Abstract
In recent years, mucoadhesivein situ gelling formulations for intravesical application have been studied to improve the therapeutic outcomes of bladder cancer patients. Here, we carefully tuned a Pluronic F127-based thermoresponsive gel using two mucoadhesive thiolated derivatives of glycol chitosan, S-preactivated N-acetylcysteine (NAC)- and glutathione (GSH)-glycol chitosan (GC). The gel was loaded with a combination of Gemcitabine (GEM) and Celecoxib (CEX), and the aqueous solubility of the latter was increased for a synergic influence between Pluronic and the inclusion complex of 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin/CEX. The effect of the inclusion complex of two mucoadhesive polymers on rheological features of Pluronic based gels was highlighted to select the best performance. Finally, ex-vivo retention studies, mucosal penetration and in-vitro drug release of the selected systems were monitored for 24 h, providing enhanced retention properties (50% after 6 h) and continued drug release.
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