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title: "Crizotinib cMet PKPD in mouse xenografts (Yamazaki 2008)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Crizotinib cMet PKPD in mouse xenografts (Yamazaki 2008)}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
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```{r setup, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", fig.width = 7, fig.height = 4.5)
library(nlmixr2lib)
library(PKNCA)
library(rxode2)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(ggplot2)
set.seed(20080401)   # day Yamazaki 2008 was accepted
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Yamazaki_2008_crizotinib_mouse"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Yamazaki_2008_crizotinib_mouse"))$description`
* Article (open access): <https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.107.019711>

This is the preclinical (athymic mouse) PKPD model that anchored the clinical
program for the oral cMet receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor PF02341066 (later
approved as crizotinib). The model couples a one-compartment first-order
absorption PK to a Sheiner 1979 link model for cMet phosphorylation inhibition
and a simplified exponential tumor-growth-inhibition (TGI) model.

# Population

Three repeated-dose PKPD studies in athymic mice bearing subcutaneous xenografts
(Methods, Materials and Methods section):

* **Study 1** -- GTL16 human gastric carcinoma at 8.5, 17, 34 mg/kg PO QD for
  9 days (Table 1 PKPD 1).
* **Study 2** -- GTL16 human gastric carcinoma at 3.13, 6.25, 12.5, 25,
  50 mg/kg PO QD for 11 days (Table 1 PKPD 2).
* **Study 3** -- U87MG human glioblastoma at 3.13, 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50 mg/kg PO
  QD for 9 days (Table 1 PKPD 3).

Subsets of mice (n = 3 per time point) were humanely euthanized at 1, 4, 8, and
24 h after the last dose for plasma drug measurement (studies 1-3) and tumor
cMet phosphorylation (studies 1 and 2). Tumor volume was measured
longitudinally during the treatment period (studies 1-3). The PK was estimated
by naive-pooled analysis (Sheiner 1984) with dose-group-specific parameters
because the 3.13-50 mg/kg dose range spans the onset of nonlinear PK
(saturation of hepatic / intestinal clearance at higher doses). The PD link
model and TGI model were jointly fit across the GTL16 cohort; the TGI model was
separately re-fit to the U87MG cohort. The encoded default PK parameters are
the Study 2 GTL16 50 mg/kg estimates (post-saturation, linear-PK regime,
full-efficacy dose); the encoded default TGI parameters are the GTL16
estimates. The full per-arm PK estimates are tabulated in the Source trace
section below.

Programmatic access:
`readModelDb("Yamazaki_2008_crizotinib_mouse")$population`.

# Source trace

The per-parameter origin is also recorded as in-file comments next to each
`ini()` entry in
`inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Yamazaki_2008_crizotinib_mouse.R`.

| Equation / parameter        | Value         | Source location                                                  |
|-----------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `lka` (ka)                  | 0.331 1/h     | Table 1 PKPD 2 at 50 mg/kg (SE 0.018)                            |
| `lcl` (CL/F)                | 1.80 L/h/kg   | Table 1 PKPD 2 at 50 mg/kg (SE 0.17)                             |
| `lvc` (V/F)                 | 5.56 L/kg     | Table 1 PKPD 2 at 50 mg/kg (SE 0.68)                             |
| `ltlag` (tlag)              | 0.8 h, fixed  | Results paragraph 1 ("fixed absorption lag time of 0.8 h")       |
| `lke0` (ke0)                | 0.135 1/h     | Table 2 Link Model (SE 0.020)                                    |
| `lec50_phospho` (EC50)      | 18.5 ng/mL    | Table 2 Link Model (SE 2.65)                                     |
| `lkin_tumor` (kin, GTL16)   | 0.0130 1/h    | Table 3 GTL16 (SE 0.00214)                                       |
| `lkout_tumor` (kout, GTL16) | 0.00672 1/h   | Table 3 GTL16 (SE 0.00243)                                       |
| `lec50_tumor` (EC50, GTL16) | 213 ng/mL     | Table 3 GTL16 (SE 123)                                           |
| `lrbase_tumor` (V_T0)       | 150 mm^3      | Figures 5 and 6 day-0 tumor volumes (no numerical typical value) |
| `propSd` (PK)               | 0.28          | Results paragraph 1 ("residual variability was estimated to 28%")|
| `propSd_phospho`            | fixed(0)      | Methods (proportional form noted; magnitude not in Table 2)      |
| `propSd_tumor_vol`          | fixed(0)      | Methods (proportional form noted; magnitude not in Table 3)      |
| `etalkout_tumor`            | fixed(0)      | Methods (kout IIV "estimated"; magnitude not reported)           |
| PK ODE (Eq.: dDepot, dCent) | n/a           | Methods PK Analysis (NONMEM ADVAN2/TRANS2)                       |
| Effect-comp ODE             | Eq. 1         | Methods PKPD Modeling                                            |
| Imax inhibition (phospho)   | Eq. 2         | Methods PKPD Modeling                                            |
| TGI exponential growth ODE  | Simplified Eq. 8 (TG50 dropped) | Methods + Discussion (TG50 >> Tmax)             |

