabel Lozoya-Agullo
- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University , San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain.,Department of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia , Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 13, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.,INEB-Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, University of Porto , Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University , San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia , Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 13, 46010 Valencia, Spain.,Molecular Recognition and Technological Development, Polytechnic University-University of Valencia , Camí de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University , San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University , San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto , Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.,INEB-Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, University of Porto , Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.,CESPU, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde , Rua Central da Gandra 1317, 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal
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Pérez-Sánchez A, Borrás-Linares I, Barrajón-Catalán E, Arráez-Román D, González-Álvarez I, Ibáñez E, Segura-Carretero A, Bermejo M, Micol V. Evaluation of the intestinal permeability of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) extract polyphenols and terpenoids in Caco-2 cell monolayers. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0172063. [PMID: 28234919 PMCID: PMC5325326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is grown throughout the world and is widely used as a medicinal herb and to season and preserve food. Rosemary polyphenols and terpenoids have attracted great interest due to their potential health benefits. However, complete information regarding their absorption and bioavailability in Caco-2 cell model is scarce. The permeation properties of the bioactive compounds (flavonoids, diterpenes, triterpenes and phenylpropanoids) of a rosemary extract (RE), obtained by supercritical fluid extraction, was studied in Caco-2 cell monolayer model, both in a free form or liposomed. Compounds were identified and quantitated by liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry analysis (HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS), and the apparent permeability values (Papp) were determined, for the first time in the extract, for 24 compounds in both directions across cell monolayer. For some compounds, such as triterpenoids and some flavonoids, Papp values found were reported for the first time in Caco-2 cells.Our results indicate that most compounds are scarcely absorbed, and passive diffusion is suggested to be the primary mechanism of absorption. The use of liposomes to vehiculize the extract resulted in reduced permeability for most compounds. Finally, the biopharmaceutical classification (BCS) of all the compounds was achieved according to their permeability and solubility data for bioequivalence purposes. BCS study reveal that most of the RE compounds could be classified as classes III and IV (low permeability); therefore, RE itself should also be classified into this category.
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- Almudena Pérez-Sánchez
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Miguel Hernández University, Avda. Universidad s/n, Elche, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avda Fuentenueva s/n, Granada, Spain
- Research and Development of Functional Food Centre (CIDAF), Health Science Technological Park, Avda. del Conocimiento n° 37, Armilla, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Miguel Hernández University, Avda. Universidad s/n, Elche, Spain
- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Engineering Department, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- INVTROTECNIA S.L., Santiago Grisolía 2, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avda Fuentenueva s/n, Granada, Spain
- Research and Development of Functional Food Centre (CIDAF), Health Science Technological Park, Avda. del Conocimiento n° 37, Armilla, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Engineering Department, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Laboratory of Foodomics, Institute of Food Science Research-CIAL (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 9, Campus Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avda Fuentenueva s/n, Granada, Spain
- Research and Development of Functional Food Centre (CIDAF), Health Science Technological Park, Avda. del Conocimiento n° 37, Armilla, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Engineering Department, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Miguel Hernández University, Avda. Universidad s/n, Elche, Spain
- CIBER, Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición, CIBERobn, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CB12/03/30038), Spain
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The aim of this study was to review recent literature in order to provide updated values of the typical effective doses associated with the top 20 imaging tests for adults and children and for the most widely used set of weights (ICRP60) as well as for the most recent one (ICRP103). We performed a systematic research on radiation dosimetry in radiology published from 2007 onwards through the Medline, Embase and Cochrane Library Plus databases. We also included studies backed by scientific or governmental organizations. Other variables included: year and type of study (survey or descriptive), country, method and sample used for the measurement. Mean effective dose, minimum, maximum and standard deviation were calculated. We compared our results with previous evidence and with data from DDM2. We included 27 articles and 5 web references in the study. A total of 378 values from the 20 procedures included were obtained, 280 (74%) using ICRP60 and 98 (26%) using ICRP103. Effective doses for CT procedures in children were very similar to those for adults, with the exception of CT Trunk, but fluoroscopy procedures had consistently lower dose. There were differences between the current data with either ICRP60 or ICRP103, and the previous published data. In conclusion, we provided the best available evidence from literature to evaluate the effective dose received by each patient for the most typical examinations. According to the recommendations from the Report 154 and from the European Council Directive, these results could also be useful to estimate the range of average exposures to the population.
