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. 2023 Jun 21;14:20420986231181337. doi: 10.1177/20420986231181337

Table 2.

Population parameters of the final pharmacokinetic model of the three antiepileptic drugs of the study: (a) levetiracetam, (b) lamotrigine, and (c) valproic acid.

A. Levetiracetam
Parameter SE RSE (%) p Value
Fixed effects
 Ka 2.6
 V 25.01 5.65 22.6
 beta_V_logBW 1 <0.001
 Cl 1.51 0.27 18.1
 beta_Cl_logBW 0.75 <0.001
Between-subject variabilities
 omega_V 0.84 0.16 19.1
 omega_Cl 0.59 0.10 17.2
Correlations
 corr_V_Cl 0.86 0.18 21.4
Residual error parameters
 a 3.82 0.96 25.0
B. Lamotrigine
Parameter SE RSE (%) p-value
Fixed effects
 Ka 1.57
 V 5.15 1.18 22.9
 beta_V_logBW 2.83 0.52 18.4 <0.001
 Cl 0.15 0.02 13.3
 beta_Cl_DailyDose 0.0056 0.0007 13.0 <0.001
 beta_Cl_Regimen –0.61 –0.13 22.2 <0.001
Between-subject variabilities
 omega_V 0.32 0.07 23.4
 omega_Cl 0.28 0.07 22.7
 Residual error parameters
b 0.15 0.03 19.8
C. Valproic acid
Parameter SE RSE(%) p-Value
Fixed effects
 Ka 1.68
 V 15.61 4.84 31.0
 beta_V_Age 0.07 0.016 23.3 0.032
 beta_V_logBW 1 <0.001
 Cl 0.12 0.013 10.4
 beta_Cl_VA 0.0012 0.0001 9.7 <0.001
 Between-subject variabilities
 omega_V 0.33 0.081 24.5
 omega_Cl 0.089 0.024 26.7
Residual error parameters
b 0.14 0.037 27.1

a, the constant component of the residual error model; b, the proportional component of the residual error model; beta_Cl_DailyDose, factor for the relationship between Cl and lamotrigine daily dose; beta_Cl_logBW, allometric exponent for the relationship between body weight and Cl; beta_Cl_Regimen, factor for the relationship between Cl and therapeutic regimen (whether existence of valproic acid); beta_V_Age, factor for the relationship between age and volume of distribution; beta_V_logBW, allometric exponent for the relationship between body weight and V; BW, body weight; Cl, clearance; corr_V_Cl, correlation coefficient between V and Cl; F, bioavailability fraction; omega_Cl, between-subject variability for Cl; omega_V, between-subject variability for V; V, volume of distribution.