Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41986603›Full record

ReviewPharmaceutical research2026

The Role of Cyclodextrins in Modulating Stimuli-Responsiveness for Anticancer Drug Delivery.

Andrea Cesari, Liu Zhengming, Fabio Bellina

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceutical research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Andrea CesariDipartimento Di Chimica E Chimica Industriale, Università Di Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, Pisa, 56124, Italy. andrea.cesari@unipi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9927-0953
Liu ZhengmingDipartimento Di Chimica E Chimica Industriale, Università Di Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, Pisa, 56124, Italy.
Fabio BellinaDipartimento Di Chimica E Chimica Industriale, Università Di Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, Pisa, 56124, Italy.

Funding

PNRR - M4C2-I1.3 Project PE_00000019 ″HEAL ITALIA" CUP I53C22001440006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe precision delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients remains a major challenge in modern pharmacology, where conventional therapies often lack selectivity and cause severe side effects. Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems (SRDDS) represent a promising strategy to achieve controlled release in response to pathological microenvironments or external triggers. While various organic and inorganic carriers have been investigated, cyclodextrins (CDs) occupy a unique position due to their biocompatibility, safety record, and distinctive molecular architecture. Beyond their established role as solubilizing excipients, CDs can act as a fundamental component capable of driving responsiveness within drug delivery systems.

objectiveThis review highlights cyclodextrin-based stimuli-responsive systems (SRCDS) in which CDs themselves mediate responsiveness, rather than serving as simple structural elements. SCOPE AND FOCUS: A comparative discussion of different responsive mechanisms is provided, offering insights into the design principles that may accelerate the clinical translation of CD-based SRDDS. A particular focus will be provided to chemical structure components exerting stimuli responsiveness. In addition, recent publications on SRCDS with pharmacological or biological experimental investigations and relevance are reviewed, with particular attention to applications in cancer therapy.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsCyclodextrinsDrug Delivery SystemsAnimalsDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug CarriersExcipientsHumansNeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsCyclodextrinsDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug CarriersExcipientscyclodextrinshost–guest interactionnanocarriersstimuli responsive drug delivery systemsupramolecular chemistry

Identifiers

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.