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Injectable formulations forming an implant in situ as vehicle of silica microparticles embedding superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for the local, magnetically mediated hyperthermia treatment of solid tumors

Defense date2011-09-06
Abstract

In this thesis work, injectable formulations forming in-situ an implant that entraps superparamagnetic microparticles are developed in view of treating solid tumors by inducing magnetically a local moderate hyperthermia. We first review physical, biological and clinical aspects of induced hyperthermia for cancer treatment, emphasizing electro-magnetic modalities. The in vitro and in vivo investigations of materials and their formulation is then presented. In the next chapter, we characterize the physico-chemical, magnetic and heating properties under an alternating magnetic field (115 kHz, 9 - 12 mT) of silica microparticles embedding superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) and of selected formulations thereof: an alginate hydrogel and an organogel oof poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) in dimethysulfoxide). Finally, we demonstrate the therapeutic potential of the superparamagnetic injectable organogel to treat subcutaneous necrotizing solid tumors of human colocarcinoma in a murine model by 20-min magnetic induction of local hyperthemia.

Keywords
  • Magnetic induced hyperthermia
  • Superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SPIONs)
  • In situ forming implant
  • Physical gels
  • Hydrogels
  • Organogels
  • Silica composite microparticles
  • Subcutaneous xenograft
  • Survival
  • Thermometry
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LE RENARD, Pol-Edern. Injectable formulations forming an implant in situ as vehicle of silica microparticles embedding superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for the local, magnetically mediated hyperthermia treatment of solid tumors. Doctoral Thesis, 2011. doi: 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:21604
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