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title: "Oxazolidinones in vitro time-kill (Schmidt 2009)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Oxazolidinones in vitro time-kill (Schmidt 2009)}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
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```{r setup, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", fig.width = 7, fig.height = 5)
library(nlmixr2lib)
library(rxode2)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(ggplot2)
```

# Model and source

Schmidt et al. (2009) developed a susceptibility-based mechanism-based
PK/PD model for the in vitro time-kill activity of two oxazolidinones --
the investigational drug RWJ-416457 and the FDA-approved first-in-class
representative linezolid -- against methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA strain OC2878). The same structural model
and the same set of variance parameters were fit jointly to both drugs;
only the half-maximal effect concentration (EC50) and the broth
degradation rate differ between drugs. This is encoded as two model
files that share every other parameter:

* `modellib("Schmidt_2009_rwj416457")` -- RWJ-416457 (EC50 0.41 ug/mL; ~10% degraded over 24 h)
* `modellib("Schmidt_2009_linezolid")` -- linezolid (EC50 1.39 ug/mL; stable over 24 h)

* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00633-09>

# Study system

The fit used two parallel in vitro models:

1. **Static time-kill curves** -- 50 mL cell-culture flasks were filled
   with 20 mL Mueller-Hinton broth at an inoculum of ~5e5 CFU/mL of
   MRSA strain OC2878. After a 2 h preincubation each flask was spiked
   with antibiotic at a constant concentration ranging from 0.25 to
   16x MIC, and viable counts were sampled over 24 h. The MIC for
   RWJ-416457 was 0.5 ug/mL and for linezolid 1.0 ug/mL.

2. **Dynamic (changing-concentration) time-kill curves** -- the same
   flask system coupled to a syringe that periodically replaced a small
   volume of antibiotic-containing broth with fresh antibiotic-free
   medium, simulating a first-order elimination half-life. RWJ-416457
   syringes replaced 2.2 mL every 4 h to mimic the human elimination
   t1/2 of ~24 h; linezolid syringes replaced 4.8 mL every 2 h to mimic
   t1/2 ~ 5 h.

Each static and each dynamic experiment was run in triplicate per drug
per concentration. The data are antibiotic-free growth-control counts
plus 7 antibiotic-exposed cohorts (0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16x MIC),
fit simultaneously across both drugs.

The same information is available programmatically via
`readModelDb("Schmidt_2009_rwj416457")` and
`readModelDb("Schmidt_2009_linezolid")` (the `population`
metadata of either file).

# Mechanism

A susceptibility-based two-subpopulation model (Schmidt 2009 Fig. 1)
splits the bacterial population into:

* `bact_susceptible` (Ns) -- self-replicating, antibiotic-susceptible cells.
* `bact_persister`   (Np) -- dormant, antibiotic-insusceptible cells.

Bacteria can transition between pools via the rate constants `ksp`
(S -> P) and `kps` (P -> S; held fixed at 0 because the data did not
identify a back-conversion rate). Both pools experience first-order
natural death at rate `kd`. Only the susceptible pool grows (with a
logistic carrying-capacity limit at `nmax`) and only the susceptible
pool is killed by the drug (Emax kill with `kmax` and `ec50`).
