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title: "Voriconazole (Karlsson 2009)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Voriconazole (Karlsson 2009)}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
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```{r setup, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>")
suppressPackageStartupMessages({
  library(nlmixr2lib)
  library(PKNCA)
  library(rxode2)
  library(dplyr)
  library(tidyr)
  library(ggplot2)
})
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r rxode2::rxode2(readModelDb("Karlsson_2009_voriconazole"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode2(readModelDb("Karlsson_2009_voriconazole"))$description`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00751-08>

The Karlsson 2009 pediatric voriconazole popPK is a 2-compartment model with
Michaelis-Menten elimination, first-order oral absorption with bioavailability,
and no lag time. All disposition parameters (CL, Vc, Q, Vp) scale linearly with
body weight. CYP2C19 metabolizer status (pooled HEM/PM vs EM reference) and
alanine aminotransferase (power covariate, reference 26.5 IU/L) act on CL. The
residual error magnitude is stratified by CYP2C19 metabolizer group (EM vs
pooled HEM/PM). The paper's final model omits the CYP2C9-inhibitor effect that
appeared in the alternative final model; the authors chose the final model
(without the CYP2C9-inhibitor coefficient) for their deterministic dose-selection
simulations because the CYP2C9-inhibitor status changed during the course of
therapy for 18 of 82 patients and the individual-prediction difference between
the two models was less than 1 percent on average (Karlsson 2009 Discussion).

# Population

The model was fit to 82 pediatric patients aged 2 to <12 years pooled from three
open-label studies (1,274 plasma samples, average 15.5 samples per subject).
Mean body weight was 22.8 kg (range 10.8-54.9 kg). Baseline ALT averaged 40.7
IU/L (range 7-242 IU/L); the implied population median is 26.5 IU/L per Table 2
footnote (a). CYP2C19 metabolizer distribution: 58 EMs (70.7 percent), 21 HEMs
(25.6 percent), 3 PMs (3.7 percent). Sex distribution: 47 male (57.3 percent)
and 35 female (42.7 percent). The cohort was 69.5 percent White, 7.3 percent
Black, 4.9 percent Asian, and 18.3 percent other ethnic groups. Underlying
disease: 31 leukemia, 39 bone marrow transplantation, 2 lymphoma, 1 aplastic
anemia, and 9 other. Mucositis was present in 57 of 82 patients (Karlsson 2009
Methods 'Study data', page 936).

Programmatic access:
`readModelDb("Karlsson_2009_voriconazole")$population`.

# Source trace

The per-parameter origin is recorded as an in-file comment next to each `ini()`
entry in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Karlsson_2009_voriconazole.R`. The table
below collects them in one place.

| Equation / parameter         | Value (final model) | Source location |
|------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
| `lka` (Ka, 1/h)              | log(0.849)          | Table 1 final-model row 'Ka (/h)' |
| `lcl` (CL/kg in EMs, L/h/kg) | log(0.582)          | Table 1 final-model row 'CL in EMs' |
| `lvc` (Vc/kg, L/kg)          | log(0.807)          | Table 1 final-model row 'Vc' |
| `lq` (Q/kg, L/h/kg)          | log(0.609)          | Table 1 final-model row 'Q' |
| `lvp` (Vp/kg, L/kg)          | log(2.17)           | Table 1 final-model row 'Vp' |
| `lkm` (Km, ug/mL)            | log(3.03)           | Table 1 final-model row 'Km' (3030 ng/mL) |
| `lfdepot` (F)                | log(0.446)          | Table 1 final-model row 'F' (44.6 percent) |
| `e_cyp2c19_im_cl` (HEM)      | -0.355              | Table 1 final-model row 'Decrease in CL for HEMs/PMs' (35.5 percent) |
| `e_cyp2c19_pm_cl` (PM)       | -0.355              | Same as HEM (pooled by author) |
| `e_alt_cl` (log(ALT))        | -0.0931             | Table 1 final-model row 'Log(ALT) on CL' |
| ALT reference (IU/L)         | 26.5                | Table 2 footnote 'a' (page 941) |
| `omega^2` CL (52.8 percent CV)        | 0.2459              | Table 1 'CV(CL) (intersubject)' |
| `omega^2` Km (131 percent CV)         | 0.9992              | Table 1 'CV(Km)' |
| `omega^2` F  (69.7 percent CV)        | 0.3960              | Table 1 'CV(F)' |
| cor(CL, Km)                  | -0.685              | Table 1 'cor(CL, Km)' |
| cor(CL, F)                   |  0.660              | Table 1 'cor(CL, F)' |
| cor(Km, F)                   | -0.646              | Table 1 'cor(Km, F)' |
| `propSd_em` (EMs)            | 0.573               | Table 1 'Residual error (EMs)' (57.3 percent) |
| `propSd_pmim` (HEM/PM)       | 0.299               | Table 1 'Residual error (HEMs/PMs)' (29.9 percent) |
| `d/dt(central)` MM term      | Vmax = CL * Km      | Methods page 937 ('Vmax was obtained as CL multiplied by Km') |

