• Reg Anesth Pain Med · Apr 2022

    Ropivacaine-loaded, hydroxypropyl chitin thermo-sensitive hydrogel combined with hyaluronan: an injectable, sustained-release system for providing long-lasting local anesthesia in rats.

    • Qianqian Qiao, Xiangyun Fu, Rui Huang, Shaoqing Lei, Yan Leng, Zhigang Liu, Zhongyuan Xia, and Xulin Jiang.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
    • Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2022 Apr 1; 47 (4): 234-241.

    Background And ObjectiveRopivacaine hydrochloride is a commonly used local anesthetic in clinics. However, local injection or continuous infusion of ropivacaine has been associated with several disadvantages. Accordingly, it is important to develop a new controlled release system for local administration of ropivacaine to achieve a prolong anesthetic effect, improve efficacy, and minimize the side effects.MethodsWe developed injectable hydroxypropyl chitin thermo-sensitive hydrogel (HPCH) combined with hyaluronan (HA), which was used to synthesize a ropivacaine (R)-loaded controlled release system. We then conducted drug release test and cytotoxicity assay in vitro. Importantly, we examined the analgesic effects and biocompatibility of this system in vivo by injecting different concentrations of R-HPCH-HA (7.5, 15, 22.5 mg/mL), ropivacaine hydrochloride (RHCL, 7.5 mg/mL), or saline (all in 0.5 mL) near the sciatic nerve in rats.ResultsR-HPCH-HA induced concentration-dependent thermal-sensory blockade and motor blockade in vivo. In hot plate test, R-HPCH-HA (22.5 mg/mL) induced a significant longer thermal-sensory blockade (17.7±0.7 hours), as compared with RHCL (7.5 mg/mL, 5.7±0.8 hours, n=6/group, p<0.05). It also produced a more prolonged motor blockade (6.8±0.8 hours) than RHCL (3.5±0.8 hours, p<0.05). R-HPCH-HA caused less cytotoxicity than RHCL, as indicated by the higher cell viability in vitro (n=8/group).ConclusionOur findings in a sciatic nerve block model demonstrated that the injectable, ropivacaine-loaded controlled release system effectively prolonged the local analgesic effect in rats without notable side effects.© American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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