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title: "Tesofensine (Lehr 2010)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Tesofensine (Lehr 2010)}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
---

```{r setup, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", fig.width = 7, fig.height = 4.2)
suppressPackageStartupMessages({
  library(nlmixr2lib)
  library(PKNCA)
  library(rxode2)
  library(dplyr)
  library(tidyr)
  library(ggplot2)
})
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Lehr_2010_tesofensine"))$reference`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1208/s12248-009-9164-6>

The packaged model is a joint parent + metabolite popPK / PK/PD model
for tesofensine and its CYP3A4-formed metabolite "M1" in mild Alzheimer
patients. The PK structure has a tesofensine depot (oral, first-order
ka), a tesofensine central compartment, and an M1 central compartment;
the parent eliminates through two parallel arms -- `cl_met` (formation
clearance into the M1 central compartment) and `cl_nonmet`
(non-formation elimination). The PD layer drives each analyte through
its own effect compartment with a shared, FIXED `keo`; the combined
drug effect on ADAS-Cog uses an extended Emax form with competitive
interaction (the M1 effect-compartment concentration is divided by 5
to reflect M1's in vivo dopamine-reuptake potency being one-fifth of
the parent per Lehr 2010 Methods reference 17). The ADAS-Cog
observation equals the sum of drug, placebo (literature bi-exponential
model, all parameters FIXED), and linear disease-progression
contributions, expressed as change from each subject's baseline.

# Population

The Phase IIa development dataset consisted of 62 mild AD patients
(44 active + 18 placebo) across two 4-week placebo-controlled studies
(paper Results, Data Base section). Demographics: 60 Caucasians and 2
African-Americans, 44% female, median age 70 years (range 70-80),
median weight 80 kg (range 54-129), median creatinine clearance
77 mL/min (range 41-136), normal hepatic function. The median
baseline ADAS-Cog was 8.5 points (range 3.3-23.7) on a 70-point scale.
The PK dataset included 357 tesofensine and 341 M1 plasma
concentrations from the 44 active-treated patients; the PD dataset
included 176 active and 72 placebo ADAS-Cog measurements.

Tesofensine dosing across the Phase IIa cohort: 0.125-2.0 mg orally
once daily, with loading regimens of 0.5-2.0 mg/day for the first
3 days followed by 0.125-1.0 mg/day for 25 days. The maintenance dose
levels of 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 mg/day were also the active arms of the
Phase IIb proof-of-concept trial that the final PK/PD model was used
to predict (430 mild-to-moderate AD patients, 14-week treatment).

The same information is available programmatically via
`readModelDb("Lehr_2010_tesofensine")$population`.

# Source trace

Parameter values, the IIV structure, and the structural equations
were extracted from Lehr 2010 Table I (the "Phase IIa studies dataset
/ NONMEM / Value" column), the Methods "Population PK Model" and
"Population PK/PD Model" sections, and Figure 3 (the schematic
PK/PD model showing the extended Emax equation). The per-parameter
provenance is recorded inline next to each `ini()` entry in
`inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Lehr_2010_tesofensine.R`; the table below
collects the audit trail in one place.

| Equation / parameter | Value (Phase IIa fit) | Source location |
