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ReviewPharmaceutics2023

Delivery Systems in Ocular Retinopathies: The Promising Future of Intravitreal Hydrogels as Sustained-Release Scaffolds.

Diana Rafael, Marcelo Guerrero, Adolfo Marican, Diego Arango, Bruno Sarmento, Roser Ferrer, Esteban F Durán-Lara, Simon J Clark, Simo Schwartz

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Neuroprotection in Diabetes Retinal Disease: An Unmet Medical Need.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Prostaglandin EFrontiers in medicine · 2026
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  14. Smart hydrogels for in situ tissue drug delivery.Journal of biomedical science · 2025
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  15. Refillable Intraocular Drug-Eluting Implant.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2025
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  17. Seeing the Future: A Review of Ocular Therapy.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Diana RafaelDrug Delivery & Targeting, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3180-3028
Marcelo GuerreroBio & Nano Materials Lab, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile.
Adolfo MaricanBio & Nano Materials Lab, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-1177-7785
Diego ArangoGroup of Biomedical Research in Digestive Tract Tumors, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Bruno Sarmentoi3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação, Saúde Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5763-7553
Roser FerrerClinical Biochemistry Group, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8925-3172
Esteban F Durán-LaraBio & Nano Materials Lab, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-8796-6830
Simon J ClarkDepartment for Ophthalmology, University Eye Clinic, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8394-8355
Simo SchwartzDrug Delivery & Targeting, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8297-7971
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Talca · CLi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Manchester · GBVall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari · ES

Funding

Agència de gestió d'ajuts universitaris i de recerca (AGAUR)- Departament recreca i universitats, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain. GRC - 2021 SGR 1173ANID FONDECYT Regular (Chile) project Nº 1210476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Slow-release delivery systems are needed to ensure long-term sustained treatments for retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, which are currently treated with anti-angiogenic agents that require frequent intraocular injections. These can cause serious co-morbidities for the patients and are far from providing the adequate drug/protein release rates and required pharmacokinetics to sustain prolonged efficacy. This review focuses on the use of hydrogels, particularly on temperature-responsive hydrogels as delivery vehicles for the intravitreal injection of retinal therapies, their advantages and disadvantages for intraocular administration, and the current advances in their use to treat retinal diseases.

Indexed as

delivery systemshydrogelsintravitreal deliveryretinopathiesstimuli-responsivethermo-responsive

Identifiers

PMID37242726
PMCPMC10220769
OpenAlexW4378515411

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