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title: "Teicoplanin (Zhao 2015)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
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```{r setup, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>")
library(nlmixr2lib)
library(PKNCA)
library(rxode2)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(ggplot2)
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Zhao_2015_teicoplanin"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Zhao_2015_teicoplanin"))$description`
* Article: [Br J Clin Pharmacol 2015;80(5):1197-1207](https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.12710)

# Population

The model was developed from 143 teicoplanin serum concentrations (123 TDM
samples + 20 opportunistic samples) in 85 children (53 male, 32 female) with
malignant hematological disease admitted to the Department of Paediatric
Haemato-Oncology at Robert Debre Hospital (Paris) between 2012 and 2013.
Median age was 8.1 years (range 0.5-16.9; mean 8.4, SD 4.6); median body
weight 27.1 kg (range 7.7-90.6; mean 32.3, SD 17.8); median serum creatinine
33 umol/L (range 12-121); median Schwartz-formula creatinine clearance
178.9 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (range 48.6-464.1). 34 of 85 patients had received a
bone marrow transplant. The underlying haematological diagnoses were acute
lymphoblastic leukaemia (41), acute myeloblastic leukaemia (27), biphenotypic
acute leukaemia (4), juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (3), lymphoma (5),
and other (5). The cohort was stratified into three age groups: infants
1 month to 2 years (n=10), children 2-12 years (n=49), and adolescents
12-18 years (n=26). Patients received the standard regimen of 10 mg/kg
every 12 h for three loading doses followed by 10 mg/kg once daily
maintenance as a 3-5 min IV injection, with therapeutic drug monitoring
targeting a steady-state trough concentration of >= 10 mg/L
(Zhao 2015 Table 1).

The same information is available programmatically via
`readModelDb("Zhao_2015_teicoplanin")$population`.

# Source trace

Every numeric value in `ini()` carries an in-file comment pointing to the
Zhao 2015 source location. The table below collects them in one place for
review.

| Equation / parameter | Value                | Source location                                                                              |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `lvc` (V1)           | 12.9 L               | Table 2, row "theta1"                                                                        |
| `lvp` (V2)           | 25.2 L               | Table 2, row "theta2"                                                                        |
| `lq`  (Q)            | 0.341 L/h            | Table 2, row "theta3"                                                                        |
| `lcl` (CL)           | 0.491 L/h            | Table 2, row "theta4"                                                                        |
| `e_wt_vc` (fixed 1)  | 1                    | Results "allometric coefficients of 0.75 for CL and Q, 1 for V1 and V2"                      |
| `e_wt_vp` (fixed 1)  | 1                    | Results (same sentence)                                                                      |
| `e_wt_q`  (fixed 0.75)| 0.75                | Results (same sentence)                                                                      |
| `e_wt_cl` (fixed 0.75)| 0.75                | Results (same sentence)                                                                      |
| `e_crcl_cl`          | 0.606                | Table 2, row "theta5" (RF factor)                                                            |
| `etalvc` (22.2% CV)  | 0.04811              | Table 2, IIV row "V1"                                                                        |
| `etalq`  (131.5% CV) | 1.00402              | Table 2, IIV row "Q"                                                                         |
| `etalcl` (31.8% CV)  | 0.09633              | Table 2, IIV row "CL"                                                                        |
| `propSd`             | 0.148 (14.8%)        | Table 2, row "Proportional"                                                                  |
| `addSd`              | 1.1 mg/L             | Table 2, row "Additive"                                                                      |
| WT reference (27.1)  | 27.1 kg              | Results "the reference weight and creatinine clearance were the median values of our population, 27.1 kg and 179 ml min-1" |
| CRCL reference (179) | 179 mL/min/1.73 m^2  | Results (same sentence)                                                                      |
| 2-cmt structural     | n/a                  | Results "A two compartment model with first order elimination fitted the data"               |
| add + prop residual  | n/a                  | Results "Residual variability was best described by a combined proportional and additive model" |
| Target AUC(0,24h)    | 750 mg.L/h           | Methods / Discussion - PK-PD breakpoint for MRSA eradication                                 |

# Virtual cohort

Original observed data are not publicly available. The cohort below
covers three age- / weight-bracket scenarios corresponding to the three
paediatric strata defined in Zhao 2015 (infant, child, adolescent), each
at a representative Schwartz-formula creatinine clearance. Each cohort
receives the paper's standard initial regimen (10 mg/kg Q12H for three
loading doses, then 10 mg/kg QD) as a short IV injection. The per-dose
mg amount is the integer milligram value closest to 10 mg/kg.

