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BMJ Open Ophthalmol
December 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Aims: To assess the feasibility of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of zoledronic acid (ZA) as adjuvant therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).
Methods: In this 1-year, randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study, nAMD patients were allocated 1:1 to receive intravenous ZA 5 mg or placebo at baseline and after 6 months in addition to intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy following a treat-and-extend regimen. Bevacizumab was the first-line anti-VEGF drug, but eyes with refractory nAMD were switched to aflibercept.
JBMR Plus
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, United States.
Nitrogen bisphosphonates, such as zoledronic acid, target the enzyme farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FDPS) in the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway (IBP), and are the frontline treatment for osteolytic bone diseases. A strong affinity of these agents for bone limits their distribution out of the skeleton. Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGDPS) is directly downstream to FDPS in the IBP and novel GGDPS inhibitors such as RAM2061 have been shown to have key drug-like features including prolonged half-life, metabolic stability, and systemic distribution.
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December 2024
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Background: Zoledronic acid (ZA) is widely used for the treatment of osteolytic bone metastases in malignancies and osteoporosis, but it has been associated with renal impairment. In this study, we investigated adverse events (AEs) related to renal and urinary system diseases associated with ZA using the U. S.
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December 2024
State Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases (SKLFZCD), Research Center for Innovative Technology of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
We developed a novel method utilizing surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with calcium ion-modified silver nanoparticles as the enhancing substrate. This approach enables label-free detection of the dissolution rate of bisphosphonates. This technique is fast, sensitive, and highly reproducible, significantly advancing drug quality control.
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November 2024
Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1E 1EH, UK.
Recently approved adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors for liver monogenic diseases haemophilia A and B are exemplifying the success of liver-directed viral gene therapy. In parallel, additional gene therapy strategies are rapidly emerging to overcome some inherent AAV limitations, such as the non-persistence of the episomal transgene in the rapidly growing liver and immune response. Viral integrating vectors such as in vivo lentiviral gene therapy and non-viral vectors such as lipid nanoparticles encapsulating mRNA (LNP-mRNA) are rapidly being developed, currently at the preclinical and clinical stages, respectively.
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