Cited by 193Barrier Structure and Function StudiesAdvanced Drug Delivery SystemsNanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

CNS Drug Delivery Systems: Novel Approaches

Pathan, Shadab, Iqbal, Zeenat, Zaidi, Syed, Talegaonkar, Sushma, Vohra, Divya, Jain, Gaurav, Azeem, Adnan, Jain, Nitin +3 more·2009·Recent Patents on Drug Delivery & Formulation

Abstract

The brain is a delicate organ, and nature has very efficiently protected it. The brain is shielded against potentially toxic substances by the presence of two barrier systems: the blood brain barrier (BBB) and the blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). Unfortunately, the same mechanisms that protect it against intrusive chemicals can also frustrate therapeutic interventions. Despite aggressive research, patients suffering from fatal and/or debilitating central nervous system (CNS) diseases, such as brain tumours, HIV encephalopathy, epilepsy, cerebrovascular diseases and neurodegenerative disorders, far outnumber those dying of all types of systemic cancers or heart diseases. The abysmally low number of potential therapeutics reaching commercial success is primarily due to the complexity of the CNS drug development. The clinical failure of many probable candidates is often, ascribable to poor delivery methods which do not pervade the unyielding BBB. It restricts the passive diffusion of many drugs into the brain and constitutes a significant obstacle in the pharmacological treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. General methods that can enhance drug delivery to the brain are, therefore, of great pharmaceutical interest. Various strategies like non-invasive methods, including drug manipulation encompassing transformation into lipophilic analogues, prodrugs, chemical drug delivery, carrier-mediated drug delivery, receptor/vector mediated drug delivery and intranasal drug delivery, which exploits the olfactory and trigeminal neuronal pathways to deliver drugs to the brain, are widely used. On the other hand the invasive methods which primarily rely on disruption of the BBB integrity by osmotic or biochemical means, or direct intracranial drug delivery by intracerebroventricular, intracerebral or intrathecal administration after creating reversible openings in the head, are recognised. Extensive review pertaining specifically, to the patents relating to drug delivery across the CNS is currently available. However, many patents e.g. US63722506, US2002183683 etc., have been mentioned in a few articles. It is the objective of this article to expansively review drug delivery systems for CNS by discussing the recent patents available.

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  • The blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB), particularly the BBB, pose major challenges in delivering drugs and other agents to the CNS.

    “One of the most common challenge is the difficulty in delivering agents such as drugs, nucleic acids, proteins, imaging agents and other macromolecules to the CNS across the peripheral barriers, namely blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB), particularly the BBB (Pathan et al., 2009; Wong et al., 2012).”

    From Nanotechnology: A Promising Approach for Delivery of Neuroprotective Drugs (2020) · cites this paper as Pathan et al., 2009

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Pathan, S., Iqbal, Z., Zaidi, S., Talegaonkar, S., Vohra, D., Jain, G., Azeem, A., Jain, N., Lalani, J., Khar, R., & Ahmad, F.
Affiliations
Jamia Hamdard (IN)
Corresponding author
Ahmad, Farhan
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Recent Patents on Drug Delivery & Formulation
Published
2009-01-01
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
71-89
ISSN
1872-2113 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2163840515
Cited by
193
References
76
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Recent Patents on Drug Delivery & Formulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Keywords
brain drug delivery, blood-brain barrier, blood-CSF barrier, brain tumors, neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, HIV encephalopathy, cerebrovascular disease, prodrugs, intranasal drug delivery, olfactory pathway, receptor-mediated drug delivery, blood-brain barrier disruption, intrathecal drug delivery, intracerebroventricular administration, patents
MeSH terms
Biological Transport, Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain, Central Nervous System Diseases, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Humans, Patents as Topic, Technology, Pharmaceutical, United States, Drug Design, Drug Delivery Systems

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