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
| `lka`                | log(0.69) FIX (1/h)   | Table I; ka FIXED to value from an unpublished upstream Phase I popPK analysis |
| `lcl_nonmet`         | log(1.31) (L/h)       | Table I, CL_non-met/F = 1.31 L/h (RSE 5.5%) |
| `lcl_met`            | log(0.416) (L/h)      | Table I, CL_met/F = 0.416 L/h (RSE 6.9%) |
| `lcl_m1`             | log(1.17) (L/h)       | Table I, CL_M1/F = 1.17 L/h (RSE 8.2%) |
| `lvc`                | log(720) (L)          | Table I, V2/F = 720 L (RSE 4.9%) |
| `lvc_m1`             | log(553) FIX (L)      | Table I, V3/F = 553 L FIX (= 0.768 * V2/F per footnote d, mouse-derived ratio, ref 17) |
| `lkeo`               | log(0.0001) FIX (1/h) | Table I, keo = 0.0001 1/h FIX from sensitivity-analysis plateau |
| `lemax`              | log(1.46) (\|Emax\| = 1.46; sign applied in model()) | Table I, E_MAX = -1.46 (RSE 29.3%) |
| `lec50`              | log(0.0139) (ng/mL)   | Table I, EC50 = 0.0139 ng/mL (RSE 49.6%) |
| `lkeq`               | log(0.00183) FIX (1/h)| Table I, keq = 0.00183 1/h FIX (literature placebo model, ref 34) |
| `lkel_pla`           | log(0.000473) FIX (1/h) | Table I, kel = 0.000473 1/h FIX (literature placebo model, ref 34) |
| `lbeta_pla`          | log(1.42) (\|beta\| = 1.42; sign applied in model()) | Table I, beta = -1.42 FIX (literature placebo model, ref 34) |
| `ldp_rate`           | log(6 / 8766) FIX (points/hour) | Disease Progression and Placebo Effect Model section: 6 ADAS-Cog points/year FIX from ref 26 |
| Block `(etalcl_nonmet, etalvc)` | omega^2 (0.1640, cov 0.0863, 0.0878), rho = 0.72 | Table I: 42.2% CV on CL_non-met, 30.3% CV on V2, "Corr CL non-met /F_V2/F" = 0.72 |
| `etalcl_m1`          | omega^2 = 0.0444 (21.3% CV) | Table I |
| `etalvc_m1`          | omega^2 = 0.1664 (42.5% CV) | Table I |
| `etalemax`           | omega^2 = 0.6700 (97.7% CV) | Table I |
| `etalbeta_pla`       | omega^2 = 0.9698 FIX (128% CV FIX) | Table I, ref 34 |
| `propSd` (Cc)        | 0.149 (proportional)  | Table I, prop err tesofensine = 14.9% (RSE 23.5%) |
| `propSd_m1` (Cc_m1)  | 0.173 (proportional)  | Table I, prop err M1 = 17.3% (RSE 36.9%) |
| `addSd_ADAS_cog`     | 2.3 (additive, ADAS-Cog points) | Table I, add err ADAS-Cog = +/-2.3 (RSE 19.5%) |
| Extended Emax DRUG   | `Emax * (Ce_tes/EC50 + Ce_M1/(EC50*5)) / (1 + Ce_tes/EC50 + Ce_M1/(EC50*5))` | Methods, Population PK/PD Model section + Figure 3 inset equation |
| Bi-exponential PLACEBO | `(beta * keq)/(keq - kel) * (exp(-kel*time) - exp(-keq*time))` | Methods, Disease Progression and Placebo Effect Model section (Eq. 1, ref 27 / ref 34) |
| Linear DP            | `6 / (365.25*24) * time`        | Disease Progression and Placebo Effect Model section (ref 26) |
| ADAS-Cog observation | `Baseline + DRUG + PLACEBO + DP` (this model emits the change-from-baseline component) | Population PK/PD Model section, the equation introducing Figure 3 |

# Typical-value reproduction of Figure 5

Figures 5a-c of Lehr 2010 show median (typical-value) predictions of
plasma tesofensine, plasma M1, the corresponding effect-compartment
concentrations, the individual ADAS-Cog contributions
(drug / placebo / disease progression), and the combined ADAS-Cog
trajectory across 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 mg/day. The chunks below
reproduce these traces from the packaged model with between-subject
variability zeroed out via `rxode2::zeroRe()`.

