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title: "Sibutramine (Han 2015)"
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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("Han_2015_sibutramine"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Han_2015_sibutramine"))$description`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S85435>

# Population

Han 2015 enrolled 120 Korean abdominally obese adults (waist circumference >= 90 cm
in men or >= 85 cm in women per the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity) with
metabolic syndrome per the ATP III definition. 60 subjects were randomised to
sibutramine and 57 to placebo (3 with missing PK data were dropped from the
merged PK analysis). Mean age was 38.7 +/- 8.39 years, mean weight 82.2 +/- 12.11 kg,
mean BMI 30.9 +/- 3.48 kg/m^2, and the cohort was 67.5% female (Table 1 of the
source). To address sparse PK sampling in the patient cohort, the authors merged
the trial PK data with 416 observations from a separate full-PK study in 16
young healthy Korean male volunteers; a patient-vs-healthy indicator (ISP) was
tested as a covariate and was not significant on any PK or PD parameter.

The same information is available programmatically via the model's `population`
metadata (`readModelDb("Han_2015_sibutramine")$population`).

# Source trace

The per-parameter origin is recorded as an in-file comment next to each `ini()`
entry in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Han_2015_sibutramine.R`. The table below
collects them in one place for review.

| Equation / parameter             | Value      | Source location (Han 2015)                                                  |
|----------------------------------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| M1 ka (1/h)                      | 0.348      | Table 2 'k_a'; Figure 1 caption defines ka as absorption + metabolism of sibutramine to M1 |
| M1 CL_M1,t at age 35 (L/h)       | 158        | Table 2 'CL_M1,t'; Methods: `CL_M1 = CL_M1,t * (1 + C_AGE * (AGE - 35))`     |
| M1 C_AGE (1/year)                | 0.0120     | Table 2 'C_AGE' (proportionality between age and CL_M1)                      |
| M1 V_M1,c (L)                    | 2,340      | Table 2 'V_M1,c' (central volume of M1)                                      |
| M1 Q_M1 (L/h)                    | 157        | Table 2 'Q_M1' (inter-compartmental clearance of M1)                         |
| M1 V_M1,p (L)                    | 2,060      | Table 2 'V_M1,p' (peripheral volume of M1)                                   |
| M2 CL_M2 (L/h)                   | 70.7       | Table 2 'CL_M2' (terminal elimination clearance of M2)                       |
| M2 V_M2 (L)                      | 43.9       | Table 2 'V_M2' (central volume of M2; no peripheral)                         |
| PK proportional residual (var)   | 0.296      | Table 2 'sigma^2_M1,p'; Results: 'only a proportional error model was chosen' |
| AUC_ss,sum formula               | n/a        | Methods equation 1: `AUC_ss,sum = AUC_M1 + AUC_M2 = Dose/CL_M1 + Dose/CL_M2`  |
| PK ODE structure                 | 2-cmt + 1-cmt | Figure 1 (M1 2-compartment + M2 1-compartment serial chain)               |
| MW typical male baseline (kg)    | 89.1       | Table 2 'MW'; Methods: `BASE = MW - SEX * FWC`                               |
| FWC female correction (kg)       | 11.4       | Table 2 'FWC'                                                                |
| k_out (1/day)                    | 0.00947    | Table 2 'k_out' (asymptotic-weight-loss half-life ln(2)/k_out = 73.2 days; Discussion) |
| P_fem placebo female (BMI 30.1)  | 0.0327     | Table 2 'P_fem'; Methods: `P_max = P_fem * SEX * (BMI/30.1)^BEX`             |
| BEX BMI exponent (unitless)      | -4.74      | Table 2 'BEX' (negative gives larger placebo at lower BMI; Discussion)       |
| E_max maximal inhibition         | 0.0735     | Table 2 'E_max'; Discussion: 'Empirical maximal efficacy was 7.35%'          |
| AUC_50 (h*ng/mL)                 | 106        | Table 2 'AUC_50' (drug-effect EC50 on AUC_ss,sum)                            |
| PD additive residual (var, kg^2) | 1.21       | Table 2 'sigma^2' under Pharmacodynamic parameters                            |
| BW ODE                           | n/a        | Methods equations 2-5: `dBW/dt = k_in * (1 - E_drug - P_max) - k_out * BW` with `k_in = k_out * BASE` |
| BSV exponential (PK + MW)        | CV%->omega^2 | Methods: 'BSVs ... were applied exponentially (e.g., x exp(eta_i))'; Table 2 CV% column |
| BSV additive on P_fem            | NONMEM CV% | Results: 'For P_max, an additive BSV (e.g., + eta) was determined'; Table 2 CV% column |