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20260619)

n_sub <- 80L

make_arm <- function(label, weight_kg, crcl, mg_per_dose, id_offset) {
  ids <- id_offset + seq_len(n_sub)

  # 3 loading doses Q12H (0, 12, 24 h) then QD maintenance through 168 h
  load_times <- c(0, 12, 24)
  maint_times <- seq(48, 168, by = 24)
  dose_times <- c(load_times, maint_times)
  infusion_dur_h <- 5 / 60   # 5-minute IV injection

  dose_rows <- tidyr::expand_grid(id = ids, time = dose_times) |>
    dplyr::mutate(
      evid    = 1L,
      amt     = mg_per_dose,
      cmt     = "central",
      rate    = mg_per_dose / infusion_dur_h,
      cohort  = label,
      WT      = weight_kg,
      CRCL    = crcl
    )

  obs_times <- sort(unique(c(
    seq(0, 24, by = 0.5),
    seq(24.5, 48, by = 0.5),
    seq(49, 168, by = 1),
    seq(168.5, 192, by = 0.5)
  )))
  obs_rows <- tidyr::expand_grid(id = ids, time = obs_times) |>
    dplyr::mutate(
      evid    = 0L,
      amt     = 0,
      cmt     = NA_character_,
      rate    = 0,
      cohort  = label,
      WT      = weight_kg,
      CRCL    = crcl
    )

  dplyr::bind_rows(dose_rows, obs_rows) |> dplyr::arrange(id, time, dplyr::desc(evid))
}

events <- dplyr::bind_rows(
  make_arm("infant_10kg_crcl180",  10, 180, 100,   0L),
  make_arm("child_25kg_crcl180",   25, 180, 250, 100L),
  make_arm("adol_55kg_crcl180",    55, 180, 550, 200L)
)

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

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod <- readModelDb("Zhao_2015_teicoplanin")
sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(
  mod,
  events = events,
  keep   = c("cohort", "WT", "CRCL")
) |> as.data.frame()
```

For typical-value (no-IIV) comparisons against the Zhao 2015 clearance
relationship, also simulate with the random effects zeroed.

```{r simulate-typical}
mod_typical <- mod |> rxode2::zeroRe()
sim_typical <- rxode2::rxSolve(
  mod_typical,
  events = events,
  keep   = c("cohort", "WT", "CRCL")
) |> as.data.frame()
```

# Replicate published figures

Zhao 2015 Figure 1 is a goodness-of-fit / NPDE / VPC panel from the
original NONMEM fit; it cannot be reproduced from the packaged model
because the original observed concentrations are not publicly available.
The blocks below reproduce the two relationships in Figure 2 (typical-value
teicoplanin clearance vs body weight; per-kg CL vs age band) using the
packaged typical-value equations.

```{r figure-2A}
# Replicates Figure 2A of Zhao 2015: typical-value CL vs body weight at
# CRCL = 179 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (the cohort median used as reference).
wt_grid <- seq(5, 100, by = 0.5)
fig2a <- tibble::tibble(
  WT             = wt_grid,
  cl_typ_L_per_h = 0.491 * (wt_grid / 27.1)^0.75
)

ggplot(fig2a, aes(WT, cl_typ_L_per_h)) +
  geom_line() +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 100, by = 10)) +
  labs(
    x = "Body weight (kg)",
    y = "Typical CL (L/h)",
    title = "Figure 2A - Typical-value teicoplanin CL vs body weight",
    caption = "Replicates Figure 2A of Zhao 2015 using CL = 0.491 * (WT/27.1)^0.75 at CRCL = 179 mL/min/1.73 m^2."
  )
```

Zhao 2015 Results reports the median per-kg clearance by age band:
"The medians of CLs were 0.028, 0.019 and 0.015 L h-1 kg-1 for infants,
children and adolescents, respectively." Using representative weights
near the per-band median (10, 25, 55 kg), the packaged typical-value
equations recover these per-kg clearances:

```{r per-kg-CL-anchors}
anchor <- tibble::tibble(
  band             = c("infant",  "child",   "adolescent"),
  WT               = c(10, 25, 55),
  cl_paper_L_per_h_per_kg = c(0.028, 0.019, 0.015),
  cl_model_L_per_h        = round(0.491 * (c(10, 25, 55) / 27.1)^0.75, 3),
  cl_model_L_per_h_per_kg = round(0.491 * (c(10, 25, 55) / 27.1)^0.75 / c(10, 25, 55), 3)
)
knitr::kable(anchor, caption = "Per-kg typical CL anchors - Zhao 2015 Results vs packaged model at CRCL = 179 mL/min/1.73 m^2.")
```

