The efficacy of the sustained release-delivery system was tested in suppressing the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy(PVR) with intravitreal Fluoropyrimidines(5-Fu: FU, Fluorouridine: FUD, 5-Fluoro-5'-monophosphate: FUMP). PVR was induced in one-hundred-eightyeight eyes of one-hundred-twenty rahbits by intravireal injection of homologous dermal fibroblasts(250.000 cells/0.1 ml). Each drugs were encapsulated with liposome(LFU. LFUD. LFUMP) or polymer(PFU. PFUD) and non-coated drugs wer e used as controls. 3 weeks after injections of fibroblasts, retina detached in 50.0% of control eyes. Among treated eyes, the detachment rates in percentage are as follows; FU 37.5, FUD 50.3, LFU 37.5, LFUD 37.5, PFU 16.7, PFUD 22.2. For the pharmacokinetic study. radiolaveled(-14C) drugs were used in liposome group and frozen vitreouses were measured by scintillatng counter; polymer group was measured by HPLC. The intravitreal half life(hour) of injected drugs were FU 3.2, FUMP 2.9, LFU 7.1, LFUMP 7.6, and PFU was exceptionally long(11.1 days).
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Fibroblasts ; Fluorouracil ; Liposomes ; Polymers ; Retina ; Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative*