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title: "Metoprolol (Eugene 2016)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Metoprolol (Eugene 2016)}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
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```{r setup, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", fig.width = 7, fig.height = 4)
library(nlmixr2lib)
library(PKNCA)
library(rxode2)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(ggplot2)
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r rxode2::rxode2(readModelDb("Eugene_2016_metoprolol"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode2(readModelDb("Eugene_2016_metoprolol"))$description`
* Article: [Int J Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2016;5(3):209-215](https://doi.org/10.19070/2167-910X-1600035) (open access)

# Population

Eugene 2016 fit a one-compartment population PK model to digitized
concentration-time data from seven of the ten chronically ill elderly
inpatients enrolled in the Lundborg & Steen 1976 study at the University of
Goteborg in Sweden. The retained cohort comprised 3 females (age 83 +/- 13
years, weight 58 +/- 13 kg) and 4 males (age 65 +/- 6 years, weight 65 +/- 6
kg); each subject received a single 50 mg oral metoprolol tartrate tablet
with 100 mL water after a minimum 10-hour overnight fast. Body weight was
tested as a covariate on the absorption rate constant Ka, apparent clearance
CL/F, apparent volume V/F, and lag time Tlag, but its inclusion increased
the AIC and reduced biological plausibility, so it was excluded from the
final model (Eugene 2016 Discussion paragraph 1). Sex on apparent clearance
was the only covariate retained in the final model.

The same information is available programmatically via
`readModelDb("Eugene_2016_metoprolol")$population`.

# Source trace

Per-parameter origin is recorded as an in-file comment next to each `ini()`
entry in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Eugene_2016_metoprolol.R`. The table
below collects them for review.

| Equation / parameter | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| Structure            | One-compartment, first-order absorption with lag time, first-order elimination | Eugene 2016 Results page 211: "a one-compartment model with first-order elimination and first-order absorption was chosen"; matches the prior Kaila 2007 metoprolol popPK structure. |
| `llag` (lag time)    | `log(0.469)` h | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "Tlag (hr): Lag Time", estimate = 0.469 (RSE 4%). |
| `lka` (absorption)   | `log(0.235)` 1/h | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "Ka (hr^-1): Absorption Rate Constant", estimate = 0.235 (RSE 8%). |
| `lvc` (apparent Vc/F) | `log(38)` L | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "V (L): Volume of Distribution", estimate = 38 (RSE 95%). |
| `lcl` (female-ref CL/F) | `log(59.1)` L/h | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "CL Females (L/hr): Apparent Female Clearance", estimate = 59.1 (RSE 12%); the female value is the structural reference of the MONOLIX model. |
| `e_sexf_cl` (male effect on CL) | `0.572` | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "betaCL Male (%): increase in clearance rate in males", estimate = 0.572 (RSE 24%, p = 2.70e-5). CL_Male = CL_Female * exp(0.572) = 105 L/h (paper's reported male CL, Table 1 row "CL Males"). |
| `etallag` IIV | `0.030` | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "omega_Tlag, variance for Tlag", omega^2 = 0.030 (RSE 113%; reported CV ~17%). |
| `etalka` IIV  | `0.052` | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "omega_Ka, variance for Ka", omega^2 = 0.052 (RSE 254%; reported CV ~23%). |
| `etalvc` IIV  | `2.43`  | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "omega_V, variance for V", omega^2 = 2.43 (RSE 27%; reported CV ~155%). |
| `etalcl` IIV  | `0.143` | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "omega_CL, variance for CL", omega^2 = 0.143 (RSE 39%; reported CV ~38%). |
| `addSd` residual | `12.2` ng/mL | Eugene 2016 Table 1, row "sigma (ng/mL): Residual (intra-individual) concentration", estimate = 12.2 (RSE 10%). Additive on the linear concentration scale. |
| Unit conversion | `Cc <- 1000 * central / vc` | Doses in mg and volumes in L give `central / vc` in mg/L; the paper reports concentrations in ng/mL (1 mg/L = 1000 ng/mL), so the model multiplies by 1000 to align with the paper's reported sigma units. |

# Virtual cohort

Original observed concentration-time profiles were digitized by Eugene 2016
from Lundborg & Steen 1976 and are not redistributed here. The cohort below
approximates the Eugene 2016 Table 1 demographics: 3 females / 4 males with
the reported per-sex weight means and SDs, expanded to 250 virtual subjects
per sex to give a well-resolved median + 90% percentile envelope. Each
subject receives a single 50 mg oral metoprolol tartrate dose, matching the
Lundborg 1976 protocol.

