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. 2019 Jul 12;85(9):1935–1945. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13974

Table 1.

Effects of covariates on key pharmacokinetic parameters in the final covariate model

Parameter Covariate Reference value for covariate * Illustrative value for covariate * Effect on parameter, % (mean, 95% CLs)
CLinf Body weight 75 kg 52 kg −20.9 (−26, −15.4)
115 kg 31.4 (21.6, 42)
Serum albumin 40 g/L 28.7 g/L 25.4 (35.1, 16.4)
48.7 g/L −12.6 (−16.3, −8.6)
Sex Female Male 17.6 (9.8, 26)
Disease type FL or DLBCL CLL 46.9 (36.7, 57.9)
SLL 38 (10.2, 72.9)
MCL 106.9 (44.6, 195.9)
Age 65 years 38 years 13.8 (5.7, 22.6)
83 years −5.7 (−8.9, −2.5)
Baseline tumour size 3000 mm2 304 mm2 −18.6 (−24.4, −12.4)
22 400 mm2 19.8 (12.3, 27.8)
CLT Sex Female Male 45.1 (19.3, 76.6)
Disease type FL or DLBCL CLL 125.1 (72.3, 194.1)
MCL 180.3 (28, 513.7)
Baseline tumour size 3000 mm2 304 mm2 −55.2 (−64.8, −42.9)
22 400 mm2 102.3 (63.6, 150.1)
V1 Body weight 75 kg 52 kg −12.9 (−15.3, −10.5)
115 kg 17.5 (13.9, 21.4)
Sex Female Male 19.4 (15.8, 23)
V2 Body weight 75 kg 52 kg −32.6 (−39.7, −24.6)
115 kg 58.4 (39, 80.5)
Kdes Received CHOP No Yes −69.1 (−75.1, −61.6)
Received fludarabine + cyclophosphamide No Yes 164.4 (38.5, 404.8)
Received bendamustine No Yes −40.9 (−55.5, −21.6)
Disease type FL or DLBCL MZL −70.1 (−81.9, −50.7)

CHOP: cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone; CL: confidence limit; CLinf: nonspecific time‐independent clearance; CLT: initial value of time‐dependent clearance; CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; DLBCL: diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma; FL: follicular lymphoma; kdes: decay coefficient of time‐dependent clearance; MCL: mantle cell lymphoma; MZL: marginal zone lymphoma; PK: pharmacokinetic; SLL: small lymphocytic lymphoma; V1: central volume of distribution; V2: peripheral volume of distribution.

*

For continuous covariates, reference values are medians and illustrative values are the 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles of the values in the analysis data set.