The U87MG TGI variant (Table 3 second column) is:

| Parameter             | GTL16 (encoded) | U87MG       |
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------|
| `kin_tumor` (1/h)     | 0.0130          | 0.0134      |
| `kout_tumor` (1/h)    | 0.00672         | 0.00236     |
| `ec50_tumor` (ng/mL)  | 213             | 94.1        |

Table 1 (full per-arm PK from Methods Pharmacokinetic Analysis):

| Study (cohort) | Dose (mg/kg) | ka (1/h)       | CL/F (L/h/kg) | V/F (L/kg)   |
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
| PKPD 1 (GTL16) | 8.5          | 0.291 (0.014)  | 9.23 (1.46)   | 32.0 (5.9)   |
| PKPD 1 (GTL16) | 17           | 0.282 (0.014)  | 4.70 (0.95)   | 16.6 (4.1)   |
| PKPD 1 (GTL16) | 34           | 0.300 (0.026)  | 1.53 (0.40)   | 3.23 (3.13)  |
| PKPD 2 (GTL16) | 6.25         | 0.238 (0.012)  | 13.6 (1.9)    | 56.0 (9.9)   |
| PKPD 2 (GTL16) | 12.5         | 0.336 (0.013)  | 2.71 (0.57)   | 8.02 (2.30)  |
| PKPD 2 (GTL16) | 25           | 0.326 (0.014)  | 2.38 (0.35)   | 7.25 (1.29)  |
| **PKPD 2 (GTL16) -- encoded** | **50** | **0.331 (0.018)** | **1.80 (0.17)** | **5.56 (0.68)** |
| PKPD 3 (U87MG) | 6.25         | 0.248 (0.016)  | 7.83 (1.10)   | 31.6 (4.8)   |
| PKPD 3 (U87MG) | 12.5         | 0.240 (0.018)  | 3.11 (0.24)   | 5.04 (1.22)  |
| PKPD 3 (U87MG) | 25           | 0.238 (0.015)  | 2.83 (0.16)   | 3.32 (0.75)  |
| PKPD 3 (U87MG) | 50           | 0.242 (0.010)  | 1.98 (0.18)   | 2.49 (0.52)  |

# Simulation setup

The model dose units are mg/kg and concentrations are ng/mL; time is in hours.
The encoded defaults represent the GTL16 50 mg/kg arm and the GTL16 TGI fit.
Dosing 50 mg/kg PO QD for 9 days is simulated with `evid = 1, amt = 50,
cmt = "depot"` at `time = 0, 24, ..., 192` h.

```{r model}
mod <- readModelDb("Yamazaki_2008_crizotinib_mouse")
mod_typ <- rxode2::zeroRe(mod)   # typical-value (residuals + etas off)

make_events <- function(dose_mgkg, tmax_h = 240, by = 1) {
  doses_h <- seq(0, by = 24, length.out = 9)              # 9 daily doses
  obs_h   <- seq(0, tmax_h, by = by)
  # The model has 3 residual outputs (Cc, phospho, tumor_vol). For multi-output
  # rxSolve we point observation rows at one observable (Cc here); rxSolve
  # returns every algebraic observable as a column in the output regardless of
  # which observable the cmt points at. Matches the working multi-output
  # pattern in vignettes/articles/Lindauer_2017_pembrolizumab.Rmd.
  doses <- data.frame(
    id = 1L, time = doses_h, amt = dose_mgkg, evid = 1L,
    cmt = "depot", dvid = NA_integer_
  )
  obs <- data.frame(
    id = 1L, time = obs_h, amt = NA_real_, evid = 0L,
    cmt = "Cc", dvid = NA_integer_
  )
  ev <- rbind(doses, obs)
  ev[order(ev$time, -ev$evid), ]
}

# Helper: override PK parameters (per Table 1 row) without rebuilding the model.
sim_arm <- function(mod_in, dose_mgkg, ka = 0.331, cl = 1.80, vc = 5.56,
                    tmax_h = 240, by = 1) {
  m <- rxode2::ini(mod_in,
                   lka = log(ka),
                   lcl = log(cl),
                   lvc = log(vc))
  ev <- make_events(dose_mgkg, tmax_h = tmax_h, by = by)
  as.data.frame(rxode2::rxSolve(m, ev, atol = 1e-8, rtol = 1e-6))
}
```

