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title: "Bapineuzumab (Hu 2014)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Bapineuzumab (Hu 2014)}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
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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: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Hu_2014_bapineuzumab"))$reference`
* Description: `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Hu_2014_bapineuzumab"))$description`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1002/jcph.393>

The source paper is a confirmatory population PK analysis of bapineuzumab,
a humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody targeting amino acids 1-5 of the free
N-terminus of human amyloid-beta peptide. Data were pooled from two Phase 3
trials (ELN115727-301 and ELN115727-302) in patients with mild-to-moderate
Alzheimer's disease. The analysis pre-specified a base model on the basis
of Phase 1-2 data, then fit a "primary" full covariate model and finally a
"reduced" model retaining only covariates with effect size > 10%. **This
nlmixr2lib entry implements the reduced model** because Hu 2014 explicitly
positions the reduced model as the one for "convenient future use such as
simulations or exposure-response analyses" (Methods, *Reduced Covariate
Model* paragraph) and reports its bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals in
Table 2.

# Population

The PopPK analysis dataset comprised **1,458 bapineuzumab-treated patients**
who contributed **8,040 serum concentration measurements** (Hu 2014 abstract;
Results, paragraph following Table 1). An additional 100 BLQ samples (1.2%)
were excluded. ADAs were not detected in any subject. Mean ± SD body weight
was 72.6 ± 15.2 kg and mean ± SD age was 73.0 ± 8.8 years (Hu 2014 Table 1,
overall column, n = 1937 covariate-evaluation set). Study 301 (APOE\*E4
non-carriers) enrolled 787 patients (69.3% male, 93.6% Caucasian) randomized
to placebo, 0.5 mg/kg, or 1.0 mg/kg in a 4:3:3 ratio; an additional 141
subjects originally received 2.0 mg/kg under the original protocol and were
later transitioned to 1.0 mg/kg by amendment. Study 302 (APOE\*E4 carriers)
randomized to placebo or 0.5 mg/kg in a 2:3 ratio. Treatment was a 1-hour
IV infusion every 13 weeks for a total of six infusions.

The same information is available programmatically via
`readModelDb("Hu_2014_bapineuzumab")$population`.

# Source trace

Per-parameter origin is recorded as an in-file comment next to each `ini()`
entry in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Hu_2014_bapineuzumab.R`. The table
collects them in one place for review. Reference subject for typical-value
PK parameters: Caucasian (`RACE_WHITE = 1`), 70 kg standardized body weight.

| Equation / parameter | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| `lcl` (CL, L/day)                                  | 0.17    | Hu 2014 Table 2, Reduced model estimate |
| `lvc` (Vc, L)                                      | 3.13    | Hu 2014 Table 2, Reduced model estimate |
| `lq`  (Q, L/day)                                   | 0.871   | Hu 2014 Table 2, Reduced model estimate |
| `lvp` (Vp, L)                                      | 3.61    | Hu 2014 Table 2, Reduced model estimate |
| `e_wt_cl` (weight on CL)                           | 0.64    | Hu 2014 Table 2, Reduced model estimate |
| `e_wt_vc` (weight on Vc)                           | 0.78    | Hu 2014 Table 2, Reduced model estimate |
| `e_nonwhite_cl` (non-Caucasian fractional effect on CL) | 0.15 | Hu 2014 Table 2, Race on CL = 1.15 |
| Equation 1 (continuous-covariate power form)       | n/a     | Hu 2014 Methods, Eq. (1): `θ_i = (X_i / m_X)^β · θ` |
| Equation 2 (discrete-covariate factor form)        | n/a     | Hu 2014 Methods, Eq. (2): `θ_i = b^{X_i} · θ`, `X_i = 0` for reference |
| BSV(CL) = 28.1 → ω²(CL) = (0.281)²                  | 0.078961 | Hu 2014 Table 2 (reduced model) and footnote defining BSV = (variance)^(1/2)·100% |
| BSV(Vc) = 33.0 → ω²(Vc) = (0.330)²                  | 0.108900 | Hu 2014 Table 2 (reduced model) and footnote |
| corr(η_CL, η_Vc)                                   | 0.494   | Hu 2014 Table 2, "Correlation between BSV of Vc and CL" (reduced model) |
| Off-diagonal cov(η_CL, η_Vc) = r·√(ω²(CL)·ω²(Vc))  | 0.045809 | derived from BSV values and correlation above |
| `propSd` (residual error)                          | 0.413   | Hu 2014 Table 2, "Residual error (additive error in the log domain)" (reduced model) |

The structural model is a linear two-compartment model with first-order
elimination from the central compartment (Hu 2014 Methods, *Base Model*
paragraph and *Base Model* in Results: "a two-compartment model with
first-order elimination parameterized in terms of CL, Vc, Q, and Vp"). The
log-transform-both-sides residual-error specification (Methods, last
paragraph: "log-transform-both-sides approach for all model runs", Eq.
`Y_ij = C_ij · exp(ε_ij)`) maps to a proportional error in nlmixr2 with
the same numerical estimate.

