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ReviewPharmaceutics2023

Recent Advances of Ocular Drug Delivery Systems: Prominence of Ocular Implants for Chronic Eye Diseases.

Mahmoud Mostafa, Adel Al Fatease, Raid G Alany, Hamdy Abdelkader

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Mahmoud MostafaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minya 61519, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6425-9247
Adel Al FateaseDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 62223, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4608-5949
Raid G AlanySchool of Pharmacy, Kingston University London, Kingston Upon Tames KT1 2EE, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0355-7499
Hamdy AbdelkaderDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 62223, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4989-5143
King Khalid University · SAMinia University · EGUniversity of Auckland · NZ

Funding

King Khalid University RGP2/55/44
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic ocular diseases can seriously impact the eyes and could potentially result in blindness or serious vision loss. According to the most recent data from the WHO, there are more than 2 billion visually impaired people in the world. Therefore, it is pivotal to develop more sophisticated, long-acting drug delivery systems/devices to treat chronic eye conditions. This review covers several drug delivery nanocarriers that can control chronic eye disorders non-invasively. However, most of the developed nanocarriers are still in preclinical or clinical stages. Long-acting drug delivery systems, such as inserts and implants, constitute the majority of the clinically used methods for the treatment of chronic eye diseases due to their steady state release, persistent therapeutic activity, and ability to bypass most ocular barriers. However, implants are considered invasive drug delivery technologies, especially those that are nonbiodegradable. Furthermore, in vitro characterization approaches, although useful, are limited in mimicking or truly representing the in vivo environment. This review focuses on long-acting drug delivery systems (LADDS), particularly implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS), their formulation, methods of characterization, and clinical application for the treatment of eye diseases.

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chronic eye diseasesimplantsinsertsocular delivery

Identifiers

PMID37376194
PMCPMC10302848
OpenAlexW4380990559

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