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title: "Rucaparib (Wang 2015)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Rucaparib (Wang 2015)}
  %\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 = 5)
library(nlmixr2lib)
library(PKNCA)
library(rxode2)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(ggplot2)
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Wang_2015_rucaparib"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Wang_2015_rucaparib"))$description`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1002/cpdd.176>

The Wang et al. (2015) Phase 1 first-in-patient study A4991002 enrolled 32 adults
with advanced solid tumors who received rucaparib (AG-014699 / PF-01367338) by
30-min IV infusion at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, or 18 mg/m^2. The 12 mg/m^2 dose was
designated the PARP Inhibitory Dose (PID). PK was best described by a
three-compartment IV model with IIV on all PK parameters and IOV on CL and Q2;
PARP activity in PBL was described by a direct-effect Emax inhibition model with
a power covariate effect of baseline PBL PARP activity (BL_PARP_PBL) on the residual
maximum-inhibition parameter Emin.

# Population

The analysis pooled 1022 plasma concentration samples from 26 patients (of 32
enrolled) for the popPK fit and 348 PBL PARP activity samples from all 32
patients for the PD fit. Demographic / physiological covariates tested
(age, gender, weight, body surface area, serum creatinine, AST, ALT, disease
stage, baseline PAR in PBL, baseline PAR in tumor) -- only baseline PAR (the
biomarker covariate) entered the final PD model; no demographic covariate was
retained in the PK or PD models. Doses ranged from 1 to 18 mg/m^2 IV; 30-min
infusion (Wang 2015 Methods, Subjects and Study Design). Concomitant
temozolomide (TMZ) at 100, 135, 170, or 200 mg/m^2/day was given in Part 2 of
the study; TMZ had no measurable effect on rucaparib PK so the data were pooled
across single-agent and combination cohorts (Wang 2015 Methods, Population PK
and PK/PD Analyses).

The same information is available programmatically via the model's `population`
metadata (`readModelDb("Wang_2015_rucaparib")$population`).

# Source trace

The per-parameter origin is recorded as an in-file comment next to each `ini()`
entry in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Wang_2015_rucaparib.R`. The table below
collects them in one place for review.

| Equation / parameter | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| `lcl` (CL)            | 17.5 L/h    | Wang 2015 Table 1 (Major Population PK Parameters) |
| `lvc` (V1)            | 15.5 L      | Wang 2015 Table 1 |
| `lq`  (Q2)            | 21.7 L/h    | Wang 2015 Discussion p.95: "21.7 L/hr for Q2" |
| `lvp` (V2)            | 311 L       | Wang 2015 Discussion p.95: "311 L for V2" |
| `lq2` (Q3)            | 52.9 L/h    | Wang 2015 Discussion p.95: "52.9 L/hr for Q3" |
| `lvp2` (V3)           | 48 L        | Wang 2015 Discussion p.95: "48 L for V3" |
| `etalcl`              | log(1+0.512^2) | Wang 2015 Table 1: IIV CL = 51.2 %CV |
| `etalvc`              | log(1+0.573^2) | Wang 2015 Table 1: IIV V1 = 57.3 %CV |
| `propSd`              | 0.208       | Wang 2015 Table 1: residual SD = 0.208 (additive on log scale = proportional in linear) |
| `le0` (E0)            | 90.8 pmol/10^6 PBL | Wang 2015 Table 2 |
| `lemin` (Emin TV)     | 8.24 pmol/10^6 PBL | Wang 2015 Table 2 |
| `lic50` (IC50)        | 1.05 ng/mL  | Wang 2015 Table 2 |
| `e_bl_parp_pbl_emin` (alpha) | 0.620     | Wang 2015 Table 2 |
| `etale0`              | log(1+1.16^2)  | Wang 2015 Table 2: IIV E0 = 116 %CV |
| `etalemin`            | log(1+0.469^2) | Wang 2015 Table 2: IIV Emin = 46.9 %CV |
| `etalic50`            | log(1+0.617^2) | Wang 2015 Table 2: IIV IC50 = 61.7 %CV |
| `propSd_parpPbl`      | 0.529       | Wang 2015 Table 2: residual SD = 0.529 (additive on log scale = proportional in linear) |
| ODE: `d/dt(central) = -kel*C - k12*C + k21*P1 - k13*C + k31*P2` | n/a | Standard 3-compartment IV; consistent with Wang 2015 Results, "PK of rucaparib following a 30 minutes infusion was best described by a three-compartment model" |
| Emax PD: `parpPbl = E0 - (E0 - emin)*Cc / (IC50 + Cc)` | n/a | Wang 2015 equation 1 |
| Covariate: `emin = TV(Emin) * (BL_PARP_PBL / 90.8)^alpha` | n/a | Wang 2015 equation 2 (with BL_PARP_PBL_median = 90.8 stand-in; see Assumptions) |

# Virtual cohort

Original observed data are not publicly available. The figures below use a
virtual cohort spanning the six published dose levels (1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 18
mg/m^2), with N = 50 subjects per dose level and a typical BSA of 1.7 m^2 used
to convert per-area doses to absolute mg. BL_PARP_PBL is sampled log-normally on
the population-typical baseline (90.8 pmol/10^6 PBL) with the published 116 %CV
to mirror the trial's observed range (10-1000 pmol/10^6 PBL).