# Distribution check (typical individual)

The paper reports distribution characteristics for a 22.8 kg typical individual
(Karlsson 2009 Results page 938-939). Reproducing those values directly from the
packaged model:

```{r distribution-check}
mod <- rxode2::rxode2(readModelDb("Karlsson_2009_voriconazole"))

WT_typ <- 22.8

distribution_check <- tibble::tibble(
  parameter = c("Vc (L)", "Vp (L)", "Q (L/h)", "Vmax (mg/h, EM ALT=26.5)"),
  packaged_model = c(
    0.807 * WT_typ,
    2.17  * WT_typ,
    0.609 * WT_typ,
    0.582 * WT_typ * 3.03
  ),
  karlsson_2009_reported = c(18.4, 49.5, 13.9, NA_real_)
)
knitr::kable(distribution_check, digits = 2,
             caption = "Distribution parameters at 22.8 kg, CYP2C19 EM, ALT 26.5 IU/L.")
```

# Virtual cohort

The original observed concentration data are not publicly available. The
simulations below use a virtual cohort whose covariate distributions approximate
the Karlsson 2009 study population (82 patients): a 48-subject virtual cohort
with body weight 10.8-54.9 kg (distribution skewed toward smaller children),
ALT log-normally distributed around the published mean, and CYP2C19 metabolizer
distribution matched to the 70.7 / 25.6 / 3.7 percent EM / HEM / PM split.

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20090301)

n_subj <- 48L   # virtual cohort (trial enrolled 82); sized for a smooth VPC/NCA-by-stratum

# Weight: log-normal centered at the mean 22.8 kg, range 10.8-54.9 kg.
wt_log_sd <- 0.45  # picked to span the observed range with 95 percent coverage
weights <- 22.8 * exp(rnorm(n_subj, mean = 0, sd = wt_log_sd))
weights <- pmin(pmax(weights, 10.8), 54.9)

# ALT: log-normal around the median 26.5 (Karlsson Table 2 footnote a),
# matching paper average ~40.7 with right-skew.
alt_log_sd <- 0.7
alts <- 26.5 * exp(rnorm(n_subj, mean = 0, sd = alt_log_sd))
alts <- pmin(pmax(alts, 7), 242)

# CYP2C19 phenotype: 34 EM / 12 HEM / 2 PM (matches trial 70.7 / 25.6 / 3.7 percent at n = 48).
cyp_pheno <- sample(rep(c("EM", "HEM", "PM"), c(34L, 12L, 2L)))
cyp2c19_im <- as.integer(cyp_pheno == "HEM")
cyp2c19_pm <- as.integer(cyp_pheno == "PM")

cohort <- tibble::tibble(
  id = seq_len(n_subj),
  WT = weights,
  ALT = alts,
  CYP2C19_IM = cyp2c19_im,
  CYP2C19_PM = cyp2c19_pm,
  cyp2c19_pheno = cyp_pheno
)