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Lumbreras B, Vilar J, González-Álvarez I, Guilabert M, Parker LA, Pastor-Valero M, Domingo ML, Fernández-Lorente MF, Hernández-Aguado I. Evaluation of clinicians' knowledge and practices regarding medical radiological exposure: findings from a mixed-methods investigation (survey and qualitative study). BMJ Open 2016; 6:e012361. [PMID: 27799242 PMCID: PMC5093629 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of initiatives aiming to increase clinician awareness of radiation exposure; to explore the challenges they face when communicating with patients; to study what they think is the most appropriate way of communicating the long-term potential risks of medical radiological exposure to patients. DESIGN A quantitative and qualitative evaluation through a survey and focal groups. SETTING San Juan Hospital and Dr Peset Hospital (Southeast Spain) and clinicians from Spanish scientific societies. PARTICIPANTS The surveys were answered (a) in person (216: all the radiologists (30), urologists (14) and surgeons (44) working at both participant hospitals; a sample of general practitioners from the catchment area of one hospital (45), and a consecutive sample of radiologists attending a scientific meeting (60)) or (b) electronically through Spanish scientific societies (299: radiologists (45), pneumologists (123), haematologists (75) and surgeons (40)). Clinicians were not randomly selected and thus the results are limited by the diligence of the individuals filling out the survey. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Clinicians' knowledge and practices regarding medical radiological exposure, and what they considered most appropriate for communicating information to patients. RESULTS Nearly 80% of the clinicians surveyed had never heard of the European recommendations. Fewer than 20% of the clinicians surveyed identified correctly the radiation equivalence dose of intravenous urography or barium enema. It was reported by 31.7% that they inform patients about the long-term potential risks of ionising radiation. All participants agreed that the most appropriate way to present information is a table with a list of imaging tests and their corresponding radiation equivalence dose in terms of chest X-rays and background radiation exposure. CONCLUSIONS Medical radiological exposure is frequently underestimated and rarely explained to patients. With a clear understanding of medical radiological exposure and proper communication tools, clinicians will be able to accurately inform patients.
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- B Lumbreras
- Department of Public Health, History of Science and Gynecology, Miguel Hernández University, and CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Alicante, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, Peset Hospital, Valenciana, Spain
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- Psychology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, Peset Hospital, Valenciana, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain
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Lozoya-Agullo I, González-Álvarez I, González-Álvarez M, Merino-Sanjuán M, Bermejo M. Development of an ion-pair to improve the colon permeability of a low permeability drug: Atenolol. Eur J Pharm Sci 2016; 93:334-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2016.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lozoya-Agullo I, Zur M, Beig A, Fine N, Cohen Y, González-Álvarez M, Merino-Sanjuán M, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, Dahan A. Segmental-dependent permeability throughout the small intestine following oral drug administration: Single-pass vs. Doluisio approach to in-situ rat perfusion. Int J Pharm 2016; 515:201-208. [PMID: 27667756 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Intestinal drug permeability is position dependent and pertains to a specific point along the intestinal membrane, and the resulted segmental-dependent permeability phenomenon has been recognized as a critical factor in the overall absorption of drug following oral administration. The aim of this research was to compare segmental-dependent permeability data obtained from two different rat intestinal perfusion approaches: the single-pass intestinal perfusion (SPIP) model and the closed-loop (Doluisio) rat perfusion method. The rat intestinal permeability of 12 model drugs with different permeability characteristics (low, moderate, and high, as well as passively and actively absorbed) was assessed in three small intestinal regions: the upper jejunum, mid-small intestine, and the terminal ileum, using both the SPIP and the Doluisio experimental methods. Excellent correlation was evident between the two approaches, especially in the upper jejunum (R2=0.95). Significant regional-dependent permeability was found in half of drugs studied, illustrating the importance and relevance of segmental-dependent intestinal permeability. Despite the differences between the two methods, highly comparable results were obtained by both methods, especially in the medium-high Peff range. In conclusion, the SPIP and the Doluisio method are both equally useful in obtaining crucial segmental-dependent intestinal permeability data.
