Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Conn Hastings

Helena Kelly

Garry Duffy

Seona Rossi

A room temperature injectable thermo-responsive hydrogel comprises a P407 poloxamer base hydrogel, chitosan, 2-Hydroxypropyl β-cyclodextrin and genipin. The chitosan and genipin form an interpenetrating scaffold within the hydrogel in which the chitosan is crosslinked with genipin. Chemotherapeutic drugs can be added to the hydrogel singly or in combination in effective amounts without any loss of thermo-responsiveness in the hydrogel. Therapeutic use of the thermo-responsive hydrogel in the intratumoural treatment of solid cancer is also described.

Thermo-responsive hydrogel for intratumoral administration as a treatment in solid tumor cancers

A room temperature injectable thermo-responsive hydrogel comprises a P407 poloxamer base hydrogel, chitosan, 2-Hydroxypropyl &#x3b2;-cyclodextrin and genipin. The chitosan and genipin form an interpenetrating scaffold within the hydrogel in which the chitosan is crosslinked with genipin. Chemotherapeutic drugs can be added to the hydrogel singly or in combination in effective amounts without any loss of thermo-responsiveness in the hydrogel. Therapeutic use of the thermo-responsive hydrogel in the intratumoural treatment of solid cancer is also described.

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