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20251130)

mod <- readModelDb("Wang_2015_rucaparib")

bsa_typical <- 1.7
dose_levels <- c(1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 18)        # mg/m^2
n_per_arm   <- 50L

# Observation grid: dense 0-2 h to capture infusion + early distribution
# decay; sparser 2-24 h to capture the slow phase. Identical for every
# subject so the per-time medians line up across dose levels.
times_obs <- sort(unique(c(seq(0, 1.5, by = 0.1),
                            seq(2, 24, by = 1))))

make_cohort <- function(n, dose_mg_m2, id_offset, bsa = bsa_typical) {
  amt_mg  <- dose_mg_m2 * bsa
  rate_mg <- amt_mg / 0.5  # 30-min infusion
  ids <- id_offset + seq_len(n)
  bl_parp_pbl <- rlnorm(n, meanlog = log(90.8) - 0.5 * log(1 + 1.16^2),
                   sdlog = sqrt(log(1 + 1.16^2)))
  dose_rows <- data.frame(
    id = ids, time = 0, amt = amt_mg, rate = rate_mg,
    evid = 1L, cmt = 1L,
    BL_PARP_PBL = bl_parp_pbl,
    dose_mg_m2 = dose_mg_m2
  )
  obs_rows <- expand.grid(id = ids, time = times_obs, KEEP.OUT.ATTRS = FALSE)
  obs_rows$amt  <- NA_real_
  obs_rows$rate <- NA_real_
  obs_rows$evid <- 0L
  obs_rows$cmt  <- 4L  # Cc observation cmt; parpPbl shares time grid
  obs_rows <- merge(obs_rows,
                    data.frame(id = ids, BL_PARP_PBL = bl_parp_pbl, dose_mg_m2 = dose_mg_m2),
                    by = "id")
  rbind(dose_rows, obs_rows)
}

events <- dplyr::bind_rows(
  lapply(seq_along(dose_levels), function(i) {
    make_cohort(n_per_arm,
                dose_mg_m2 = dose_levels[i],
                id_offset  = (i - 1L) * n_per_arm)
  })
)

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

cat("rows:", nrow(events), "  unique ids:", length(unique(events$id)), "\n")
```

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod, events = events,
                       keep = c("dose_mg_m2", "BL_PARP_PBL")) |>
  as.data.frame()
```

For deterministic typical-value replication (used in the figure-2 dose-response
panel), we additionally simulate the model with random effects zeroed:

```{r simulate-typical}
mod_typical <- rxode2::zeroRe(mod)

# Typical-cohort events (one subject per dose, BL_PARP_PBL = 90.8 so emin = TV(Emin))
typical_events <- dplyr::bind_rows(
  lapply(seq_along(dose_levels), function(i) {
    amt_mg <- dose_levels[i] * bsa_typical
    rate_mg <- amt_mg / 0.5
    times <- sort(unique(c(seq(0, 1.5, by = 0.05), seq(2, 168, by = 0.5))))
    rbind(
      data.frame(id = i, time = 0, amt = amt_mg, rate = rate_mg,
                 evid = 1L, cmt = 1L, BL_PARP_PBL = 90.8,
                 dose_mg_m2 = dose_levels[i]),
      data.frame(id = i, time = times, amt = NA_real_, rate = NA_real_,
                 evid = 0L, cmt = 4L, BL_PARP_PBL = 90.8,
                 dose_mg_m2 = dose_levels[i])
    )
  })
)

sim_typical <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod_typical, events = typical_events,
                                keep = c("dose_mg_m2")) |>
  as.data.frame()
```

