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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Drug Delivery Technologies for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

J Jesus Rodriguez-Cruz, Jessica Cutrufello, Michael Lam, Shreya Nallaparaju, Nicholas A Peppas

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Redox- and Photo-Responsive FeACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Drug Delivery Technologies for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Review
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

5 authors.

J Jesus Rodriguez-CruzDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1121-0439
Jessica CutrufelloDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
Michael LamDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
Shreya NallaparajuInstitute for Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, and Regenerative Medicine, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
Nicholas A PeppasDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3522-9513

Funding

National Science Foundation 2137420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive and degenerative disease affecting the posterior segment of the eye. It currently affects millions of people worldwide, and the gold standard of treatment has remained unchanged for over 20 years. It consists of intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (Anti-VEGF), which pose significant challenges to patient compliance primarily due to accessibility issues, fear of injections in the eye, and high cost. In this review, a thorough description of the pathogenesis of AMD and the anatomical barriers is presented that must be considered for the design of newer drug delivery systems for the treatment of AMD. Likewise, a critical evaluation of the most recent research efforts in the literature regarding the treatment of AMD using novel drug delivery technologies is provided. Lastly, currently approved therapeutic agents are reviewed for AMD and provide an insight into the recent surge of biosimilars with an outlook on how future therapeutic approaches to AMD should be developed.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsDrug Delivery SystemsMacular DegenerationHumansIntravitreal InjectionsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAngiogenesis InhibitorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Aage‐related macular degenerationbiosimilarsdrug deliveryhydrogelsnanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID40855675
PMCPMC12533302

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