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20160519) # publication date 2016-05-19

n_per_sex <- 250L

make_cohort <- function(n, SEXF, wt_mean, wt_sd, id_offset = 0L) {
  label <- if (SEXF == 1L) "Female (50 mg)" else "Male (50 mg)"
  tibble(
    id        = id_offset + seq_len(n),
    SEXF      = as.integer(SEXF),
    WT        = pmin(pmax(rnorm(n, mean = wt_mean, sd = wt_sd), 45), 80),
    treatment = factor(label, levels = c("Male (50 mg)", "Female (50 mg)"))
  )
}

cohort <- bind_rows(
  make_cohort(n = n_per_sex, SEXF = 0L, wt_mean = 65, wt_sd = 6,  id_offset = 0L),
  make_cohort(n = n_per_sex, SEXF = 1L, wt_mean = 58, wt_sd = 13, id_offset = n_per_sex)
)

obs_times <- sort(unique(c(
  seq(0,    3, by = 0.1),   # dense across the absorption phase / Cmax
  seq(3.5, 12, by = 0.5),
  seq(13,  24, by = 1)
)))

dose_rows <- cohort |>
  mutate(time = 0, amt = 50, cmt = "depot", evid = 1L)

obs_rows <- cohort |>
  tidyr::crossing(time = obs_times) |>
  mutate(amt = 0, cmt = NA_character_, evid = 0L)

events <- bind_rows(dose_rows, obs_rows) |>
  select(id, time, amt, cmt, evid, SEXF, WT, treatment) |>
  arrange(id, time, desc(evid))

stopifnot(!anyDuplicated(unique(events[, c("id", "time", "evid")])))
```

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod <- rxode2::rxode2(readModelDb("Eugene_2016_metoprolol"))
sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod, events = events, keep = c("SEXF", "WT", "treatment"))
```

Deterministic typical-value (no IIV) simulation for the published-Table 2
comparison below:

```{r simulate-typical}
mod_typ <- mod |> rxode2::zeroRe()

typ_cohort <- tibble(
  id        = 1:2,
  SEXF      = c(0L, 1L),
  WT        = c(65, 58),
  treatment = factor(c("Male (50 mg)", "Female (50 mg)"),
                     levels = c("Male (50 mg)", "Female (50 mg)"))
)

typ_doses <- typ_cohort |> mutate(time = 0, amt = 50, cmt = "depot", evid = 1L)
typ_obs   <- typ_cohort |> tidyr::crossing(time = obs_times) |>
  mutate(amt = 0, cmt = NA_character_, evid = 0L)

typ_events <- bind_rows(typ_doses, typ_obs) |>
  select(id, time, amt, cmt, evid, SEXF, WT, treatment) |>
  arrange(id, time, desc(evid))

sim_typ <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod_typ, events = typ_events,
                           keep = c("SEXF", "WT", "treatment"))
```

# Replicate published figures

## Figure 3 -- Visual predictive check

Figure 3 of Eugene 2016 displays the prediction-corrected VPC for the final
model after a single 50 mg dose. The cohort summary below reproduces that
shape with the 5-50-95 percentile envelope across simulated subjects and the
typical-value line overlaid. The reported `omega_V^2 = 2.43` (CV ~155%) is
the dominant source of the wide envelope.

```{r figure-3-vpc}
sim_summary <- sim |>
  filter(!is.na(Cc), time > 0) |>
  group_by(time, treatment) |>
  summarise(
    Q05 = quantile(Cc, 0.05),
    Q50 = quantile(Cc, 0.50),
    Q95 = quantile(Cc, 0.95),
    .groups = "drop"
  )

ggplot(sim_summary, aes(time, Q50, colour = treatment, fill = treatment)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.15, colour = NA) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.7) +
  scale_y_log10() +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 24, by = 4)) +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "Metoprolol plasma (ng/mL), log scale",
    title = "Replicates Figure 3 (VPC) of Eugene 2016",
    caption = sprintf("Median (line) and 5-95 percentile envelope (band) across %d virtual subjects per sex, 50 mg single oral dose.",
                      n_per_sex))
```

```{r figure-3-linear}
ggplot(sim_summary |> filter(time <= 12), aes(time, Q50, colour = treatment, fill = treatment)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.15, colour = NA) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.7) +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "Metoprolol plasma (ng/mL)",
    title = "Single 50 mg oral dose -- 0-12 h linear scale",
    caption = "Typical-value-overlaid median + 5-95 percentile envelope.")
```

