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. 2010 Jan 15;12(2):117–129. doi: 10.1208/s12248-009-9164-6

Table I.

Parameter Estimates of Final PK/PD Model

Phase IIa studies dataset Combined dataset
NONMEM Bootstrap analysesc NONMEM
Parameter Value RSE,% Value 5th–95th percentile Value RSE,%
Fixed Effects PK
ka [1/h] 0.69 FIX 0.69 FIX 0.602 15.7
V2/F [L] 720 4.9 716 665–779 694 2.3
CLnon-met/F [L/h] 1.31 5.5 1.31 1.19–1.43 1.16 3.0
CLmet/F [L/h] 0.416 6.9 0.413 0.373–0.457 0.430 3.8
V3/F [L]d 553 FIX 550 FIX 533 FIX
CLM1/F [L/h] 1.17 8.2 1.15 1.03–1.31 1.01 3.9
Fixed Effects PD
keo [1/h] 0.0001 FIX 0.0001 FIX 0.0001 FIX
EMAX −1.46 29.3 −1.57 −2.57–−0.93 −2.25 13.2
EC50 [ng/mL] 0.0139 49.6 0.0139 0.0064–0.123 0.407 26.3
Fixed Effects Placebo
keq [1/h] 0.00183 FIX 0.00183 FIX 0.00183 FIX
kel [1/h] 0.000473 FIX 0.000473 FIX 0.000473 FIX
β −1.42 FIX −1.42 FIX −1.42 FIX
Random Effects
ωCLnon-met/F [CV%]a 42.2 23.8 41.3 32.4–49.9 68.3 15.4
ωCLM1/F [CV%]a 21.3 23.9 20.3 15.7–24.8 26.8 11.4
ωV2/F [CV%]a 30.3 24.4 30.0 24.1–36.0 35.6 13.2
ωV3/F [CV%]a 42.5 39.3 41.2 27.4–52.1 40.1 16.0
ωEMAX [CV%]a 97.7 35.7 97.6 64.6–131 108 12.5
ωβ [CV%]a 128 FIX 128 FIX 128 FIX
Corr CLnon–met/F_V2/F 0.72 28.9 0.717 0.653–0.774 0.645 17.2
prop errtesofensine [%]a 14.9 23.5 14.4 11.7–17.6 24.3 9.1
prop errM1 [%]a 17.3 36.9 16.9 14.0–23.6 19.1 10.8
add errADAS-Cog ±2.3 19.5 ±2.2 1.9–2.7 ±4.0 11.3

RSE Relative standard error

aRSE is given on the variance scale

bRSE of the covariance estimate

cbased on 500 bootstrap runs

d0.768-fold of V2/F