期刊
BIOMATERIALS
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 432-439出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.09.032
关键词
Drug delivery; Contact lens; Sustained release; Latanoprost; Glaucoma; Ocular release
资金
- NEI [1K08EY019686-01]
- Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund
- New England Cornea Transplant Fund
- NIGMS [GM073626]
- Eleanor and Miles Shore Foundation
- Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., NY, NY
For nearly half a century, contact lenses have been proposed as a means of ocular drug delivery, but achieving controlled drug release has been a significant challenge. We have developed a drug-eluting contact lens designed for prolonged delivery of latanoprost for the treatment of glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Latanoprost-eluting contact lenses were created by encapsulating latanoprost-poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) films in methafilcon by ultraviolet light polymerization. In vitro and in vivo studies showed an early burst of drug release followed by sustained release for one month. Contact lenses containing thicker drug-polymer films demonstrated released a greater amount of drug after the initial burst. In vivo, single contact lenses were able to achieve, for at least one month, latanoprost concentrations in the aqueous humor that were comparable to those achieved with topical latanoprost solution, the current first-line treatment for glaucoma. The lenses appeared safe in cell culture and animal studies. This contact lens design can potentially be used as a treatment for glaucoma and as a platform for other ocular drug delivery applications. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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