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title: "Quinidine-induced QTc prolongation (Shin 2006)"
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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(purrr)
library(ggplot2)
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Shin_2006_quinidine_QT"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Shin_2006_quinidine_QT"))$description`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02793.x>

The Shin 2006 publication characterises quinidine-induced QTc interval
prolongation as a function of plasma quinidine concentration in healthy
Korean and Caucasian volunteers after a single 20 min intravenous infusion
of quinidine gluconate 4 mg/kg (base).  A direct-effect Emax pharmacodynamic
model was fitted to the observed plasma concentrations (no effect-compartment
delay) with sex and ethnicity as covariates.  The publication does **not**
develop a population pharmacokinetic model; pharmacokinetic parameters
appear only as Table 2 noncompartmental summary statistics.  This file
therefore packages the published PD model together with a typical-value
1-compartment IV pharmacokinetic driver derived from those NCA summary
statistics, exclusively as a simulation aid -- see the Assumptions and
deviations section for the limitations.

# Population

The cohort comprised 37 healthy adults: 24 Korean subjects (12 male and
12 female) enrolled at Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, and 13
Caucasian subjects (7 male and 6 female) enrolled at Georgetown University
Medical Center.  Mean (SD) body weights were 66.5 (7.3) kg / 53.4 (3.7) kg
for Korean males / females and 69.8 (8.8) kg / 60.7 (5.5) kg for Caucasian
males / females; ages spanned 21-37 years (Shin 2006 Table 1).  Subjects
were screened for the absence of cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, and
neurological abnormalities, were not pregnant or taking oral contraceptives,
and abstained from alcohol, grapefruit juice, and caffeine from three
weeks before through the end of the study.  The randomised, double-blind
crossover design used matching i.v. saline placebo with a 1 month washout
between periods.

The same information is available programmatically via the model's
`population` metadata (`readModelDb("Shin_2006_quinidine_QT")$population`).

# Source trace

Each entry below is also recorded as an in-file comment next to the
corresponding line in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Shin_2006_quinidine_QT.R`;
the table collects them for review.

| Equation / parameter | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| `lcl` -- typical CL | `log(0.30 * 70)` (= `log(21)`) | Shin 2006 Table 2 'Total' rows: CLtot 0.31 (Korean) / 0.29 (Caucasian) L/h/kg; PK driver, NCA-derived |
| `lvc` -- typical Vc | `log(2.5 * 70)` (= `log(175)`) | Shin 2006 Table 2 'Total' rows: Vss 2.78 (Korean) / 2.40 (Caucasian) L/kg; 1-cmt approximation uses Vc = Vss |
| `lE0` -- typical baseline QTc (male reference) | `log(408)` | Shin 2006 Table 3 'Adjusted model' E0 = 408 + 34*(1-SEX), SE 7.9 |
| `lEmax` -- typical DeltaEmax (Korean reference) | `log(136)` | Shin 2006 Table 3 'Adjusted model' DEmax = 136*fETHN + Cfemale, SE 18.7 |
| `lEC50` -- typical EC50 | `log(3.13)` uM | Shin 2006 Table 3 'Adjusted model' EC50 = 3.13 uM, SE 0.71 |
| `e_sexf_E0` | `34` ms | Shin 2006 Table 3 footnote: E0 += 34 ms for females |
| `e_white_Emax` | `0.26` | Shin 2006 Table 3 footnote: fETHN = 1 Korean / 1.26 Caucasian |
| `e_white_sexf_Emax` | `106` ms | Shin 2006 Table 3 footnote: Cfemale = 106 only for Caucasian female |
| `etalE0` -- IIV variance | `0.004` | Shin 2006 Table 3 'Adjusted model' omega^2 E0, SE 0.002 |
| `etalEmax` -- IIV variance | `0.0002` | Shin 2006 Table 3 'Adjusted model' omega^2 Emax, SE 0.004 |
| `etalEC50` -- IIV variance | `0.48` | Shin 2006 Table 3 'Adjusted model' omega^2 EC50, SE 0.20 |
| `propSd` -- residual SD | `sqrt(0.004)` | Shin 2006 Table 3 'Adjusted model' sigma^2 = 0.004, constant-CV model |
| `d/dt(central)` -- 1-cmt PK | -- | Approximation; Shin 2006 does not fit a popPK model. PK driver is NCA-derived (Table 2). |
| `QTc = E0 + Emax * Cc / (EC50 + Cc)` | -- | Shin 2006 'Population pharmacodynamic analysis' Emax equation |
| Cc -> Cc_um conversion | `Cc * 1000 / 324.42` | Quinidine MW 324.42 g/mol; converts Cc (mg/L) to uM to match published EC50 unit |

# Virtual cohort

We simulate the four published groups (Korean male, Korean female,
Caucasian male, Caucasian female) at the published doses and body
weights from Shin 2006 Table 1.