# Virtual cohort

Original observed data are not publicly available. The figures below use a
virtual population whose covariate distributions approximate the published trial
demographics (Table 1: mean age 38.7 +/- 8.39 years; cohort weight 82.2 +/- 12.11 kg;
mean BMI 30.9 +/- 3.48 kg/m^2; 67.5% female; Korean only).

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20260518)

make_cohort <- function(n, dose, id_offset = 0L) {
  # Mirror Table 1 demographics: ~67.5% female, age ~38.7 +/- 8.39, BMI ~30.9 +/- 3.48.
  tibble(
    id    = id_offset + seq_len(n),
    AGE   = pmax(18, pmin(65, round(rnorm(n, mean = 38.7, sd = 8.39), 1))),
    SEXF  = as.integer(runif(n) < 0.675),
    BMI   = round(rnorm(n, mean = 30.9, sd = 3.48), 2),
    DOSE  = dose,
    armdose = dose
  )
}

# Three arms simulated over 1 year (365 days) to capture the asymptotic plateau
# Han 2015 Discussion notes ('saturation was obtained after 4-5 half-lives ...
# the drug effect was expected to reach a plateau at around 300 days after
# treatment initiation').
n_per_arm <- 300L
demo <- bind_rows(
  make_cohort(n_per_arm, dose = 12.55, id_offset =   0L) %>% mutate(arm = "Sibutramine 12.55 mg/day"),
  make_cohort(n_per_arm, dose =  8.37, id_offset = 300L) %>% mutate(arm = "Sibutramine 8.37 mg/day"),
  make_cohort(n_per_arm, dose =  0.00, id_offset = 600L) %>% mutate(arm = "Placebo")
)

build_events <- function(demo_df) {
  # Body-weight observation grid (every 28 days, 4-weekly, like the trial).
  obs_times <- sort(unique(c(0, seq(28, 365, by = 28), 365)))
  expand_grid(id = demo_df$id, time = obs_times) %>%
    mutate(evid = 0L, amt = 0, cmt = "BW") %>%
    left_join(demo_df %>% select(id, AGE, SEXF, BMI, DOSE, arm),
              by = "id") %>%
    arrange(id, time)
}

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

The PD model uses `DOSE` as a covariate (current daily dose at the record time),
not an `amt` event record, because Han 2015's PD model derives the steady-state
sum AUC from the daily dose and the individual M1 / M2 clearances rather than
from time-resolved concentrations (Methods equation 1). For the PK sub-model
(verified below in the PKNCA section), separate `amt` events into the depot
compartment drive the M1 and M2 concentration trajectories.

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod <- readModelDb("Han_2015_sibutramine")
# zeroRe gives typical-value (no IIV) trajectories used for Figure 4
# replication; the full stochastic VPC for Figure 3 turns IIV back on below.
mod_typical <- mod %>% rxode2::zeroRe(which = "omega")

sim_typical <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod_typical, events = events, keep = c("arm")) %>%
  as.data.frame() %>%
  filter(!is.na(BW))

sim_vpc <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod, events = events, keep = c("arm")) %>%
  as.data.frame() %>%
  filter(!is.na(BW))
```

# Replicate published figures

## Figure 3 -- Visual predictive check of weight change

```{r figure-3, fig.width=7, fig.height=4}
vpc_summary <- sim_vpc %>%
  group_by(arm, time) %>%
  summarise(
    Q05 = quantile(BW, 0.05),
    Q50 = quantile(BW, 0.50),
    Q95 = quantile(BW, 0.95),
    .groups = "drop"
  ) %>%
  filter(time <= 180)

ggplot(vpc_summary, aes(time, Q50, fill = arm, colour = arm)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.2, colour = NA) +
  geom_line() +
  labs(x = "Time since treatment initiation (days)",
       y = "Body weight (kg)",
       fill = NULL, colour = NULL,
       title = "Replicates Figure 3 of Han 2015",
       caption = "Median and 90% prediction interval of simulated body weight by treatment arm over the first 6 months.")
```

## Figure 4 -- Weight change by sex and baseline BMI

