Strategies for delivering therapeutics across the blood–brain barrier

GC Terstappen, AH Meyer, RD Bell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Achieving sufficient delivery across the blood–brain barrier is a key challenge in the
development of drugs to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders. This is particularly …

Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles

J Gao, Z **a, S Gunasekar, C Jiang, JM Karp… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Development of novel therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders has
experienced a high failure rate in clinical trials owing to unsatisfactory efficacy and adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound blood–brain barrier opening and aducanumab in Alzheimer's disease

AR Rezai, PF D'Haese, V Finomore… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Antiamyloid antibodies have been used to reduce cerebral amyloid-beta (Aβ) load in
patients with Alzheimer's disease. We applied focused ultrasound with each of six monthly …

Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery

Y Meng, K Hynynen, N Lipsman - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a disruptive medical technology, and its implementation in the
clinic represents the culmination of decades of research. Lying at the convergence of …

A historical review of brain drug delivery

WM Pardridge - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history of brain drug delivery is reviewed beginning with the first demonstration, in 1914,
that a drug for syphilis, salvarsan, did not enter the brain, due to the presence of a blood …

Repeated blood–brain barrier opening with an implantable ultrasound device for delivery of albumin-bound paclitaxel in patients with recurrent glioblastoma: a phase …

AM Sonabend, A Gould, C Amidei, R Ward… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound with concomitant administration of intravenous
microbubbles (LIPU-MB) can be used to open the blood–brain barrier. We aimed to assess …

The blood-brain barrier: Physiology and strategies for drug delivery

R Pandit, L Chen, J Götz - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic structure that functions as a gatekeeper,
reflecting the unique requirements of the brain. In this review, following a brief historical …

MR-guided focused ultrasound enhances delivery of trastuzumab to Her2-positive brain metastases

Y Meng, RM Reilly, RC Pezo, M Trudeau… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is an important factor limiting the effectiveness of central
nervous system (CNS) therapeutics. MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a …

Applications of focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening

CM Gorick, VR Breza, KM Nowak, VWT Cheng… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The blood brain barrier (BBB) plays a critically important role in the regulation of central
nervous system (CNS) homeostasis, but also represents a major limitation to treatments of …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-responsive cavitation nuclei for therapy and drug delivery

K Kooiman, S Roovers, SAG Langeveld… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Therapeutic ultrasound strategies that harness the mechanical activity of cavitation nuclei for
beneficial tissue bio-effects are actively under development. The mechanical oscillations of …