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Review
. 2020 Apr 29;6(4):e03846.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03846. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Quality by design (QbD) approach in processing polymeric nanoparticles loading anticancer drugs by high pressure homogenizer

Govind Soni  1 , Ketaki Kale  2 , Saritha Shetty  2 , M K Gupta  1 , Khushwant S Yadav  2
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Quality by design (QbD) approach in processing polymeric nanoparticles loading anticancer drugs by high pressure homogenizer

Govind Soni et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Polymeric nanoparticles prepared using high pressure homogenizer (HPH) present some unique challenges during manufacturing which can be better understood by application of quality by design (QbD) approaches. The present review highlights the ways to identify the critical material attributes which includes the anticancer drugs, polymers, surfactants, solvent system and dispersion system. A comprehensive understanding of the critical processing parameters like pressure and number of cycles during the working of HPH used in putting forward the critical quality attributes such as size, shape, surface charge or droplet stabilization. Such QbD approach will involve development of an effective control strategy for would ensure safe encapsulation of anticancer drugs for successful product development. Proper addressing of the issues related to scaling-up would lead to successful commercialization of the nano-sized formulations loaded with anticancer drugs.

Keywords: Anticancer drugs; Cancer research; High pressure homogenizer; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Oncology; Pharmaceutical science; Polymeric nanoparticles; QbD.

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Life cycle of QbD in product development using HPH.
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Parameters to be selected for developing an anticancer Nano product for selecting a Drug and delivery systems.
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Schematic illustration of a homogenization process (adapted from Ref. [31]).
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Mapping of CMA and CPP to CQA in High-Pressure Homogenizer (HPH) for formulation of Polymeric Nanoparticles using Ishikawa Diagram.
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