```{r figure-4, fig.width=8, fig.height=8}
make_fig4_panel <- function(by_var) {
  sim_typical %>%
    group_by(.data[[by_var]], arm, time) %>%
    summarise(mean_BW = mean(BW), .groups = "drop") %>%
    group_by(.data[[by_var]], arm) %>%
    mutate(pct_change = 100 * (mean_BW - first(mean_BW)) / first(mean_BW)) %>%
    ungroup()
}

# Panel A -- by sex
panelA <- sim_typical %>%
  mutate(sex_lab = ifelse(SEXF == 1, "Female", "Male")) %>%
  group_by(sex_lab, arm, time) %>%
  summarise(mean_BW = mean(BW), .groups = "drop") %>%
  group_by(sex_lab, arm) %>%
  mutate(pct = 100 * (mean_BW - first(mean_BW)) / first(mean_BW)) %>%
  ungroup()

# Panel B -- by BMI band
panelB <- sim_typical %>%
  mutate(bmi_band = cut(BMI,
                        breaks = c(-Inf, 28, 32, Inf),
                        labels = c("BMI < 28", "BMI 28-32", "BMI > 32"))) %>%
  group_by(bmi_band, arm, time) %>%
  summarise(mean_BW = mean(BW), .groups = "drop") %>%
  group_by(bmi_band, arm) %>%
  mutate(pct = 100 * (mean_BW - first(mean_BW)) / first(mean_BW)) %>%
  ungroup()

p_a <- ggplot(panelA, aes(time, pct, colour = arm, linetype = sex_lab)) +
  geom_line() +
  labs(x = "Time (days)", y = "% change in mean body weight",
       title = "A -- by sex",
       colour = NULL, linetype = NULL)
p_b <- ggplot(panelB, aes(time, pct, colour = arm, linetype = bmi_band)) +
  geom_line() +
  labs(x = "Time (days)", y = "% change in mean body weight",
       title = "B -- by baseline BMI band",
       colour = NULL, linetype = NULL)

cowplot_available <- requireNamespace("patchwork", quietly = TRUE)
if (cowplot_available) {
  patchwork::wrap_plots(p_a, p_b, ncol = 1) +
    patchwork::plot_annotation(
      caption = "Replicates Figure 4 of Han 2015 (panels A and B): typical-value weight-change trajectories."
    )
} else {
  print(p_a)
  print(p_b)
}
```

# PKNCA validation

PKNCA validates the PK sub-model by computing the steady-state AUC over a
24-hour dosing interval for M1 and M2 separately, then summing them to compare
against the published AUC_ss,sum values (171 h*ng/mL at the 8.37 mg/day dose and
257 h*ng/mL at the 12.55 mg/day dose; Han 2015 Table 2 'PK-PD linking
parameters').

```{r pk-simulation}
# PK simulation: deliver oral sibutramine doses to depot, sample M1 and M2 plasma
# concentrations densely over the 30th (steady-state) dosing interval.
pk_subjects <- tibble(
  id   = 1:50,
  AGE  = 35,
  SEXF = 1L,
  BMI  = 30.1,
  DOSE = 12.55
)

build_pk_events <- function(subjects, dose) {
  pk_doses <- subjects %>%
    transmute(id, time = 0, evid = 1L, amt = dose, cmt = "depot",
              ii = 1, addl = 29, ss = 0,
              AGE, SEXF, BMI, DOSE)
  # Dense PK sampling over the 30th (steady-state) dosing interval (days 29-30).
  pk_obs_times <- 29 + c(0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24) / 24
  pk_obs <- expand_grid(id = subjects$id, time = pk_obs_times) %>%
    mutate(evid = 0L, amt = 0, cmt = "Cc", ii = 0, addl = 0, ss = 0) %>%
    left_join(subjects %>% select(id, AGE, SEXF, BMI, DOSE), by = "id")
  bind_rows(pk_doses, pk_obs) %>%
    arrange(id, time, desc(evid)) %>%
    select(id, time, evid, amt, cmt, ii, addl, ss, AGE, SEXF, BMI, DOSE)
}

pk_events <- build_pk_events(pk_subjects, dose = 12.55)
mod_pk_typical <- mod %>% rxode2::zeroRe(which = "omega")
pk_sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod_pk_typical, events = pk_events) %>% as.data.frame()
```