Two delay-onset terms `(1 - exp(-dgs*t))` and `(1 - exp(-dks*t))`
turn growth and killing on smoothly from 0 to 1 over the first ~hours
of each experiment.

The full system implemented in `model()`:

$$
\begin{aligned}
\dfrac{dN_s}{dt} &= k_s \left(1 - \dfrac{N_s+N_p}{N_{\max}}\right) (1 - e^{-d_{gs}t})\,N_s
                  - k_d\,N_s - k_{sp}\,N_s + k_{ps}\,N_p
                  - \dfrac{k_{\max}\,C}{EC_{50}+C}(1-e^{-d_{ks}t})\,N_s \\
\dfrac{dN_p}{dt} &= k_{sp}\,N_s - k_{ps}\,N_p - k_d\,N_p \\
\dfrac{dC}{dt}   &= -k_{deg}\,C \\
N_s(0) &= F\,N_0 \qquad N_p(0) = (1-F)\,N_0
\end{aligned}
$$

The observation is `Cc = log10(Ns + Np)`. The residual model is
additive on log10 CFU/mL (see Assumptions and deviations for the
natural-log-vs-log10 conversion that produced `addSd = 0.234`).

# Source trace

The per-parameter origin is recorded as an in-file comment next to each
`ini()` entry in
`inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Schmidt_2009_rwj416457.R` and
`inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Schmidt_2009_linezolid.R`. The table below
collects the structural and variance estimates in one place. All values
are from Table 1 of the paper unless otherwise noted; the bootstrap
column matches `sqrt(omega^2)` for each of the four IIVs and the
residual SIGMA.

| Equation / parameter | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| `lks`              | log(1.19)              | Table 1, structural (ks)               |
| `lkmax`            | log(1.65)              | Table 1, structural (kmax)             |
| `lec50` (RWJ-416457) | log(0.41)            | Table 1, EC50 RWJ-416457               |
| `lec50` (linezolid)  | log(1.39)            | Table 1, EC50 linezolid                |
| `lnmax`            | fixed(log(3.39e9))     | Table 1, Nmax (FIXED)                  |
| `ldgs`             | fixed(log(0.24))       | Table 1, dgs (FIXED from growth control) |
| `ldks`             | log(0.50)              | Table 1, dks                           |
| `lksp`             | log(0.004)             | Table 1, ksp                           |
| `kps`              | fixed(0)               | Table 1, kps (FIXED to 0; ref 22)      |
| `lkd`              | fixed(log(0.015))      | Table 1, kd (FIXED from growth control) |
| `logitf`           | logit(0.83)            | Table 1, F                             |
| `kdeg` RWJ-416457  | fixed(0.00439)         | Results 'Drug stability' (~10% loss over 24 h) |
| `kdeg` linezolid   | fixed(0)               | Results 'Drug stability' (stable)      |
| `lninit`           | fixed(log(5e5))        | Methods 'Organisms'                    |
| `etalks`           | omega^2 = 0.013        | Table 1, eta(ks)                       |
| `etalnmax`         | omega^2 = 0.219        | Table 1, eta(Nmax)                     |
| `etaldgs`          | omega^2 = 0.184        | Table 1, eta(dgs)                      |
| `etaldks`          | omega^2 = 0.079        | Table 1, eta(dks)                      |
| `addSd`            | 0.234 (log10 SD)       | Table 1, residual variability (0.29 nat-log variance; see Assumptions) |
| Equation for `d/dt(bact_susceptible)` | Eq 2 (text-described) | Materials and Methods 'Mathematical modeling' |
| Equation for `d/dt(bact_persister)`   | Eq 3 (text-described) | Materials and Methods 'Mathematical modeling' |
| Equation for `d/dt(central)`          | first-order decay     | Materials and Methods 'Mathematical modeling' final paragraph |

# Setup

