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To evaluate the rate of drug release at the tumor and maximal drug targeting after administration of thermosensitive liposomes with hy-perthermia, a theoretical and experimental method was derived assessing the fraction of drug released from liposomes in a single pass through the heated tumor, F, and the drug targeting index when drug release occurs completely in response to heat (F = 1), DTImax. The F and DTImax were evaluated for four types of liposomes (LUV-1 and LUV-2, thermosensitive large unilamellar liposomes; LUV-3, a nonthermosensitive large unilamellar liposome; and SUV-1, a thermosensitive small unilamellar liposome) using reported data on blood liposome levels and tumor drug levels after the liposomes were administered to tumor bearing mice. DTImax values for LUV-1 and SUV-1 were approximately 6, while the value for LUV-2 with a relatively large systemic clearance was only 2.3. The F values for LUV-1, LUV-2, and SUV-1 with hyperthermia were 0.71, 1.17, and 0.34, respectively, whereas the values for these liposomes without hyperthermia and for LUV-3 with or without hyperthermia were nearly zero. These results confirm earlier findings that LUV-1 and LUV-2 release CDDP almost completely at the heated tumor and that the large DTI value obtained in LUV-1 (DTI = 4.6) was due to its high heat sensitivity and its small systemic clearance.
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Iga, K., Ogawa, Y. & Toguchi, H. Heat-Induced Drug Release Rate and Maximal Targeting Index of Thermosensitive Liposome in Tumor-Bearing Mice. Pharm Res 9, 658–662 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015858228394
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