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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Pharmacol. 2009 Jun;49(6):650–660. doi: 10.1177/0091270009335001

Table 6.

Pharmacokinetic parameters estimated from the final population PK model using NONMEM.

Parameter Population Mean (95%
CIa)
Bootstrap Median (95% CIb)
CL/F (ml/min)
   Normal
   Mild RI

243 (193 – 297)
136 (97 – 175)

243 (202 – 297)
136 (103 – 178)
V/F (L) 57.8 (49.4 – 66.2) 57.8 (51.3 – 66.7)
ka (1/hr) 4.60 (0.66 – 8.54) 4.67 (2.52 – 9.19)
Tlag (hr) 0.37 (0.30 – 0.43) 0.37 (0.25 – 0.43)
BSV of CL/F (CV%) 59.9 (39 – 75.0) 57.5 (43.6 – 74.1)
BSV of V/F (CV%) 33.0 (1.0 – 48.0) 31.5 (14.5 – 52.4)
BSV of ka (CV%) 146 (95 – 184) 143 (92 – 197)
BSV of Tlag (CV%) 30.0 (2.2 – 47.9) 29.1 (4.5 – 65.1)
Corr of CL/F and V/F 0.81 (0.35 – 1.0) 0.83 (0.53 – 1.0)
Residual error (CV%) 34.0 (26.9 – 40.0) 33.8 (27.4 – 40.9)

CI, confidence interval; RI, renal impairment; BSV, between-subject variability; CV, coefficient of variation; Corr, correlation between individual estimates.

a

(Estimate) ± 1.96×(Standard error of the estimate).

b

The 2.5th and 97.5th values of the ranked bootstrap parameter estimate.