## Sex-stratified typical concentration-time profiles

The geriatric-female cohort has roughly half the apparent clearance of the
geriatric-male cohort, so the deterministic concentration-time profile after
a single 50 mg dose is ~1.6-fold higher in females in both Cmax and AUC.

```{r typical-by-sex}
ggplot(sim_typ |> filter(time <= 24), aes(time, Cc, colour = treatment)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.8) +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "Typical metoprolol plasma (ng/mL)",
    title = "Typical-value (no IIV) concentration-time profile by sex",
    caption = "Geriatric-female CL/F = 59.1 L/h vs geriatric-male CL/F = 105 L/h (Eugene 2016 Table 1).")
```

# PKNCA validation

Compute single-dose NCA parameters using `PKNCA` for each sex group. The
treatment grouping variable (`treatment`) is placed before `id` in the
formula so per-sex summaries can be compared to derived single-dose values.

```{r pknca}
sim_nca <- sim |>
  filter(!is.na(Cc)) |>
  select(id, time, Cc, treatment)

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(
  as.data.frame(sim_nca), Cc ~ time | treatment + id,
  concu = "ng/mL", timeu = "hr"
)

dose_df <- events |>
  filter(evid == 1) |>
  select(id, time, amt, treatment) |>
  as.data.frame()

dose_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAdose(dose_df, amt ~ time | treatment + id, doseu = "mg")

intervals <- data.frame(
  start      = 0,
  end        = 24,
  cmax       = TRUE,
  tmax       = TRUE,
  auclast    = TRUE,
  aucinf.obs = TRUE,
  half.life  = TRUE
)

nca_data <- PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_obj, dose_obj, intervals = intervals)
nca_res  <- suppressMessages(suppressWarnings(PKNCA::pk.nca(nca_data)))
nca_summary <- summary(nca_res)
knitr::kable(nca_summary,
  caption = "Simulated single-dose 50 mg NCA parameters by sex (median and 5/95 percentiles across virtual subjects).")
```

## Comparison against published exposure values

Eugene 2016 Table 2 reports Monte-Carlo simulation NCA at steady state for
Q12h dosing over 24 hours (i.e., AUC over a 24-h window covering two doses).
For a one-compartment model with first-order absorption and a half-life
short relative to the dosing interval, AUC over a 24-h window with two
50 mg doses is approximately `2 * Dose / CL`. The table below shows the
side-by-side comparison; the simulated typical-value AUC over 0-24 h after
a single 50 mg dose (which approximates AUC0-inf for the fast-eliminating
geriatric population) is roughly half the Eugene 2016 24-h Monte-Carlo
estimate, consistent with the difference between a single-dose AUC0-inf
and a two-dose 0-24 h AUC at steady state.

```{r pknca-paper-comparison}
nca_typ <- sim_typ |>
  filter(!is.na(Cc)) |>
  group_by(treatment) |>
  summarise(
    sim_Cmax_ngmL   = max(Cc),
    sim_tmax_h      = time[which.max(Cc)],
    sim_AUC0_24_ngmL_h = sum(diff(time) * (head(Cc, -1) + tail(Cc, -1)) / 2),
    .groups = "drop"
  ) |>
  mutate(
    sim_2dose_AUC0_24 = 2 * sim_AUC0_24_ngmL_h
  )

paper_table2 <- tibble(
  treatment           = factor(c("Male (50 mg)", "Female (50 mg)"),
                               levels = c("Male (50 mg)", "Female (50 mg)")),
  paper_Cmax_ngmL_ss  = c(78,  134),   # Eugene 2016 Table 2 Cmax for geriatric M/F at 50 mg Q12h SS
  paper_Tmax_h_ss     = c(13.6, 13.7), # Eugene 2016 Table 2 Tmax (within the 12-24 h SS interval)
  paper_AUC24_ngmL_h  = c(872,  1498)  # Eugene 2016 Table 2 AUC for geriatric M/F at 50 mg Q12h SS
)

cmp <- nca_typ |> left_join(paper_table2, by = "treatment")
knitr::kable(cmp, digits = 1,
  caption = "Simulated typical-value single-dose 50 mg metrics (this vignette, 0-24 h) vs Eugene 2016 Table 2 Monte-Carlo 50 mg Q12h steady-state metrics (0-24 h window covering two doses).")
```

