title: Utilizing an Orally Dissolving Strip for Pharmacological and Toxicological Studies: A Simple and Humane Alternative to Oral Gavage for Animals.
abstract: Prior to testing novel therapeutics in humans, short and long term preclinical (i.e., animal), repetitive pharmacological and toxicological testing is required. In most cases, the preferred route of administration is via oral delivery. At the present time, oral delivery is mostly accomplished using an oral gavage procedure, in part, because it can achieve consistent and precise dosing in the animal model. Although this method is well established it does have complications that can result in a high rate of animal attrition. To this end, the procedure introduced here describes an alternative to the oral gavage method in which the desired drug is incorporated into a tastant, orally dissolving strip (ODS) that can simply be presented to the test animal where it is then rapidly taken up with minimal manipulation of the test subject. Herein, we demonstrate that preclinical, oral drug delivery using the ODS method represents a safe, convenient, and humane alternative to oral gavage.
authors.affiliation: Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Nhat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.affiliation: Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arabian
authors.affiliation: Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Dustin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lieu
authors.affiliation: Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Liana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Asatryan
authors.affiliation: Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy; ddavies@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Daryl L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations