Microdialysis in Drug Development

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Müller, Markus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series, 4
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Biomedicine general.

 In vivo target site concentrations are probably the most important determinant of drug effects. Traditionally, linking drug concentrations to drug effects has been accomplished by modelling blood-derived data, mostly because a direct quantification of tissue concentrations has been beyond technical reach. Today, a direct measurement of target site concentrations is possible by employing microdialysis or complementary approaches such as imaging technologies. Microdialysis, initially conceived in the 1970ies, has become a standard tool in drug development. This comprehensive overview of current microdialysis technology covers general and disease-specific aspects of microdialysis by international experts in the field. It provides useful information for colleagues in academia and industry who are interested PK-PD aspects of drug development. 

 Introduction to the Microdialysis Technology -- Recovery and Calibration Techniques: Toward Quantitative Microdialysis -- Analytical Considerations for Microdialysis Sampling -- Regulatory Aspects of Microdialysis: A United States Food & Drug Administration Perspective -- Microdialysis in CNS PKPD Research: Unraveling Unbound Concentrations -- Microdialysis in Antibiotic Research -- Skin and Transdermal Drug Delivery: Advantages and Challenges -- Translational Approaches For Predicting CNS Drug Effects Using Microdialysis -- Extracellular Amyloid-β Protein Dynamics in Alzheimer's Disease -- Microdialysis in Pain Research -- Microdialysis in Ocular Drug Development -- Microdialysis in Metabolic Research -- High Molecular Weight Targets and Treatments Using Microdialysis -- Complementary Techniques – Positron Emission Tomography -- Open Flow Microperfusion: An Alternative Method to Microdialysis? -- Microdialysis in Internal Organs and Tumors.