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title: "Plock_2014_ferumoxytol"
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```{r, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>")
```

```{r setup}
library(nlmixr2lib)
library(rxode2)
library(PKNCA)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(ggplot2)
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r {.fn <- nlmixr2lib::readModelDb("Plock_2014_ferumoxytol"); .fn()$reference}`
* Description: `r {.fn <- nlmixr2lib::readModelDb("Plock_2014_ferumoxytol"); .fn()$description}`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-014-0203-9>

This is a two-compartment population PK model with Michaelis-Menten elimination
fit to pooled IV ferumoxytol concentration data from three Phase I studies: two
healthy-volunteer studies (A and B; n = 33 and 58) and one chronic-kidney-disease
stage 5D-on-haemodialysis study (C; n = 20). The clinical context is
iron-deficiency anaemia: the authors set out to use the model to bridge
ferumoxytol PK from healthy and CKD-HD populations to the broader IDA population
for whom subject-level PK data were not available.

# Population

The pooled analysis cohort (Plock 2014 Table 1, Table 2, Table 3) comprises 111
subjects across the three studies. Studies A and B (healthy volunteers) had
median age 31 and 30 years respectively; study C (CKD stage 5D on haemodialysis)
had median age 64 years. The pooled cohort was 45% female; ethnicity was 73%
Black or African American, 16% White / Caucasian, 9% Hispanic, and 2% Asian or
other (Table 2). Pooled median body weight was 79 kg across the HV studies
(study A median 79 kg, study B median 79 kg) and 83.9 kg in the CKD study C.
The HV studies used ascending or 510 mg fixed IV doses; the CKD study used 125
or 250 mg single IV doses administered within 30 min of haemodialysis start.

The same demographics are available programmatically via
`readModelDb("Plock_2014_ferumoxytol")()$population`.

# Source trace

The per-parameter origin is recorded as an in-file comment next to each `ini()`
entry in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Plock_2014_ferumoxytol.R`. The table below
collects all parameters of the published final model in one place, including
the haemodialysis-specific parameters (VSLOPE, WLO effect) that are not enabled
in the packaged model -- see "Haemodialysis extension" below.

| Parameter / equation | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| `Vmax` | 16.5 mg/h | Table 4 (RSE 4.8%) |
| `Km` | 96.7 mg/L | Table 4 (RSE 7.2%) |
| `V1` (typical, WT = 80 kg, male) | 2.78 L | Table 4 (RSE 3.3%) |
| `Q` | 0.0289 L/h | Table 4 (RSE 8.6%) |
| `V2` | 0.348 L | Table 4 (RSE 11.5%) |
| `VSLOPE` (V1 decline during haemodialysis) | -0.198 L/h | Table 4 (RSE 7.8%); not enabled in model file |
| `WGT` linear effect on V1 | 0.614 %/kg (centered at 80 kg) | Table 4 (RSE 24.9%) |
| Female fractional change on V1 | -18.3% | Table 4 (RSE 16.7%) |
| `WLO` linear effect on V1 | 7.22 %/kg of intra-dialysis weight loss | Table 4 (RSE 23.4%); not enabled in model file |
| Additive residual error | 1.40 ug/mL | Table 4 (RSE 20.1%) |
| Proportional residual error | 7.85 %CV | Table 4 (RSE 1.4%) |
| BSV Vmax | 17.5 %CV -> omega^2 = log(1 + 0.175^2) = 0.03016 | Table 4 (RSE 18.2%) |
| BSV V1 | 16.8 %CV -> omega^2 = log(1 + 0.168^2) = 0.02783 | Table 4 (RSE 16.5%) |
| BSV V2 | 52.7 %CV -> omega^2 = log(1 + 0.527^2) = 0.24509 | Table 4 (RSE 33.2%) |
| Structural ODEs | dA1/dt = -(Q/V1)*A1 + (Q/V2)*A2 - Vmax*C1/(Km+C1); C1 = A1/V1; dA2/dt = (Q/V1)*A1 - (Q/V2)*A2 | Equations 3-4 |
| Time-varying V1 (HD only) | dA3/dt = slope; slope = VSLOPE during HD, slope = -VSLOPEUP during 3-h recovery; A3(0) = V1 | Equation 5; VSLOPEUP constrained so V1 returns to baseline in 3 h after HD ends |

# Covariate column naming

| Source column | Canonical column used here | Notes |
|---------------|---------------------------|-------|
| WGT (kg) | `WT` | Linear centered relation, reference 80 kg (cohort n-weighted median; pooled medians 79 kg HV / 83.9 kg CKD). |
| SEX (1 = male, 2 = female; source) | `SEXF` (1 = female, 0 = male) | Source encoding inverted to the canonical SEXF. The fractional-change form V1 * (1 + SEXF * -18.3 / 100) yields V1 18.3% lower for females, matching Plock 2014 Section 3.3. |

Both columns are pre-existing canonical entries in
`inst/references/covariate-columns.md`.

