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. 2015 Jul 24;4(8):454–464. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12007

Table 2.

Population pharmacokinetic parameters of the final model for midazolam and results of the bootstrap analysis (250/250 resamples successful)

Parameter Model estimates (RSE%) Bootstrap estimates (95% confidence interval)
CL= CLmesor+Amp x cos((2π/1440)*(Time-Acrophase))
  CLmesor (L/min) 0.379 (4.8) 0.380 (0.344–0.417)
  Amp (L/min) 0.027 (14.8) 0.028 (0.017–0.039)
  Acrophase (min) 1,130 (2.9) 1,130.2 (1,005.3–1,204.7)
Vcentral (L) 18.2 (5.4) 18.4 (15.3–20.9)
Vperipheral1 = Vperipheral2 (L) 22.5 (2.5) 22.4 (20.2–26.2)
Q (L/min) 0.27 (6.8) 0.269 (0.209–0.334)
Q2 (L/min) 1.31 (8.5) 1.29 (1.08–1.56)
Ka = Ktr (min−1) 0.053 (5.8) 0.053 (0.048–0.061)
Fraction Ka at 14:00 1.41 (4.7) 1.41 (1.07–1.78)
F= Fmesor+Amp x cos((2π/1440)*(Time-Acrophase))
  F 0.277 (7.1) 0.275 (0.244–0.313)
  Amp 0.041 (17.3) 0.041 (0.026–0.055)
  Acrophase (min) 734 (5.3) 739.7 (667.0–821.0)
Interindividual variability
CL (%) 16.2 (21) 15.2 (9.7–19.6)
Ka (%) 19.1 (21.9) 18.7 (10.7–24.2)
F (%) 23.3 (22.2) 22.7 (15.8–28.8)
Interoccasion variability
F (%) 14.8 (10.5) 14.5 (11.5–17.9)
Residual proportional error
σ oral (%) 18.0 (5.6) 17.8 (15.8–19.8)
σ intravenous(%) 15.4 (6.1) 15.1 (13.2–17.3)
OFV (−2LL) 2,299 2,242 (1,723–2,730)

Acrophase, peak time of the cosine function in minutes after midnight; Amp, amplitude; CL, systemic clearance of midazolam; F, oral bioavailability; Ka, oral absorption rate constant; Ktr, transit compartment rate constant; OFV, objective function value; Q, intercompartmental clearance of midazolam between central and first peripheral compartment; Q2, intercompartmental clearance of midazolam between central and second peripheral compartment; RSE, relative standard error (%); V, volume of distribution.