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SynthesisCurrent medicinal chemistry2025

Clinical Outcomes and Effectiveness of CRLX101 for Solid Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Nahal Shamaeizadeh, Erfan Sadeghi, Jaleh Varshosaz

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Synthesis in Current medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nahal ShamaeizadehDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Novel Drug Delivery Systems Research Centre, School of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1716-4656
Erfan SadeghiDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidermiology, Research Consultation Center (RCC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3873-8006
Jaleh VarshosazDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Novel Drug Delivery Systems Research Centre, School of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-9333-5798
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 140188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile it has been demonstrated that delivery of cytotoxic chemotherapy using nanoparticles greatly improves patient drug tolerance and reduces toxicity when compared to the standard formulation, the crucial question of whether they also increase anticancer efficacy remains. The CRLX101 is a nanoparticle composed of cyclodextrin and 20(S)-camptothecin cytotoxic chemotherapy.

objectiveIn order to compare the efficacy of the CRLX101 to its corresponding traditional formulation, we carried out this systematic literature search for randomized clinical and non-randomized trials.

methodsMultiple electronic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, and clinicaltrials.gov, were used to conduct a thorough literature search. By employing a technique akin to a random-effects model, the median of the study-specific was taken into account as the pooled median estimate with a 95% confidence interval.

resultsFinally, nine clinical studies were chosen for the meta-analysis. The treatment and control groups' overall survival were examined in five and three trials, respectively. Additionally, six out of nine trials and two out of nine trials, respectively, examined the treatment and control groups for progression-free survival (PFS). Meta-analysis revealed that the treatment group had a lower median overall survival (OS) but a greater median progression-free survival than the control group.

conclusionOur meta-analysis shows that CRLX101 outperforms camptothecin in PFS despite its inferior OS. Unresolved pharmacology limits carrier-mediated drug therapeutic application. Carrier-mediated dosages may differ from normal formulations because they are rarely studied.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCamptothecinCyclodextrinsNeoplasmsHumansTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsCamptothecinCyclodextrinsIT-101cancerCRLX101EP0057IT-101neoplasmNLG207solid tumor.

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PMID38415437
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