ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Do Polymeric Nanoparticles Really Enhance the Bioavailability of Oral Drugs? A Quantitative Answer Using Meta-Analysis.
Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Antioxidant and anticancer properties of citrus-mediated nanoformulations revealed by meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Flavonoids: Impact on Proinflammatory Cytokine Production: A Systematic Review.Biomolecules · 2023Pooled it
- Advancing Photodynamic Cancer Therapy with Smart Light-Responsive Lipid and Polymeric Nanocarriers: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis of Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A new evidence-based design-of-experiments approach for optimizing drug delivery systems with exemplification by emulsion-derived Vancomycin-loaded PLGA capsules.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Meta-Analysis: A Convenient Tool for the Choice of Nose-to-Brain Nanocarriers.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The oral route remains one of the most popular and important routes of administration for drugs-one that warrants the development of advanced drug delivery systems, such as polymeric nanoparticles capable of enhancing the absorption and bioavailability of the used drugs. In this work, a systematic review of published works on several databases, followed by a meta-analysis, were utilized in order to navigate the published studies and access literature-based evidence about the capability of polymeric nanoparticulate systems to augment the absorption and bioavailability of orally administered drugs. The pharmacokinetic parameter of the area under the curve (AUC) was utilized as the "effect" of this meta-analytical study. The meta-analysis demonstrated a significant increase in AUC compared to conventional formulations. Furthermore, comparing the synthetic polymeric nanoparticles, versus their naturally-based administered counterparts, as subgroups of the meta-analysis, revealed no significant differences.
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