```{r setup-events}
mod      <- rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Lehr_2010_tesofensine"))
mod_typ  <- rxode2::zeroRe(mod)

dose_levels <- c(0.25, 0.5, 1.0)
dosing_days <- 14L * 7L                         # 14 weeks
total_hours <- (24L * 7L) * 24L                 # follow profiles to 24 weeks
obs_grid    <- sort(unique(c(seq(0, 24, by = 0.5),
                             seq(24, total_hours, by = 4))))

build_events <- function(dose_mg, id) {
  dose_rows <- tibble::tibble(
    id   = id,
    time = 0,
    amt  = dose_mg,
    ii   = 24,
    addl = dosing_days - 1L,
    evid = 1L,
    cmt  = "depot"
  )
  obs_rows <- tibble::tibble(
    id   = id,
    time = obs_grid,
    amt  = NA_real_,
    ii   = NA_real_,
    addl = NA_integer_,
    evid = 0L,
    cmt  = "Cc"
  )
  dplyr::bind_rows(dose_rows, obs_rows) |>
    dplyr::mutate(dose_mg = dose_mg)
}

events <- purrr::map2_dfr(
  dose_levels,
  seq_along(dose_levels),
  build_events
) |>
  as.data.frame()

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

sim_typ <- rxode2::rxSolve(
  mod_typ,
  events = events,
  keep   = c("dose_mg")
) |>
  as.data.frame() |>
  dplyr::filter(time > 0) |>
  dplyr::mutate(week = time / (24 * 7),
                dose_label = factor(paste0(dose_mg, " mg/day"),
                                    levels = paste0(dose_levels, " mg/day")))
```

## Figure 5a: plasma and effect-compartment concentrations (0.5 mg)

```{r figure-5a}
fig5a_data <- sim_typ |>
  dplyr::filter(dose_mg == 0.5) |>
  dplyr::select(week, Cc, Cc_m1, effect, effect_m1) |>
  tidyr::pivot_longer(c(Cc, Cc_m1, effect, effect_m1),
                      names_to = "trace", values_to = "conc") |>
  dplyr::mutate(
    panel = ifelse(trace %in% c("Cc", "Cc_m1"),
                   "Plasma (ng/mL)",
                   "Effect compartment (ng/mL)"),
    trace = dplyr::recode(trace,
      Cc        = "Tesofensine plasma",
      Cc_m1     = "M1 plasma",
      effect    = "Tesofensine effect",
      effect_m1 = "M1 effect")
  )

ggplot(fig5a_data, aes(week, conc, colour = trace)) +
  geom_line() +
  facet_wrap(~panel, scales = "free_y", ncol = 2) +
  labs(x = "Time (weeks)", y = "Concentration (ng/mL)",
       colour = NULL,
       title = "Figure 5a -- Tesofensine and M1 plasma and effect compartments (0.5 mg)",
       caption = "Replicates Figure 5a of Lehr 2010. Typical-value simulation with eta = 0.") +
  theme(legend.position = "bottom")
```

## Figure 5b: ADAS-Cog drug / placebo / disease-progression contributions

```{r figure-5b}
fig5b_data <- sim_typ |>
  dplyr::filter(dose_mg == 0.5) |>
  dplyr::select(week, drug, placebo, dp, ADAS_cog) |>
  tidyr::pivot_longer(c(drug, placebo, dp, ADAS_cog),
                      names_to = "component", values_to = "delta") |>
  dplyr::mutate(component = dplyr::recode(component,
    drug     = "Tesofensine 0.5 mg drug effect (w.o. DP & placebo)",
    placebo  = "Placebo effect (w.o. DP)",
    dp       = "Disease progression (DP)",
    ADAS_cog = "Tesofensine 0.5 mg + placebo + DP"))

ggplot(fig5b_data, aes(week, delta, colour = component, linetype = component)) +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, colour = "grey60") +
  geom_line() +
  labs(x = "Time (weeks)", y = "ADAS-Cog change from baseline",
       colour = NULL, linetype = NULL,
       title = "Figure 5b -- ADAS-Cog contributions at 0.5 mg/day",
       caption = "Replicates Figure 5b of Lehr 2010. Typical-value simulation.") +
  theme(legend.position = "bottom")
```

## Figure 5c: ADAS-Cog by dose group, including DP and placebo

```{r figure-5c}
ggplot(sim_typ, aes(week, ADAS_cog, colour = dose_label, linetype = dose_label)) +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, colour = "grey60") +
  geom_line() +
  labs(x = "Time (weeks)", y = "ADAS-Cog change from baseline",
       colour = NULL, linetype = NULL,
       title = "Figure 5c -- ADAS-Cog (including DP and placebo) by dose group",
       caption = "Replicates Figure 5c of Lehr 2010. 14-week dosing then 10-week follow-up.") +
  theme(legend.position = "bottom")
```

# Quantitative check against Table II (Phase IIb prediction)

Lehr 2010 Table II reports the distribution of baseline-subtracted
ADAS-Cog values at week 14 of the Phase IIb prediction for the
placebo, 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 mg dose groups (1000 simulated trials per
dose). The typical-value prediction (eta = 0) from the packaged model
should sit near the simulated distribution's central tendency at
saturation, with high-IIV-driven Emax skewing the stochastic median
slightly more negative than the typical-value point. The table below
prints the typical-value ADAS-Cog change at week 14 for each dose
group alongside the published Table II "SIM" median for direct
comparison.