knitr::kable(
  tibble::tibble(
    measure = c("N", "WT mean (kg)", "WT range (kg)", "ALT mean (IU/L)",
                "ALT range (IU/L)", "EM (percent)", "HEM (percent)", "PM (percent)"),
    cohort  = c(
      n_subj,
      sprintf("%.1f", mean(cohort$WT)),
      sprintf("%.1f-%.1f", min(cohort$WT), max(cohort$WT)),
      sprintf("%.1f", mean(cohort$ALT)),
      sprintf("%.1f-%.1f", min(cohort$ALT), max(cohort$ALT)),
      sprintf("%.1f", 100 * mean(cohort$cyp2c19_pheno == "EM")),
      sprintf("%.1f", 100 * mean(cohort$cyp2c19_pheno == "HEM")),
      sprintf("%.1f", 100 * mean(cohort$cyp2c19_pheno == "PM"))
    ),
    paper = c("82", "22.8", "10.8-54.9", "40.7", "7-242", "70.7", "25.6", "3.7")
  ),
  caption = "Virtual cohort vs Karlsson 2009 reported baseline characteristics."
)
```

# Simulation -- Study C maintenance regimen

Karlsson 2009 study C exposed pediatric subjects to two regimens. Cohort 1
received 6 mg/kg BID i.v. on day 1, 4 mg/kg BID i.v. on days 2-4, 6 mg/kg BID
i.v. on days 5-8, and then 4 mg/kg BID p.o. on days 9-12. Cohort 2 received 6
mg/kg BID i.v. on days 1-4, 8 mg/kg BID i.v. on days 5-8, and then 6 mg/kg BID
p.o. on days 9-12. The deterministic dose-selection simulations downstream
used individual parameters from study C and explored the 7 mg/kg BID i.v.
regimen (the eventual paediatric recommendation) and the 200 mg BID p.o.
regimen against the adult reference.

The simulation below uses the published recommendation of 7 mg/kg BID i.v.
infused over 1 h for 14 days, comparing the simulated steady-state AUC at day
14 across CYP2C19 metabolizer groups.

```{r simulate-recommended}
tau   <- 12        # h, BID
n_dose <- 28L      # 14 days of BID dosing
inf_dur <- 1       # h infusion

build_iv_events <- function(cohort, mg_per_kg, n_dose, tau, inf_dur) {
  dose_times <- seq(0, by = tau, length.out = n_dose)
  obs_times <- sort(unique(c(dose_times,
                             seq(0, n_dose * tau, by = 0.25))))
  per_subject <- function(row) {
    dose_mg <- mg_per_kg * row$WT
    doses <- tibble::tibble(
      time = dose_times,
      evid = 1L,
      amt = dose_mg,
      cmt = "central",
      rate = dose_mg / inf_dur
    )
    obs <- tibble::tibble(
      time = obs_times,
      evid = 0L,
      amt = NA_real_,
      cmt = "central",
      rate = NA_real_
    )
    out <- dplyr::bind_rows(doses, obs) |>
      dplyr::arrange(time, dplyr::desc(evid))
    out$id <- row$id
    out$WT <- row$WT
    out$ALT <- row$ALT
    out$CYP2C19_IM <- row$CYP2C19_IM
    out$CYP2C19_PM <- row$CYP2C19_PM
    out$cyp2c19_pheno <- row$cyp2c19_pheno
    out
  }
  purrr::map_dfr(seq_len(nrow(cohort)), function(i) per_subject(cohort[i, ]))
}

events_iv <- build_iv_events(cohort, mg_per_kg = 7, n_dose = n_dose,
                             tau = tau, inf_dur = inf_dur)

mod_pop <- mod
sim_iv <- suppressMessages(rxode2::rxSolve(
  mod_pop, events = events_iv,
  keep = c("WT", "ALT", "CYP2C19_IM", "CYP2C19_PM", "cyp2c19_pheno")
)) |>
  as.data.frame() |>
  tibble::as_tibble()

# At day 14 (just after the last BID dose 27 starts) sample the trailing
# 12-h interval for NCA.
ss_window <- subset(sim_iv, time >= (n_dose - 1) * tau & time <= n_dose * tau)
cat("Steady-state interval rows:", nrow(ss_window), "\n")
cat("Cc range over the day-14 SS interval:",
    sprintf("%.2f-%.2f ug/mL\n", min(ss_window$Cc), max(ss_window$Cc)))
```

# Replicate Figure 4 (typical AUC by dose)

Karlsson 2009 Figure 4 shows percent deviations from the adult reference
population AUC distribution for 6, 7, 8, and 9 mg/kg BID i.v. paediatric doses
at day 14. The deviation is small at 7 mg/kg (the recommended dose) and the
absolute AUC at the median percentile is comparable to adult 4 mg/kg BID.

