Abraham R.Tzafriri, Sahil A.Parikh, Elazer R.Edelman. “Taking paclitaxel coated balloons to a higher level: Predicting coating dissolution kinetics, tissue retention and dosing dynamics.”

Summary:

Paclitaxel coated balloons (PCBs) are a promising non-implantable alternative to drug-eluting stents, whereby drug is delivered to the arterial wall in solid form as a semi-continuous solid coating or as micro drug depots. To date, it has been impossible to predict or even infer local tissue dosing levels and persistence, making it difficult to compare in vivo performance of different devices in healthy animals or to extrapolate such data to diseased human arteries. Here we derive and analyze a coupled reaction diffusion model that accounts for coating dissolution and tissue distribution, and predicts the concentration of dissolved drug in the tissue during and post dissolution.

Journal of Controlled Release. Volume 310, 28 September 2019, Pages 94-102.