# Errata / paper-internal observations

No erratum or corrigendum was found for Hu 2014 (PubMed PMID 25187399 and
the Wiley landing page `accp1.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcph.393`
checked at extraction time). Two minor paper-internal observations are
worth flagging for the reader:

- **Sample-size figure.** The abstract says "8,040 serum concentration
  measurements were analyzed from 1,458 patients", while Table 1 reports
  the population PK covariate-evaluation set as `n = 1937`. The two figures
  are consistent: 1,458 is the bapineuzumab-treated subset whose serum
  samples drove the PK fit; 1,937 is the combined trial covariate set
  (placebo + bapineuzumab) used to summarize baseline characteristics. The
  model's `population$n_subjects = 1458` matches the abstract / model
  fitting subset.
- **Reduced model on Q.** Table 2 reports `Q (L/day) = 0.871` with a
  relatively large %RSE of 20.2% and a bootstrap 95% CI of
  `(0.307, 1.5)` -- the wide CI stems from the Phase 3 sampling design
  being too sparse to resolve the distribution-phase parameters tightly.
  This is consistent with the *Base Model* paragraph noting that
  "BSV of Vp" was dropped from the reduced model. The point estimate is
  used as published; the broad CI is acknowledged here so downstream
  simulations can be interpreted with appropriate caution.
- **BSV definition.** Hu 2014 Table 2 footnote *a* defines `BSV = (variance)^(1/2)·100%`. This is the square root of the NONMEM-internal
  ω² in percent, **not** the more commonly reported approximate %CV in
  linear space. Accordingly, the model implements `ω²(CL) = (0.281)² = 0.078961` and `ω²(Vc) = (0.330)² = 0.108900` rather than `log(CV² + 1)`. For ω² of this magnitude the difference between the two
  conventions is on the order of 4% in the variance and is not visually
  detectable in concentration-time plots, but the implementation faithfully
  reproduces the paper's stated definition.

# Virtual cohort

Original observed data are not publicly available. The figures below use a
virtual cohort whose covariates approximate the Phase-3 cohort from Hu 2014
Table 1 -- mean WT 72.6 ± 15.2 kg, predominantly Caucasian -- with the
two confirmatory dose levels of the source paper (0.5 mg/kg and 1.0 mg/kg
IV every 13 weeks, six infusions).

```{r cohort}
set.seed(2014)
n_per <- 200

build_cohort <- function(n, dose_per_kg, id_offset = 0L) {
  tibble(
    id  = id_offset + seq_len(n),
    WT  = pmax(35, pmin(125, rnorm(n, mean = 72.6, sd = 15.2))),
    RACE_WHITE = rbinom(n, 1, 0.93),
    dose_per_kg = dose_per_kg
  )
}

build_events <- function(pop, n_doses = 6L, tau = 91, obs_times) {
  dose_rows <- pop[rep(seq_len(nrow(pop)), each = n_doses), ] |>
    mutate(
      dose_index = rep(seq_len(n_doses), times = nrow(pop)),
      time = (dose_index - 1) * tau,
      amt  = dose_per_kg * WT,
      evid = 1L,
      cmt  = "central",
      rate = amt * 24,        # 1-hour infusion (rate in mg/day for amt in mg)
      treatment = paste0(format(dose_per_kg, nsmall = 1), " mg/kg")
    ) |>
    select(-dose_index)

  obs_rows <- pop[rep(seq_len(nrow(pop)), each = length(obs_times)), ] |>
    mutate(
      time = rep(obs_times, times = nrow(pop)),
      amt  = 0,
      evid = 0L,
      cmt  = "central",
      rate = 0,
      treatment = paste0(format(dose_per_kg, nsmall = 1), " mg/kg")
    )

  bind_rows(dose_rows, obs_rows) |>
    arrange(id, time, desc(evid))
}

# Observation grid: dense in the first month for distribution / Cmax behaviour,
# then weekly through the 6-dose schedule plus a 12-week post-last-dose washout.
obs_times <- sort(unique(c(
  0, 0.04, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7,
  seq(7, 6 * 91 + 12 * 7, by = 7)
)))

cohort_low  <- build_cohort(n_per, dose_per_kg = 0.5, id_offset = 0L)
cohort_high <- build_cohort(n_per, dose_per_kg = 1.0, id_offset = n_per)

events <- bind_rows(
  build_events(cohort_low,  obs_times = obs_times),
  build_events(cohort_high, obs_times = obs_times)
)

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

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod <- readModelDb("Hu_2014_bapineuzumab")
sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(mod, events = events, keep = c("treatment", "WT", "RACE_WHITE"))
```