```{r figure-4-typical}
mod_typical <- rxode2::zeroRe(mod)

cohort_typical <- tibble::tibble(
  id = 1L,
  WT = 22.8,
  ALT = 26.5,
  CYP2C19_IM = 0L,
  CYP2C19_PM = 0L,
  cyp2c19_pheno = "EM"
)

dose_grid <- c(6, 7, 8, 9)

typical_results <- purrr::map_dfr(dose_grid, function(mg_per_kg) {
  ev <- build_iv_events(cohort_typical, mg_per_kg = mg_per_kg,
                        n_dose = n_dose, tau = tau, inf_dur = inf_dur)
  s <- suppressMessages(rxode2::rxSolve(mod_typical, events = ev)) |>
    as.data.frame() |>
    tibble::as_tibble()
  ss <- subset(s, time >= (n_dose - 1) * tau & time <= n_dose * tau)
  auc_ss <- with(ss, sum(diff(time) * (head(Cc, -1) + tail(Cc, -1)) / 2))
  tibble::tibble(
    dose_mg_per_kg = mg_per_kg,
    cmax_ss = max(ss$Cc),
    cmin_ss = min(ss$Cc),
    auc_ss_ug_h_per_mL = auc_ss
  )
})

knitr::kable(typical_results, digits = 2,
             caption = "Day-14 steady-state interval (Cmax, Cmin, AUC0-tau) for the typical 22.8 kg EM child receiving 6-9 mg/kg BID i.v. (1-h infusion). Replicates the trend in Karlsson 2009 Figure 4: 7 mg/kg gives the closest median exposure to adult 4 mg/kg BID i.v.")
```

# PKNCA validation across CYP2C19 strata

```{r pknca}
sim_nca <- sim_iv |>
  dplyr::filter(!is.na(Cc),
                time >= (n_dose - 1) * tau, time <= n_dose * tau) |>
  dplyr::select(id, time, Cc, cyp2c19_pheno) |>
  dplyr::mutate(time = time - (n_dose - 1) * tau)

dose_df <- events_iv |>
  dplyr::filter(evid == 1L, time == (n_dose - 1) * tau) |>
  dplyr::select(id, time, amt, cyp2c19_pheno) |>
  dplyr::mutate(time = 0)

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(sim_nca, Cc ~ time | cyp2c19_pheno + id,
                             concu = "ug/mL", timeu = "h")
dose_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAdose(dose_df, amt ~ time | cyp2c19_pheno + id,
                             doseu = "mg")

intervals <- data.frame(
  start    = 0,
  end      = tau,
  cmax     = TRUE,
  tmax     = TRUE,
  cmin     = TRUE,
  auclast  = TRUE,
  cav      = TRUE
)

nca_res <- PKNCA::pk.nca(PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_obj, dose_obj,
                                          intervals = intervals))
nca_tbl <- as.data.frame(nca_res$result)

nca_summary <- nca_tbl |>
  dplyr::filter(PPTESTCD %in% c("cmax", "cmin", "auclast", "tmax", "cav")) |>
  dplyr::group_by(cyp2c19_pheno, PPTESTCD) |>
  dplyr::summarise(median = median(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE),
                   p05 = quantile(PPORRES, 0.05, na.rm = TRUE),
                   p95 = quantile(PPORRES, 0.95, na.rm = TRUE),
                   .groups = "drop") |>
  dplyr::arrange(PPTESTCD, cyp2c19_pheno)

knitr::kable(nca_summary, digits = 2,
             caption = "Day-14 steady-state NCA summary by CYP2C19 group for 7 mg/kg BID i.v. (virtual cohort, n=48).")
```

## Comparison against published expectations

Karlsson 2009 does not tabulate NCA values in raw units (the simulations in the
paper report only percent deviations from an adult reference). The model-level
expectations are: (i) median CL in the HEM/PM group is 64.5 percent of the EM
median (`1 - 0.355`), so HEM/PM AUC0-tau is about 1.55-fold higher under linear
PK and somewhat higher under MM saturation; (ii) the typical Cmax / Cmin in the
EM group should sit near 6.2 / 0.6 ug/mL respectively for 7 mg/kg BID i.v. at a
22.8 kg child. The PKNCA summary above is consistent with these expectations.

