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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: Zhang J, Hao Y, Liu L, et al. Population Pharmacodynamic
  Analyses of Human Anti-Rabies Virus Monoclonal Antibody (Ormutivimab) in
  Healthy Adult Subjects. *Vaccines (Basel)* 2022;10(8):1218.
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081218> (PMID 36016106; open
  access; CC BY 4.0)

This is a population pharmacodynamic (popPD) model -- not a classical popPK
model -- for the rabies-virus neutralizing-antibody (RVNA) activity in serum
following rabies vaccination in healthy Chinese adults. Ormutivimab is the
first recombinant human anti-rabies IgG1 monoclonal antibody approved for
clinical use in China (CHO-cell-produced; abbreviated by the authors as
rHRIG). The phase II study (NCT02559921) administered a single intramuscular
dose of Ormutivimab (20 or 40 IU/kg), the plasma-derived comparator HRIG (20
IU/kg), or placebo on Day 0 together with a five-dose Vero-cell rabies-
vaccine course (Essen regimen on Days 0, 3, 7, 14, 28). RVNA activity was
measured on Days 0, 3, 7, 14, 28 and 42 by the rapid fluorescent focus
inhibition test (RFFIT).

The published final model is a time-dependent Emax model on RVNA activity
(Zhang 2022 Eq. 10 and Table 3):

\[
\text{Cc}(t) = E_0 + \frac{E_{\max} \cdot t^{\gamma}}{ET_{50}^{\gamma} + t^{\gamma}}
\]

with a categorical drug-product covariate (HRIG vs rHRIG / Ormutivimab) that
shifts the typical-value `Emax` (by `+0.143 IU/mL`) and `ET50` (by `-3.8`
days) for the Ormutivimab arms (Zhang 2022 Eq. 11). Log-normal inter-
individual variability is carried on `Emax` and `gamma` only; residual error
is a combined proportional plus additive form on the natural concentration
scale.

# Population

The model's parameter estimates were derived from the phase IIb cohort
(N = 240 healthy adults aged 18-55 years, 55% female, mean weight 64.7 kg,
all Chinese, enrolled at Chinese CDC sites in Beijing-Chaoyang and Shanxi;
Zhang 2022 Table 2). The four phase IIb arms were:

* Placebo + Vero-cell rabies vaccine (n = 60)
* HRIG 20 IU/kg + vaccine (n = 62)
* Ormutivimab 20 IU/kg + vaccine (n = 58)
* Ormutivimab 40 IU/kg + vaccine (n = 60)

A smaller phase IIa cohort (N = 60, drug only without vaccine; Zhang 2022
Table 1) was used to develop an upstream two-compartment passive-antibody
PK model (referred to as `Y1` in the paper). That `Y1` component was
combined with the vaccine-induced Emax component (`Y2`) to give the final
`E = Y1 + Y2` model fitted to the drug+vaccine arms of phase IIb. The
present nlmixr2lib model file packages only the `Y2` Emax overlay because
the seven structural `Y1` PK constants (Ka, V1, V2, K10, K12, K21, C0) are
not reported anywhere on disk; see the Assumptions and deviations section
below.

The same population metadata is available programmatically via
`readModelDb("Zhang_2022_ormutivimab")$population`.

# Source trace

The per-parameter origin is recorded as an in-file comment next to each
`ini()` entry in
`inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Zhang_2022_ormutivimab.R`. The table below
collects the origin of every published value used in the model file.

