Efficacy of mitoxantrone-loaded albumin microspheres for intratumoral chemotherapy of breast cancer.
Systemic toxicity of intravenously delivered chemotherapy is a limiting factor in the treatment of many cancers. We have shown that intratumoral injection of antineoplastic drugs can provide high localized drug concentrations with greatly reduced systemic toxicity. Using albumin microspheres as a drug carrier, localized and sustained release of chemotherapeutic drugs has been achieved by intratumoral injection, thus increasing the intratumoral dose and antitumor efficacy. Microspheres provide the advantages of localized, prolonged drug release. The efficacy and toxicity of intratumoral free mitoxantrone or mitoxantrone-loaded albumin microspheres were evaluated in a murine breast cancer model. In the same model, a combination of these two therapies was also evaluated. Results indicated that intratumoral mitoxantrone, especially in microsphere preparations, significantly improved survival and decreased systemic toxicity.
Almond
Brett A
BA
Biomaterials Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116400, Gainesville, FL 32611-6400, USA.
Hadba
Ahmad R
AR
Freeman
Shema T
ST
Cuevas
Brian J
BJ
York
Amanda M
AM
Detrisac
Carol J
CJ
Goldberg
Eugene P
EP
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000418:Albumins; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008863:Microspheres; D008942:Mitoxantrone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016019:Survival Analysis
D000418:Albumins; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008942:Mitoxantrone