Wenbo Zhan1, Davis Yohanes Arifin2, Timothy Ky Lee3, Chi-Hwa Wang4. 1. NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, Create Tower #15-02, Singapore, Singapore, 138602. 2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, Singapore, 117585. 3. The Brain & Spine Clinic, Gleneagles Hospital, Annex Block #03-38, Singapore, Singapore, 258500. 4. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, Singapore, 117585. chewch@nus.edu.sg.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Convection enhanced delivery (CED) is a promising method of anticancer treatment to bypass the blood-brain barrier. This paper is aimed to study drug transport under different CED operating conditions. METHODS: The convection enhanced delivery of chemotherapeutics to an intact and a remnant brain tumour after resection is investigated by means of mathematical modelling of the key physical and physiological processes of drug transport. Realistic models of brain tumour and its holding tissue are reconstructed from magnetic resonance images. Mathematical modelling is performed for the delivery of carmustine and paclitaxel with different infusion rates, solution concentrations and locations of infusion site. RESULTS: Modelling predications show that drug penetration can be improved by raising the infusion rate and the infusion solution concentration. The delivery of carmustine with CED is highly localised. High drug concentration only can be achieved around the infusion site. The transport of paclitaxel is more sensitive to CED-enhanced interstitial fluid as compared to carmustine, with deeper penetration into tumour interior. Infusing paclitaxel in the upstream of interstitial fluid flow leads to high spatial averaged concentration and relatively uniform distribution. CONCLUSION: Results obtained in this study can be used to guide the design and optimisation of CED treatment regimens.
PURPOSE: Convection enhanced delivery (CED) is a promising method of anticancer treatment to bypass the blood-brain barrier. This paper is aimed to study drug transport under different CED operating conditions. METHODS: The convection enhanced delivery of chemotherapeutics to an intact and a remnant brain tumour after resection is investigated by means of mathematical modelling of the key physical and physiological processes of drug transport. Realistic models of brain tumour and its holding tissue are reconstructed from magnetic resonance images. Mathematical modelling is performed for the delivery of carmustine and paclitaxel with different infusion rates, solution concentrations and locations of infusion site. RESULTS: Modelling predications show that drug penetration can be improved by raising the infusion rate and the infusion solution concentration. The delivery of carmustine with CED is highly localised. High drug concentration only can be achieved around the infusion site. The transport of paclitaxel is more sensitive to CED-enhanced interstitial fluid as compared to carmustine, with deeper penetration into tumour interior. Infusing paclitaxel in the upstream of interstitial fluid flow leads to high spatial averaged concentration and relatively uniform distribution. CONCLUSION: Results obtained in this study can be used to guide the design and optimisation of CED treatment regimens.
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anticancer therapy; brain tumour; convection enhanced delivery; drug transport; mathematical model
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