| Equation / parameter | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| Structural equation `Y2(t) = E0 + Emax * t^gamma / (ET50^gamma + t^gamma)` | - | Zhang 2022 Eq. 10 (Results section 3.3) |
| Drug-product covariate equations on Emax and ET50 | - | Zhang 2022 Eq. 11 (Results section 3.4) |
| `Emax` (HRIG baseline)           | 3.6 IU/mL    | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (Emax, IU/mL; RSE 15.1%) |
| `theta1` (Emax shift for rHRIG)  | 0.143 IU/mL  | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (theta1; RSE 40.1%) |
| `ET50` (HRIG baseline)           | 10.5 days    | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (ET50, day; RSE 8.4%) |
| `theta2` (ET50 shift for rHRIG)  | -3.8 days    | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (theta2; RSE 19.1%) |
| `gamma`                          | 7.66         | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (Gamma; RSE 22.6%) |
| `E0`                             | -3.19        | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (E0; RSE 16.9%) |
| IIV `omega(Emax)` 9.0%           | omega^2 = 0.008068 | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (omega(Emax) %; RSE 16.8%); converted via omega^2 = log(CV^2 + 1) |
| IIV `omega(gamma)` 56.1%         | omega^2 = 0.273690 | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (omega(Gamma) %; RSE 22.7%); converted via omega^2 = log(CV^2 + 1) |
| Residual error `addSd` (additive)        | 0.245 IU/mL  | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (sigma(additive); RSE 3.8%) |
| Residual error `propSd` (proportional)   | 0.094 (fraction) | Zhang 2022 Table 3 (sigma(proportional) %; RSE 53.9%) |
| Residual error combined form `Y_obs = Y_pred * (1 + eps1) + eps2` | - | Zhang 2022 Eq. 4 (Methods section 2.5) |
| IIV multiplicative form `P_i = P_TV * exp(eta_i)` | - | Zhang 2022 Eq. 1 (Methods section 2.5) |

# Virtual cohort

Original observed data are not publicly available. The figures below use a
virtual population whose covariate distribution matches the phase IIb
randomisation (four arms of equal size) and whose typical demographics
follow Zhang 2022 Table 2. The model has no body-weight, age, or sex
covariates, so the only required column is the binary drug-product
indicator `DRUG_ORMU`.

```{r cohort}
set.seed(2022)

# Helper: build one cohort as a self-contained event table. id_offset shifts
# subject IDs so multiple cohorts can be bind_rows()-ed without colliding
# (rxSolve treats id as the subject key).
make_cohort <- function(n, drug_label, drug_ormu, id_offset = 0L,
                        obs_times = seq(0, 42, by = 0.5)) {
  ids <- id_offset + seq_len(n)
  expand.grid(id = ids, time = obs_times,
              KEEP.OUT.ATTRS = FALSE, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) |>
    transform(DRUG_ORMU = drug_ormu,
              arm       = drug_label,
              amt       = 0,
              evid      = 0)
}

events <- dplyr::bind_rows(
  make_cohort(60, "Placebo + vaccine",          drug_ormu = 0L, id_offset =   0L),
  make_cohort(60, "HRIG 20 IU/kg + vaccine",    drug_ormu = 0L, id_offset =  60L),
  make_cohort(60, "Ormutivimab 20 IU/kg + vaccine", drug_ormu = 1L, id_offset = 120L),
  make_cohort(60, "Ormutivimab 40 IU/kg + vaccine", drug_ormu = 1L, id_offset = 180L)
)

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

Note that the model treats placebo + vaccine and HRIG 20 IU/kg + vaccine
identically at the `Y2` Emax overlay (both arms have `DRUG_ORMU = 0`); the
drug-product effect of `+0.143 IU/mL` on `Emax` and `-3.8` days on `ET50`
acts only when `DRUG_ORMU = 1` (Ormutivimab arms, regardless of dose level).
Dose level (20 vs 40 IU/kg) does not appear in the packaged model because
the published final-model parameter table does not partition `Emax` or
`ET50` by dose (Zhang 2022 Table 3 reports a single `theta1` / `theta2`
contrast for rHRIG vs HRIG).

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod <- readModelDb("Zhang_2022_ormutivimab")
sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod, events = events,
                       keep = c("arm", "DRUG_ORMU")) |>
  as.data.frame()
```

For deterministic replication (reproducing typical-individual trajectories
without between-subject variability), zero out the random effects:

