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Prediction of anti-cancer nanotherapy efficacy by imaging

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Miller, Miles A., Arlauckas, Sean, Weissleder, Ralph·2017·Nanotheranostics

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Anticancer nanotherapeutics have shown mixed results in clinical trials, raising the questions of whether imaging should be used to i) identify patients with a higher likelihood of nanoparticle accumulation, ii) assess nanotherapeutic efficacy before traditional measures show response, and iii) guide adjuvant treatments to enhance therapeutic nanoparticle (TNP) delivery. Here we review the use of a clinically approved MRI nanoparticle (ferumoxytol, FMX) to predict TNP delivery and efficacy. It is becoming increasingly apparent that nanoparticles used for imaging, despite clearly distinct physicochemical properties, often co-localize with TNP in tumors. This evidence offers the possibility of using FMX as a generic "companion diagnostic" nanoparticle for multiple TNP formulations, thus potentially allowing many of the complex regulatory and cost challenges of other approaches to be avoided.

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Authors
Miller, M. A., Arlauckas, S., & Weissleder, R.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Weissleder, Ralph
Venue
Nanotheranostics
Published
2017
Volume
1
Issue
3
Pages
296-312
ISSN
2206-7418 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2734416900
Cited by
74
References
118
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 1
FWCI
0.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Nanotheranostics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA206890, U01CA206997, T32CA079443)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P50GM107618)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
Keywords
ferumoxytol, MRI contrast agents, companion diagnostics, predictive imaging

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