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Adv Pharm Bull. 2024;14(3): 558-573.
doi: 10.34172/apb.2024.046
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Review Article

Targeted Hybrid Nanocarriers as Co-Delivery Systems for Enhanced Cancer Therapy

Joan Onyebuchi Erebor 1* ORCID logo, Elizabeth Oladoyin Agboluaje 2 ORCID logo, Ava M. Perkins 3 ORCID logo, Megha Krishnakumar 4, Ndidi Ngwuluka 5 ORCID logo

1 MAFEREB, LLC, 46701 Commerce Center Dr. Plymouth, MI 48170-2475 USA.
2 Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences University of Georgia, 250 W. Green Street Athens, Georgia 30602- 5036 USA.
3 Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo 3000 Arlington Ave, Toledo, OH 43614-2595 USA.
4 Catalent Pharma Solutions, 7330 Carroll Road, San Diego, California 92121-2363 USA.
5 Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jos, Pharmaceutical Sciences Gate, Bauchi Rd, 930001, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
*Corresponding Author: Joan Onyebuchi Erebor, Email: joanerebor@gmail.com, Email: joerebor@mafereb.com

Abstract

Hybrid nanocarriers have realized a growing interest in drug delivery research because of the potential of being able to treat, manage or cure diseases that previously had limited therapy or cure. Cancer is currently considered the second leading cause of death globally. This makes cancer therapy a major focus in terms of the need for efficacious and safe drug formulations that can be used to reduce the rate of morbidity and mortality globally. The major challenge encountered over the years with cancer chemotherapy is the non-selectivity of anticancer drugs, leading to severe adverse effects in patients. Multidrug resistance has also resulted in treatment failure in cancer chemotherapy over the years. Hybrid nanocarriers can be targeted to the site and offer co-delivery of two or more chemotherapeutics, thus leading to synergistic or additive results. This makes hybrid nanocarriers an extremely attractive type of drug delivery system for cancer therapy. Hybrid nanocarrier systems are also attracting attention as possible non-viral gene vectors that could have a higher level of transfection, and be efficacious, with the added advantage of being safer than viral vectors in clinical settings. An extensive review of various aspects of hybrid nanocarriers was discussed in this paper. It is envisaged that in the future, metastatic cancers, multi-drug resistant cancers, and low prognosis cancers like pancreatic cancers, will have a lasting solution via hybrid nanocarrier formulations with targeted co-delivery of therapeutics.
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Submitted: 17 Apr 2023
Revision: 29 Apr 2024
Accepted: 13 May 2024
ePublished: 15 May 2024
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