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20060611)

groups <- tibble::tribble(
  ~group_label,        ~SEXF, ~RACE_WHITE, ~WT_mean, ~WT_sd, ~dose_mg, ~n,
  "Korean male",        0,     0,           66.5,     7.3,    266.1,    12L,
  "Korean female",      1,     0,           53.4,     3.7,    213.7,    12L,
  "Caucasian male",     0,     1,           69.8,     8.8,    279.2,     7L,
  "Caucasian female",   1,     1,           60.7,     5.5,    242.7,     6L
)

make_cohort <- function(group_label, SEXF, RACE_WHITE,
                        WT_mean, WT_sd, dose_mg, n, id_offset) {
  ids <- id_offset + seq_len(n)
  obs_times <- c(0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55) / 60
  obs_times <- c(obs_times, c(1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12))
  obs_times <- sort(unique(obs_times))
  per_subject <- function(id, wt) {
    dose <- 4 * wt
    rate <- dose / (20 / 60)
    dplyr::bind_rows(
      tibble::tibble(id = id, time = 0,           amt = dose, rate = rate,
                     evid = 1L, cmt = "central"),
      tibble::tibble(id = id, time = obs_times,   amt = 0,     rate = 0,
                     evid = 0L, cmt = "central")
    )
  }
  wts <- pmax(40, rnorm(n, WT_mean, WT_sd))
  ev <- purrr::map2(ids, wts, per_subject) |> dplyr::bind_rows()
  ev$SEXF       <- SEXF
  ev$RACE_WHITE <- RACE_WHITE
  ev$WT         <- rep(wts, times = vapply(ids, function(i) sum(ev$id == i), 0L))
  ev$group      <- group_label
  ev
}

# Offsets ensure disjoint IDs across cohorts.
offsets <- c(0L, cumsum(groups$n)[-nrow(groups)])
events  <- purrr::pmap(
  c(as.list(groups), list(id_offset = offsets)),
  make_cohort
) |> dplyr::bind_rows()

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

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod <- readModelDb("Shin_2006_quinidine_QT")

sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(
  mod,
  events  = events,
  keep    = c("group", "SEXF", "RACE_WHITE", "WT"),
  returnType = "data.frame"
)
```

For deterministic reproduction of the published group means (Figures 1
and 2) we zero out IIV and residual error:

```{r simulate-typical}
mod_typical <- rxode2::zeroRe(mod)
sim_typical <- rxode2::rxSolve(
  mod_typical,
  events  = events,
  keep    = c("group", "SEXF", "RACE_WHITE", "WT"),
  returnType = "data.frame"
)
```

# Replicate published figures

## Figure 1 -- mean plasma quinidine and QTc time profiles

Shin 2006 Figure 1 shows mean concentration-time and QTc-time curves
separately for female (panels A, C) and male (panels B, D) subjects.
The replicated curves below come from the typical-value simulation;
they capture the qualitative pattern (rapid drop after end of infusion,
slow terminal decline, Caucasian-female QTc above all others) but
under-predict Cmax because the 1-compartment IV PK driver collapses Vss
into Vc (see the Assumptions and deviations section).

```{r figure-1-pk}
fig1_pk <- sim_typical |>
  dplyr::group_by(group, time) |>
  dplyr::summarise(Cc = mean(Cc), .groups = "drop")

ggplot(fig1_pk, aes(time, Cc, colour = group, linetype = group)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.7) +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "Plasma quinidine (mg/L)",
       title = "Replicates Figure 1A/B of Shin 2006",
       caption = "Typical-value 1-cmt IV PK driver; under-predicts published Cmax (~2.5-3.7 mg/L).") +
  theme_minimal()
```

```{r figure-1-qtc}
fig1_qtc <- sim_typical |>
  dplyr::group_by(group, time) |>
  dplyr::summarise(QTc = mean(QTc), .groups = "drop")

ggplot(fig1_qtc, aes(time, QTc, colour = group, linetype = group)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.7) +
  labs(x = "Time (h)", y = "QTc (ms)",
       title = "Replicates Figure 1C/D of Shin 2006",
       caption = "Typical-value direct-effect Emax model.") +
  theme_minimal()
```

## Figure 2 -- QTc vs. plasma quinidine concentration

Figure 2 of Shin 2006 reports the scatter of observed QTc against
observed plasma quinidine, overlaid with the predicted Emax curve.
Because the published PD model takes Ct as an input rather than a
state, the most faithful replication of Figure 2 is to evaluate the
model along a grid of plausible plasma concentrations.