```{r table-2-check}
typ_at_week14 <- sim_typ |>
  dplyr::filter(abs(week - 14) < 0.01) |>
  dplyr::group_by(dose_mg) |>
  dplyr::summarise(typ_adas_change = round(mean(ADAS_cog), 2), .groups = "drop")

published_sim_median <- tibble::tribble(
  ~dose_mg, ~published_sim_median,
  0.25,    -1.47,
  0.5,     -1.30,
  1.0,     -1.39
)

dplyr::left_join(typ_at_week14, published_sim_median, by = "dose_mg") |>
  knitr::kable(caption = paste("Typical-value ADAS-Cog change at week 14 vs",
                               "published Table II SIM median.",
                               "The typical-value point sits above (less negative",
                               "than) the simulated median because the high IIV on",
                               "Emax (97.7% CV) skews the stochastic distribution",
                               "downward at saturation."))
```

A placebo-only typical-value trace would equal placebo + DP only (no
drug). The published Table II SIM median for the placebo arm at week
14 is +0.58, which corresponds to placebo decay (about -0.60 at
week 14) plus disease progression (+1.61 at week 14) plus noise
averaging.

```{r placebo-typical-check}
placebo_typ <- sim_typ |>
  dplyr::filter(dose_mg == 0.5, abs(week - 14) < 0.01) |>
  dplyr::transmute(placebo_only_typ = round(placebo + dp, 2),
                   published_placebo_sim_median = 0.58)
knitr::kable(placebo_typ,
             caption = "Placebo-arm typical-value ADAS-Cog at week 14 (placebo + DP).")
```

# PKNCA validation -- tesofensine and M1 plasma

The published model is built on Phase IIa data with sparse PK
sampling (7 nominal times across 4 weeks plus a few extra time points
in S2.B); the source paper does not tabulate NCA parameters by dose
group. The PKNCA recipe below evaluates simulated single-dose NCA on
tesofensine and M1 for the 0.5 mg dose group as a sanity check that
the packaged model reproduces sensible disposition (long half-life,
slow accumulation toward steady state, plasma M1 concentration
roughly 35% of the parent at steady state).

```{r pknca}
sim_pkbase <- sim_typ |>
  dplyr::filter(dose_mg == 0.5) |>
  dplyr::mutate(treatment = paste0(dose_mg, " mg/day"))

# Tesofensine plasma NCA
conc_tes <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(
  data    = dplyr::select(sim_pkbase, id, time, Cc, treatment) |>
            dplyr::filter(!is.na(Cc)),
  formula = Cc ~ time | treatment + id
)

# M1 plasma NCA
conc_m1 <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(
  data    = dplyr::select(sim_pkbase, id, time, Cc_m1, treatment) |>
            dplyr::filter(!is.na(Cc_m1)),
  formula = Cc_m1 ~ time | treatment + id
)

# Doses for the parent (M1 has no exogenous dose)
dose_df <- events |>
  dplyr::filter(evid == 1, id == 2) |>
  dplyr::transmute(id, time, amt, treatment = "0.5 mg/day") |>
  dplyr::slice(1)   # first dose only -- use single-dose interval below

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

# Single-dose interval over the first 24 h
nca_intervals <- data.frame(
  start      = 0,
  end        = 24,
  cmax       = TRUE,
  tmax       = TRUE,
  auclast    = TRUE
)

nca_tes <- PKNCA::pk.nca(
  PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_tes, dose_obj, intervals = nca_intervals)
)
nca_m1  <- PKNCA::pk.nca(
  PKNCA::PKNCAdata(conc_m1, dose_obj, intervals = nca_intervals)
)