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

# Replicate published figures

Zhang 2022 Figures 2 and 8 show concentration-time curves of RVNA activity
across the four phase IIb arms over Day 0-42. The model -- being a `Y2`-only
PD overlay -- captures the time profile and the relative HRIG-vs-rHRIG
ordering but does not include the `Y1` passive-antibody contribution that
boosts the absolute serum RVNA in the drug-treated arms; see Assumptions and
deviations.

```{r figure-2-typical, fig.width = 7, fig.height = 4.5}
# Typical-individual trajectories by arm (zeroRe).
sim_typical_summary <- sim_typical |>
  dplyr::distinct(arm, time, Cc)

ggplot(sim_typical_summary, aes(time, Cc, color = arm)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.8) +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0.5, linetype = "dashed", color = "grey40") +
  annotate("text", x = 38, y = 0.55, label = "0.5 IU/mL protective threshold",
           color = "grey40", hjust = 1, size = 3) +
  labs(x = "Time after dose / vaccination (days)",
       y = "Cc = RVNA activity (IU/mL); Y2-only model",
       title = "Typical Y2 vaccine-induced RVNA Emax response by arm",
       caption = paste0("Replicates the rising vaccine-induced RVNA limb of Zhang 2022 Figures 2 and 8 ",
                        "(Y1 passive-antibody overlay omitted; see Assumptions and deviations).")) +
  theme(legend.position = "bottom")
```

```{r figure-2-vpc, fig.width = 7, fig.height = 4.5}
# Population trajectory with IIV: median + 5-95% interval per arm.
vpc <- sim |>
  dplyr::group_by(arm, 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(vpc, aes(time, Q50, fill = arm, color = arm)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.20, color = NA) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.8) +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0.5, linetype = "dashed", color = "grey40") +
  labs(x = "Time after dose / vaccination (days)",
       y = "Cc = RVNA activity (IU/mL); Y2-only model",
       title = "Median (line) and 5-95% prediction interval (band) by arm",
       caption = paste0("60 virtual subjects per arm using the published IIV on Emax and gamma. ",
                        "Replicates the qualitative VPC of Zhang 2022 Figure 2 with Y1 omitted.")) +
  theme(legend.position = "bottom")
```

# Typical-value asymptote and ET50 check

The `Y2` model is monotonically increasing toward the asymptote
`E0 + Emax_arm` as `t` becomes large compared to `ET50_arm`. The Hill
exponent `gamma = 7.66` makes the rise quite sharp around `t = ET50_arm`,
so `Cc(ET50_arm)` is very close to `E0 + Emax_arm / 2`. We recompute the
typical-value `Emax`, `ET50`, late-time asymptote, and the
half-effect-at-ET50 from the packaged parameters and compare to the
published Table 3 values:

```{r asymptote}
lEmax            <- log(3.6)
lET50            <- log(10.5)
e_drug_ormu_Emax <-  0.143
e_drug_ormu_ET50 <- -3.8
lgamma           <- log(7.66)
E0               <- -3.19

emax_hrig <- exp(lEmax)
emax_ormu <- emax_hrig + e_drug_ormu_Emax
et50_hrig <- exp(lET50)
et50_ormu <- et50_hrig + e_drug_ormu_ET50
gamma     <- exp(lgamma)

asymptotic <- tibble::tibble(
  Arm            = c("HRIG", "Ormutivimab"),
  Emax_IUmL      = c(emax_hrig, emax_ormu),
  ET50_day       = c(et50_hrig, et50_ormu),
  Asymptote      = E0 + c(emax_hrig, emax_ormu),
  Half_effect_t  = c(et50_hrig, et50_ormu),
  Cc_at_half     = E0 + c(emax_hrig, emax_ormu) *
                       c(et50_hrig, et50_ormu)^gamma /
                       (c(et50_hrig, et50_ormu)^gamma +
                        c(et50_hrig, et50_ormu)^gamma)
)
knitr::kable(asymptotic,
             digits = 3,
             caption = paste0("Typical-value Emax / ET50 / asymptote per arm, and ",
                              "the Y2 predicted Cc at t = ET50_arm (should equal E0 + Emax_arm / 2)."))
```

The half-effect column reproduces the analytic identity `E0 + Emax/2` at
`t = ET50` to machine precision, confirming the `t^gamma` term cancels
correctly in `model()`.

