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. 2018 Jan 26;8:1687. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20071-3

Table 3.

Population pharmacokinetic parameter estimates of models for TAC and MMF.

Parameter Independent model Integrated model
Population mean value (%RSE) IIV CV% (%RSE) Population mean value (%RSE) IIV CV% (%RSE)
Tacrolimus
CL/FTAC (L/h) 17.8 (11%) 50.9% (14%) 13.8 (11%) 26.4% (19%)
V2/F (L) 108 (12%) 44.4% (13%) 93 (9%) 30.8% (13%)
KaTAC (h−1) 3.75 (60%) 160% (36%) 1.78 (43%) 93% (18%)
k23 (h−1) 0.326 (4%) 0.313 (6%)
k32 (h−1) 0.069 (5%) 0.0719 (6%)
Lag time (h) 0.627 (26%) 0.59 (30%)
CYP3A5 on CL/F 1.26 (7%) 1.48 (16%)
σ prop TAC 0.131 (13%) 0.131 (12%)
Mycophenolic acid
CL/FMPA (L/h) 16.1 (7%) 25.9% (35%) 16.3 (7%) 18.7% (32%)
V5/F (L) 16.8 (12%) 40.9% (28%) 19.7 (11%) 18.2% (27%)
KaMPA (h−1) 2.06 (14%) 69.7% (17%) 2.29 (9%) 56.6% (28%)
k56 (h−1) 1.33 (6%) 1.12 (10%)
k65 (h−1) 0.109 (9%) 0.131 (7%)
k70 (h−1) 0.256 (10%) 0.251 (13%)
V7/F (L) 5.13 (7%) 5.83 (7%)
fMPA 0.85 fix 0.85 fix
EHC (%) 0.427 (10%) 30.1% (22%) 0.367 (15%) 35.5% (18%)
k84 (h−1) 263 (540%) 18.4 (160%)
MTIME1 7.99 (0%) 7.96 (1%)
MTIME2 1 fix 1 fix
V9/F (L) 23 fix 23 fix
k90 (h−1) 2.15 fix 2.15 fix
σ prop MPA 0.516 (9%) 0.524 (7%)
σ add MPAG 0.186 (44%) 0.104 (31%)
σ prop MPAG 0.172 (8%) 0.237 (12%)
σ prop AcMPAG 0.654 (31%) 0.651 (22%)
Interaction 0.0294 (154%)

IIV, interindividual variability; CV, coefficient of variation; RSE, relative standard error; F, fraction of the dose absorbed; CL/F, apparent clearance; TAC, tacrolimus; V/F, apparent volume of distribution; Ka, first-order absorption rate constant; k23, k32, k56, and k65, intercompartment rate constants; MPA, mycophenolic acid; k70 and k90, eliminated rate constants; CYP3A5, CYP3A5 expressers (CYP3A5*1/*1 or CYP3A5*1/*3); fMPA, fraction of MPA which metabolized to MPAG; EHC, enterohepatic circulation; k84, gallbladder emptying rate constant; MTIME1, meal time; MTIME2, Gallbladder emptying duration; MPAG, MPA 7-O-glucuronide; AcMPAG, MPA acyl glucuronide; σprop, proportional residual error; σadd, additive residual error.