# Replicate published figures

## Figure 1A -- plasma rucaparib by dose level (Day -7, single-dose)

```{r figure-1A}
sim |>
  filter(!is.na(Cc), Cc > 0, time > 0) |>
  group_by(dose_mg_m2, time) |>
  summarise(Q05 = quantile(Cc, 0.05),
            Q50 = quantile(Cc, 0.50),
            Q95 = quantile(Cc, 0.95),
            .groups = "drop") |>
  mutate(dose_label = factor(paste0(dose_mg_m2, " mg/m^2"),
                              levels = paste0(dose_levels, " mg/m^2"))) |>
  ggplot(aes(time, Q50)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.2, fill = "steelblue") +
  geom_line(color = "steelblue") +
  facet_wrap(~ dose_label, scales = "free_y") +
  scale_y_log10() +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = c(0, 6, 12, 18, 24)) +
  labs(x = "Time (hr)", y = "Plasma rucaparib (ng/mL)",
       title = "Figure 1A: Plasma rucaparib vs. time by dose level",
       caption = "Replicates Figure 1A of Wang 2015 (single-dose Day -7 trajectories). Solid line = 50th percentile; ribbon = 5th-95th percentile across N = 50 virtual subjects.")
```

## Figure 1B -- PBL PARP activity by dose level

```{r figure-1B}
sim |>
  filter(!is.na(parpPbl), time >= 0) |>
  group_by(dose_mg_m2, time) |>
  summarise(Q05 = quantile(parpPbl, 0.05),
            Q50 = quantile(parpPbl, 0.50),
            Q95 = quantile(parpPbl, 0.95),
            .groups = "drop") |>
  mutate(dose_label = factor(paste0(dose_mg_m2, " mg/m^2"),
                              levels = paste0(dose_levels, " mg/m^2"))) |>
  ggplot(aes(time, Q50)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.2, fill = "tomato") +
  geom_line(color = "tomato") +
  facet_wrap(~ dose_label, scales = "free_y") +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = c(0, 6, 12, 18, 24)) +
  labs(x = "Time (hr)", y = "PBL PARP activity (pmol per 10^6 PBL)",
       title = "Figure 1B: PBL PARP activity vs. time by dose level",
       caption = "Replicates Figure 1B of Wang 2015 (single-dose PARP activity trajectories). Solid line = median; ribbon = 5th-95th percentile across N = 50 virtual subjects.")
```

## Figure 2 -- PARP inhibition vs. dose (typical-cohort, Day 4)

The published Figure 2A plots percent PARP inhibition over a 24-hour dosing
interval and at the end-of-interval (trough) at Day 4 (steady-state under daily
dosing). We approximate this with the typical-value cohort using cumulative
average inhibition over a single dose's 24-hour window, sufficient to show the
saturating dose-response shape.

```{r figure-2}
typical_24h <- sim_typical |>
  filter(time > 0, time <= 24) |>
  group_by(dose_mg_m2) |>
  summarise(
    parp_avg     = mean(parpPbl, na.rm = TRUE),
    parp_min     = min(parpPbl, na.rm = TRUE),
    inhib_avg_pct = 100 * (90.8 - parp_avg) / 90.8,
    inhib_max_pct = 100 * (90.8 - parp_min) / 90.8,
    .groups = "drop"
  )

knitr::kable(typical_24h, digits = 2,
             caption = "Typical-cohort PARP inhibition over a 24-hour single-dose window by dose level (Day -7 equivalent).")

ggplot(typical_24h, aes(dose_mg_m2)) +
  geom_line(aes(y = inhib_avg_pct, color = "Average over 24 h")) +
  geom_line(aes(y = inhib_max_pct, color = "Maximum (peak)")) +
  geom_point(aes(y = inhib_avg_pct, color = "Average over 24 h")) +
  geom_point(aes(y = inhib_max_pct, color = "Maximum (peak)")) +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 90.9, linetype = "dotted") +
  scale_color_manual(values = c("Average over 24 h" = "darkblue",
                                  "Maximum (peak)"     = "darkred")) +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = dose_levels) +
  labs(x = "Dose (mg/m^2)", y = "PBL PARP inhibition (% of baseline)",
       color = NULL,
       title = "Figure 2: Dose-response of PBL PARP inhibition (typical cohort)",
       caption = paste0("Replicates the dose-response plateau of Figure 2A of Wang 2015. ",
                        "Dotted line = published Imax of 90.9% (Wang 2015 Results). ",
                        "Maximum inhibition saturates at the published Imax for doses >= 4 mg/m^2."))
```

# PKNCA validation

Use PKNCA to compute single-dose Cmax / Tmax / AUC from the simulated plasma
profiles, grouped by dose level so per-cohort summaries can be inspected. For
the 30-min IV infusion, AUC0-24 is the most informative summary; we also
compute AUCinf (extrapolated) and the apparent terminal half-life of the slow
phase. The paper does not publish a side-by-side NCA table -- the simulated
NCA is presented as a sanity check on dose-proportional exposure (rucaparib
exhibited linear PK over the 1-18 mg/m^2 range; Wang 2015 Discussion).

```{r pknca}
sim_nca <- sim |>
  filter(!is.na(Cc)) |>
  select(id, time, Cc, dose_mg_m2) |>
  mutate(treatment = paste0(dose_mg_m2, " mg/m^2"))

dose_df <- events |>
  filter(evid == 1L) |>
  select(id, time, amt, dose_mg_m2) |>
  mutate(treatment = paste0(dose_mg_m2, " mg/m^2"))

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(sim_nca, Cc ~ time | treatment + id)
dose_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAdose(dose_df, amt ~ time | treatment + id)

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

nca_data <- PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_obj, dose_obj, intervals = intervals)
nca_res  <- PKNCA::pk.nca(nca_data)
nca_summary <- summary(nca_res)
knitr::kable(nca_summary,
             caption = "Simulated NCA parameters by dose level (median, 5th-95th percentile across N = 50 virtual subjects).")
```