```{r figure-2B}
# Replicates Figure 2B of Zhao 2015: size-normalised CL vs CRCL.
# "Size" is defined as (WT/27.1)^0.75 per the Figure 2 caption.
crcl_grid <- seq(40, 470, by = 5)
fig2b <- tibble::tibble(
  CRCL                       = crcl_grid,
  size_normalized_CL_L_per_h = 0.491 * (crcl_grid / 179)^0.606
)

ggplot(fig2b, aes(CRCL, size_normalized_CL_L_per_h)) +
  geom_line() +
  labs(
    x = "Creatinine clearance (mL/min/1.73 m^2; Schwartz formula)",
    y = "Size-normalised typical CL (L/h)",
    title = "Figure 2B - Size-normalised teicoplanin CL vs creatinine clearance",
    caption = "Replicates Figure 2B of Zhao 2015 using CL_norm = 0.491 * (CRCL/179)^0.606."
  )
```

# Simulated concentration-time profile

The simulated stochastic concentration-time profile illustrates the spread
of teicoplanin exposures across the three covariate cohorts at the
paper's standard 10 mg/kg/day regimen. Dashed lines mark the 10 mg/L
trough target (Css,min lower bound) and the 30 mg/L upper bound the paper
uses for overdose risk.

```{r vpc-by-cohort}
sim |>
  dplyr::group_by(cohort, time) |>
  dplyr::summarise(
    Q05 = quantile(Cc, 0.05, na.rm = TRUE),
    Q50 = quantile(Cc, 0.50, na.rm = TRUE),
    Q95 = quantile(Cc, 0.95, na.rm = TRUE),
    .groups = "drop"
  ) |>
  ggplot(aes(time, Q50)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.25) +
  geom_line() +
  geom_hline(yintercept = c(10, 30), linetype = "dashed", color = "grey40") +
  facet_wrap(~ cohort, scales = "free_y") +
  labs(
    x = "Time post first dose (h)",
    y = "Simulated teicoplanin Cc (mg/L)",
    title = "Simulated teicoplanin concentration-time profile by virtual cohort",
    caption = "10 mg/kg Q12H for three loading doses then 10 mg/kg QD maintenance, as a 5-minute IV injection. Dashed lines mark the Zhao 2015 Css,min reference window (10-30 mg/L)."
  )
```

# PKNCA validation

Zhao 2015 does not publish a single-dose NCA table, so the PKNCA block
below characterises steady-state NCA parameters over the final 24-hour
dosing interval (168-192 h, after seven daily maintenance doses) for
each cohort. The treatment grouping is `cohort`, matching the three
virtual scenarios. Steady-state AUC(0,24)ss and Css,min can then be
compared against the paper's target AUC of 750 mg.L/h and the Css,min
windows quoted in Discussion.

```{r pknca}
ss_start <- 168
ss_end   <- 192

sim_nca <- sim |>
  dplyr::filter(!is.na(Cc), time >= ss_start, time <= ss_end) |>
  dplyr::select(id, time, Cc, cohort)

# Defensively guarantee a time-zero-of-the-interval row so PKNCA doesn't
# complain about the AUC range starting before the first measurement.
sim_nca <- dplyr::bind_rows(
  sim_nca,
  sim_nca |>
    dplyr::distinct(id, cohort) |>
    dplyr::left_join(
      sim |>
        dplyr::filter(time == ss_start) |>
        dplyr::select(id, cohort, Cc),
      by = c("id", "cohort")
    ) |>
    dplyr::mutate(time = ss_start)
) |>
  dplyr::distinct(id, cohort, time, .keep_all = TRUE) |>
  dplyr::arrange(id, cohort, time)

dose_df <- events |>
  dplyr::filter(evid == 1, time >= ss_start - 24, time < ss_end) |>
  dplyr::select(id, time, amt, cohort)

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(sim_nca, Cc ~ time | cohort + id,
                             concu = "mg/L", timeu = "hr")
dose_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAdose(dose_df, amt ~ time | cohort + id,
                             doseu = "mg")

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

nca_res <- PKNCA::pk.nca(
  PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_obj, dose_obj, intervals = intervals)
)

nca_summary <- summary(nca_res)
knitr::kable(nca_summary, caption = "Simulated steady-state NCA parameters by virtual cohort (10 mg/kg Q12H loading x 3 then 10 mg/kg QD maintenance, NCA over the final 24-hour interval 168-192 h).")
```

## Comparison against published outcomes

Zhao 2015 reports several quantitative outcomes the packaged model can be
cross-checked against:

1. **Per-kg typical CL by age band** - reproduced in the
   `per-kg-CL-anchors` table above. The packaged equations recover the
   paper's 0.028 / 0.019 / 0.015 L/h/kg trichotomy without tuning.
2. **Target AUC for MRSA PK-PD breakpoint = 750 mg.L/h.** The paper
   notes that the standard 10 mg/kg/day regimen achieves the target in
   only 5% of infants, 27% of children, and 31% of adolescents (Results;
   Figure 3 target-attainment plot). The cohort-level steady-state
   `auclast` (AUC over the final 24-h dosing interval) in the PKNCA
   table above shows the same direction: median AUC sits well below
   750 mg.L/h for infants and below or near 750 mg.L/h for children
   under the nominal 10 mg/kg/day regimen, confirming the paper's
   conclusion that the dose must be increased to 18 / 14 / 12 mg/kg
   for the three age bands respectively.
3. **Patient-tailored dose formula.** The patient-tailored daily dose
   per the paper (Discussion Eq. 8) is

   `daily dose (mg) = target AUC * CL_i = 750 * 0.491 * (WT/27.1)^0.75 * (CRCL/179)^0.606`

   which reproduces 18 / 14 / 12 mg/kg as the band-specific
   recommendation for median-sized infants / children / adolescents at
   typical pediatric CRCL.

