Abstract
Combining multiple drugs in one platform has the ability to override the limitations
of singly administered therapeutic and may provide potential alternative treatment
options for aggressive prostate cancer resistant to conventional chemotherapy. For
in vivo applications, combination therapeutics should be engineered to include nanoparticles
for efficacious delivery. Here, we discuss the aspects of combining chemotherapy with
anti-inflammatory drugs for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. We highlight
the concept of combining cisplatin and Aspirin in a single platinum(IV) prodrug for
efficacious in vitro biological actions. These two drugs were further incorporated in an engineered biodegradable
polymer, which can self-assemble in the presence of a block copolymer to controlled-release
nanoparticles to deliver multiple therapeutics in a predefined ratio.
1 Introduction
2 Chemo-Anti-inflammatory Approaches for Chemo-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Challenges
and Opportunities
3 Chemo-Anti-inflammatory Platinum(IV) Prodrugs
4 Polymeric Nanoparticle for Co-delivery of Cisplatin and Aspirin
5 Future Perspectives
Key words
combination therapy - Platin-
A
- cisplatin - Aspirin - polymeric nanoparticles - inflammation - cancer