```{r helpers}
# Run a static (constant-concentration) time-kill simulation: dose the
# initial antibiotic concentration into `central` at t = 0, then read out
# bacterial Cc on a dense grid for 24 h. zeroRe() removes between-
# experiment IIV so we plot typical-value (population mean) curves that
# can be compared directly against Schmidt 2009 Fig. 2 fits.
sim_one <- function(mod_name, dose_ug_per_ml, kdeg_override = NULL,
                    grid_h = seq(0, 24, by = 0.25)) {
  mod_typ <- rxode2::zeroRe(rxode2::rxode2(readModelDb(mod_name)))
  params <- if (is.null(kdeg_override)) NULL else c(kdeg = kdeg_override)
  ev <- rxode2::et(amt = dose_ug_per_ml, cmt = "central", time = 0) |>
    rxode2::et(grid_h)
  sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod_typ, ev, params = params)
  as.data.frame(sim)
}

# Schmidt 2009 used MIC multipliers in {0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16}; the
# growth control is no antibiotic.
mic_multipliers <- c(0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16)
mic_rwj         <- 0.5    # ug/mL (Results 'MICs')
mic_lzd         <- 1.0    # ug/mL (Results 'MICs')

# Dilution-equivalent first-order elimination rates for the dynamic
# (syringe-replacement) experiments. RWJ-416457 syringes replaced 2.2 mL
# every 4 h (fraction remaining 17.8/20 = 0.89 per step ->
# kelim_dyn = -log(0.89)/4 = 0.0291 1/h, t1/2 ~ 24 h matching the paper's
# stated human t1/2). Linezolid syringes replaced 4.8 mL every 2 h
# (fraction remaining 15.2/20 = 0.76 per step ->
# kelim_dyn = -log(0.76)/2 = 0.137 1/h, t1/2 ~ 5 h).
kdeg_static_rwj  <- 0.00439                 # paper-published degradation
kdeg_dynamic_rwj <- 0.00439 + 0.0291        # degradation + dilution
kdeg_static_lzd  <- 0                       # stable
kdeg_dynamic_lzd <- 0.137                   # dilution only
```

# Validation 1 -- antibiotic-free growth control reaches Nmax

In the absence of drug the model must approach the published carrying
capacity Nmax = 3.39e9 (log10 9.53). This is the equivalent of the
'steady-state hold' validation pattern for endogenous models -- the
final plateau Cc is a structural target.

```{r growth-control}
gc <- sim_one("Schmidt_2009_rwj416457", dose_ug_per_ml = 0)
plateau_target <- log10(3.39e9)
plateau_sim    <- tail(gc$Cc, 1L)
cat(sprintf("Growth-control plateau Cc at 24 h: simulated = %.3f, target = %.3f\n",
            plateau_sim, plateau_target))

ggplot(gc, aes(time, Cc)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 1) +
  geom_hline(yintercept = plateau_target, linetype = 2, colour = "red") +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "log10 CFU/mL",
       title = "Growth control reaches Nmax (red dashed = log10(3.39e9))")
```

# Validation 2 -- replicate Schmidt 2009 Figure 2 (static time-kill)

Each of the 7 concentration cohorts is simulated at its initial
concentration; the antibiotic state declines first-order with the
drug-specific `kdeg`. The model curves are the typical-value
predictions of the published joint fit.

```{r figure-2A}
panel_A <- bind_rows(lapply(mic_multipliers, function(m) {
  sim_one("Schmidt_2009_rwj416457", dose_ug_per_ml = m * mic_rwj) |>
    mutate(mic_multiple = m, drug = "RWJ-416457")
}))
panel_A_gc <- gc |> mutate(mic_multiple = 0, drug = "RWJ-416457")
panel_A_all <- bind_rows(panel_A, panel_A_gc)

ggplot(panel_A_all, aes(time, Cc, colour = factor(mic_multiple), group = mic_multiple)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.9) +
  scale_colour_viridis_d(name = "x MIC") +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "log10 CFU/mL",
       title = "Figure 2A -- static time-kill, RWJ-416457",
       subtitle = "Lines = packaged-model typical predictions (replicates Schmidt 2009 Fig. 2A model fits)")
```

```{r figure-2C}
panel_C <- bind_rows(lapply(mic_multipliers, function(m) {
  sim_one("Schmidt_2009_linezolid", dose_ug_per_ml = m * mic_lzd) |>
    mutate(mic_multiple = m, drug = "linezolid")
}))
panel_C_gc <- sim_one("Schmidt_2009_linezolid", dose_ug_per_ml = 0) |>
  mutate(mic_multiple = 0, drug = "linezolid")
panel_C_all <- bind_rows(panel_C, panel_C_gc)

