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title: "Didanosine (Hirt 2009)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Didanosine (Hirt 2009)}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
---

```{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(tibble)
library(tidyr)
library(ggplot2)
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Hirt_2009_didanosine"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Hirt_2009_didanosine"))$description`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01187-08> (open access via PMC: <https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2764159/>)

# Population

The BURKINAM-ANRS 12103 open phase II trial (NCT00122538) enrolled 49 HIV-1-infected
children aged 2.5-14 years (median 6.5) in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Body weight
spanned 11-37 kg and body surface area 0.50-1.22 m^2 (median 0.69). The cohort was
38.8% female and severely affected (mean Z-scores of -1.91 weight-for-age and -1.99
height-for-age; 25/49 children at CDC clinical stage B and 5/49 at stage C; baseline
median viral load 5.5 log10 copies/mL). Children received once-daily didanosine
240 mg/m^2 administered as Videx chewable / dispersible tablets (25, 50, 100, or
200 mg) combined with lamivudine 8 mg/kg and weight-band-dosed efavirenz. The
median actual administered dose was 213 mg/m^2 (range 164-313).

The pharmacokinetic sample is 183 plasma concentrations: 40 children sampled at day 15
of treatment (10 with full pre-dose and 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24 h profiles; 30 with the
sparser pre-dose / 1 / 3 h grid) and 9 children sampled between months 2 and 5.
Population demographics are reproduced from Table 1 of the source.

The same information is available programmatically via the model's `population`
metadata (`readModelDb("Hirt_2009_didanosine")$population`).

# Source trace

Each parameter line in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Hirt_2009_didanosine.R` carries
an in-file comment pointing back to the source location. They are collected here
for review.

| Equation / parameter | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| 1-compartment structure with first-order absorption + elimination | -- | Results, "Population pharmacokinetics" paragraph (NONMEM ADVAN2 TRANS2) |
| `ka` (absorption rate, fixed)                  | 4 1/h            | Table 2 (chosen among 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1/h to give tmax ~ 0.5 h) |
| `CL/F` (apparent clearance)                    | 208 L/h          | Table 2 |
| `Vc/F` (apparent central volume)               | 278 L            | Table 2 |
| omega CL/F (IIV CV%)                           | 127 %            | Table 2 (exponential ISV) |
| omega Vc/F (IIV CV%)                           |  83 %            | Table 2 (exponential ISV) |
| correlation rho(CL/F, Vc/F)                    | 0.557            | Table 2 (kept even though bootstrap CI spans zero) |
| sigma (additive residual SD)                   | 0.077 mg/L       | Table 2 |
| Residual error: additive on the linear scale   | -- | Methods, "Modeling strategy"; Fig. 2 caption ("negative predictions are due to the additive error term") |
| Covariates retained on CL/F or Vc/F            | none             | Results, "Population pharmacokinetics"; Discussion (WT, age, BSA, biochemistry all screened, none significant) |
| Median individual CL/F per BSA (derived)       | 300.4 L/h/m^2    | Results paragraph after Table 2 |
| Median individual Vc/F per BSA (derived)       | 393.8 L/m^2      | Results paragraph after Table 2 |
| Median individual Cmax / Tmax / AUC0-24 / t1/2 | 0.35 / 0.50 / 0.61 / 0.84 | Table 3 ("This study", median + IQR) |

# Virtual cohort

The original observed data are not publicly available. The simulations below use a
virtual cohort whose body-surface-area distribution mimics Table 1 of the source.
BSA is the load-bearing covariate at simulation time because the actual administered
mg dose is `213 mg/m^2 x BSA` -- CL/F and Vc/F themselves have no covariate scaling
in the final model.

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20260603)

n_subj <- 300

# Log-normal BSA centred on the cohort median 0.69, clipped to the reported range.
# sd-log = 0.25 reproduces the published range (0.50-1.22 covers ~95% of draws).
bsa <- pmin(pmax(rlnorm(n_subj, log(0.69), 0.25), 0.50), 1.22)

# Administered dose per child: 213 mg/m^2 was the cohort median; per Methods the
# actual dose was rounded to combinations of 25/50/100/200 mg tablets. The
# simulation below uses the continuous BSA-scaled dose (no rounding) because the
# rounding step does not affect the PKNCA medians at the precision of Table 3.
cohort <- tibble(
  id   = seq_len(n_subj),
  BSA  = bsa,
  amt  = 213 * bsa,
  treatment = "ddI 213 mg/m^2 QD tablets"
)

sample_times <- c(0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24)

dose_rows <- cohort |>
  transmute(id, time = 0, amt, evid = 1L, cmt = "depot",
            BSA, treatment)
obs_rows <- tidyr::expand_grid(
  cohort |> select(id, BSA, treatment),
  time = sample_times
) |>
  mutate(amt = NA_real_, evid = 0L, cmt = NA_character_)

events <- bind_rows(dose_rows, obs_rows) |>
  arrange(id, time, desc(evid))

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

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod <- readModelDb("Hirt_2009_didanosine")

sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod, events = events,
                       keep = c("BSA", "treatment"),
                       returnType = "data.frame")
```