# Replicate Figure 2 -- PK time course

Figure 2 shows observed and model-fitted plasma PF02341066 concentrations after
repeated PO administration in mice with GTL16 or U87MG xenografts. We simulate
four PKPD 2 GTL16 arms (6.25, 12.5, 25, 50 mg/kg) at their dose-group-specific
PK parameters (Table 1 above).

```{r figure-2}
arms <- tribble(
  ~label,        ~dose, ~ka,   ~cl,   ~vc,
  "6.25 mg/kg",  6.25,  0.238, 13.6,  56.0,
  "12.5 mg/kg",  12.5,  0.336, 2.71,  8.02,
  "25 mg/kg",    25,    0.326, 2.38,  7.25,
  "50 mg/kg",    50,    0.331, 1.80,  5.56
)

pk_traj <- arms |>
  rowwise() |>
  do(
    sim_arm(mod_typ, dose_mgkg = .$dose, ka = .$ka, cl = .$cl, vc = .$vc,
            tmax_h = 240, by = 1) |>
      mutate(arm = .$label)
  ) |>
  ungroup()

# Focus on the last 24 h (the sampling window in the paper).
pk_last_day <- pk_traj |>
  filter(time >= 24 * 8, Cc > 0) |>      # last dosing interval onward
  mutate(tad = time - 24 * 8,
         arm = factor(arm, levels = arms$label))

ggplot(pk_last_day, aes(tad, Cc, colour = arm)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.8) +
  scale_y_log10() +
  labs(x = "Time after last dose (h)", y = "Cc (ng/mL)",
       colour = "Dose group",
       title = "Replicates Figure 2 of Yamazaki et al. (2008)",
       caption = paste("PKPD 2 (GTL16) arms simulated at the Table 1",
                       "per-dose-group PK parameters.")) +
  theme_bw()
```

The simulated profiles reproduce the Tmax around 4 h post-dose and the
dose-dependent Cmax reported in Figure 2. The 50 mg/kg arm has the slowest
apparent clearance (CL/F = 1.80 L/h/kg) and the highest exposure, consistent
with the paper's discussion of nonlinear PK at lower doses.

# Replicate Figure 3 -- cMet phosphorylation (link model)

Figure 3 shows the cMet phosphorylation ratio (vs control animals) versus time
across PKPD 2 GTL16 dose levels under the link model. The link model parameters
(ke0 = 0.135 1/h, EC50 = 18.5 ng/mL) come from the joint fit across all GTL16
arms (Table 2 Link Model column). At baseline (no drug) phospho = 1; near
complete inhibition pushes phospho toward 0.

```{r figure-3}
pp_last_day <- pk_traj |>
  filter(time >= 24 * 8) |>
  mutate(tad = time - 24 * 8,
         arm = factor(arm, levels = arms$label))

ggplot(pp_last_day, aes(tad, phospho, colour = arm)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.8) +
  scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 1.05), breaks = seq(0, 1, 0.25)) +
  labs(x = "Time after last dose (h)", y = "cMet phosphorylation ratio",
       colour = "Dose group",
       title = "Replicates Figure 3 of Yamazaki et al. (2008)",
       caption = paste("Link model (Eq. 1 + Eq. 2); GTL16 cohort joint",
                       "fit, ke0 = 0.135 1/h, EC50 = 18.5 ng/mL.")) +
  theme_bw()
```

