The impact of inspiratory flow rate on drug delivery to the lungs with dry powder inhalers

J Weers, A Clark - Pharmaceutical research, 2017 - Springer
Current marketed dry powder inhalers utilize the energy from patient inspiration to fluidize
and disperse bulk powder agglomerates into respirable particles. Variations in patient …

Bridging the gap between science and clinical efficacy: physiology, imaging, and modeling of aerosols in the lung

C Darquenne, JS Fleming, I Katz, AR Martin… - Journal of aerosol …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Development of a new drug for the treatment of lung disease is a complex and time
consuming process involving numerous disciplines of basic and applied sciences. During …

Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity

DA Edwards, D Ausiello, J Salzman… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
COVID-19 transmits by droplets generated from surfaces of airway mucus during processes
of respiration within hosts infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Recent developments in the computational simulation of dry powder inhalers

J Capecelatro, W Longest, C Boerman… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article reviews recent developments in computational modeling of dry powder inhalers
(DPIs). DPIs deliver drug formulations (sometimes blended with larger carrier particles) to a …

Numerical study on the effect of the realistic mouth-inhaler positions on orally inhaled drug delivery in pediatric intersubject upper airways

X Zhou, Y Li, H Miao, Y Zhang, A Yu, F Huang, R Li… - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The relative position between the pediatric upper airway and the inhalation device during
real inhalation administration has significant effects on the delivery efficiency of orally …

A whole lung in silico model to estimate age dependent particle dosimetry

K Poorbahrami, IE Vignon-Clementel, SC Shadden… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Anatomical and physiological changes alter airflow characteristics and aerosol distribution
in the developing lung. Correlation between age and aerosol dosimetry is needed …

High-efficiency dry powder aerosol delivery to children: Review and application of new technologies

K Bass, D Farkas, A Hassan, S Bonasera… - Journal of aerosol …, 2021 - Elsevier
While dry powder aerosol formulations offer a number of advantages, their use in children is
often limited due to poor lung delivery efficiency and difficulties with consistent dry powder …

In vitro-in vivo correlation of cascade impactor data for orally inhaled pharmaceutical aerosols

MYT Chow, W Tai, RYK Chang, HK Chan… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
In vitro-in vivo correlation is the establishment of a predictive relationship between in vitro
and in vivo data. In the context of cascade impactor results of orally inhaled pharmaceutical …

Experimental investigation of aerosol deposition through a realistic respiratory airway replica: an evaluation for MDI and DPI performance

K Ahookhosh, S Yaqoubi… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose In the present work, a comparison between MDI and DPI for evaluating
performance of the devices were carried out by experimentally investigating the deposition …

In Vitro–In Vivo Correlations Observed With Indacaterol-Based Formulations Delivered with the Breezhaler®

JG Weers, AR Clark, N Rao, K Ung… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Background: Establishing robust in vitro–in vivo correlations (IVIVC) between aerosol
performance, pharmacokinetics, and clinical efficacy is critical in developing bioequivalent …