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. 2014 Apr 22;77(5):861–872. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12247

Table 2.

Summary of pharmacokinetic parameter estimates obtained from the final model. Results from the initial model built using data from PENTA 13 and PENTA 15 studies are not shown

Parameter Notation Population estimate* %CV Bootstrap mean (95% CI)
Clearance (CL)
CL/F = θ1 × (BW/med) θ5
(intercept) l h−1 θ1 16.5 3.8 16.5 (15.2, 17.7)
(exponent) θ5 0.705 14.9 0.701 (0.498, 0.911)
Volume (V)
V/F = θ2 × (BW/med) θ6
(intercept) l θ2 46.0 3.7 46.0 (42.4, 49.5)
(exponent) θ6 0.635 14.0 0.625 (0.461, 0.809)
Absorption rate constant (Ka) 1 h−1 θ3 3.68 15.9 3.86 (1.92, 5.43)
ALAG1 h θ4 0.755 4.5 0.755 (0.658, 0.851)
Weighing factor in $ERR θ7 −2.69 14.7 −2.73 (−4.13, 1.24)
Interindividual variability
ηCL/F variance ω1 0.0684 (26%) 30.3 0.065 (0.032, 0.104)
ηV/F variance ω2 0.0368 (19%) 52.8 0.035 (0.009, 0.06)
ηKa variance ω3 0.438 (66%) 37.8 0.44 (0.098, 0.777)
Inter-occasion variability
OCCCL ω5 0.073 (27%) 27.2 0.072 (0.024, 0.121)
OCCKa ω7 0.53 (72%) 42.5 0.52 (0.173, 0.886)
OCCV ω9 0.04 (20%) 32.73 0.039 (0.011, 0.069)
Residual error
Additive error mg l−1 σ1 0.005 (7%) 21.48 0.005 (0.002, 0.007)
*

Population parameter point estimates for the full one-compartment model are presented along with the %CV and 95% CI from a non-parametric bootstrap.

Value in parentheses represents the interindividual variability of the PK parameters calculated as the square root of ω × 100%.

Value in parentheses represents the inter-occasion variability of the PK parameters calculated as the square root of the ω × 100%.