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ReviewEye (London, England)2025

Sustained-release drug delivery systems.

Rachel Williams, Helen Cauldbeck, Victoria Kearns

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Review in Eye (London, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rachel WilliamsDepartment of Eye and Vision Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK. rlw@liverpool.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-0256
Helen CauldbeckDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK.
Victoria KearnsDepartment of Eye and Vision Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1426-6048

Funding

Fight for Sight UK N/ARCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/M002209/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/R024839/1RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/R006334/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The design and development of a sustained-release drug delivery system targeting the administration of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to the eye could overcome the limitations of topically administered eye drops. Understanding how to modify or design new materials with specific functional properties that promote the attachment and release of specific drugs over longer time periods, alongside understanding clinical needs, can lead to new strategic opportunities to improve treatment options. In this paper we discuss two approaches to the design or modification of materials to produce a sustained therapeutic effect. Firstly, we discuss how the synthesis of a peptide hydrogel from a naturally-derived antimicrobial material led to the design of a bandage contact lens which may be able to be used prophylactically to reduce post-surgery infection. Secondly, we discuss how silicone oil tamponade agents used to treat retinal detachments can have adjunctive behaviour to enhance the solubility of the anti-proliferative drug retinoic acid and produce a sustained release over several weeks. These studies are the result of close partnerships between clinical ophthalmologists, materials scientists, and chemists, and illustrate how these partnerships can lead to comprehensive understandings that have the potential to change patient outcomes.

Indexed as

Delayed-Action PreparationsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansOphthalmic SolutionsRetinal DetachmentSilicone OilsDelayed-Action PreparationsOphthalmic SolutionsSilicone Oils

Identifiers

PMID38760462
PMCPMC11885436

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