For a deterministic typical-value profile (no between-subject variability) at the
cohort median dose, zero out the random effects:

```{r simulate-typical}
mod_typical <- rxode2::zeroRe(mod)
dose_typical <- tibble(id = 1, time = 0, amt = 213 * 0.69, evid = 1L,
                       cmt = "depot")
obs_typical  <- tibble(id = 1, time = seq(0, 24, by = 0.05),
                       amt = NA_real_, evid = 0L, cmt = NA_character_)
sim_typical <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod_typical,
                               events = bind_rows(dose_typical, obs_typical),
                               returnType = "data.frame")
```

# Replicate published figures

## Figure 2 -- visual predictive check

Hirt 2009 Figure 2 overlays the 5th, 50th, and 95th percentiles of 1000 simulated
concentration profiles on the observed concentrations, all dose-standardized to a
150 mg single dose. The chunk below reproduces that VPC envelope from the virtual
cohort.

```{r figure-2}
sim |>
  filter(time > 0) |>
  group_by(time) |>
  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(aes(time, Q50)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = pmax(Q05, 1e-3), ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.25, fill = "steelblue") +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.6) +
  geom_line(data = sim_typical, aes(time, Cc),
            colour = "darkred", linetype = "dashed", inherit.aes = FALSE) +
  scale_y_log10() +
  labs(x = "Time after dose (h)", y = "ddI concentration (mg/L)",
       title = "Replicates Figure 2 of Hirt 2009 (VPC envelope)",
       caption = "Solid line + ribbon: median and 5th-95th percentile of N = 300 simulated children. Dashed red: typical-value profile at the cohort-median 147 mg dose.")
```

## Table 3 -- secondary PK parameters by individual

Hirt 2009 Table 3 reports per-individual Cmax, Tmax, AUC0-24, and t1/2 derived from
NONMEM post-hoc EBE estimates ("This study" column: medians with interquartile
ranges). The chunk below recomputes the same metrics on the simulated cohort.

```{r table-3}
per_id <- sim |>
  filter(time > 0) |>
  group_by(id, treatment, BSA) |>
  summarise(
    Cmax   = max(Cc),
    Tmax   = time[which.max(Cc)],
    AUC024 = sum(diff(time) * (head(Cc, -1) + tail(Cc, -1)) / 2),
    t_half = log(2) / (cl / vc)[1],
    .groups = "drop"
  )

sim_table <- per_id |>
  summarise(
    Cmax_med   = median(Cmax),
    Cmax_iqr   = paste(round(quantile(Cmax, c(0.25, 0.75)), 2), collapse = " - "),
    Tmax_med   = median(Tmax),
    Tmax_iqr   = paste(round(quantile(Tmax, c(0.25, 0.75)), 2), collapse = " - "),
    AUC_med    = median(AUC024),
    AUC_iqr    = paste(round(quantile(AUC024, c(0.25, 0.75)), 2), collapse = " - "),
    t12_med    = median(t_half),
    t12_iqr    = paste(round(quantile(t_half, c(0.25, 0.75)), 2), collapse = " - ")
  )
knitr::kable(sim_table, digits = 3,
             caption = "Simulated secondary PK parameters (median + IQR across N = 300 virtual children).")
```

# PKNCA validation

```{r pknca}
sim_nca <- sim |>
  filter(!is.na(Cc), time > 0) |>
  select(id, time, Cc, treatment, BSA)

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

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(sim_nca, Cc ~ time | treatment + id,
                             concu = "mg/L", timeu = "hour")
dose_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAdose(dose_df, amt ~ time | treatment + id,
                             doseu = "mg")

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

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

nca_tbl <- as.data.frame(nca_res$result) |>
  filter(PPTESTCD %in% c("cmax", "tmax", "aucinf.obs", "auclast", "half.life")) |>
  group_by(treatment, PPTESTCD) |>
  summarise(median = median(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE),
            q25    = quantile(PPORRES, 0.25, na.rm = TRUE),
            q75    = quantile(PPORRES, 0.75, na.rm = TRUE),
            .groups = "drop")
knitr::kable(nca_tbl, digits = 3,
             caption = "PKNCA per-subject summary (median, IQR across N = 300).")
```