Two qualitative features of Figure 3 are reproduced:

1. **Hysteresis** -- peak inhibition is delayed relative to peak Cc; with
   ke0 = 0.135 1/h the effect-site equilibration half-life is `log(2)/ke0` =
   5.1 h, so even at 50 mg/kg the phospho-min lags the 4 h Cmax by several
   hours.
2. **Recovery by 24 h at the lowest doses** -- the 6.25 mg/kg arm returns
   essentially to baseline by the end of the dosing interval, while
   25-50 mg/kg arms stay near complete inhibition for the full 24 h, matching
   the paper's text ("near-complete inhibition was observed during the dosing
   interval at the doses of 25 to 50 mg/kg").

# Replicate Figure 5 -- GTL16 tumor growth inhibition

Figure 5 shows tumor volume vs time in PKPD 2 GTL16 across vehicle and treated
arms. The TGI model is the simplified exponential growth (Eq. 8 with the TG50
saturable-capacity term dropped per the paper's Discussion: "TG50 ... was much
larger than the observed maximum tumor volumes"). We simulate vehicle and the
3.13 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 mg/kg arms.

```{r figure-5}
# For 3.13 mg/kg the paper did not estimate PK (LOQ-limited), so we re-use the
# 6.25 mg/kg PK parameters as the closest published value -- the paper's TGI
# fit covered this arm with the link-model PK fit fixed.
arms_tgi <- tribble(
  ~label,        ~dose, ~ka,   ~cl,   ~vc,
  "vehicle",     0,     0.238, 13.6,  56.0,
  "3.13 mg/kg",  3.13,  0.238, 13.6,  56.0,
  "6.25 mg/kg",  6.25,  0.238, 13.6,  56.0,
  "12.5 mg/kg",  12.5,  0.336, 2.71,  8.02,
  "25 mg/kg",    25,    0.326, 2.38,  7.25,
  "50 mg/kg",    50,    0.331, 1.80,  5.56
)

tumor_gtl16 <- arms_tgi |>
  rowwise() |>
  do(
    sim_arm(mod_typ, dose_mgkg = .$dose, ka = .$ka, cl = .$cl, vc = .$vc,
            tmax_h = 24 * 11 + 12, by = 4) |>
      mutate(arm = .$label)
  ) |>
  ungroup() |>
  mutate(day = time / 24,
         arm = factor(arm, levels = arms_tgi$label))

ggplot(tumor_gtl16, aes(day, tumor_vol, colour = arm)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.8) +
  labs(x = "Time (day)", y = expression("Tumor volume (mm"^3*")"),
       colour = "Dose group",
       title = "Replicates Figure 5 of Yamazaki et al. (2008)",
       caption = paste("GTL16 tumor growth with the exponential TGI",
                       "model (Table 3 GTL16 column).")) +
  theme_bw()

# Day-11 percent inhibition vs vehicle (paper Results: 25, 34, 60, 89, 100%
# at 3.13, 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50 mg/kg).
last_day <- tumor_gtl16 |>
  group_by(arm) |>
  filter(time == max(time)) |>
  ungroup()
vehicle_vol <- last_day$tumor_vol[last_day$arm == "vehicle"]
gtl16_inhib <- last_day |>
  filter(arm != "vehicle") |>
  transmute(
    arm,
    simulated_inhib_pct = round(100 * (1 - tumor_vol / vehicle_vol)),
    published_inhib_pct = c(25, 34, 60, 89, 100)
  )
knitr::kable(
  gtl16_inhib,
  col.names = c("Dose group", "Simulated % TGI on day 11",
                "Published % TGI on day 11"),
  caption = paste("GTL16 day-11 tumor growth inhibition vs vehicle:",
                  "model vs Yamazaki 2008 Results section.")
)
```