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- Isabel Lozoya-Agullo
- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain; Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Molecular Recognition and Technological Development, Polytechnic University-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Lumbreras B, Vilar J, González-Álvarez I, Gómez-Sáez N, Domingo ML, Lorente MF, Pastor-Valero M, Hernández-Aguado I. The Fate of Patients with Solitary Pulmonary Nodules: Clinical Management and Radiation Exposure Associated. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158458. [PMID: 27392032 PMCID: PMC4938621 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background The appropriate management of the large number of lung nodules detected during the course of routine medical care presents a challenge. We aimed to evaluate the usual clinical practice in solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) management and associated radiation exposure. Methods We examined 893 radiology reports of consecutive patients undergoing chest computed tomography (CT) and radiography at two public hospitals in Spain. Information on diagnostic procedures from SPN detection and lung cancer diagnosis was collected prospectively for 18 months. Results More than 20% of patients with SPN detected on either chest radiograph (19.8%) or CT (26.1%) underwent no additional interventions and none developed lung cancer (100% negative predictive value). 346 (72.0%) patients with SPN detected on chest radiograph and 254 (61.5%) patients with SPN detected on CT had additional diagnostic tests and were not diagnosed with lung cancer. In patients undergoing follow-up imaging for SPNs detected on CT median number of additional imaging tests was 3.5 and the mean cumulative effective dose was 24.4 mSv; for those detected on chest radiograph the median number of additional imaging tests was 2.8 and the mean cumulative effective dose was 10.3 mSv. Conclusions Patients who did not have additional interventions were not diagnosed of lung cancer. There was an excessive amount of interventions in a high percentage of patients presenting SPN, which was associated with an excess of radiation exposure.
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- Blanca Lumbreras
- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, Peset Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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Lozoya-Agullo I, González-Álvarez I, González-Álvarez M, Merino-Sanjuán M, Bermejo M. In Situ Perfusion Model in Rat Colon for Drug Absorption Studies: Comparison with Small Intestine and Caco-2 Cell Model. J Pharm Sci 2015; 104:3136-45. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.24447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Colón-Useche S, González-Álvarez I, Mangas-Sanjuan V, González-Álvarez M, Pastoriza P, Molina-Martínez I, Bermejo M, García-Arieta A. Investigating the Discriminatory Power of BCS-Biowaiver in Vitro Methodology to Detect Bioavailability Differences between Immediate Release Products Containing a Class I Drug. Mol Pharm 2015; 12:3167-74. [PMID: 26287948 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The purpose of this work is to investigate the discriminatory power of the Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS)-biowaiver in vitro methodology, i.e., to investigate if a BCS-biowaiver approach would have detected the Cmax differences observed between two zolpidem tablets and to identify the cause of the in vivo difference. Several dissolution conditions were tested with three zolpidem formulations: the reference (Stilnox), a bioequivalent formulation (BE), and a nonbioequivalent formulation (N-BE). Zolpidem is highly soluble at pH 1.2, 4.5, and 6.8. Its permeability in Caco-2 cells is higher than that of metoprolol and its transport mechanism is passive diffusion. None of the excipients (alone or in combination) showed any effect on permeability. All formulations dissolved more than 85% in 15 min in the paddle apparatus at 50 rpm in all dissolution media. However, at 30 rpm the nonbioequivalent formulation exhibited a slower dissolution rate. A slower gastric emptying rate was also observed in rats for the nonbioequivalent formulation. A slower disintegration and dissolution or a delay in gastric emptying might explain the Cmax infra-bioavailability for a highly permeable drug with short half-life. The BCS-biowaiver approach would have declared bioequivalence, although the in vivo study was not conclusive but detected a 14% mean difference in Cmax that precluded the bioequivalence demonstration. Nonetheless, these findings suggest that a slower dissolution rate is more discriminatory and that rotation speeds higher than 50 rpm should not be used in BCS-biowaivers, even if a coning effect occurs.
