A pilot study examining patient preference and satisfaction for ava®, a reusable electronic injection device to administer certolizumab pegol.

: Anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) adherence is suboptimal. ava®, a reusable electromechanical self-injection device (e-Device) developed for certolizumab pegol (CZP) administration, aims to overcome some barriers to increase adherence. This study evaluates patient experience of the e-Device and its training materials and determines patient device preference.

Biodistribution of size-selected lyophilisomes in mice.

Lyophilisomes are a novel class of proteinaceous biodegradable nano/microparticle capsules developed for tumor drug delivery. The in vivo characteristics of lyophilisomes are unknown and, therefore, the time course of biodistribution of sized albumin-based lyophilisomes in CD1 mice after intravenous administration was studied. Lyophilisomes, prepared from Dylight680-labeled albumin, were sized using a sucrose gradient centrifugation methodology and four fractions with a mean size of approximately 200nm, 400nm, 550nm, and 650nm were pooled for in/ex vivo localization, (immuno)histochemistry and biochemical analysis.

Enhanced cellular uptake of albumin-based lyophilisomes when functionalized with cell-penetrating peptide TAT in HeLa cells.

Lyophilisomes are a novel class of biodegradable proteinaceous nano/micrometer capsules with potential use as drug delivery carrier. Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) including the TAT peptide have been successfully implemented for intracellular delivery of a broad variety of cargos including various nanoparticulate pharmaceutical carriers. In the present study, lyophilisomes were modified using CPPs in order to achieve enhanced cellular uptake.

Specific targeting of tumor cells by lyophilisomes functionalized with antibodies.

Lyophilisomes are a novel class of proteinaceous biodegradable nano/micro drug delivery capsules prepared by freezing, annealing and Iyophilization. In the present study, lyophilisomes were functionalized for active targeting by antibody conjugation in order to obtain a selective drug-carrier system. Lyophilisomes were vapor crosslinked for 2h, resulting in stable capsules, while leaving sufficient primary amines for further modification.

Lyophilisomes as a new generation of drug delivery capsules.

Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems are currently explored to overcome critical challenges associated with classical administration forms. In this study, we present a drug delivery system based on a novel class of proteinaceous biodegradable nano/micro capsules, lyophilisomes. Lyophilisomes can be prepared from biomolecules without the need for amphiphilicity.