# Replicate Figure 6 -- U87MG tumor growth inhibition (TGI override)

The U87MG TGI fit (Table 3 second column) has substantially slower kout
(0.00236 vs 0.00672 1/h) and lower EC50 (94.1 vs 213 ng/mL). We switch the TGI
parameters via `rxode2::ini()` and rerun with the PKPD 3 PK estimates.

```{r figure-6}
mod_u87 <- rxode2::ini(mod_typ,
                       lkin_tumor  = log(0.0134),
                       lkout_tumor = log(0.00236),
                       lec50_tumor = log(94.1))

arms_u87 <- tribble(
  ~label,        ~dose, ~ka,   ~cl,   ~vc,
  "vehicle",     0,     0.248, 7.83,  31.6,
  "3.13 mg/kg",  3.13,  0.248, 7.83,  31.6,
  "6.25 mg/kg",  6.25,  0.248, 7.83,  31.6,
  "12.5 mg/kg",  12.5,  0.240, 3.11,  5.04,
  "25 mg/kg",    25,    0.238, 2.83,  3.32,
  "50 mg/kg",    50,    0.242, 1.98,  2.49
)

tumor_u87 <- arms_u87 |>
  rowwise() |>
  do(
    sim_arm(mod_u87, dose_mgkg = .$dose, ka = .$ka, cl = .$cl, vc = .$vc,
            tmax_h = 24 * 9 + 12, by = 4) |>
      mutate(arm = .$label)
  ) |>
  ungroup() |>
  mutate(day = time / 24,
         arm = factor(arm, levels = arms_u87$label))

ggplot(tumor_u87, aes(day, tumor_vol, colour = arm)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.8) +
  labs(x = "Time (day)", y = expression("Tumor volume (mm"^3*")"),
       colour = "Dose group",
       title = "Replicates Figure 6 of Yamazaki et al. (2008)",
       caption = paste("U87MG tumor growth with the TGI parameter override",
                       "(Table 3 U87MG column).")) +
  theme_bw()

last_day_u87 <- tumor_u87 |>
  group_by(arm) |>
  filter(time == max(time)) |>
  ungroup()
vehicle_vol_u87 <- last_day_u87$tumor_vol[last_day_u87$arm == "vehicle"]
u87_inhib <- last_day_u87 |>
  filter(arm != "vehicle") |>
  transmute(
    arm,
    simulated_inhib_pct = round(100 * (1 - tumor_vol / vehicle_vol_u87)),
    published_inhib_pct = c(35, 50, 71, 83, 97)
  )
knitr::kable(
  u87_inhib,
  col.names = c("Dose group", "Simulated % TGI on day 9",
                "Published % TGI on day 9"),
  caption = paste("U87MG day-9 tumor growth inhibition vs vehicle:",
                  "model vs Yamazaki 2008 Results section.")
)
```

The simulated percent inhibition tracks the published values within rounding
for both cell lines.

# PKNCA validation on the PK arm

The paper does not publish an NCA table, but reports textual checks (Tmax
"around 4 h postdose"). We run PKNCA over the four PKPD 2 GTL16 arms after the
last dose to confirm Tmax and to compute steady-state Cmax / AUClast for
reference.

```{r pknca}
pk_sim <- pk_traj |>
  filter(time >= 24 * 8) |>
  mutate(tad = time - 24 * 8,
         id = match(arm, arms$label)) |>
  filter(!is.na(Cc)) |>
  select(id, time = tad, Cc, treatment = arm)

# Defensive time-zero anchor at the start of the SS interval (Cc just before the
# last dose; tad = 0). For oral repeated dosing this is the predose Cc, not 0.
pk_sim_t0 <- pk_sim |>
  group_by(id, treatment) |>
  summarise(time = 0, Cc = Cc[which.min(abs(time))], .groups = "drop")

pk_sim_anchored <- bind_rows(pk_sim, pk_sim_t0) |>
  distinct(id, treatment, time, .keep_all = TRUE) |>
  arrange(id, treatment, time)

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(pk_sim_anchored, Cc ~ time | treatment + id,
                             concu = "ng/mL", timeu = "h")

dose_df <- pk_sim_anchored |>
  distinct(id, treatment) |>
  mutate(time = 0,
         amt = c(6.25, 12.5, 25, 50)[id])

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

intervals <- data.frame(
  start    = 0,
  end      = 24,
  cmax     = TRUE,
  tmax     = TRUE,
  auclast  = TRUE,
  cmin     = TRUE
)

nca_res <- PKNCA::pk.nca(PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_obj, dose_obj,
                                          intervals = intervals))
nca_summary <- as.data.frame(nca_res$result) |>
  select(treatment, PPTESTCD, PPORRES) |>
  pivot_wider(names_from = PPTESTCD, values_from = PPORRES) |>
  mutate(across(where(is.numeric), \(x) signif(x, 3)))

knitr::kable(
  nca_summary,
  caption = paste("Steady-state (0-24 h) PKNCA summary for the encoded",
                  "GTL16 arms; the paper does not publish per-arm NCA",
                  "tables, but Tmax ~4 h matches Yamazaki 2008 Figure 2",
                  "narrative.")
)
```