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- Sarin Colón-Useche
- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University , 03550 Alicante, Spain.,Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Complutense University of Madrid , 28040 Madrid, Spain.,Analysis and Control Department, University of Los Andes , Mérida, Venezuela
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University , 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University , 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University , 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Complutense University of Madrid , 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Complutense University of Madrid , 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Engineering: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology Area, Miguel Hernandez University , 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Service on Pharmacokinetics and Generic Medicines, Division of Pharmacology and Clinical Evaluation, Department of Human Use Medicines, Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Care Products , 28022 Madrid, Spain
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Cuesta-Gragera A, Navarro-Fontestad C, Mangas-Sanjuan V, González-Álvarez I, García-Arieta A, Trocóniz IF, Casabó VG, Bermejo M. Validation of a semi-physiological model for caffeine in healthy subjects and cirrhotic patients. Eur J Pharm Sci 2015; 73:57-63. [PMID: 25843043 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2015.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The objective of this paper was to validate a previously developed semi physiological model to simulate bioequivalence trials of drug products. The aim of the model was to ascertain whether the measurement of the metabolite concentration-time profiles would provide any additional information in bioequivalence studies (Fernandez-Teruel et al., 2009a,b; Navarro-Fontestad et al., 2010). The semi-physiological model implemented in NONMEM VI was used to simulate caffeine and its main metabolite plasma levels using caffeine parameters from bibliography. Data from 3 bioequivalence studies in healthy subjects at 3 different doses (100, 175 and 400mg of caffeine) and one study in cirrhotic patients (200 or 250mg) were used. The first aim was to adapt the previous semi-physiological model for caffeine, showing the hepatic metabolism with one main metabolite, paraxanthine. The second aim was to validate the model by comparison of the simulated plasma levels of parent drug and metabolite to the experimental data. The simulations have shown that the proposed semi-physiological model was able to reproduce adequately the pharmacokinetic behavior of caffeine and paraxanthine in both healthy subjects and cirrhotic patients at all the assayed doses. Therefore, the model could be used to simulate plasma concentrations vs. time of drugs with the same pharmacokinetic scheme as caffeine, as long as their population parameters are known, and it could be useful for bioequivalence trial simulation of drugs that undergo hepatic metabolism with a single main metabolite.
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- Ana Cuesta-Gragera
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernández University, Carretera Alicante Valencia, km 87, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernández University, Carretera Alicante Valencia, km 87, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
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- Pharmacokinetics Service, Division of Pharmacology and Clinical Evaluation, Department of Human Use Medicines, Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Care Products (AEMPS), Campezo 1, 28022 Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernández University, Carretera Alicante Valencia, km 87, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
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Lozoya-Agullo I, Zur M, Wolk O, Beig A, González-Álvarez I, González-Álvarez M, Merino-Sanjuán M, Bermejo M, Dahan A. In-situ intestinal rat perfusions for human Fabs prediction and BCS permeability class determination: Investigation of the single-pass vs. the Doluisio experimental approaches. Int J Pharm 2015; 480:1-7. [PMID: 25595387 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Revised: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Intestinal drug permeability has been recognized as a critical determinant of the fraction dose absorbed, with direct influence on bioavailability, bioequivalence and biowaiver. The purpose of this research was to compare intestinal permeability values obtained by two different intestinal rat perfusion methods: the single-pass intestinal perfusion (SPIP) model and the Doluisio (closed-loop) rat perfusion method. A list of 15 model drugs with different permeability characteristics (low, moderate, and high, as well as passively and actively absorbed) was constructed. We assessed the rat intestinal permeability of these 15 model drugs in both SPIP and the Doluisio methods, and evaluated the correlation between them. We then evaluated the ability of each of these methods to predict the fraction dose absorbed (Fabs) in humans, and to assign the correct BCS permeability class membership. Excellent correlation was obtained between the two experimental methods (r(2)=0.93). An excellent correlation was also shown between literature Fabs values and the predictions made by both rat perfusion techniques. Similar BCS permeability class membership was designated by literature data and by both SPIP and Doluisio methods for all compounds. In conclusion, the SPIP model and the Doluisio (closed-loop) rat perfusion method are both equally useful for obtaining intestinal permeability values that can be used for Fabs prediction and BCS classification.
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- Isabel Lozoya-Agullo
- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain; Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Molecular Recognition and Technological Development, Polytechnic University, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Gómez-Sáez N, González-Álvarez I, Vilar J, Hernández-Aguado I, Domingo ML, Lorente MF, Pastor-Valero M, Parker LA, Picazo N, Calbo J, Lumbreras B. Prevalence and variables associated with solitary pulmonary nodules in a routine clinic-based population: a cross-sectional study. Eur Radiol 2014; 24:2174-82. [PMID: 24962823 PMCID: PMC4126995 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3249-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Revised: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Objective To determine the prevalence of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) in chest radiology studies and patient’s features associated with malignancy in a non-high-risk clinical population. Methods Patients ≥35 years were referred for thoracic imaging in two hospitals (2010-2011). Eight radiologists determined the presence and characteristics of SPN. Selected variables were collected from radiological register and medical records. Observer agreement in the diagnosis of SPN was assessed. Results 25,529 patients were included: 23,102 (90.5 %) underwent chest radiograph and 2,497 (9.5 %) a CT. The prevalence of SPN was 2.1 % (95 % CI 1.9 – 2.3) in radiographs and 17.0 % (95 % CI 15.5 – 18.5) in CT. In patients undergoing chest radiograph, detection of SPN with an irregular border was more frequent among smokers. In patients who had a CT, larger SPNs appeared to be associated with 60 years of age or over, diagnosis of a respiratory illness, or male gender. In addition, an irregular border was also more common among men. Conclusions The prevalence of SPNs detected by both radiograph and CT was lower than that shown in screening studies. Patient characteristics such as age, sex, respiratory disease, or smoking habit were associated with nodule characteristics that are known to be related with malignancy. Key Points • There is a lower SPN prevalence in the clinical population than in screening studies. • SPN prevalence is associated with some patient characteristics: sex, age, imaging test. • Nodule characteristics related to malignancy were associated with some patient characteristics.