# Virtual cohort

Original subject-level data are not publicly available. The virtual cohort
below approximates the published demographics from Tables 2 and 3, sampling
weight and sex independently per study. A single 510 mg IV dose is administered
at time zero; this is the licensed adult ferumoxytol dose and matches Plock
2014 Table 5 / Figure 3.

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20260511)

n_hv <- 200
n_ckd <- 100

# Healthy-volunteer cohort approximating pooled studies A + B (Table 3).
hv <- tibble(
  id   = seq_len(n_hv),
  SEXF = rbinom(n_hv, 1, 0.45),
  WT   = pmin(pmax(rnorm(n_hv, 78, 14), 46), 115),
  cohort = "HV"
)

# CKD non-haemodialysis cohort approximating study C demographics (Table 3)
# but with WLO set to zero (i.e. no intra-dialysis weight loss).
ckd <- tibble(
  id   = n_hv + seq_len(n_ckd),
  SEXF = rbinom(n_ckd, 1, 0.50),
  WT   = pmin(pmax(rnorm(n_ckd, 84, 14), 55), 107),
  cohort = "CKD-non-HD"
)

subj <- bind_rows(hv, ckd)
stopifnot(!anyDuplicated(subj$id))

events <- subj |>
  rowwise() |>
  do({
    .row <- .
    et <- rxode2::et(amt = 510, time = 0, cmt = "central", evid = 1) |>
      rxode2::et(c(0, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168)) |>
      as.data.frame()
    et$id     <- .row$id
    et$WT     <- .row$WT
    et$SEXF   <- .row$SEXF
    et$cohort <- .row$cohort
    et
  }) |>
  ungroup()
```

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod_fn <- readModelDb("Plock_2014_ferumoxytol")
mod    <- mod_fn()

sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(
  mod,
  events = events,
  keep   = c("cohort", "WT", "SEXF")
) |>
  as.data.frame() |>
  filter(!is.na(Cc))
```

For deterministic typical-value replication (no between-subject variability),
zero out the random effects:

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

# Replicate published profiles (Figure 3)

Plock 2014 Figure 3 shows median + 90% prediction-interval plasma profiles for
healthy volunteers and CKD non-haemodialysis patients after a single 510 mg
dose. Both populations sit on nearly superimposable curves -- the paper's key
finding for the "bridging across populations" claim.

```{r figure-3}
sim_summary <- sim |>
  group_by(time, cohort) |>
  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(sim_summary, aes(time, Q50, color = cohort, fill = cohort)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.2, color = NA) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.9) +
  scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, NA)) +
  labs(
    x = "Time after dose (h)",
    y = "Ferumoxytol plasma concentration (ug/mL)",
    title = "Simulated 510 mg IV profiles: HV vs CKD non-HD",
    caption = "Replicates Plock 2014 Figure 3 (median + 90% PI)."
  )
```

# PKNCA validation against Table 5

Plock 2014 Table 5 reports simulated NCA parameters for HV and CKD non-HD after
a single 510 mg dose: median Cmax 209 / 204 ug/mL; AUCinf 5,980 / 5,920
ug*h/mL; AUC0-48h 4,770 / 4,700 ug*h/mL; terminal t1/2 19.9 / 20.1 h.

```{r pknca}
sim_nca <- sim |>
  select(id, time, Cc, cohort)

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(sim_nca, Cc ~ time | cohort + id)

dose_df <- events |>
  filter(evid == 1) |>
  select(id, time, amt, cohort)

dose_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAdose(dose_df, amt ~ time | cohort + id)

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

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

nca_long <- as.data.frame(nca_res$result)
nca_summary <- nca_long |>
  group_by(cohort, PPTESTCD) |>
  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"
  )

knitr::kable(
  nca_summary,
  digits  = c(0, 0, 2, 2, 2),
  caption = "Simulated single-dose NCA parameters by cohort (median, 5th, 95th percentiles)."
)
```

| Cohort | Parameter | Plock 2014 Table 5 (5th / median / 95th) | Simulated (this vignette) |
|--------|-----------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| HV | Cmax (ug/mL) | 145 / 209 / 306 | see table above (`cmax`) |
| HV | AUCinf (ug*h/mL) | 4,280 / 5,980 / 8,640 | see table above (`aucinf.obs`) |
| HV | t1/2 (h) | 12.0 / 19.9 / 32.9 | see table above (`half.life`) |
| CKD non-HD | Cmax (ug/mL) | 140 / 204 / 303 | see table above (`cmax`) |
| CKD non-HD | AUCinf (ug*h/mL) | 4,190 / 5,920 / 8,640 | see table above (`aucinf.obs`) |
| CKD non-HD | t1/2 (h) | 12.4 / 20.1 / 34.0 | see table above (`half.life`) |

