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

TABLE 3.

Population PD parameters and bootstrap CIs for the final PK/PD models for plasma Aβ42/40 ratio and p‐tau181

Parameter NONMEM Bootstrap
Estimate %RSE Median (95% CI)
Aβ42/40 ratio
PD parameters
Baseline plasma Aβ42/40 ratio 0.0842 4.28 0.0843 (0.0834–0.0852)
K out (1/year) 0.367 1.97 0.368 (0.255–0.521)
Slope (1/μg/ml) 0.00155 9.32 0.00155 (0.00110–0.00213)
Interindividual variability
Baseline (CV%) 6.78 16.1 6.73 (4.58–8.76)
Slope (CV%) 44.1 11.1 44.3 (21.4–58.9)
Residual variability
Proportional (CV%) 6.41 2.82 6.42 (6.03–6.82)
p‐tau181
PD parameters
Baseline plasma p‐tau181 4.06 1.61 4.06 (3.97–4.14)
K out (1/year) 0.468 20.7 0.502 (0.183–0.934)
Slope (1/μg/ml) 0.00313 15.6 0.00328 (0.00178–0.00596)
Covariate effects
Weight ~ baseline (exponent) −0.300 24.2 −0.304 (−0.439 – −0.211)
Interindividual variability
Baseline (CV%) 35.1 5.63 35.1 (33.0–37.4)
Slope (SD) 0.00151 50.2 0.00162 (0.000662–0.00280)
Residual variability
Proportional (CV%) 19.4 2.39 19.4 (18.3–20.6)

Abbreviations: %RSE = percent relative standard error of the estimate = SE/parameter estimate × 100; CI = confidence interval; CV% = Square root of variance × 100; K out = rate constant of degradation; PD, pharmacodynamic; PK, pharmacokinetic.

p‐tau181: Baseline=0.00313BW72.20.300.

BW = body weight.

Aβ42/40 ratio ‐ Eta shrinkage (%): ETA_Baseline = 11.9%, ETA_Slope = 63.1%.

p‐tau181 ‐ Eta shrinkage (%): ETA_Baseline = 4.65%, ETA_Slope = 68.4%.