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ReviewDrug delivery and translational research2022

Intranasal drug delivery: opportunities and toxicologic challenges during drug development.

Lea-Adriana Keller, Olivia Merkel, Andreas Popp

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Review in Drug delivery and translational research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 261 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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261citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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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

261 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Oxytocin in old age psychiatry: A systematic review of the safety of using intranasal oxytocin in older adults.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2025
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  10. Pharmacokinetics of intranasal amiloride in healthy volunteers.Clinical and translational science · 2023
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  20. Imaging of intranasal drug delivery to the brain: updated review 2.0.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026
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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.

Lea-Adriana KellerPreclinical Safety, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Knollstrasse, 67061, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Olivia MerkelDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81337, Munich, Germany. olivia.merkel@lmu.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4151-3916
Andreas PoppPreclinical Safety, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Knollstrasse, 67061, Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past 10 years, the interest in intranasal drug delivery in pharmaceutical R&D has increased. This review article summarises information on intranasal administration for local and systemic delivery, as well as for CNS indications. Nasal delivery offers many advantages over standard systemic delivery systems, such as its non-invasive character, a fast onset of action and in many cases reduced side effects due to a more targeted delivery. There are still formulation limitations and toxicological aspects to be optimised. Intranasal drug delivery in the field of drug development is an interesting delivery route for the treatment of neurological disorders. Systemic approaches often fail to efficiently supply the CNS with drugs. This review paper describes the anatomical, histological and physiological basis and summarises currently approved drugs for administration via intranasal delivery. Further, the review focuses on toxicological considerations of intranasally applied compounds and discusses formulation aspects that need to be considered for drug development.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsDrug DevelopmentAdministration, IntranasalBrainNasal MucosaPharmaceutical PreparationsPharmaceutical PreparationsIntranasal drug deliveryNasal toxicityNose-to-brain-deliveryOlfactory pathways

Identifiers

PMID33491126
PMCPMC7829061

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