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Development of the polymer micelle carrier system for doxorubicin
T Nakanishi1, S Fukushima, K Okamoto
1Drug Research Department, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., 3-31-12 Shimo, Kita-ku, 115-8588, Tokyo, Japan. takeshi.nakanishi@nipponkayaku.co.jp
Abstract:
We show the result of pre-clinical study of NK911, a polymeric micelle carrier system for doxorubicin (DOX). The NK911 micelle carrier consists of polyethyleneglycol and conjugated doxorubicin-polyaspartic acid. It has high hydrophobic inner core, and therefore can entrap the sufficient amount of DOX. NK911 has a small particle size of about 40 nm in diameter that accumulates in tumor tissue by EPR effect showing much stronger activity than the free DOX. We plan to perform a clinical trial at National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan from 2001.