A new catheter for prolonged local drug application

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Abstract
Local drug delivery using a new 5F catheter with six small needles is described. The needles can be extended laterally into vascular tissue for drug deposition. A fluorescent indicator (Photofrin) was injected with a new local drug delivery device into porcine carotid arteries. The vessels were explanted 15, 30, 60 min and 14 days after local drug delivery. Vascular segments were analyzed using semi-quantitative measurement of fluorescence (calculated in relation to a standard, 100% representing the maximum fluorescence achieved by systemic intravenous application of Photofrin). Maximum fluorescence was found in adventitia (15 min: 374%; 30 min: 388%; 60 min: 251%). In intimal tissue, the detected fluorescence was 107% after 15 min, 294% after 30 min, and 25% after 60 min. Media fluorescence was lower (15 min: 151%, 30 min: 102%, 60 min: 55%). No systemic drug content was measured. Fourteen days after local drug delivery, 15% of maximal fluorescence was still found in media but no adverse tissue hyperplasia was observed. These experiments demonstrate that high-dose perivascular local drug delivery is feasible and allows prolonged and selective application of drugs in a vessel segment without side effects.

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