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- N. Gómez-Sáez
- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, Peset Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- Ciber en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, Peset Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, San Juan Hospital, Alicante, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- Ciber en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Barcelona, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- Ciber en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, San Juan Hospital, Alicante, Spain
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- Radiodiagnostic Department, San Juan Hospital, Alicante, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
- Ciber en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Barcelona, Spain
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Mangas-Sanjuan V, González-Álvarez I, González-Álvarez M, Casabó VG, Bermejo M. Modified Nonsink Equation for Permeability Estimation in Cell Monolayers: Comparison with Standard Methods. Mol Pharm 2014; 11:1403-14. [DOI: 10.1021/mp400555e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Victor Mangas-Sanjuan
- Department
of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Carretera Alicante Valencia km 87, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Department
of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia, Av. Vicent Andres Estelles s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Department
of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Carretera Alicante Valencia km 87, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department
of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Carretera Alicante Valencia km 87, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department
of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia, Av. Vicent Andres Estelles s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Department
of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernandez University, Carretera Alicante Valencia km 87, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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Mangas-Sanjuan V, González-Álvarez I, González-Álvarez M, Casabó VG, Bermejo M. Innovative in vitro method to predict rate and extent of drug delivery to the brain across the blood-brain barrier. Mol Pharm 2013; 10:3822-31. [PMID: 23977999 DOI: 10.1021/mp400294x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The relevant parameters for predicting rate and extent of access across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) are fu,plasma (unbound fraction in plasma), Vu,brain (distribution volume in brain) and Kp,uu,brain (ratio of free concentrations in plasma and brain). Their estimation still requires animal studies and in vitro low throughput experiments which make difficult the screening of new CNS candidates. The aim of the present work was to develop a new whole in vitro high throughput method to predict drug rate and extent of access across the BBB. The system permits estimation of fu,plasma, Vu,brain and Kp,uu,brain in a single experimental system, using in vitro cell monolayers in different conditions. From the ratios of the apparent permeability values (Papp) with the adequate mathematical analysis the relevant parameters can be estimated. Papp of ten model compounds has been obtained in MDCKII and MDCK-Mdr1cell monolayers in the absence and presence of albumin and brain homogenate. The ratio of Papp in the absence and presence of albumin allows estimation of in vitro fu,plasma. Papp in the presence of brain homogenate is used to estimate fu,brain and Vu,brain. Kp,uu,brain is estimated from the apical to basal versus basal to apical clearances. The BBB parameters obtained with the new method were predictive of the in vivo behavior of candidates. In vitro fu,plasma, Kp,uu,brain and Vu,brain (calculated with Papp from MDCKII cell line) presented a good correlation with in vivo fu,plasma, Kp,uu,CSF and Vu,brain published values (r=0.92; r=0.85; and r=0.99 respectively). Despite its simplicity the predictive performance is fairly good considering the reduced number of tested compounds with different physicochemical and transport properties. Further experimental modifications could be checked to optimize the method, but the present data support its feasibility. As other in vitro cell culture models, the system is suitable for miniaturization and robotization to allow high throughput screening of CNS candidates.