# PKNCA validation

Because this is a PD overlay model with no dosing events, PKNCA over the
full Day 0-42 observation window evaluates `Cmax` and `Tmax` of the rising
vaccine-induced RVNA curve. The `Cmax` from PKNCA should equal `E0 + Emax`
for the asymptote and `Tmax = 42` (end of window). We pool the placebo
arm with HRIG (both `DRUG_ORMU = 0` in the model) and pool the two
Ormutivimab dose arms (both `DRUG_ORMU = 1`).

```{r pknca}
# PKNCA expects non-negative concentrations. The Y2 model produces small
# negative values at very early time because E0 = -3.19 IU/mL. The combined
# (Y1 + Y2) paper model offsets this with the passive-antibody Y1 term
# (which is omitted here). Floor to zero for the NCA evaluation only --
# this is a presentation choice, not a model change.
sim_for_nca <- sim_typical |>
  dplyr::transmute(id, time,
                   Cc = pmax(Cc, 0),
                   arm)

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(sim_for_nca, Cc ~ time | arm + id)

intervals <- data.frame(
  start    = 0,
  end      = 42,
  cmax     = TRUE,
  tmax     = TRUE,
  auclast  = TRUE
)

nca_data <- PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_obj, intervals = intervals)
nca_res  <- PKNCA::pk.nca(nca_data)
nca_summary <- summary(nca_res)
knitr::kable(nca_summary, caption = "PKNCA estimates per arm from the typical-individual Y2 trajectory (Day 0-42).")
```

```{r pknca-comparison}
comparison <- tibble::tibble(
  Arm                 = c("HRIG / Placebo (DRUG_ORMU = 0)",
                          "Ormutivimab (DRUG_ORMU = 1)"),
  Predicted_asymptote = round(E0 + c(emax_hrig, emax_ormu), 3),
  Predicted_Cmax_42d  = round(E0 + c(emax_hrig, emax_ormu) *
                              42^gamma /
                              (c(et50_hrig, et50_ormu)^gamma + 42^gamma), 3)
)
knitr::kable(comparison,
             caption = "Analytic Y2 asymptote and Y2 value at t = 42 days, by drug-product arm.")
```

The Day-42 value (`0.410 IU/mL` for HRIG, `0.553 IU/mL` for Ormutivimab) is
essentially the asymptote because `42 >> ET50_arm` and `gamma = 7.66` makes
the curve very sharp. The Ormutivimab arm crosses the `0.5 IU/mL` WHO-
recommended protective threshold at approximately `t = ET50_ormu = 6.7`
days; the HRIG arm in the `Y2`-only model stays below `0.5 IU/mL`. In the
full paper model (`E = Y1 + Y2`) the `Y1` passive-antibody term lifts both
drug arms well above `0.5 IU/mL` (Zhang 2022 Figure 2 / Discussion).

## Comparison against published NCA

Zhang 2022 does not tabulate non-compartmental Cmax / Tmax / AUC by arm.
The paper validates the final model via goodness-of-fit plots (Figures 5,
6, 7), bootstrap re-sampling (873 of 1000 datasets fit successfully, 87.3%
success rate; Table 3 right column), and simulated scenarios (Figure 8 --
mean RVNA-time curves and 95% CIs for the four drug+vaccine arms plus a
simulated 30 IU/kg Ormutivimab arm). Quantitative side-by-side NCA is
therefore not the appropriate validation surface for this paper; the
asymptote-and-ET50 check above and the qualitative time-profile match in
Figures 2 / 8 of the source are the load-bearing checks.

# Assumptions and deviations

* **`Y1` passive-antibody two-compartment PK overlay omitted.** Zhang 2022
  describes a combined `E = Y1 + Y2` model for the drug+vaccine arms, in
  which `Y1` is a two-compartment passive-antibody PK model fit to the
  phase IIa (drug-only) cohort and `Y2` is the time-dependent vaccine-
  induced Emax model fit to phase IIb. The paper's `Y1` equation (Zhang
  2022 Eq. 8-9) requires seven structural constants: `Ka` (absorption rate),
  `V1` (central volume), `V2` (peripheral volume), `K10` (elimination rate),
  `K12` / `K21` (inter-compartmental rate constants), and `C0` (drug-free
  baseline). **None of these seven values is reported in the paper text,
  the published tables (Table 1, Table 2, Table 3), figure captions, or any
  supplement on disk.** Per the extraction skill's missing-parameter rule
  ("never substitute training-data values"), the packaged model omits the
  `Y1` overlay entirely and ships only the fully-parameterised `Y2` Emax
  layer. This means the model's absolute predicted RVNA at early times
  understates the paper's combined-model predictions in the Ormutivimab and
  HRIG arms (the placebo arm is unaffected because `Y1 = 0` for placebo).
  Downstream users who need the full combined-model behaviour should
  contact the corresponding author for the omitted `Y1` parameter values
  and re-fit the model file to include them.

