PMID- 36559306 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221227 IS - 1999-4923 (Print) IS - 1999-4923 (Electronic) IS - 1999-4923 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 12 DP - 2022 Dec 15 TI - Expandable Drug Delivery Systems Based on Shape Memory Polymers: Impact of Film Coating on Mechanical Properties and Release and Recovery Performance. LID - 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122814 [doi] LID - 2814 AB - Retentive drug delivery systems (DDSs) are intended for prolonged residence and release inside hollow muscular organs, to achieve either local or systemic therapeutic goals. Recently, formulations based on shape memory polymers (SMPs) have gained attention in view of their special ability to recover a shape with greater spatial encumbrance at the target organ (e.g., urinary bladder or stomach), triggered by contact with biological fluids at body temperature. In this work, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), a pharmaceutical-grade SMP previously shown to be an interesting 4D printing candidate, was employed to fabricate expandable organ-retentive prototypes by hot melt extrusion. With the aim of improving the mechanical resistance of the expandable DDS and slowing down relevant drug release, the application of insoluble permeable coatings based on either Eudragit((R)) RS/RL or Eudragit((R)) NE was evaluated using simple I-shaped specimens. The impact of the composition and thickness of the coating on the shape memory, swelling, and release behavior as well as on the mechanical properties of these specimens was thoroughly investigated and the effectiveness of the proposed strategy was demonstrated by the results obtained. FAU - Uboldi, Marco AU - Uboldi M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0179-2233 AD - Sezione di Tecnologia e Legislazione Farmaceutiche "Maria Edvige Sangalli", Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Colombo 71, 20133 Milano, Italy. FAU - Pasini, Chiara AU - Pasini C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7478-239X AD - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy. FAU - Pandini, Stefano AU - Pandini S AD - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy. FAU - Baldi, Francesco AU - Baldi F AD - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy. FAU - Briatico-Vangosa, Francesco AU - Briatico-Vangosa F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7088-1064 AD - Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy. FAU - Inverardi, Nicoletta AU - Inverardi N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3550-9299 AD - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy. FAU - Maroni, Alessandra AU - Maroni A AD - Sezione di Tecnologia e Legislazione Farmaceutiche "Maria Edvige Sangalli", Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Colombo 71, 20133 Milano, Italy. FAU - Moutaharrik, Saliha AU - Moutaharrik S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8885-8500 AD - Sezione di Tecnologia e Legislazione Farmaceutiche "Maria Edvige Sangalli", Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Colombo 71, 20133 Milano, Italy. FAU - Melocchi, Alice AU - Melocchi A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5602-3314 AD - Sezione di Tecnologia e Legislazione Farmaceutiche "Maria Edvige Sangalli", Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Colombo 71, 20133 Milano, Italy. FAU - Gazzaniga, Andrea AU - Gazzaniga A AD - Sezione di Tecnologia e Legislazione Farmaceutiche "Maria Edvige Sangalli", Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Colombo 71, 20133 Milano, Italy. FAU - Zema, Lucia AU - Zema L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8405-226X AD - Sezione di Tecnologia e Legislazione Farmaceutiche "Maria Edvige Sangalli", Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Colombo 71, 20133 Milano, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221215 PL - Switzerland TA - Pharmaceutics JT - Pharmaceutics JID - 101534003 PMC - PMC9786903 OTO - NOTNLM OT - expandable drug delivery system OT - film-coating OT - fused deposition modeling OT - hot melt extrusion OT - poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) OT - retentive drug delivery system OT - shape memory polymer COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/24 06:01 PMCR- 2022/12/15 CRDT- 2022/12/23 01:57 PHST- 2022/11/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/23 01:57 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - pharmaceutics14122814 [pii] AID - pharmaceutics-14-02814 [pii] AID - 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122814 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Pharmaceutics. 2022 Dec 15;14(12):2814. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122814.