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  • An-ge-shuo REN, Ya-ran GAO, Li-li XU, Ming HU
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 902-905.

    Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) refers to a group of cognitive disorders caused by cerebrovascular disease or its related risk factors. The main clinical characteristics include cognitive dysfunction, with reduction of attention, memory and executive ability, and in severe cases, vascular dementia. DL-3-N-butylphthalein (NBP) is used to improve vascular cognitive impairment. It can increase the survival number of hippocampal neurons, promote synaptic formation, facilitate cerebrovascular regeneration, regulate cell apoptosis, thus exert a therapeutic effect of nerve function improvement. In recent years, more and more literatures was reported on the mechanism of NBP in the treatment of vascular cognitive impairment. This article will systematically elaborate the signal pathway and mechanism involved in the treatment of NBP that have been found so far, so as to provide reference and support for the further research on the prevention and treatment of vascular cognitive impairment.

  • Yu-rou JI, Wen-wen ZHANG, Peng-peng QU
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 906-910.

    In recent years, molecular targeted drugs involved in the pathogenesis and progression of cancer are being extensively investigated. Anlotinib, a novel multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is the first third-line treatment approved for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in China, and has been approved for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma, small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer and differentiated thyroid cancer. Numerous studies in China and abroad have found that this drug has three major functions, which are anti-tumor angiogenesis, inhibition of tumor growth and remodelling of the tumor microenvironment, and it can inhibit the development of solid tumours through various mechanisms. In this review, we summarize the role of anlotinib in various malignancies and research progress of related mechanism, to provide reference for its clinical application in oncology treatment.

  • Teng-qi XU, Xiao-fei WANG
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 911-915.

    There has been much uncertainty existing in the pharmacological treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Ivabradine is a novel drug with potential anti-arrhythmic benefits in addition to its ability of reducing heart rate without affecting hemodynamics. However, it is not currently approved for the treatment of arrhythmias other than sinus arrhythmias because of its potential arrhythmogenic risk. This review summarizes the evidence from basic and clinical studies regarding the use of ivabradine in sinus, atrial, junctional, and ventricular arrhythmias. Whether its benefits outweigh the risks for other types of arrhythmias except sinus arrhythmias is inconclusive and needs further proofs from additional studies.

  • Yang LI, Wei PENG, Jin-cai ZHONG
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 916-920.
    Objective:

    To explore the safety and efficacy of Inetetamab combined with Pyrotinib in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.

    Methods:

    A case of patient was reported with right breast invasive ductal carcinoma with multiple systemic metastases. The patients were found progressing after 3 cycles of docetaxel+Capecitabine+Trastuzumab regimen as the first line therapy for Trastuzumab primary resistance. Second-line therapy combined inetetamab with pyrotinib (inetetamab 8 mg·kg-1 for the first time, followed by 6 mg·kg-1, q3w+pyrotinib 400 mg·d-1, qd+vinorelbine 35 mg day 1, day 8 q3w) for 18 cycles.

    Results:

    The patients achieved partial response (PR) at the first evaluation. During the 18 cycles of treatment, the efficacy was evaluated as continuous PR. The current progress free survival (PFS) was more than 16 months. No grade III or above adverse reactions occurred during the treatment, and the patients were well tolerated.

    Conclusion:

    The combination of inetetamab with pyrotinib is effective and safe in the treatment of metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.

  • Jun-jie ZHU, Zhen DONG, Xian-fu MA, Zhao YAN, Hui LI
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 921-926.

    In recent years, with the continuous innovation and transformation of the pharmaceutical industry, high-quality and efficient clinical trials have become one of the most important demands of the pharmaceutical industry at present. The drug clinical trial business is complicated and data volume is huge, putting forward higher requirements for drug supervision. Therefore, innovative regulatory methods and intelligent transformation are extremely in need. In order to meet various development requirements in the era of COVID-19, after years of exploration and practice, our province has started the construction of the supervision information system of drug clinical trial institutions in Hebei province, established a vertical supervision system from top to bottom, and realized the whole-process reengineering of the supervision of clinical trial institutions by means of information technology. We initiated the remote supervision mode of drug clinical trial institutions and explored the "on-site inspection-remote inspection" hybrid supervision and inspection mode. With the assistance of this system, the risk in the clinical trial process reduced, the personnel gathering under the COVID-19 epidemic reduced, while the efficiency of supervision and inspection is improved, the listing process of new and good drugs is accelerated, makingpeople easily access to good drugs as soon as possible.

  • Li-na WU, Feng-ting LIU, Xian-fu MA, Zhao YAN, Bo-hua YAN
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 927-933.
    Objective:

    To explore the construction of clinical trial information management system and its practice in the process management of traditional Chinese medicine clinical trials, so as to improve the management efficiency of drug clinical trials.

    Methods:

    In cooperation with Tianjin Abensu Science and Technology Co., Ltd., an information management platform for clinical trial institutions was constructed in the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of traditional Chinese medicine. Through the intranet system, the hospital's original closed systems such as HIS, LIS and RIS were connected. After encrypted transmission, it completed data exchange and docking with the information system running on the internet. The electronic informatization of user management, project management, subject information management, process information management and experimental drug management of clinical trial realized. The security, stability and efficiency of the involved data were analyzed.

    Results:

    The system realized the safety, stability and smooth flow of data in the process of clinical trial management, and greatly improved the efficiency of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical trial project management.