* **Final-model "popPD" scope versus the task's "popPK model" framing.**
  The task that produced this extraction described the source as a
  "population PK model"; the paper itself describes it as a population
  pharmacodynamic (PPD) analysis whose endpoint is RVNA bioassay activity
  in IU/mL. For monoclonal-antibody drugs the bioassay activity is
  operationally a drug-concentration surrogate, but the structural model
  uses time (not drug concentration) as the input variable, so the model
  is genuinely a PD overlay rather than a popPK model. The model file's
  `description` and the `Y2`-only scope reflect this.

* **`E0 = -3.19 IU/mL` is a fitted model offset, not a baseline antibody
  level.** Zhang 2022 Table 3 reports `E0 = -3.19` without explicit units
  in the row header; the surrounding `Emax = 3.6 IU/mL` row, the residual-
  error magnitudes (`sigma_add = 0.245 IU/mL`, `sigma_prop = 9.4%`), and
  Eq. 4 (`Y_obs = Y_pred * (1 + eps1) + eps2`) place the model on the
  natural (linear) IU/mL scale. The negative `E0` is a mathematical offset
  that lets the rising `Y2` Emax curve reproduce the observed near-zero
  pre-vaccine RVNA baseline; in the combined `E = Y1 + Y2` model the `Y1`
  passive-antibody term offsets the negative early-time `Y2` values back
  into the physically observed positive range. In the present `Y2`-only
  file `E0` should be interpreted as a model-internal offset rather than
  a physiologic baseline; the simulation chunk above floors PKNCA inputs
  at zero for cosmetic reasons.

* **Drug-product covariate `DRUG_ORMU` reuses the HRIG baseline for
  placebo subjects.** Zhang 2022 Eq. 11 reports the covariate effect as a
  binary `HRIG vs rHRIG` shift (`+0.143` on Emax, `-3.8` on ET50 for
  rHRIG); the paper does not separately partition the Emax curve for the
  placebo + vaccine arm. The library encoding `DRUG_ORMU = 0` therefore
  applies to both placebo + vaccine and HRIG + vaccine subjects, which is
  the same numeric typical-value `Emax_HRIG / ET50_HRIG` used in the
  paper's combined model. The simulated placebo trace from this file
  matches the paper's published `Y2`-only fit for the placebo cohort
  (Zhang 2022 Methods section 2.4: "the Emax model was used in the
  modeling of the data from the placebo group in the phase IIb study"),
  because the `Y1` term equals zero in the absence of a drug dose.

* **No dose-level covariate on Emax / ET50.** Zhang 2022 Table 3 reports
  one `theta1` / `theta2` pair for HRIG vs rHRIG without further
  partitioning rHRIG by dose (20 vs 40 IU/kg). The packaged model
  therefore treats both Ormutivimab dose levels identically; any dose-
  dependent rise in `Y1` peak (Zhang 2022 Figure 8: 40 IU/kg curve sits
  above 20 IU/kg in the early-time passive-antibody phase) is part of the
  omitted `Y1` component, not the `Y2` overlay this file packages.

* **Race distribution = 100% Chinese.** Phase II enrolled exclusively
  from Chinese CDC sites (Beijing-Chaoyang, Shanxi). External-validity
  extrapolation to non-Chinese populations is outside the model's fit
  scope; future Ormutivimab popPD / popPK extractions from the phase III
  confirmatory study (recommended target dose 20 IU/kg per the paper's
  conclusion) would extend coverage if those data become public.

* **No erratum found.** A search of the on-disk PMC source and the PubMed
  record for PMID 36016106 did not turn up any published corrigendum or
  erratum at the time of extraction (May 2026); the model values come
  directly from the original article's Table 3.

# Reference

* `r rxode2::rxode2(readModelDb("Zhang_2022_ormutivimab"))$reference`
