Recent Advances in Nanomedicine for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
Recent Advances in Nanomedicine for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
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DOI:
10.1161/strokeaha.118.022744
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发表时间:
2019-05-01
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8.3
通讯作者:
Vivien, Denis
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作者:
Bonnard, Thomas;Gauberti, Maxime;Vivien, Denis
Ultrasound waves have also been widely explored to enhance thrombolysis. Application of focused ultrasounds can induce the formation and the collapse of gas bubbles within the blood that causes the fragmentation of blood clots. The effect is termed acoustic cavitation and the technique called sonothrombolysis has been tested in a range of clinical trials with mitigated successes. 23 This cavitation effect may be potentiated by the injection of preformed gas microbubbles or perfluorocarbon droplets but, to date, clinical trials have not confirmed this benefit for patients. There are promising signs from engineered nanotechnologies which have the potential to further improve the efficacy of this approach with thrombus-targeted bubbles or liposomes which release a cargo of fibrinolytic drug in synergy with the cavitation effect. 24 However, it should be noted that for its implementation as ischemic stroke treatment, this strategy carries several challenges such as the strong attenuation of ultrasound by the skull and the increased risk of hemorrhagic transformation.Unfortunately, at this stage, none of these nanothrombolytic approaches has been translated for patient benefit. However, in the precise field of thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke, the problem may not be solely inherent to the use of nanocarriers, as not any single new pharmacological treatment has been beneficial in clinical trials since tPA in 1995. 25 Indeed, the clinical evaluation of a new thrombolytic agent encounters massive obstacles for translation such as the need for large and expensive clinical trials compared with other fields, the requirement to test the novel treatment in combination with standard treatment of tPA (if tested within the 4.5-hour therapeutic window), or however, the difficulty to provide any benefit considering the irreversibility of damage to face when tested after the 4.5-hour time window.