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@ARTICLE{Scuteri:156003,
author = {Scuteri, Damiana and Cassano, Roberta and Trombino, Sonia
and Russo, Rossella and Mizoguchi, Hirokazu and Watanabe,
Chizuko and Hamamura, Kengo and Katsuyama, Soh and Komatsu,
Takaaki and Morrone, Luigi Antonio and Rombolà, Laura and
Adornetto, Annagrazia and Laganà, Annarita S and
Corasaniti, Maria Tiziana and Tonin, Paolo and Sakurada,
Shinobu and Sakurada, Tsukasa and Nicotera, Pierluigi and
Bagetta, Giacinto},
title = {{D}evelopment and {T}ranslation of {N}ano{BEO}, a
{N}anotechnology-{B}ased {D}elivery {S}ystem of {B}ergamot
{E}ssential {O}il {D}eprived of {F}urocumarins, in the
{C}ontrol of {A}gitation in {S}evere {D}ementia.},
journal = {Pharmaceutics},
volume = {13},
number = {3},
issn = {1999-4923},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {DZNE-2021-01135},
pages = {379},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Dementia is one of the most common causes of disability
worldwide characterized by memory loss, cognitive
impairment, and behavioral and psychological symptoms
(BPSD), including agitation. Treatment of the latter
consists of the off-label use of harmful atypical
antipsychotics, though a significant reduction is afforded
by pain control. The use of an essential oil endowed with
analgesic properties and devoid of toxicity would represent
an important option for the management of agitation in
dementia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to engineer a
nanotechnology delivery system based on solid lipid
nanoparticles loaded with bergamot essential oil (BEO) and
devised in the pharmaceutical form of an odorless cream
(NanoBEO) to confirm its analgesic efficacy for further
development and application to control agitation in
dementia. BEO has proven strong antinociceptive and
anti-allodynic properties and, in its bergapten-free form,
it is completely devoid of phototoxicity. NanoBEO has been
studied in vivo confirming the previously reported analgesic
activity of BEO to which is now added its anti-itching
properties. Due to the nanotechnology delivery system, the
stability of titrated BEO components is guaranteed. Finally,
the latter invention, currently under patent consideration,
is smell-devoid allowing efficacy and safety to be
established in double-blind clinical trials; until now the
latter studies have been impeded in aromatherapy by the
strong odor of essential oils. A clinical trial NCT04321889
has been designed to provide information about the efficacy
and safety of NanoBEO on agitation and pain in patients
suffering from severe dementia.},
keywords = {BPSD (Other) / agitation (Other) / dementia (Other) /
essential oil of bergamot (Other) / nanotechnology delivery
system (Other) / pain (Other)},
cin = {AG Nicotera},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000018},
pnm = {351 - Brain Function (POF4-351)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-351},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33809385},
pmc = {pmc:PMC7999378},
doi = {10.3390/pharmaceutics13030379},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/156003},
}