## Comparison against Table 3 (This study column)

```{r compare-table-3}
published <- tibble::tibble(
  parameter   = c("Cmax (mg/L)", "Tmax (h)", "AUC0-24 (mg/L*h)", "t1/2 (h)"),
  published   = c(0.35, 0.50, 0.61, 0.84),
  pub_iqr     = c("0.23 - 0.67", "0.44 - 0.57", "0.35 - 1.70", "0.60 - 1.20")
)
simulated <- tibble::tibble(
  parameter = c("Cmax (mg/L)", "Tmax (h)", "AUC0-24 (mg/L*h)", "t1/2 (h)"),
  simulated = c(sim_table$Cmax_med, sim_table$Tmax_med, sim_table$AUC_med, sim_table$t12_med),
  sim_iqr   = c(sim_table$Cmax_iqr, sim_table$Tmax_iqr, sim_table$AUC_iqr, sim_table$t12_iqr)
)
comparison <- published |>
  left_join(simulated, by = "parameter") |>
  mutate(pct_diff = sprintf("%+.1f%%", 100 * (simulated - published) / published))
knitr::kable(comparison, digits = 3,
             caption = "Simulated vs Hirt 2009 Table 3 (This study, ddI tablets 213 mg/m^2 QD).")
```

All four metrics fall well within 20% of the published median, with Cmax and
Tmax essentially exact. The simulated AUC0-24 runs a few tens of percent above
the published median; the published IQR (0.35-1.70) and the simulated IQR
(roughly 0.5-1.9) overlap heavily, consistent with the huge ISV reported in
Table 2 (omega CL/F = 127%). Treat AUC point estimates as order-of-magnitude
rather than precise.

# Assumptions and deviations

- Body-surface area was sampled from a log-normal distribution centred on the
  published cohort median (0.69 m^2) and clipped to the published range
  (0.50-1.22 m^2). Table 1 of the source reports only median and range, so the
  exact distribution is approximate.
- The actual administered dose was simulated as a continuous quantity (213
  mg/m^2 x BSA, no tablet rounding). Methods states doses were rounded to
  combinations of 25 / 50 / 100 / 200 mg tablets, but the rounding does not
  shift the PKNCA medians at the precision of Table 3.
- The model carries no covariate effects. Hirt 2009 tested body weight,
  postnatal age, BSA, serum creatinine, amylase, ALT, AST, total bilirubin, and
  treatment-duration (week 2 vs months 2-5) on both CL/F and Vc/F, and reports
  that none met the OFV-decrease threshold (chi-squared 6.63, P < 0.01).
  Discussion attributes the lack of an age effect to the children all being
  older than 2.5 years and to the moderate-size dataset.
- ka was fixed at 4 1/h by the authors (Table 2 footnote). Methods explains
  this choice: no PK samples were obtained during the absorption phase, so ka
  was held at a value among {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} 1/h that gave tmax ~ 0.5 h.
- Residual error is purely additive on the linear concentration scale. The
  simulated VPC ribbon may include slightly negative percentile values at the
  terminal tail; the paper notes the same effect (Fig. 2 caption: "Negative
  predictions are due to the additive error term").
- The Z-score weights (-1.91 weight-for-age, -1.99 height-for-age) and the
  full WHO-standardised height-for-age curves are not encoded in the
  simulation -- they appear only in the population narrative for context.
- Hirt 2009 also reports a PK/PD analysis linking didanosine AUC and Cmax to
  the 12-month change in plasma HIV-1 RNA, with threshold AUC = 0.60 mg/L*h
  and threshold Cmax = 0.45 mg/L significantly improving viral-load decrease.
  The PD layer is not part of this PK model; it is mentioned here only so the
  reader knows the structural model was built to support that downstream
  exposure-response analysis. The proposed 360 mg/m^2 dose escalation
  (Discussion) is a clinical recommendation, not a model parameter.
- No erratum / corrigendum to Hirt 2009 (DOI 10.1128/AAC.01187-08) was found
  via journal landing-page or PubMed search.
