Penetration enhancers for topical drug delivery to the ocular posterior segment — A systematic review

Thareja, Abhinav and Hughes, Helen and Alvarez‐lorenzo, Carmen and Hakkarainen, Jenni J. and Ahmed, Zubair (2021) Penetration enhancers for topical drug delivery to the ocular posterior segment — A systematic review. Pharmaceutics, 13 (2). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1999-4923

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Abstract

There is an unmet clinical need for eye drop formulations to efficiently treat the diseases of the posterior ocular segment by non‐invasive topical administration. Here, we systematically reviewed the literature on ocular penetration enhancers and their ability to transfer drugs to the posterior segment of the eye in experimental studies. Our aim was to assess which penetration enhancer is the most efficient at delivering drugs to the posterior segment of the eye, when topically applied. We conducted a comprehensive search in three electronic databases (Ovid Embase, Ovid MEDLINE, and PubMed) to identify all the relevant manuscripts reported on ocular penetration enhancers based on the PRISMA guidelines. We identified 6540 records from our primary database search and filtered them per our inclusion/exclusion criteria to select a final list of 14 articles for qualitative synthesis. Of these, 11 studies used cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), 2 used chitosan, and 1 used benzalkonium chloride (BAC) as the penetration enhancer. Cationic and amphipathic CPPs, transactivator of transcription (TAT), and penetratin can be inferred to be the best among all the identified penetration enhancers for drug delivery to the fundus oculi via topical eye drop instillation. Further high‐quality experimental studies are required to ascertain their quantitative efficacy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Funding Information: This project is funded by the European Union?s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sk?odowska?Curie Actions grant agreement N? 813440 (ORBITAL? Ocular Research by Integrated Training And Learning). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2022 23:12
Last Modified:	10 Aug 2023 04:15
URI:	http://repository-testing.wit.ie/id/eprint/4632

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