ggplot(panel_C_all, aes(time, Cc, colour = factor(mic_multiple), group = mic_multiple)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.9) +
  scale_colour_viridis_d(name = "x MIC") +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "log10 CFU/mL",
       title = "Figure 2C -- static time-kill, linezolid",
       subtitle = "Lines = packaged-model typical predictions (replicates Schmidt 2009 Fig. 2C model fits)")
```

# Validation 3 -- replicate Schmidt 2009 Figure 2 (dynamic time-kill)

For dynamic experiments the user supplies the dilution-equivalent
elimination rate via `rxSolve(..., params = c(kdeg = ...))`. The
helper `sim_one` accepts `kdeg_override` for this purpose; the static
sibling above uses the in-file `kdeg`.

```{r figure-2B}
panel_B <- bind_rows(lapply(mic_multipliers, function(m) {
  sim_one("Schmidt_2009_rwj416457", dose_ug_per_ml = m * mic_rwj,
          kdeg_override = kdeg_dynamic_rwj) |>
    mutate(mic_multiple = m, drug = "RWJ-416457 (dynamic)")
}))
panel_B_all <- bind_rows(panel_B,
                         panel_A_gc |> mutate(drug = "RWJ-416457 (dynamic)"))

ggplot(panel_B_all, aes(time, Cc, colour = factor(mic_multiple), group = mic_multiple)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.9) +
  scale_colour_viridis_d(name = "x MIC") +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "log10 CFU/mL",
       title = "Figure 2B -- dynamic time-kill, RWJ-416457 (t1/2 ~ 24 h)",
       subtitle = "Lines = packaged-model typical predictions; kdeg = paper degradation + syringe-dilution")
```

```{r figure-2D}
panel_D <- bind_rows(lapply(mic_multipliers, function(m) {
  sim_one("Schmidt_2009_linezolid", dose_ug_per_ml = m * mic_lzd,
          kdeg_override = kdeg_dynamic_lzd) |>
    mutate(mic_multiple = m, drug = "linezolid (dynamic)")
}))
panel_D_all <- bind_rows(panel_D,
                         panel_C_gc |> mutate(drug = "linezolid (dynamic)"))

ggplot(panel_D_all, aes(time, Cc, colour = factor(mic_multiple), group = mic_multiple)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.9) +
  scale_colour_viridis_d(name = "x MIC") +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "log10 CFU/mL",
       title = "Figure 2D -- dynamic time-kill, linezolid (t1/2 ~ 5 h)",
       subtitle = "Lines = packaged-model typical predictions; kdeg = syringe-dilution only (linezolid stable)")
```

# Comparison against published numbers

The paper reports two head-to-head numerical comparisons that the
packaged model can be checked against.

**Potency comparison (EC50).** Schmidt 2009 Discussion: "RWJ-416457
(EC50, 0.41 ug/mL) is approximately 3.4-fold more potent than the
first-in-class representative, linezolid (EC50, 1.39 ug/mL)." The
encoded ratio is identical (the EC50 values are the only structural
difference between the two model files):

```{r ec50-ratio}
ec50_rwj <- 0.41
ec50_lzd <- 1.39
cat(sprintf("Linezolid / RWJ-416457 EC50 ratio: %.2f (paper: 3.4)\n",
            ec50_lzd / ec50_rwj))
```

**Drug stability.** Schmidt 2009 Results 'Drug stability':
"approximately 10% of the RWJ-416457 degraded over the 24-h time course
of the experiment" (linezolid was stable). At the in-file `kdeg`:

```{r stability}
loss_rwj <- 1 - exp(-kdeg_static_rwj * 24)
loss_lzd <- 1 - exp(-kdeg_static_lzd * 24)
cat(sprintf("RWJ-416457 24 h fractional loss in static experiment: %.3f (paper: ~0.10)\n", loss_rwj))
cat(sprintf("Linezolid  24 h fractional loss in static experiment: %.3f (paper: 0)\n",     loss_lzd))
```

**Dynamic-experiment half-life.** Schmidt 2009 Methods 'Dynamic
time-kill curves' states syringe replacement rates equivalent to a
human t1/2 of ~24 h (RWJ-416457) and ~5 h (linezolid):