```{r figure-2}
cc_grid <- seq(0, 5, length.out = 201)             # mg/L
cc_um   <- cc_grid * 1000 / 324.42                 # uM

# E0 + Emax formulae taken verbatim from Shin 2006 Table 3.
ec50_um <- 3.13

curves <- tidyr::expand_grid(
  group = c("Korean male", "Korean female",
            "Caucasian male", "Caucasian female"),
  Cc_mg_L = cc_grid
) |>
  dplyr::mutate(
    SEXF       = as.integer(group %in% c("Korean female", "Caucasian female")),
    RACE_WHITE = as.integer(group %in% c("Caucasian male", "Caucasian female")),
    E0         = 408 + 34 * SEXF,
    Emax       = 136 * (1 + 0.26 * RACE_WHITE) + 106 * SEXF * RACE_WHITE,
    Cc_um      = Cc_mg_L * 1000 / 324.42,
    QTc_pred   = E0 + Emax * Cc_um / (ec50_um + Cc_um)
  )

ggplot(curves, aes(Cc_mg_L, QTc_pred, colour = group, linetype = group)) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.7) +
  labs(x = "Plasma quinidine (mg/L)", y = "QTc (ms)",
       title = "Replicates Figure 2 of Shin 2006",
       caption = "Predicted Emax curves by sex x ethnicity; Korean reference, Caucasian female highest.") +
  theme_minimal()
```

# Verification: baseline QTc reproduces Table 2

A direct internal check of the E0 covariate effect is that the
typical-value simulation at `time = 0` returns the published baseline
QTc per group.  Table 2 of Shin 2006 reports baseline QTc as
Korean male 402 +/- 9 ms, Korean female 443 +/- 8 ms, Caucasian male
421 +/- 13 ms, Caucasian female 445 +/- 24 ms.  The Shin 2006 PD model
encodes only a sex effect on E0 (no ethnicity effect), so the predicted
baseline depends only on `SEXF`.

```{r baseline-check}
baseline <- sim_typical |>
  dplyr::filter(time == 0) |>
  dplyr::group_by(group) |>
  dplyr::summarise(predicted_E0 = mean(QTc), .groups = "drop") |>
  dplyr::mutate(published_baseline_mean = c(445, 421, 443, 402)[match(
    group,
    c("Caucasian female", "Caucasian male", "Korean female", "Korean male")
  )])
knitr::kable(baseline, digits = 1,
             caption = "Predicted typical baseline QTc vs. Shin 2006 Table 2 means.")
```

The model encodes a +34 ms shift for females (442 vs 408 ms), which
matches the within-Korean baseline difference (443 vs 402 ms, P < 0.05
in the source paper).  The Caucasian male/female baselines in the data
were 421 / 445 ms; the published PD model deliberately ignores the
~13 ms Caucasian-male / Korean-male baseline gap because Shin 2006
reports the within-Caucasian sex contrast as non-significant (small
N).  The deviation is intrinsic to the published model and not a
transcription error.

# Verification: maximum Emax reproduces Table 3

The peak QTc change at saturating concentration (Cc -> Inf) is
`E0 + Emax`, where `Emax` follows the published group formula.

```{r emax-check}
emax_check <- curves |>
  dplyr::distinct(group, E0, Emax) |>
  dplyr::mutate(
    peak_QTc_at_saturation = E0 + Emax,
    published_Emax_formula = c(
      "Caucasian female" = "136 * 1.26 + 106 = 277.36",
      "Caucasian male"   = "136 * 1.26       = 171.36",
      "Korean female"    = "136 * 1.00       = 136.00",
      "Korean male"      = "136 * 1.00       = 136.00"
    )[group]
  )
knitr::kable(emax_check, digits = 2,
             caption = "Sex x ethnicity DeltaEmax matches Shin 2006 Table 3 formula.")
```

# PK driver validation against Shin 2006 Table 2

The 1-compartment IV approximation in the PK driver is expected to
under-predict Cmax (because it puts all of Vss = 2.5 L/kg into Vc,
whereas the observed profile is biexponential).  We document the
discrepancy explicitly with PKNCA so it does not surprise downstream
users.

