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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

Development and In Vitro-Ex Vivo Evaluation of Novel Polymeric Nasal Donepezil Films for Potential Use in Alzheimer's Disease Using Experimental Design.

Paraskevi Papakyriakopoulou, Dimitrios M Rekkas, Gaia Colombo, Georgia Valsami

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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 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Paraskevi PapakyriakopoulouDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios M RekkasDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece.
Gaia ColomboDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9033-2305
Georgia ValsamiDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2395-6844
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Ferrara · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective and novelty of the present study is the development and optimization of innovative nasal film of Donepezil hydrochloride (DH) for potential use in Alzheimer’s disease. Hydroxypropyl-methyl-cellulose E50 (factor A) nasal films, with Polyethylene glycol 400 as plasticizer (factor B), and Methyl-β-Cyclodextrin, as permeation enhancer (factor C), were prepared and characterized in vitro and ex vivo. An experimental design was used to determine the effects of the selected factors on permeation profile of DH through rabbit nasal mucosa (response 1), and on film flexibility/foldability (response 2). A face centered central composite design with three levels was applied and 17 experiments were performed in triplicate. The prepared films exhibited good uniformity of DH content (90.0 ± 1.6%−99.8 ± 4.9%) and thickness (19.6 ± 1.9−170.8 ± 11.5 μm), storage stability characteristics, and % residual humidity (<3%), as well as favourable swelling and mucoadhesive properties. Response surface methodology determined the optimum composition for flexible nasal film with maximized DH permeation. All selected factors interacted with each other and the effect of these interactions on responses is strongly related to the factor’s concentration ratios. Based on these encouraging results, in vivo serum and brain pharmacokinetic study of the optimized nasal film, in comparison to DH oral administration, is ongoing in an animal model.

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Alzheimer’s diseasedesign of experimentsdonepezil hydrochloridehydroxypropyl-methyl-celluloseMethyl-β-Cyclodextrinnasal deliverynasal filmspermeation profilepolyethylene glycol

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PMID36015368
PMCPMC9416078
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