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. 2016 Jul 22;60(8):4940–4955. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00756-16

TABLE 7.

Final population pharmacokinetic estimates from bootstrap results for rifampin and desacetyl rifampin plasma concentrations and dried blood spot concentrations for nine healthy volunteersa

Parameter Value
P value
Plasma parameter
Relative difference in DBS parameter
Estimate 95% CI Estimate 95% CI
Objective function value −183.8335 −284.4266 to −118.4457
Structural model parameters
    ka, RIF (/h) 3.69 1.85 to 15.14 1.36 0.8 to 1.97 0.30
    MTTRIF (h) 0.84 0.66 to 1.14 0.94 0.87 to 1.02 0.11
    NNRIF 19.2 90.0 to 39.0 1.23 0.92 to 1.59 0.19
    CL/FRIF (liters/h/70 kg) 7.65 5.88 to 9.80 1.18 1.06 to 1.33 <0.01
    VC/FRIF (liters/70 kg) 40.6 32.8 to 50.5 1.15 1.03 to 1.31 <0.01
    CL/F*D-RIF (liters/h/70 kg) 60.7 42 to 72.6 1.02 0.92 to 1.54 0.73
    VC/F*D-RIF (liters/70 kg) 19.8 6.6 to 34.0 1.3 0.47 to 2.53 0.40
    Q/F*D-RIF (liters/h/70 kg) 37.7 29.1 to 65.7 1.09 0.60 to 1.87 0.71
    VP/F*D-RIF (liters/70 kg) 157 98 to 383 1.05 0.25 to 1.67 0.84
Variable model parameters (shrinkage %)
    IIV in ka, RIF (%) 118 50 to 225 1.11 0.82 to 1.39 0.41
    IIV in MTTRIF (%) 32 12 to 42 1.02 0.93 to 1.09 0.58
    IIV in CL/FRIF (%) 19 2 to 27 0.58 0.22 to 1.00 0.06
    IIV in CL/F*D-RIF (%) 13 4 to 38 1.45 0.57 to 2.92 0.19
    IIV in VC/F*D-RIF (%) 84 17 to 167 0.58 0.2 to 1.19 0.13
    RV for rifampin (%) 25 19 to 31 1.12 0.85 to 1.36 0.56
    RV for desacetyl rifampin (%) 31 19 to 39 0.91 0.71 to 1.09 0.29
a

ka, RIF, absorption rate constant for RIF; MTTRIF, mean transit time for RIF; NNRIF, number of transit compartments for RIF; CL/FRIF, clearance relative to bioavailability for RIF; VC/FRIF, central volume of distribution relative to bioavailability for RIF; CL/F*D-RIF, clearance relative to bioavailability and metabolic conversion for Des-RIF; VC/F*D-RIF, central volume of distribution relative to bioavailability and metabolic conversion for Des-RIF; Q/F*D-RIF, intercompartmental clearance and metabolic conversion for Des-RIF; VP/F*D-RIF, peripheral volume of distribution relative to bioavailability and metabolic conversion for Des-RIF; IIV, interindividual variability; RV, residual variability. IIV and RV are presented as 100%×variabilityestimate.