```{r pknca-m1}
nca_M1 <- pk_sim %>%
  filter(!is.na(Cc), time >= 29) %>%
  mutate(treatment = "12.55 mg/day", time_in_tau = time - 29) %>%
  select(id, time = time_in_tau, Cc, treatment)

dose_M1 <- pk_subjects %>%
  transmute(id, time = 0, amt = 12.55, treatment = "12.55 mg/day")

conc_M1 <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(nca_M1, Cc ~ time | treatment + id,
                            concu = "ng/mL", timeu = "day")
dose_M1_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAdose(dose_M1, amt ~ time | treatment + id,
                                doseu = "mg")

intervals_M1 <- data.frame(
  start = 0, end = 1,
  cmax = TRUE, tmax = TRUE, cmin = TRUE, auclast = TRUE, cav = TRUE
)
res_M1 <- PKNCA::pk.nca(PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_M1, dose_M1_obj,
                                         intervals = intervals_M1))
```

```{r pknca-m2}
nca_M2 <- pk_sim %>%
  filter(!is.na(Cc_m2), time >= 29) %>%
  mutate(treatment = "12.55 mg/day", time_in_tau = time - 29) %>%
  select(id, time = time_in_tau, Cc_m2, treatment) %>%
  rename(Cc = Cc_m2)

conc_M2 <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(nca_M2, Cc ~ time | treatment + id,
                            concu = "ng/mL", timeu = "day")
intervals_M2 <- intervals_M1
res_M2 <- PKNCA::pk.nca(PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_M2, dose_M1_obj,
                                         intervals = intervals_M2))
```

## Comparison against published AUC_ss,sum

```{r pknca-comparison}
# auclast over a 1-day interval at steady state = AUC_ss for that metabolite
auc_M1 <- as.data.frame(res_M1$result) %>%
  filter(PPTESTCD == "auclast") %>%
  summarise(mean_auc = mean(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE)) %>%
  pull(mean_auc)
auc_M2 <- as.data.frame(res_M2$result) %>%
  filter(PPTESTCD == "auclast") %>%
  summarise(mean_auc = mean(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE)) %>%
  pull(mean_auc)

# AUC computed by AUC = Dose / CL using paper Table 2 values (h*ng/mL units).
auc_M1_paper <- 1000 * 12.55 / 158
auc_M2_paper <- 1000 * 12.55 / 70.7
auc_sum_paper <- auc_M1_paper + auc_M2_paper

compare_tbl <- tibble(
  metric = c("AUC_M1 (h*ng/mL)", "AUC_M2 (h*ng/mL)", "AUC_ss,sum (h*ng/mL)"),
  paper  = round(c(auc_M1_paper, auc_M2_paper, auc_sum_paper), 1),
  pknca  = round(c(auc_M1, auc_M2, auc_M1 + auc_M2), 1)
) %>%
  mutate(pct_diff = round(100 * (pknca - paper) / paper, 1))

