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ArticlePolymers2019

Development and Optimisation of Novel Polymeric Compositions for Sustained Release Theophylline Caplets (PrintCap) via FDM 3D Printing.

Deck Khong Tan, Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Ali Nokhodchi

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Article in Polymers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Deck Khong TanPharmaceutics Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9Q, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8487-2353
Mohammed ManiruzzamanPharmaceutical Engineering and 3D Printing (PharmE3D) Lab, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3373-5586
Ali NokhodchiPharmaceutics Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9Q, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3244-2482
University of Sussex · GBThe University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reports a thorough investigation combining hot-melt extrusion technology (HME) and a low-cost fused deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printer as a continuous fabrication process for a sustained release drug delivery system. The successful implementation of such an approach presented herein allows local hospitals to manufacture their own medical and pharmaceutical products on-site according to their patients' needs. This will help save time from waiting for suitable products to be manufactured off-site or using traditional manufacturing processes. The filaments were produced by optimising various compositions of pharmaceutical-grade polymers, such as hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), Eudragit

Indexed as

3D printingdrug deliveryHMEpolymeric carriersPrintCapsustained release

Identifiers

PMID31877755
PMCPMC7023590
OpenAlexW2995824902

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