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Nano drug delivery system in targeted therapy for tumor

Zhang Peng1, Chen Yong-zhong1, Zhou Qing-bi1, Bai Jing-ping2, Xilin Baoleri2   

  1. 1 Institute of Orthopedics, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command of Chinese PLA (the 476 Hospital), Fuzhou  350001, Fujian Province, China
    2 Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi  830011, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2013-01-18 Revised:2013-03-25 Online:2013-05-21 Published:2013-05-21
  • Contact: Xilin Baoleri, M.D., Chief physician, Associate professor, Doctoral supervisor, Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China xjbonetumor@126.com
  • About author:Zhang Peng★, Master, Physician, Institute of Orthopedics, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command of Chinese PLA (the 476 Hospital), Fuzhou 350001, Fujian Province, China zpzippo@hotmail.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Nano drug delivery system is an ideal drug container for targeted therapy of tumor.
OBJECTIVE: To search the ClinicalTrial.gov and Web of Science database and to perform literature metrological analysis on the clinical trials of nano drug delivery system in targeted therapy of tumor.
METHODS: The ClinicalTrial.gov was searched with the key words of “nanoparticle, cancer, drug delivery system, nanotube, nanosphere” for the clinical trials regarding nano drug delivery system in targeted therapy of tumor. At the same time, the Web of Science was searched using key words of “nanoparticle, cancer, drug delivery system, nanotube, nanosphere” for articles indexed between 2000 and 2012. According to inclusive and exclusive criteria, the search results were transferred into excel with items of National Clinical Trial number, title, recruitment, interventions, sponsor/collaborators, as well as diseases. 
RESUTLS AND CONCLUSION: (1) There are 489 clinical trial registration projects related to nano drug delivery system in targeted therapy of tumor in the ClinicalTrial.gov, and 429 registration projects were included in the analysis. The United States registered 112 projects, which is greater than other countries. Canada ranked second with 24 projects. China, with 22 projects, listed the third. The registration projects begin from 1997, increased slowly, and down to a valley at 2003, with 5 projects. After that, it increased sharply, and reached a peak at 2008. (2) The sample sizes of registration projects ranked from 1 to 2 000, which mainly focuses on smaller sample size (less than 50). The most conditions of research were breast cancer, followed by endocrine gland neoplasms and lymphoma. (3) The number of literatures on nano drug delivery system in targeted therapy of tumor indexed from 2003 to 2012 in the Web of Science database was 4 497, and the amount of literatures published by the United States is accounted for the largest proportion of the total number (2 987 articles, 66.42%). The highly cited papers are mainly published on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Key words: biomaterials, biomaterial academic discussion, nano, drug carrier, cancer, targeted therapy, biomedical materials, drug loading efficiency, ClinicalTrial.gov, Web of Science database, literature metrological analysis

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