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ReviewAAPS PharmSciTech2023

Inhalable Nanoparticle-based Dry Powder Formulations for Respiratory Diseases: Challenges and Strategies for Translational Research.

Ho Wan Chan, Stephanie Chow, Xinyue Zhang, Yayi Zhao, Henry Hoi Yee Tong, Shing Fung Chow

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Review in AAPS PharmSciTech, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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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

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

Ho Wan ChanDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 2/F, Laboratory Block 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong S.A.R., L2-08B, Pokfulam, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4503-8515
Stephanie ChowDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 2/F, Laboratory Block 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong S.A.R., L2-08B, Pokfulam, China.
Xinyue ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 2/F, Laboratory Block 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong S.A.R., L2-08B, Pokfulam, China.
Yayi ZhaoAdvanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong S.A.R, Shatin, China.
Henry Hoi Yee TongFaculty of Health Sciences and Sports, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao S.A.R., China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2687-741X
Shing Fung ChowDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 2/F, Laboratory Block 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong S.A.R., L2-08B, Pokfulam, China. asfchow@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-5346

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of novel respiratory infections (e.g., COVID-19) and expeditious development of nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccines have recently reignited considerable interest in designing inhalable nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems as next-generation respiratory therapeutics. Among various available devices in aerosol delivery, dry powder inhalers (DPIs) are preferable for delivery of nanoparticles due to their simplicity of use, high portability, and superior long-term stability. Despite research efforts devoted to developing inhaled nanoparticle-based DPI formulations, no such formulations have been approved to date, implying a research gap between bench and bedside. This review aims to address this gap by highlighting important yet often overlooked issues during pre-clinical development. We start with an overview and update on formulation and particle engineering strategies for fabricating inhalable nanoparticle-based dry powder formulations. An important but neglected aspect in in vitro characterization methodologies for linking the powder performance with their bio-fate is then discussed. Finally, the major challenges and strategies in their clinical translation are highlighted. We anticipate that focused research onto the existing knowledge gaps presented in this review would accelerate clinical applications of inhalable nanoparticle-based dry powders from a far-fetched fantasy to a reality.

Indexed as

COVID-19NanoparticlesAdministration, InhalationCOVID-19 VaccinesDrug Delivery SystemsDry Powder InhalersHumansParticle SizePowdersRespiratory Aerosols and DropletsTranslational Research, BiomedicalCOVID-19 VaccinesPowdersdry powder inhalationnanoparticlesparticle engineeringpulmonary drug deliverytranslational research

Identifiers

PMID37016029
PMCPMC10072922

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