Across all four arms the Tmax falls in the 3-5 h window, matching the paper's
"around 4 h postdose" observation; AUClast scales with dose roughly as
expected for the encoded PK estimates.

# Switching cohorts -- programmatic access

The encoded defaults represent the GTL16 50 mg/kg arm. To switch to the U87MG
TGI variant, override the three TGI ini values (as in Figure 6 above):

```{r u87-snippet, eval = FALSE}
mod_u87 <- rxode2::ini(
  rxode2::zeroRe(readModelDb("Yamazaki_2008_crizotinib_mouse")),
  lkin_tumor  = log(0.0134),
  lkout_tumor = log(0.00236),
  lec50_tumor = log(94.1)
)
```

To switch the PK to any other Table 1 arm, do the same with `lka`, `lcl`,
`lvc`.

# Assumptions and deviations

* **Encoded PK is one arm of Table 1.** Yamazaki 2008 estimated PK by
  naive-pooled analysis with dose-group-specific parameters because the model's
  underlying linear-PK assumption breaks down across the 3.13-50 mg/kg dose
  range (saturation of hepatic / intestinal clearance at higher doses). There
  is no single set of "population PK" estimates in the paper. The encoded
  default uses the Study 2 (GTL16) 50 mg/kg arm because it is the
  post-saturation, linear-regime, full-efficacy dose; users replicating other
  arms should override `lka` / `lcl` / `lvc` via `rxode2::ini()` per Table 1
  (reproduced above).
* **Baseline tumor volume (`rbase_tumor = 150 mm^3`) is figure-derived, not
  text-derived.** Yamazaki 2008 used individual day-0 tumor volumes per mouse
  as the initial condition for the TGI ODE and did not report a typical
  population-level baseline. The 150 mm^3 default was read off Figures 5 and 6
  (day-0 tumor volumes spanned ~100-200 mm^3 across vehicle and treated arms)
  for simulation convenience; downstream users fitting individual data should
  override per-subject.
* **`propSd_phospho`, `propSd_tumor_vol`, and `etalkout_tumor` are fixed at
  zero.** The Methods state that residual variability was characterised by a
  proportional error model and that an interanimal variability for kout was
  estimated, but the numerical magnitudes are not reported in Tables 2 or 3
  (only the PK residual SD of 28% appears in the Results text). Per the
  nlmixr2lib missing-value convention these are encoded as `fixed(0)`; users
  running stochastic VPCs must supply their own magnitudes.
* **3.13 mg/kg PK was not estimated by the paper** (most plasma concentrations
  were below the 1 ng/mL LOQ); for the day-11 vehicle vs treated comparison we
  re-use the 6.25 mg/kg per-arm PK parameters as the closest published value
  (the TGI fit covered this arm at the joint-fit step).
* **No PKNCA comparison against published NCA values.** Yamazaki 2008 reports
  only structural PK parameter estimates (Table 1) and figure-level dose
  responses; there is no per-arm NCA table to compare PKNCA against. The
  PKNCA block above is included to confirm Tmax around 4 h and exposure
  scaling consistent with the paper's narrative.
* **IDR and combined PD models are not encoded.** The paper's link model and
  the indirect-response model with effect compartment converged to the same
  EC50 estimate (Table 2 Combined Model column shows EC50 = 18.5 ng/mL and
  ke0 = 0.136 1/h, both within 1% of the link model) because the combined
  model's kout (~20 1/h, ~150x ke0) implies essentially instantaneous
  phospho equilibration. Per the Discussion the combined model collapses to
  the link model; only the link model is shipped.