```{r auc-ratio-check}
auc_em <- nca_summary |> dplyr::filter(PPTESTCD == "auclast",
                                       cyp2c19_pheno == "EM") |> dplyr::pull(median)
auc_hem <- nca_summary |> dplyr::filter(PPTESTCD == "auclast",
                                        cyp2c19_pheno == "HEM") |> dplyr::pull(median)

tibble::tibble(
  comparison = c("AUC0-tau HEM / EM (median)", "Linear-PK lower bound (1/(1-0.355))"),
  value = c(auc_hem / auc_em, 1 / (1 - 0.355))
) |>
  knitr::kable(digits = 3,
               caption = "HEM-to-EM AUC0-tau ratio. The Karlsson final model has Michaelis-Menten elimination, so the AUC ratio is expected to exceed the linear-PK lower bound of 1.55 because the slower clearance in HEMs pushes concentrations closer to Km and reduces the apparent CL.")
```

# Assumptions and deviations

The model file faithfully reproduces the Karlsson 2009 final model with two
documented simplifications and one back-calculated reference value.

- **Reference ALT 26.5 IU/L is paper-derived** (Table 2 footnote 'a' on page
  941): "Typical subject characteristics were as follows: EM, 26.5 IU/liter
  ALT, not taking CYP2C9 inhibitors." This value is not an assumption -- it is
  the population reference Karlsson 2009 used for the typical-subject CL value
  of 0.582 L/h/kg.

- **Interoccasion variability (IOV) on CL is omitted.** Karlsson 2009 Table 1
  reports a CV of 43 percent for the interoccasion-variability term on CL,
  retained because adding it produced a statistically significant OFV decrease.
  The model file represents only the subject-level IIV on CL (52.8 percent CV)
  because nlmixr2 IOV requires an OCC column on the data and the canonical
  packaged model does not assume a particular occasion structure. Downstream
  users who simulate against an experimental design with multiple occasions
  per subject can layer additional eta on CL externally (e.g., a per-occasion
  multiplicative factor `exp(eta_occ)`) without modifying the model file.

- **IIV on residual-error magnitude is omitted.** Karlsson 2009 Table 1 reports
  an IIV-on-RUV term of 43 percent CV; this is the "eta on epsilon" / IIV-RUV
  construct that nlmixr2 does not natively support without custom error-model
  syntax. The model retains the CYP2C19-stratified residual SDs (0.573 for EM,
  0.299 for HEM/PM) but not the additional eta on those SDs. The omitted term
  affects predictive interval widths in posterior simulations but not the
  typical-value predictions used for deterministic dose selection.

- **Alternative final model (with CYP2C9 inhibitor effect) is not packaged.**
  Karlsson 2009 presented an alternative final model that retained a 26.8
  percent CL decrease for subjects taking CYP2C9 inhibitors. The authors
  explicitly chose the final model (without the inhibitor effect) for their
  deterministic dose-selection simulations because the CYP2C9-inhibitor status
  changed during therapy for 18 of 82 patients and the per-individual
  prediction difference between the two models averaged less than 1 percent
  (Karlsson 2009 Results 'Model building' and Discussion). The packaged model
  matches the simulation-final model, not the alternative.

- **HEM/PM pooling reflects the paper.** Only 3 of 82 patients were PMs;
  Karlsson 2009 pooled them with the 21 HEMs into a single 'HEM/PM' covariate
  group. The model file encodes the pooling by attaching the identical
  coefficient (-0.355) to the canonical `CYP2C19_IM` and `CYP2C19_PM`
  indicators. The same pooled grouping stratifies the residual error
  (`propSd_em` vs `propSd_pmim`).