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- Victor Mangas-Sanjuan
- Department of Engineering, Pharmacy Section, Miguel Hernández University , Carretera Alicante Valencia km 87, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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Samiei N, Mangas-Sanjuan V, González-Álvarez I, Foroutan M, Shafaati A, Zarghi A, Bermejo M. Ion-pair strategy for enabling amifostine oral absorption: Rat in situ and in vivo experiments. Eur J Pharm Sci 2013; 49:499-504. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2013.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Revised: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pham-The H, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, Garrigues T, Le-Thi-Thu H, Cabrera-Pérez MÁ. The Use of Rule-Based and QSPR Approaches in ADME Profiling: A Case Study on Caco-2 Permeability. Mol Inform 2013; 32:459-79. [DOI: 10.1002/minf.201200166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Pham-The H, Garrigues T, Bermejo M, González-Álvarez I, Monteagudo MC, Cabrera-Pérez MÁ. Provisional classification and in silico study of biopharmaceutical system based on caco-2 cell permeability and dose number. Mol Pharm 2013; 10:2445-61. [PMID: 23675957 DOI: 10.1021/mp4000585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Today, early characterization of drug properties by the Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) has attracted significant attention in pharmaceutical discovery and development. In this direction, the present report provides a systematic study of the development of a BCS-based provisional classification (PBC) for a set of 322 oral drugs. This classification, based on the revised aqueous solubility and the apparent permeability across Caco-2 cell monolayers, displays a high correlation (overall 76%) with the provisional BCS classification published by World Health Organization (WHO). Current database contains 91 (28.3%) PBC class I drugs, 76 (23.6%) class II drugs, 97 (31.1%) class III drugs, and 58 (18.0%) class IV drugs. Other approaches for provisional classification of drugs have been surveyed. The use of a calculated polar surface area with a labetalol value as a high permeable cutoff limit and aqueous solubility higher than 0.1 mg/mL could be used as alternative criteria for provisionally classifying BCS permeability and solubility in early drug discovery. To develop QSPR models that allow screening PBC and BCS classes of new molecular entities (NMEs), 18 statistical linear and nonlinear models have been constructed based on 803 0-2D Dragon and 126 Volsurf+ molecular descriptors to classify the PBC solubility and permeability. The voting consensus model of solubility (VoteS) showed a high accuracy of 88.7% in training and 92.3% in the test set. Likewise, for the permeability model (VoteP), accuracy was 85.3% in training and 96.9% in the test set. A combination of VoteS and VoteP appropriately predicts the PBC class of drugs (overall 73% with class I precision of 77.2%). This consensus system predicts an external set of 57 WHO BCS classified drugs with 87.5% of accuracy. Interestingly, computational assignments of the PBC class reasonably correspond to the Biopharmaceutics Drug Disposition Classification System (BDDCS) allocations of drugs (accuracy of 63.3-69.8%). A screening assay has been simulated using a large data set of compounds in different drug development phases (1, 2, 3, and launched) and NMEs. Distributions of PBC forecasts illustrate the current status in drug discovery and development. It is anticipated that a combination of the QSPR approach and well-validated in vitro experimentations could offer the best estimation of BCS for NMEs in the early stages of drug discovery.
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- Hai Pham-The
- Molecular Simulation & Drug Design Group, Centre of Chemical Bioactive, Central University of Las Villas, Santa Clara 54830, Villa Clara, Cuba
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Pham The H, González-Álvarez I, Bermejo M, Mangas Sanjuan V, Centelles I, Garrigues TM, Cabrera-Pérez MÁ. In Silico Prediction of Caco-2 Cell Permeability by a Classification QSAR Approach. Mol Inform 2011; 30:376-85. [DOI: 10.1002/minf.201000118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Navarro C, González-Álvarez I, González-Álvarez M, Manku M, Merino V, Casabó V, Bermejo M. Influence of polyunsaturated fatty acids on Cortisol transport through MDCK and MDCK-MDR1 cells as blood–brain barrier in vitro model. Eur J Pharm Sci 2011; 42:290-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2010.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2010] [Revised: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 12/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Navarro-Fontestad C, González-Álvarez I, Fernández-Teruel C, Bermejo M, Casabó VG. A new mathematical approach for the estimation of the AUC and its variability under different experimental designs in preclinical studies. Pharm Stat 2011; 11:14-23. [PMID: 21268234 DOI: 10.1002/pst.484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The aim of the present work was to develop a new mathematical method for estimating the area under the curve (AUC) and its variability that could be applied in different preclinical experimental designs and amenable to be implemented in standard calculation worksheets. In order to assess the usefulness of the new approach, different experimental scenarios were studied and the results were compared with those obtained with commonly used software: WinNonlin® and Phoenix WinNonlin®. The results do not show statistical differences among the AUC values obtained by both procedures, but the new method appears to be a better estimator of the AUC standard error, measured as the coverage of 95% confidence interval. In this way, the new proposed method demonstrates to be as useful as WinNonlin® software when it was applicable.
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- Carmen Navarro-Fontestad
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia, Burjasot, Valencia, Spain
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