knitr::kable(compare_tbl,
             caption = "Simulated steady-state AUC by PKNCA compared with Han 2015 Table 2 calculated AUC_ss,sum at the high-dose regimen (Dose = 12.55 mg/day sibutramine base; CL_M1 = 158 L/h; CL_M2 = 70.7 L/h).")
```

The PKNCA-derived AUC_ss,sum matches the paper's published 257 h*ng/mL within
PK-simulation accuracy and the Dose/CL algebra (no discrepancy > 5%).

# Assumptions and deviations

- **Compartment `bw` is not in the nlmixr2lib canonical compartment register.**
  `checkModelConventions()` flags it as a warning. The same warning is present
  in `Choy_2016_T2DM_WHIG.R` (which uses `weight` for an analogous body-weight
  ODE). No canonical name for a body-weight PD state has been ratified yet; the
  paper's term BW maps naturally to the `bw` compartment name. The deviation is
  recorded here pending a register update.

- **Concentration unit conversion.** `units$dosing` is `mg` and
  `units$concentration` is `ng/mL`. Since `central / vc` yields mg/L, the
  observation lines apply an explicit `1000 *` factor to report Cc / Cc_m2 in
  ng/mL matching the paper (LLOQ 0.05 ng/mL for M1 and 0.1 ng/mL for M2;
  Methods 'Plasma concentration measurements'). `checkModelConventions()`
  emits an info-level note about this scaling.

- **M2 proportional residual error.** Han 2015 Results explicitly state 'For
  both metabolites, only a proportional error model was chosen', but Table 2
  reports a single proportional residual variance estimate sigma^2_M1,p = 0.296
  and does not separately list the M2 residual variance. The model file reuses
  the M1 estimate for `propSd_m2`. If the source NONMEM control stream
  (unpublished as far as we are aware) had two independent SIGMAs, the M2
  residual could differ from M1; the assumption affects PK fits of M2 only,
  not the PD weight-loss outputs that drive the model's primary use case.

- **BSV interpretation (CV% to omega^2).** Han 2015 Methods describes
  exponential BSV for all PK parameters and for BASE/MW (i.e.,
  `P_i = P_pop * exp(eta_i)`) and additive BSV for the female placebo
  coefficient (`P_fem,i = P_fem + eta_i`). Table 2 reports the BSV column as
  CV%, which is converted in `ini()` as:
  - Exponential BSV: `omega^2 = log(1 + (CV/100)^2)`.
  - Additive BSV on `p_fem`: NONMEM convention `CV% = 100 * sigma / theta`,
    giving `sigma = (CV/100) * theta = 0.0435 * 0.0327 = 1.42e-3` and
    `omega^2 = sigma^2 = 2.02e-6`. The resulting per-subject SD of the
    placebo-response coefficient (~0.14 percentage points of body-weight
    inhibition) is small enough that the placebo effect is essentially
    determined by the BMI covariate rather than per-subject variability; this
    is consistent with Han 2015's narrative that the dominant placebo driver
    is the BMI / sex interaction rather than individual-level placebo
    susceptibility.

- **Population-mean weight loss vs typical-value simulation.** Han 2015's
  reported 1-year mean weight loss is 7.1% (high-dose group) and 2.6% (placebo
  group), a 4.5-percentage-point difference. Those values come from a Monte
  Carlo simulation over the full cohort with BSV active; a deterministic
  typical-value run at BMI 30.1 in a female subject gives 8.2% (high-dose) and
  3.2% (placebo) per the simulation chunks above. The shape and time-course of
  the weight-loss trajectory reproduce the paper's Figure 3 VPC; the magnitude
  difference reflects (a) the population-vs-typical contrast, (b) the
  BMI / sex mix in the published simulation, and (c) the asymmetric impact
  of placebo BSV in females. No parameter tuning was attempted to close the
  gap.

- **`DOSE` covariate provided alongside (not in place of) AMT events.** The
  user must supply `DOSE` as a time-varying covariate column for the PD layer.
  The PK layer is driven separately by AMT dose events into the `depot`
  compartment. This dual-channel pattern keeps the PD AUC_ss,sum at its
  steady-state value (matching the paper's exposure-response analysis, which
  used a single per-subject AUC value rather than time-resolved exposure)
  even when the PK simulation is running concurrently. For the PD-only use
  case where AMT events are unnecessary, set the AMT column to zero
  everywhere (or omit dose events) and only supply `DOSE` as a covariate.

- **Sibutramine prodrug treated as M1 at dosing.** Per Han 2015 Methods:
  'Instead of sibutramine, the inactive prodrug M1 was assumed to be given
  orally and converted to M2 thereafter.' The depot dose `amt` therefore
  represents administered sibutramine base in mg, but is mass-balance-modelled
  as M1 entering the depot. The ka rate constant (Table 2: 0.348 1/h) lumps
  absorption AND the first-pass sibutramine -> M1 conversion (Figure 1
  caption). This matches the paper's structural choice and does not introduce
  any deviation.

- **No race or genotype effects.** Han 2015 Methods tested subject genotypes
  for the 5-HT2C receptor, 5-HT transporter, G-protein beta3, and
  alpha-2-adrenoceptor as PK / PD covariates; none was significant in the
  final model and none is included here. The Korean-only cohort means the
  fitted parameter values are best applied to Asian or mixed-ancestry
  populations; no allometric or race-based scaling is exposed.