    Conclusion:

    The introduction of information management system and its integration with internal systems like HIS and LIS is the road which must be taken to realize the modern management of TCM clinical trial institutions, and it is one of the most important ways to practice the innovation of TCM.

  • Ren-rui LU, Li ZHANG, Hui-hui WANG, Meng LI, Xiao-ke ZHENG, Wei-sheng FENG
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 934-940.
    Objective:

    To investigate the anti-neuroinflammatory effect of Aucubin extracted from Rehmannia glutinosa in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neuroinflammation model in vitro.

    Methods:

    N9 cells were activated by 10 μg·mL-1 LPS to establish an in vitro neuroinflammatory model. After treatment with Aucubin for 24 h, NO content was detected by Griess method, cell viability was detected by MTT method, cell morphology was photographed by microscopy, the level of Iba-1 (a specific marker of microglia) was detected by immunofluorescence, CD11b level and CD86/CD206 ratio were determined by flowsight assay, and the levels of IL-6, IL-1β, IL-4 and IL-10 were detected by kits.

    Results:

    Compared with the model group, the aucubin group effectively improved cell morphology, reduced cell supernatant NO level, decreased cell marker CD11b level and CD86/CD206 value, and regulated the release of inflammatory factors.

    Conclusions:

    Aucubin inhibited the activation of microglia to M1 phenotype and promoted the transformation of M2 phenotype. It also regulated the release of inflammatory factors, thus inhibited the activation of N9 microglia and finally suppressed LPS-induced neuroinflammation.

  • Jing LI, Ping-ping SHANG, Xue TIAN, Jiao HE, Bo-ling QIAO, Wen-ji SUN, Min-feng FANG
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 941-946.
    Objective:

    To observe the protective effect of 6-O-methyl-catalpol on fructose-induced NAFLD in mice and its mechanism.

    Methods:

    The mice were randomly divided into the control group and fructose-fed groups. After 4 weeks, the fructose-fed mice were further divided to 4 subgroups: model group, silybin group (35 mg·kg-1), 6-O-methyl-catalpol (30 mg·kg-1) group, and 6-O-methyl-catalpol (60 mg·kg-1) group. The drugs were administered by gavage qd for a period of 4 weeks. At the end of the treatment, the levels of ALT, AST, TC, TG, GLU, insulin and leptin were determined. The histopathological changes of liver were evaluated using HE staining. The fatty acid synthetase (FAS) and acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC) protein expression in liver were measured using Western blot.

    Results:

    Compare with the model group, the elevated levels of AST, ALT, TC, TG, insulin, leptin and HOMA-IR significantly decreased in 6-O-methyl-catalpol groups (P<0.01). HE staining showed that the degree of hepatic steatosis was obviously ameliorated in 6-O-methyl-catalpol treatment groups. The protein expression levels of ACC and FAS were also significantly down-regulated in high 6-O-methyl-catalpol group (P<0.01).

    Conclusion:

    6-O-methyl-catalpol exerts protective effect against NAFLD, which may be related to the improvement of insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism.

  • Pei-pei ZAHNG, Shang-chen YAO, Jin LI, Xia ZHANG, Wen-bo ZOU, Ming-zhe XU, Yan WANG, Bao-ming NING
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 947-954.
    Objective:

    To establish a detection method for exogenous DNA in neomycin sulfate drugs based on the concept of analytical quality by design (AQbD).

    Methods:

    The MODDE Pro11 software was used to design the experiment, investigate the key influencing factors and optimize the parameters. Qubit® DNA detection kit based on fluorescence staining method was employed for the determination of exogenous DNA.

    Results:

    The universal detection method of exogenous DNA in neomycin sulfate was established. The key effect factors are solvent type, solvent concentration and sample concentration. When NaCl was used as solvent, the optimal analysis conditions were solvent concentration at 1.4 mol·L-1 and sample concentration at 1.8 mg·mL-1. The linear range of DNA standard was 20~100 ng·mL-1 (r=0.995 7, n=2). The accuracy was above 81.0%. The recoveries in ruggedness tests were 80%~120%.

    Conclusion:

    The established method is accurate, robust and universal. This study provides reference for the development of determination of exogenous DNA in aminoglycoside antibiotics.

  • Zhi-yuan DING, Yu-ting HUANG, Bing-qi WANG, Guo-wen LI, Yan XIE
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(9): 955-960.
    Objective:

    To establish the quality standard of Xianqian Granules.

    Methods:

    According to the relevant methods presented in the fourth general rules of Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (2020), TLC method for identifying 4 Chinese medicinal materials in Xianqian Granules, including Agrimoniae Herba, Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma, Paeoniae Radix Rubra, and Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma, was established, as well as the HPLC method for determining the index components of purpurin and paeoniflorin in Xianqian Granules.

    Results:

    The TLC method was specific to identify the 4 medicinal materials effectively. In the quantitative analysis method, the mass concentrations of purpurin and paeoniflorin were linear in the ranges of 2.47~53.00 μg·mL-1 and 18.29~392.0 μg·mL-1, respectively. The average recoveries were 97.37% (RSD 1.44%) and 99.04% (RSD 0.82%), respectively.

    Conclusion:

    The established methods for quality evaluation of Xianqian Granules are simple, accurate, and specific, which can be used for the quality control for Xianqian Granules.