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ArticlePharmaceutics2023

Sustained-Release Powders Based on Polymer Particles for Pulmonary Delivery of Beclomethasone Dipropionate in the Treatment of Lung Inflammation.

Emanuela Fabiola Craparo, Salvatore Emanuele Drago, Gabriella Costabile, Maria Ferraro, Elisabetta Pace, Roberto Scaffaro, Francesca Ungaro, Gennara Cavallaro

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Emanuela Fabiola CraparoLab of Biocompatible Polymers, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, 90123 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0503-9559
Salvatore Emanuele DragoLab of Biocompatible Polymers, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, 90123 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9229-8101
Gabriella CostabileLaboratory of Drug Delivery, Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Domenico Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7370-1348
Maria FerraroInstitute of Translational Pharmacology (IFT), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2533-7446
Elisabetta PaceInstitute of Translational Pharmacology (IFT), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1141-9010
Roberto ScaffaroNational Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), UdR of Palermo, Via Giusti 9, 50125 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4830-0374
Francesca UngaroLaboratory of Drug Delivery, Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Domenico Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0850-9533
Gennara CavallaroLab of Biocompatible Polymers, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, 90123 Palermo, Italy.
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology · ITIstituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhaled corticosteroids are the mainstay in the management of lung inflammation associated to chronic lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Nonetheless, available inhalation products are mostly short-acting formulations that require frequent administrations and do not always produce the desired anti-inflammatory effects. In this work, the production of inhalable beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) dry powders based on polymeric particles was attempted. As starting material, the PHEA-g-RhB-g-PLA-g-PEG copolymer was chosen, obtained by grafting 0.6, 2.4 and 3.0 mol%, respectively, of rhodamine (RhB), polylactic acid (PLA) and polyethylene glycol 5000 (PEG) on alpha,beta-poly(N-2-hydroxyethyl)DL-aspartamide (PHEA). The drug was loaded into the polymeric particles (MP) as an inclusion complex (CI) with hydroxypropyl-cyclodextrin (HP-β-Cyd) (at a stoichiometric ratio of 1:1) or as free form. The spray-drying (SD) process to produce MPs was optimized by keeping the polymer concentration (0.6 wt/vol%) constant in the liquid feed and by varying other parameters such as the drug concentration. The theoretical aerodynamic diameter (d

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beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP)inflammationpolymeric particlespulmonary administrationα,β-poly(N-2-hydroxyethyl)-D,L-aspartamide (PHEA)

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PMID37111733
PMCPMC10144675
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