```{r tailored-dose-anchors}
target_AUC <- 750  # mg.L/h
tailored_dose <- function(WT, CRCL) {
  CL_i <- 0.491 * (WT / 27.1)^0.75 * (CRCL / 179)^0.606
  target_AUC * CL_i
}
tailored <- tibble::tibble(
  band            = c("infant",  "child",   "adolescent"),
  WT              = c(10, 25, 55),
  CRCL            = c(180, 180, 180),
  paper_mg_per_kg = c(18, 14, 12),
  model_daily_mg  = round(tailored_dose(c(10, 25, 55), 180), 0),
  model_mg_per_kg = round(tailored_dose(c(10, 25, 55), 180) / c(10, 25, 55), 1)
)
knitr::kable(tailored, caption = "Patient-tailored daily dose recovered from the packaged model vs Zhao 2015 Results recommendation (target AUC 750 mg.L/h).")
```

# Assumptions and deviations

- **CRCL units.** Zhao 2015 Table 1 labels creatinine clearance as
  "ml min-1" but the values were produced by the Schwartz formula
  (Methods: "creatinine clearance (Schwartz formula)"), which yields
  eGFR in mL/min/1.73 m^2 by construction. Median 178.9 with a maximum
  of 464.1 mL/min is also consistent with the BSA-normalised eGFR scale
  typical of pediatric Schwartz-formula values when serum creatinine is
  low. The packaged model stores CRCL in mL/min/1.73 m^2 (canonical
  units in `inst/references/covariate-columns.md`) and the
  `covariateData[[CRCL]]$notes` field records the unit clarification.
- **Fixed allometric exponents.** The four allometric exponents in the
  model (1 for Vc and Vp, 0.75 for Q and CL) were fixed a priori per
  Results ("allometric coefficients of 0.75 for CL and Q, 1 for V1 and
  V2"); the packaged `ini()` wraps each in `fixed()` to preserve that
  provenance. The CRCL exponent (0.606) was estimated and is therefore
  not wrapped in `fixed()`.
- **Dose regimen used in the virtual cohort.** The packaged virtual
  cohort uses the standard 10 mg/kg Q12H x 3 loading then 10 mg/kg QD
  maintenance regimen (Methods: "The initial dosing regimen was 10 mg
  kg-1 every 12 h for three loading doses followed by maintenance dose
  of 10 mg kg-1 once daily"). The dose-optimization simulations in the
  paper use the same starting regimen and scale it up to 12-18 mg/kg
  by age band; the packaged model reproduces both the standard and the
  patient-tailored daily-dose formula via the `tailored_dose()` helper
  shown above.
- **IV injection treated as a 5-minute infusion.** Zhao 2015 Methods
  states "intravenous injection over 3-5 min"; the packaged simulation
  uses 5 min as the upper bound for reproducibility. Treating the
  injection as a bolus (`rate = 0`) produces near-identical NCA values
  for this 2-compartment model because the distribution half-life
  (`Q / Vp = 0.341 / 25.2 = 0.014 h^-1`, t1/2_dist ~ 51 h) is much
  longer than the 5-minute infusion duration.
- **Single-center French pediatric cohort.** The model parameters
  reflect an 85-patient single-center cohort at Robert Debre Hospital
  in Paris. Race and ethnicity are not reported in the paper.
- **No bone-marrow-transplant covariate.** 34 of 85 patients had
  received a bone marrow transplant, but the source paper does not
  evaluate transplant status as a covariate. The packaged model
  carries no BMT covariate.
- **Disease type was not retained.** Zhao 2015 Methods evaluated the
  type of haematological disease (leukaemia vs lymphoma) on CL during
  forward selection and did not retain it. The packaged model omits
  it.
- **Bootstrap and external-validation results are documented but not
  re-fit.** Zhao 2015 reports a 500-replicate nonparametric bootstrap
  with median estimates closely matching the point values in Table 2,
  and external validation in an independent group of 15 children
  (Bayesian estimation, r^2 = 0.99, mean PE 0.7%, mean APE 5.3%). The
  packaged model uses the Table 2 point estimates directly; bootstrap
  variability is recorded in the `population$notes` field for
  traceability.
