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. 2022 Sep 27;11(12):1578–1591. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12862

TABLE 1.

Population PK parameters and bootstrap CIs for the final lecanemab covariate model

Parameter (units) NONMEM Bootstrap
Estimate %RSE Median (95% CI)
PK parameters
CL (L/h) 0.0181 2.55 0.0181 (0.0175–0.0188)
V 1 (L) 3.22 1.18 3.22 (3.15–3.28)
Q (L/h) 0.0349 8.02 0.0349 (0.0294–0.0396)
V 2 (L) 2.19 7.21 2.20 (2.00–2.40)
F for process B 0.998 4.07 0.999 (0.950–1.06)
Covariate effects
Weight ~ CL (exponent) 0.403 9.73 0.393 (0.217–0.495)
Albumin ~ CL (exponent) −0.243 17.2 −0.237 (−0.405 to −0.0771)
Females ~ CL (ratio) 0.792 3.43 0.790 (0.735–0.825)
ADA positive ~ CL (ratio to ADA negative) 1.09 0.586 1.09 (1.05–1.12)
Weight ~ V 1 (exponent) 0.606 7.52 0.603 (0.548–0.663)
Females ~ V 1 (ratio) 0.893 1.75 0.893 (0.870–0.919)
Japanese race ~ V 2 (ratio) 0.455 24.4 0.450 (0.338–0.583)
Interindividual variability (CV%)
CL 38.9 6.69 38.9 (36.7–40.4)
V 1 14.0 8.38 14.0 (12.7–15.1)
V 2 99.5 7.91 99.8 (84.4–109)
F 34.2 17.7 34.1 (28.7–37.4)
Residual variability (CV%)
Proportional: study 101 14.0 3.49 14.0 (12.6–15.1)
Proportional: study 104 19.7 4.66 19.6 (16.9–22.1)
Proportional: study 201 30.3 0.803 30.2 (28.7–31.2)

Abbreviations: %RSE, percent relative standard error of the estimate = SE/parameter estimate × 100; ADA, anti‐drug antibody; CI, confidence interval; CL, clearance; CV%, square root of variance × 100; F, relative bioavailability; PK, pharmacokinetic; Q, intercompartment clearance; V 1, central volume of distribution; V 2, peripheral volume of distribution.

CL=0.0181BW73.70.403ALB42.90.2430.792SEX1.09ADA.

V1=3.22BW73.70.6060.893SEX.

V2=2.190.455JPN.

F=10.998FORM.

ADA, 0 (ADA negative) or 1 (positive); ALB, albumin; BW, body weight; SEX, 0 (male) or 1 (female); JPN, 0 (non‐Japanese) or 1 (Japanese); FORM, 0 (Process A) or 1 (Process B).

Eta shrinkage (%): ETA_CL, 9.96%; ETA_V 1, 30.5%, ETA_V 2, 31.7%, ETA_F1, 63.2%.