The single-dose simulated typical Cmax (Male ~89, Female ~142 ng/mL) is
within ~10% of the Eugene 2016 Table 2 Monte-Carlo steady-state Cmax values
(78 and 134 ng/mL) because metoprolol's apparent half-life is short
relative to the 12-h dosing interval, so steady-state Cmax barely exceeds
single-dose Cmax. The 2-dose simulated AUC0-24 (`2 * single-dose AUC0-24`)
(~950 and ~1684 ng*h/mL for M and F respectively) is within ~10-15% of the
Eugene 2016 Table 2 24-h Monte-Carlo AUC (872 and 1498 ng*h/mL), confirming
the model reproduces the paper's published exposure summary.

# Assumptions and deviations

- **Original observed data not redistributed.** Eugene 2016 fit the model
  to digitized concentration-time data from Lundborg & Steen 1976, which
  is not publicly available. This vignette reproduces typical-value and
  VPC-style profiles via virtual cohorts that match the reported Table 1
  demographics; it does not overlay observed data.
- **Sex stored as SEXF (canonical); paper applies male as the
  contrast.** Eugene 2016's MONOLIX model uses the geriatric-female cohort
  as the structural reference (the reported "CL Females" = 59.1 L/h is
  the typical value and "betaCL Male" = 0.572 is the log-additive male
  effect, giving CL_Male = CL_Female * exp(0.572) = 105 L/h). The model
  file stores sex under the canonical `SEXF` column (1 = female, 0 = male)
  per `inst/references/covariate-columns.md`, and applies the male effect
  as `exp(e_sexf_cl * (1 - SEXF))` so the female structural reference is
  preserved verbatim and the male:female CL ratio reproduces the paper's
  Table 1 values.
- **omega^2 values entered verbatim from Table 1.** The reported CV%
  column in Table 1 is the small-variance approximation
  `CV ~= sqrt(omega^2)`; for the high-variance V parameter
  (omega^2 = 2.43, reported CV ~155%) the exact log-normal CV is much
  larger (`sqrt(exp(2.43) - 1) = 322%`). The model uses the variance
  values directly so simulations reproduce the paper's parameterization
  (and therefore the very wide percentile envelopes); downstream users
  who want a less extreme V variability would tighten `etalvc` themselves.
- **Body weight excluded.** The paper tested body weight as a covariate
  on Ka, CL, V and Tlag and excluded it from the final model after AIC
  increased and biological plausibility decreased (Discussion paragraph
  1). The model accordingly excludes WT from any structural term; only
  SEXF is included.
- **Bioavailability F not identifiable.** Eugene 2016 reports apparent
  CL/F and V/F (oral data only); no absolute bioavailability F is
  reported. The model uses apparent values throughout (no `f(depot)`
  term).
- **Comparison to Table 2 is single-dose vs steady-state.** Eugene 2016
  Table 2 reports Monte-Carlo simulation outputs at Q12h steady state
  over a 24-h window covering two doses. This vignette's PKNCA section
  computes single-dose 50 mg NCA over 0-24 h; the side-by-side
  comparison table multiplies the single-dose AUC by 2 to align with the
  paper's two-dose 24-h window. Cmax at steady state for a drug with
  half-life << dosing interval is close to single-dose Cmax, which is
  why the steady-state-vs-single-dose Cmax columns match closely without
  rescaling.
- **Pharmacodynamic discussion not modelled.** The paper's Discussion
  section reproduces a sigmoid-Emax SBP/HR pharmacodynamic model from
  Luzier 1999. That model is a downstream PD layer fit to different
  data; it is not part of the popPK model fit in Eugene 2016 and is not
  packaged in this model file.
