Open AccessSOMATOSTATIN ANALOGUES FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS. DOSAGE FORMS AND ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION (REVIEW)
Author(s) -
З. С. Шпрах
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of applied pharmaceutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 0975-7058
DOI - 10.22159/ijap.2020v12i2.36558
Subject(s) - dosage form , lanreotide , medicine , somatostatin , bioavailability , pharmacology , pasireotide , route of administration , microsphere , drug , acromegaly , growth hormone , hormone , chemical engineering , engineering
This review summarises information on drug products Somatostatin Analogues (SSAs), which are included in the algorithm of Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET) treatment. SSAs are the current standard for safe and effective management of NET symptoms and control of tumours growth and are administered in a range of dosage forms for parenteral administration, such as intramuscular, subcutaneous and implant. A search criterion was the therapy of NET with medicines from a group of SSAs. Literature survey has been done in a range of years 1990-2018 to make the review updated and comprehensive and to show the development of SSAs new pharmaceutical dosage forms to improve patient quality of life and side effects decrease. The sources were world-recognized journals. Keywords used as filters were NET, SSAs, octreotide, lanreotide, pasireotide, Somatostatin Receptors (SSTR), dosage form. The current review is created with an intended to focus on the advantage of SSAs modern dosage forms. Literature survey revealed that many studies were carried out to SSAs encapsulation into microspheres that changes the drug bioavailability and allows reducing the number of administration. Also, SSAs delivery systems in particular devices such as auto-injector have been created to control the continuous concentration of the drug and to provide safety guarantee. Besides, studies have been carried out to prepare SSAs formulations for oral administration to improve the quality of life of the NET patients. In this review, SSAs pharmaceutical dosage forms with improved pharmacokinetic and therapeutic characteristics and routes of administration are analyzed.