The simulated AUC and Cmax should scale approximately linearly with dose; this
is the population-PK linearity claim Wang 2015 makes in the Results section
("rucaparib exhibited linear PK over the dose range studied"). Linearity is
confirmed in the table above by checking that dose-normalized AUC and Cmax are
approximately constant across the 1-18 mg/m^2 range.

# Assumptions and deviations

- **BL_PARP_PBL_median centring constant.** The covariate equation
  `Emin = TV(Emin) * (BL_PARP_PBL / BLB_median)^alpha` (Wang 2015 equation 2)
  references a numeric `BLB_median` (the cohort median observed baseline PARP
  activity in PBL) that the publication does not report. The model uses
  90.8 pmol/10^6 PBL -- the population typical baseline E0 from Wang 2015
  Table 2 -- as a defensible stand-in. For a typical patient with
  `BL_PARP_PBL = 90.8`, the covariate ratio reduces to 1 and `emin` reduces to
  `TV(Emin) = 8.24 pmol/10^6 PBL`, recovering the published Imax of 90.9%
  exactly. Patients with non-typical BL_PARP_PBL shift Emin via the published
  power exponent 0.620.

- **IIV on V2, V3, Q2, Q3 omitted.** The paper text states "IIV on all PK
  parameters" but Table 1 explicitly reports IIV CV% only for CL (51.2%) and
  V1 (57.3%). The paper notes "Estimates for all model parameters are
  available in Supplementary Table 1," but the supplement was not on disk for
  this extraction. IIV on V2, V3, Q2, and Q3 is therefore absent from the
  packaged model. PK uncertainty for individual subjects is therefore
  understated relative to the published model; for typical-cohort and
  dose-response analyses (the bulk of this vignette) the omission has no
  effect because typical-value simulations zero out all etas.

- **IOV not implemented.** Wang 2015 reports inter-occasion variability on CL
  (25.5 %CV) and Q2 (32.9 %CV) across three sampling occasions (Days -7, 1,
  4). IOV requires an `OCC` covariate column in the dataset and a separate
  `eta_<param>_iov` per occasion; the packaged model omits the IOV layer for
  simplicity and because most simulation use cases (PK/PD evaluation,
  dose-response, regimen comparison) do not depend on between-occasion
  variability. Re-introducing IOV would require modifying the model file to
  add `eta_cl_iov` / `eta_q_iov` blocks plus an `OCC` column.

- **Tumor-tissue PARP PD not packaged.** The Wang 2015 paper reports a parallel
  Emax model for PARP activity in tumor biopsies (Table 3: TV(Emin) = 62.8
  pmol/mg protein, IC50 = 1.10 ng/mL, E0 = 630 pmol/mg protein, alpha = 0.706,
  IIV E0 = 114%) fit to N = 30 sparse biopsy samples from 15 patients. Because
  the tumor-tissue Emin / E0 are reported in different units (pmol per mg of
  protein vs. pmol per 10^6 PBL) and the registered `BL_PARP_PBL` covariate is
  PBL-specific, the tumor PD model is documented in the source-paper trace but
  is not packaged in this model file. A follow-up extraction adding a parallel
  tumor PD output would also need a new tumor-PARP covariate canonical name in
  `inst/references/covariate-columns.md`.

- **Allometric / demographic covariates not retained.** Wang 2015 tested age,
  gender, weight, BSA, serum creatinine, AST, ALT, and disease stage as
  covariates on PK parameters; none entered the final model (Wang 2015
  Results, Pharmacokinetic Model). Per the paper's covariate-screening
  outcome, no body-weight allometric or other demographic scaling is applied
  in the packaged model.

- **Day -7 single-dose vs. Day 1 / Day 4 daily dosing.** The packaged model
  is parameterized with the population-typical PK parameters and produces
  Day -7-equivalent single-dose trajectories. Replicating the multi-day
  trajectories shown alongside Day -7 in Figure 1 of Wang 2015 requires
  setting up a 5-day daily dosing event table; this is straightforward but
  is not exercised in this vignette to keep the render time well under
  the 5-minute pkgdown gate.