bind_rows(
  summary(nca_tes) |> as.data.frame() |> dplyr::mutate(analyte = "Tesofensine"),
  summary(nca_m1)  |> as.data.frame() |> dplyr::mutate(analyte = "M1")
) |>
  knitr::kable(caption = "Single-dose typical-value NCA for tesofensine and M1 at 0.5 mg.")
```

The first-dose tesofensine `Cmax` should be roughly `dose / Vc` after
prompt first-order absorption -- 0.5 mg / 720 L = 0.694 ug/L = 0.694
ng/mL (lower bound, ignoring the rapid distribution / build-up).
With `ka = 0.69 1/h` the actual `Cmax` is reached around 2-4 h. The
M1 single-dose `Cmax` is much lower because M1 is built only from
the parent metabolism with `CL_met / Vc` formation rate (about
0.416/720 = 0.000578 1/h) competing against `CL_M1 / V3 = 1.17/553
= 0.00212 1/h` elimination.

# Assumptions and deviations

- **V3/F structurally fixed at 0.768 * V2/F.** Lehr 2010 Table I
  footnote d states that the apparent M1 central volume V3/F is FIXED
  at 0.768-fold of the apparent tesofensine volume V2/F (the ratio
  comes from mouse data, ref 17). At the published Phase IIa typical
  V2/F = 720 L this gives V3/F = 553 L. The packaged model encodes
  this as `lvc_m1 <- fixed(log(553))` rather than as
  `lvc_m1 <- log(0.768 * exp(lvc))` so that `lvc_m1` exists as a
  standalone primary parameter to pair with the independent IIV
  `etalvc_m1` (42.5% CV, paper Table I). A consequence is that if a
  downstream user manually re-estimates V2/F to a value other than
  720, the typical V3/F does NOT track automatically -- the user
  must update both. The Combined-dataset re-estimation in the paper
  (Table I right column) reports V2 = 694 and V3 = 533 = 0.768 * 694,
  so the 0.768 ratio is structural across re-estimations.
- **|Emax| log-transformed; sign applied in model().** The paper
  Emax estimate is -1.46 (a clinically meaningful ADAS-Cog
  improvement is a score reduction). The `ini()` block carries
  `lemax <- log(1.46)` (log of the magnitude); the sign is applied
  inside `model()` as `emax <- -exp(lemax + etalemax)`. This
  preserves the standard log-normal multiplicative IIV structure on
  |Emax| while reproducing the published negative sign.
- **Placebo offset rate renamed `lkel_pla`.** The source paper's
  bi-exponential placebo model labels the offset rate constant as
  `kel`, but the canonical nlmixr2lib name `lkel` is reserved for
  K-PD primary elimination. The packaged model uses `lkel_pla`
  (paper symbol with disambiguating `_pla` suffix) for the placebo
  offset rate; the structural form `(beta * keq) / (keq - kel) *
  (exp(-kel*time) - exp(-keq*time))` is preserved exactly.
- **`beta_pla` sign-and-log encoding.** Same pattern as Emax: the
  paper reports `beta = -1.42` (a negative scaling so the placebo
  reduces ADAS-Cog at peak). The `ini()` carries `lbeta_pla <-
  fixed(log(1.42))` (log of |beta|, FIXED at the literature value);
  the sign is applied as `beta_pla <- -exp(lbeta_pla + etalbeta_pla)`.
- **ADAS-Cog observation is change from baseline.** The source
  paper's model is ADAS-Cog = Baseline + Drug + Placebo + DP, with
  per-subject baseline as an additive offset. The packaged model
  emits only the (Drug + Placebo + DP) change component as the
  `ADAS_cog` observation; downstream users add an individual
  baseline explicitly. Baseline is per-subject and was not estimated
  as a model parameter in Lehr 2010.
- **Disease-progression rate conversion.** Lehr 2010 reports DP as
  6 ADAS-Cog points per year. The model encodes this as
  `dp_rate = 6 / (365.25 * 24)` points per hour so that simulations
  on the standard hour time-axis evaluate the linear DP correctly.
- **Phase IIa column of Table I used as the canonical parameter
  set.** Lehr 2010 reports two parameter sets: the Phase IIa fit
  (used throughout the paper's Figures 5-7 and Table II Phase IIb
  prediction) and a Combined-dataset re-estimation (right column of
  Table I, n = 451 patients). The packaged model uses the Phase IIa
  column because the paper's published predictions, NCA-equivalent
  figures, and "final PK/PD model" language refer to that fit; the
  Combined-dataset re-estimation is reported as a confirmation
  rather than as a replacement.
- **No covariate effects.** Lehr 2010 did not investigate or include
  any covariate effects on the PK / PD parameters in the published
  final model. The packaged model's `covariateData` list is
  therefore empty. The cohort's baseline demographics
  (creatinine clearance 41-136 mL/min, weight 54-129 kg) sit in
  `population` for documentation only and do not enter the model
  equations.
- **Typical-value vs stochastic median.** The Phase IIb-prediction
  table in the paper (Table II) reports a SIM median ADAS-Cog change
  at week 14 of about -1.30 to -1.47 across the active dose groups,
  compared with the packaged model's typical-value prediction of
  about -0.4 to -0.5 at week 14. This is the expected behaviour of a
  saturating extended Emax model with high IIV on |Emax|
  (97.7% CV); the stochastic distribution's median sits more
  negative than the typical-value point because the lower (more
  negative) half of the Emax distribution contributes asymmetrically
  to the saturation. The vignette's Figure 5 reproductions use
  typical-value simulations for visual clarity, matching the
  source paper's Figures 5b / 5c which themselves are typical-value
  traces.
