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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2016

Drug-loaded erythrocytes: on the road toward marketing approval.

Vanessa Bourgeaux, José M Lanao, Bridget E Bax, Yann Godfrin

Registry-linked trialAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03866954 (The Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacodynamics, and Efficacy of Erythrocyte Encapsulated Thymidine Phosphorylase), which is not on this map. Cited by 44 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03866954 phase2withdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

The Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacodynamics, and Efficacy of Erythrocyte Encapsulated Thymidine Phosphorylase (EE-TP) in Patients With MNGIE

TypeinterventionalSponsorSt George's, University of LondonRan2024 to 2027Enrolled0ConditionsMitochondrial Diseases, Metabolic Disease, Inborn Errors of MetabolismArmsEE-TP
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Photothrombolytics: A light-driven technology for the targeted lysis of thrombi.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2025
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  13. Biomimetic erythrocyte-based drug delivery systems for organ-targeted therapy.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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  17. Pharmacokinetic behaviors of soft nanoparticulate formulations of chemotherapeutics.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Vanessa BourgeauxERYTECH Pharma, Lyon, France.
José M LanaoDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Bridget E BaxCardiovascular and Cell Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK.
Yann GodfrinERYTECH Pharma, Lyon, France.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K025406/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Erythrocyte drug encapsulation is one of the most promising therapeutic alternative approaches for the administration of toxic or rapidly cleared drugs. Drug-loaded erythrocytes can operate through one of the three main mechanisms of action: extension of circulation half-life (bioreactor), slow drug release, or specific organ targeting. Although the clinical development of erythrocyte carriers is confronted with regulatory and development process challenges, industrial development is expanding. The manufacture of this type of product can be either centralized or bedside based, and different procedures are employed for the encapsulation of therapeutic agents. The major challenges for successful industrialization include production scalability, process validation, and quality control of the released therapeutic agents. Advantages and drawbacks of the different manufacturing processes as well as success key points of clinical development are discussed. Several entrapment technologies based on osmotic methods have been industrialized. Companies have already achieved many of the critical clinical stages, thus providing the opportunity in the future to cover a wide range of diseases for which effective therapies are not currently available.

Indexed as

Drug CarriersCell-Penetrating PeptidesDimethyl SulfoxideElectroporationEndocytosisErythrocytesHumansMarketingOsmosisTechnology, PharmaceuticalCell-Penetrating PeptidesDimethyl SulfoxideDrug Carriersclinical usedrug carrierencapsulation methodindustrial developmentred blood cell

Identifiers

PMID26929599
PMCPMC4755692

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