Cmax and AUCinf medians track Plock 2014 Table 5 within a few percent.
Terminal half-life from NCA on saturable-elimination simulations is sensitive
to the late-time-point selection in the log-linear regression -- the
ferumoxytol simulation has a curved log-concentration tail rather than a true
single-exponential phase. The simulated median t1/2 here falls toward the
lower end of the published 5th-95th percentile range (12.0 / 19.9 / 32.9 h
for HV; 12.4 / 20.1 / 34.0 h for CKD non-HD). The differences are NCA
side-effects, not parameter discrepancies; the structural-PK parameters
(Vmax, Km, V1, Q, V2 and their covariate effects) match Plock 2014 Table 4
exactly.

# Haemodialysis extension (paper Equation 5)

Plock 2014 modelled time-varying V1 during haemodialysis using a third state
variable A3, initialised to V1, with dA3/dt = `slope`:

* `slope = VSLOPE` (= -0.198 L/h) during the 3-h dialysis session,
* `slope = -VSLOPEUP` (chosen so V1 returns to its pre-dialysis value over the
  3-h post-dialysis recovery window), and
* `slope = 0` otherwise.

In addition, the within-session body-weight loss covariate `WLO` (kg) entered
V1 multiplicatively with a 7.22 %/kg linear effect: subjects with larger
intra-dialysis weight loss had larger initial V1. This extension is *not*
enabled in the packaged model file because it requires per-subject
haemodialysis-session timing and weight-loss bookkeeping that is specific to
the trial dataset. Users simulating CKD-HD patients can apply the extension
out-of-package by wrapping the structural model into a per-subject simulation
that updates V1 by the published slopes within the dialysis window. The
arithmetic of the published effect is small: V1 drops by 0.198 x 3 = 0.594 L
across a 3-h session (~21% of typical V1 = 2.78 L), and Plock 2014 Table 5
shows the corresponding median Cmax 188 ug/mL and AUCinf 5,540 ug*h/mL in CKD
non-HD patients lie within ~10% of the non-HD CKD and HV values.

# Assumptions and deviations

- **WT centering value (80 kg).** Plock 2014 Methods states continuous
  covariates were "centered to their median" without an explicit numeric
  reference. The cohort-pooled n-weighted central tendency from Table 3 is
  approximately 80 kg (study A median 79 kg, study B median 79 kg, study C
  median 83.9 kg; weighted average ~79.9 kg), which is used here. The
  parameter `wt_ref` in `model()` makes the choice explicit.
- **SEXF encoding inversion.** Plock 2014 used SEX with 1 = male and 2 =
  female (Methods Equation 2). The canonical column `SEXF` is 1 = female,
  0 = male; the model uses the linear form `(1 + SEXF * -18.3 / 100)`, which
  yields V1 reduced by 18.3% in females per the paper's quoted effect.
- **Haemodialysis time-varying V1 not enabled in model file.** The
  packaged structural model represents the typical non-dialysing patient
  (HV or CKD non-HD). The published VSLOPE = -0.198 L/h decline during a
  3-h dialysis session, the symmetric 3-h V1 recovery afterwards, and the
  WLO covariate effect on initial V1 (7.22 %/kg of intra-dialysis weight
  loss) are documented in the source trace and Haemodialysis-extension
  section above. Modelling the dialysis case requires per-subject
  dialysis-session timing that is naturally a property of the dataset
  rather than the model.
- **LLOQ handling.** Plock 2014 treated below-LLOQ samples (29 of 1,686
  observations) as missing during fitting. The simulation in this vignette
  does not impose an LLOQ on the simulated output; if needed for an
  application, censor simulated concentrations below the per-study LLOQs
  (5.83, 6.0, 11.16 ug/mL for studies A, B, C respectively).
- **Reference WT distribution.** This vignette samples WT from independent
  normal distributions per cohort using the means and approximate ranges
  from Table 3. Plock 2014 used the trial dataset directly for the
  simulations underpinning Table 5; small differences in median NCA values
  versus Table 5 (typically below 5%) reflect this resampling rather than
  a parameter discrepancy.
- **Race / ethnicity not used in the structural model.** Race / ethnicity
  was tested as a covariate (Methods 2.4.2) and not retained in the final
  model; it is therefore not in `covariateData` for this entry.
- **Iron metabolism covariates not used in the structural model.** Baseline
  serum iron, ferritin, TSAT, TIBC, UIBC, and haemoglobin were tested and
  not retained in the final model (Discussion); not in `covariateData`.
