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Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Mater. 2023 Jul 26;8(12):783–798. doi: 10.1038/s41578-023-00581-x

Table 4 |.

Main attributes of clinically relevant nanotheranostics.

Nanotheranostic size
(nm)
composition blood longeivty route of Administration First Trial Major Application
ferumoxides 64 50 – 100 dextran-coated IONP < 1 h iv/local 09/1999 liver imaging
ferumoxytol 66 17 – 31 polyglucose sorbitol carboxymethylether - coated IONP ~ 15 h iv/local 05/2004 anemia treatment
AuroShell 58 150 Au nanoshell on a silica core 3 – 6 h iv 04/2008 cancer ablation
64Cu-MM-302 107 ~ 100 64Cu-labeled HER2-targeted PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin ~ 33 h iv 03/2011 cancer chemotherapy
Carbon NP 83 ~ 10 carbon pellet (after surface modification ~ 150) - local 01/2012 lymph node dissection
NBTXR3 78 50 functionalized hafnium oxide nanoparticles - local 01/2014 head & neck cancer
Cornell Dots 80 ~ 10 radiolabeled molecular targeted PEGylated silica matrix - iv/local 04/2014 lymph node dissection
188Re-Liposome 109 ~ 80 188Re-labeled PEGylated liposome ~ 40 h iv 10/2014 terminated
AGuIX 77 ~ 5 Gd chelated-polysiloxane > 6h iv 03/2016 cancer radiotherapy
89Zr-CPC634 108 65 radiolabeled docetaxel-loaded nanoparticles ~ 60 h iv 04/2018 cancer chemotherapy

IONP: iron oxide nanoparticle; AGuIX: polymeric gadolinium complexes; AuroShell: silica gold nanoshells; NBTXR3: hafnium oxide nanoparticles; Carbon NP: carbon nanoparticle; 89Zr-CPC634: 89Zr-labeled polymeric nanoparticles carrying docetaxel; 64Cu-MM-302: 64Cu-labeled liposomes carrying doxorubicin; 188Re-liposome: 188Re-labeled liposome; iv: intravenous administration.