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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

Needle-Free Jet Injectors and Nanosuspensions: Exploring the Potential of an Unexpected Pair.

Michele Schlich, Luca Casula, Aurora Musa, Rosa Pireddu, Giulia Pitzanti, Maria Cristina Cardia, Donatella Valenti, Salvatore Marceddu, Anna Maria Fadda, Maria Antonietta De Luca and 2 more

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Michele SchlichDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Scienze del Farmaco, CNBS, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7214-9045
Luca CasulaDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Scienze del Farmaco, CNBS, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9508-7222
Aurora MusaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.
Rosa PiredduDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Scienze del Farmaco, CNBS, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Giulia PitzantiSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2078-2148
Maria Cristina CardiaDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Scienze del Farmaco, CNBS, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2788-7823
Donatella ValentiDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Scienze del Farmaco, CNBS, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Salvatore MarcedduIstituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA)-CNR, Sez. di Sassari, 07040 Baldinca, Italy.
Anna Maria FaddaDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Scienze del Farmaco, CNBS, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Maria Antonietta De LucaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2647-4859
Chiara SinicoDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Scienze del Farmaco, CNBS, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8383-5895
Francesco LaiDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Scienze del Farmaco, CNBS, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.

Funding

UniCA-Progetti biennali di Ateneo Finanziati dalla Fondazione di Sardegna 2018 F74I19000950007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Needle-free liquid jet injectors are medical devices used to administer pharmaceutical solutions through the skin. Jet injectors generate a high-speed stream of liquid medication that can puncture the skin and deliver the drug to the underlying tissues. In this work, we investigated the feasibility of using liquid jet injectors to administer nanosuspensions, assessing the impact of the jet injection on their pharmaceutical and physicochemical properties. For this purpose, the model drug diclofenac was used to prepare a set of nanosuspensions, stabilized by poloxamer 188, and equilibrated at different pHs. The hydrodynamic diameter and morphology of the nanocrystals were analyzed before and after the jet injection across porcine skin in vitro, together with the solubility and release kinetics of diclofenac in a simulated subcutaneous environment. The efficacy of the jet injection (i.e., the amount of drug delivered across the skin) was evaluated for the nanosuspension and for a solution, which was used as a control. Finally, the nanosuspension was administered to rats by jet injector, and the plasma profile of diclofenac was evaluated and compared to the one obtained by jet injecting a solution with an equal concentration. The nanosuspension features were maintained after the jet injection in vitro, suggesting that no structural changes occur upon high-speed impact with the skin. Accordingly, in vivo studies demonstrated the feasibility of jet injecting a nanosuspension, reaching relevant plasma concentration of the drug. Overall, needle-free jet injectors proved to be a suitable alternative to conventional syringes for the administration of nanosuspensions.

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diclofenacmedical devicenanocrystalsneedle-freesubcutaneous

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PMID35631674
PMCPMC9144479

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