```{r dynamic-halflife}
t12_rwj <- log(2) / kdeg_dynamic_rwj
t12_lzd <- log(2) / kdeg_dynamic_lzd
cat(sprintf("RWJ-416457 dynamic t1/2: %.1f h (paper: ~24 h)\n", t12_rwj))
cat(sprintf("Linezolid  dynamic t1/2: %.1f h (paper: ~5 h)\n", t12_lzd))
```

# Assumptions and deviations

* **F is the susceptible-pool fraction at drug-addition time.** The
  paper text defines F only as "the initial fraction of bacteria in the
  susceptible or persister stage" without specifying which pool. The
  packaged model encodes `bact_susceptible(0) = F * N0` and
  `bact_persister(0) = (1 - F) * N0`. With F = 0.83 (Table 1) and
  `kps = 0` (Table 1, fixed), the persister pool can only deplete by
  the slow natural-death rate `kd = 0.015 1/h`, giving a structural
  lower bound on total Cc at 24 h of roughly log10(85000 * exp(-0.36))
  = log10(59300) = 4.77. The Results paragraph 'Static time-kill curves'
  describes "an ~2- to 2.5-log reduction in bacterial counts ... at
  concentrations greater than 8x MIC" -- consistent with the
  susceptible-pool reduction of more than 5 logs but slightly larger
  than the structurally bounded total-count reduction (~1 log to the
  persister floor). The packaged model reproduces the published Table 1
  parameter values exactly; any prose-vs-fit discrepancy was not tuned
  away.

* **Residual error log base.** The paper's Data-analysis paragraph
  states the simultaneous fit used a "log error model" on log-transformed
  bacterial counts but does not name the log base. NONMEM's `LOG()` is
  natural log, so SIGMA = 0.29 (Table 1) is interpreted as a variance on
  the natural-log scale (`sqrt(0.29) = 0.539` natural-log SD). The
  packaged model reports `Cc` in log10 CFU/mL for microbiology
  readability; the natural-log SD is rescaled by `1/log(10)` to give the
  encoded `addSd = 0.234` (log10 CFU/mL SD). If the published value is
  instead a variance on the log10 scale, the corresponding addSd would
  be sqrt(0.29) = 0.539 log10 -- a factor of 2.3 larger.

* **kdeg is on the linear (non-log-transformed) scale.** Standard
  nlmixr2lib convention is `lkdeg` (log-transformed), but linezolid's
  published value is exactly 0 (linezolid was stable over 24 h) which
  has no finite log. To keep the two sibling files structurally
  identical, both use the linear-scale form `kdeg <- fixed(<value>)`.

* **Dynamic-experiment elimination is supplied at simulation time.**
  The paper handled drug elimination in dynamic time-kill experiments
  as an effective first-order rate matching the observed
  syringe-replacement schedule. The packaged model's `kdeg`
  defaults to the static (degradation-only) rate; for dynamic
  experiments the user overrides via
  `rxSolve(mod, ev, params = c(kdeg = <total>))`, with the
  paper-published combined rates shown in the vignette setup chunk.

* **Initial inoculum is treated as a fixed model parameter.** The paper
  describes the experimental inoculum as "approximately 5e5 CFU/mL"
  (Methods 'Organisms') without an estimated value. The packaged model
  encodes `lninit <- fixed(log(5e5))` so the simulated time-zero count
  matches the experimental design. The user can override via the
  `params` argument if simulating an experiment with a different
  inoculum.

* **No in vivo PK model.** The Discussion suggests combining the time-kill
  parameters with in vivo PK data to predict clinical outcomes. The
  packaged files contain only the in vitro PD; users wishing to drive
  the PD with patient-level PK should provide concentrations through
  the `central` state (e.g. via time-varying covariates or by adding
  their own PK ODEs in a derived rxode2 model).
