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ReviewDrug delivery and translational research2021

Local administration of submicron particle paclitaxel to solid carcinomas induces direct cytotoxicity and immune-mediated tumoricidal effects without local or systemic toxicity: preclinical and clinical studies.

Shelagh Verco, Holly Maulhardt, Michael Baltezor, Emily Williams, Marc Iacobucci, Alison Wendt, James Verco, Alyson Marin, Sam Campbell, Paul Dorman and 1 more

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Review in Drug delivery and translational research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shelagh VercoUS Biotest, Inc. 231 Bonetti Drive, Suite 240, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401,, USA.
Holly MaulhardtUS Biotest, Inc. 231 Bonetti Drive, Suite 240, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401,, USA.
Michael BaltezorCritiTech Particle Engineering Solutions, LLC, 1849 E 1450 Road, Lawrence, KS, 66044,, USA.
Emily WilliamsUS Biotest, Inc. 231 Bonetti Drive, Suite 240, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401,, USA.
Marc IacobucciNanOlogy, LLC, 3909 Hulen Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76107,, USA.
Alison WendtUS Biotest, Inc. 231 Bonetti Drive, Suite 240, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401,, USA.
James VercoUS Biotest, Inc. 231 Bonetti Drive, Suite 240, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401,, USA.
Alyson MarinUS Biotest, Inc. 231 Bonetti Drive, Suite 240, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401,, USA.
Sam CampbellCritiTech Particle Engineering Solutions, LLC, 1849 E 1450 Road, Lawrence, KS, 66044,, USA.
Paul DormanNanOlogy, LLC, 3909 Hulen Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76107,, USA.
Gere diZeregaUS Biotest, Inc. 231 Bonetti Drive, Suite 240, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401,, USA. gere.dizerega@usbiotest.com.
US Biotest (United States) · USFort Worth Library · USCritiTech (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report describes local administration of submicron particle paclitaxel (SPP) (NanoPac®: ~ 800-nm-sized particles with high relative surface area with each particle containing ~ 2 billion molecules of paclitaxel) in preclinical models and clinical trials evaluating treatment of carcinomas. Paclitaxel is active in the treatment of epithelial solid tumors including ovarian, peritoneal, pancreatic, breast, esophageal, prostate, and non-small cell lung cancer. SPP has been delivered directly to solid tumors, where the particles are retained and continuously release the drug, exposing primary tumors to high, therapeutic levels of paclitaxel for several weeks. As a result, tumor cell death shifts from primarily apoptosis to both apoptosis and necroptosis. Direct local tumoricidal effects of paclitaxel, as well as stimulation of innate and adaptive immune responses, contribute to antineoplastic effects. Local administration of SPP may facilitate tumor response to systemically administered chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy without contributing to systemic toxicity. Results of preclinical and clinical investigations described here suggest that local administration of SPP achieves clinical benefit with negligible toxicity and may complement standard treatments for metastatic disease.

Indexed as

CarcinomaCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyMalePaclitaxelPaclitaxelLung cancerNanoDoceNanoPacOvarian cancerPancreatic cancerPancreatic cystsProstate cancer

Identifiers

PMID33159289
PMCPMC8421313
OpenAlexW3097777064

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