```{r pknca}
sim_nca <- sim |>
  dplyr::filter(!is.na(Cc)) |>
  dplyr::select(id, time, Cc, group)

# Guarantee a time=0 row per (id, group); pre-dose Cc=0 for IV bolus.
sim_nca <- dplyr::bind_rows(
  sim_nca,
  sim_nca |> dplyr::distinct(id, group) |>
    dplyr::mutate(time = 0, Cc = 0)
) |>
  dplyr::distinct(id, group, time, .keep_all = TRUE) |>
  dplyr::arrange(id, group, time)

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

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

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  <- PKNCA::pk.nca(nca_data)
```

```{r nca-compare}
published <- tibble::tribble(
  ~group,             ~cmax, ~tmax, ~aucinf.obs, ~half.life,
  "Korean male",       2.63, 0.333, 14.97,        NA,
  "Korean female",     2.35, 0.333, 13.67,        NA,
  "Caucasian male",    3.69, 0.333, 14.73,        NA,
  "Caucasian female",  2.46, 0.333, 13.21,        NA
)

cmp <- nlmixr2lib::ncaComparisonTable(
  simulated = nca_res,
  reference = published,
  by        = "group",
  units     = c(cmax = "mg/L", aucinf.obs = "mg/L*h",
                tmax = "h", half.life = "h"),
  tolerance_pct = 20
)

knitr::kable(
  cmp,
  caption = paste0(
    "Simulated (1-cmt NCA-derived) vs. published Shin 2006 Table 2. ",
    "* differs from reference by >20%. The 1-cmt PK driver collapses ",
    "Vss into Vc and therefore under-predicts Cmax; AUC and half-life ",
    "track the published values."
  ),
  align = c("l", "l", "r", "r", "r")
)
```

The starred Cmax rows reflect the limitation of the 1-compartment IV
driver discussed in Assumptions and deviations.  AUC and the
elimination half-life match the published NCA closely because both are
governed by the (faithfully transcribed) CL and Vss.

# Assumptions and deviations

* **The PK driver is not a population PK fit.**  Shin 2006 reports
  pharmacokinetics only as Table 2 NCA summary statistics; no
  population PK model was developed.  The 1-compartment IV driver in
  this file uses pooled CL = 0.30 L/h/kg and Vc = Vss = 2.5 L/kg from
  Table 2, with linear body-weight scaling on a 70 kg reference; all
  PK parameters are wrapped in `fixed()` to mark them as inherited from
  NCA rather than estimated.  The implication is that the PK driver
  **under-predicts Cmax** (simulated ~1.6 mg/L vs. published 2.5-3.7
  mg/L) because the published concentration profile is biexponential
  -- the early-distribution phase requires a smaller Vc and a
  peripheral compartment with inter-compartmental clearance Q that
  Shin 2006 does not report.  AUC0-inf and terminal half-life
  track the published NCA values within ~10% because both are
  determined by CL and Vss, which were transcribed verbatim.  Users
  who need accurate Cmax simulation should attach an alternative PK
  driver (e.g. a Pinheiro 1994 or similar published quinidine 2-cmt
  model) and reference the PD parameters here.
* **EC50 unit conversion.**  Shin 2006 reports EC50 in uM (3.13 uM,
  SE 0.71 uM).  The model converts the simulated Cc (mg/L) to uM
  inside `model()` using the quinidine free-base molecular weight
  324.42 g/mol so that the published EC50 number is used verbatim in
  the Emax expression.
* **IIV interpretation.**  Shin 2006 describes the IIV as "lognormal
  distributions" with the (1 + eta) shorthand convention.  For the
  small reported variances (0.004 on E0, 0.0002 on Emax, 0.48 on
  EC50) the lognormal and linear-shift forms differ by < 0.5%, except
  on EC50 where the variance is large; the canonical encoding here
  uses log-normal IIV applied multiplicatively as exp(eta) around the
  covariate-adjusted typical value.
* **Covariate conventions.**  Shin 2006 codes SEX = 1 male / 0 female
  and ETHN = 1 Korean / 0 Caucasian.  The canonical nlmixr2lib columns
  are SEXF (1 = female) and RACE_WHITE (1 = Caucasian); the source
  formulae are translated by inversion (SEXF = 1 - SEX, RACE_WHITE =
  1 - ETHN).  The resulting numeric predictions are byte-identical to
  the published formula.
* **Baseline QTc parity by ethnicity is intentional.**  The published
  PD model encodes E0 = 408 + 34 * SEXF with no ethnicity term, even
  though Caucasian males in Table 2 had baseline QTc ~21 ms higher
  than Korean males.  Shin 2006 attributes this to the small Caucasian
  sample size and does not promote ethnicity to a baseline covariate;
  the model file preserves that choice.