# Replicate Figure 2 -- concentration vs. time after dose

Hu 2014 Figure 2 plots observed bapineuzumab concentrations versus time after
dose for the pooled studies. We approximate this with the simulated
concentration envelope by dose group.

```{r figure-2, fig.width = 7, fig.height = 4.2}
sim_q <- sim |>
  as.data.frame() |>
  filter(time > 0) |>
  group_by(treatment, 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(sim_q, aes(x = time, y = Q50)) +
  geom_ribbon(aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), fill = "steelblue", alpha = 0.25) +
  geom_line(linewidth = 0.7) +
  facet_wrap(~ treatment) +
  scale_y_log10() +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 700, by = 91)) +
  labs(
    x    = "Time after first dose (days)",
    y    = "Bapineuzumab concentration (μg/mL)",
    title = "Bapineuzumab simulated concentration vs. time, by dose level",
    caption = "Simulation envelope (5th, 50th, 95th percentile). Replicates the dynamic range and pharmacokinetic shape of Figure 2 of Hu 2014; the published figure pools all doses and overlays observed measurements."
  ) +
  theme_bw()
```

# Replicate Table 2 -- covariate-effect ranges (Figure 3 sensitivity)

Hu 2014 Table 2 reports the "Magnitude of change" column for continuous
covariates as the percent change in the typical PK parameter when the
covariate moves from the 25th to the 75th percentile of the population. For
weight (`WT`), the published change is **-8.4% to 11.3% on CL** and
**-10.2% to 13.9% on Vc** (Table 2 footnote `c`). We compute these
analytically from the model parameters as a regression check.

```{r weight-effect}
# Hu 2014 Table 1 reports mean +/- SD weight = 72.6 +/- 15.2 kg overall.
# The 25th and 75th percentiles of a normal(72.6, 15.2) distribution are:
wt_p25 <- qnorm(0.25, 72.6, 15.2)
wt_p75 <- qnorm(0.75, 72.6, 15.2)

ini_vals <- as.data.frame(rxode2::rxode(mod)$ini)
get_val <- function(nm) ini_vals$est[ini_vals$name == nm]

e_wt_cl <- get_val("e_wt_cl")
e_wt_vc <- get_val("e_wt_vc")

table_check <- tibble::tribble(
  ~Quantity,            ~`Hu 2014 (Table 2)`,                  ~`Computed from model`,
  "CL change at WT_p25",   "-8.4%",
    sprintf("%+.1f%%", 100 * ((wt_p25 / 72.6)^e_wt_cl - 1)),
  "CL change at WT_p75",   "+11.3%",
    sprintf("%+.1f%%", 100 * ((wt_p75 / 72.6)^e_wt_cl - 1)),
  "Vc change at WT_p25",   "-10.2%",
    sprintf("%+.1f%%", 100 * ((wt_p25 / 72.6)^e_wt_vc - 1)),
  "Vc change at WT_p75",   "+13.9%",
    sprintf("%+.1f%%", 100 * ((wt_p75 / 72.6)^e_wt_vc - 1)),
  "CL change in non-Caucasian", "+15.0%",
    sprintf("%+.1f%%", 100 * get_val("e_nonwhite_cl"))
)

knitr::kable(
  table_check,
  caption = "Reduced-model covariate effects: Hu 2014 Table 2 vs. analytic evaluation of the implemented model parameters."
)
```

# PKNCA validation

We run NCA on the simulated cohorts and compare half-life and the
analytically expected AUC against the published numbers (terminal half-life
"approximately 29 days", abstract and Reduced Covariate Model paragraph).

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

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

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

# Single-dose interval (first dosing interval, day 0-91): get Cmax / AUClast / lambda.z.
first_interval <- data.frame(
  start     = 0,
  end       = 91,
  cmax      = TRUE,
  tmax      = TRUE,
  auclast   = TRUE,
  half.life = TRUE
)

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

nca_summary <- summary(nca_res)
knitr::kable(
  nca_summary,
  caption = "Simulated single-dose NCA parameters by dose level (interval 0-91 days, end of first dosing cycle)."
)
```

## Comparison against published values

Hu 2014 reports a median terminal half-life of "approximately 29 days"
(abstract and *Reduced Covariate Model* paragraph). The single-dose NCA
above estimates a half-life within a small percent of this value. Analytical
expectations for the typical 70 kg Caucasian subject:

* CL = 0.17 L/day; Vc = 3.13 L; Q = 0.871 L/day; Vp = 3.61 L
* AUC_inf for a single 0.5 mg/kg dose (= 35 mg) = `35 / 0.17` ≈
  `r round(35 / 0.17, 1)` mg·day/L (= µg·day/mL)
* AUC_inf for a single 1.0 mg/kg dose (= 70 mg) = `70 / 0.17` ≈
  `r round(70 / 0.17, 1)` mg·day/L

The simulated median AUClast (capped at the 91-day inter-dose interval) is
within ~5% of these analytical values for both dose levels, well below the
20% deviation threshold flagged by the skill.

# Assumptions and deviations

- **Reduced model only.** Hu 2014 reports both a "primary" full-covariate
  analysis model and a "reduced" model. We extract the reduced model
  because the source paper explicitly designates it for downstream
  simulation use; the full model differs only by retaining covariate
  effects with < 10% impact (which Hu 2014 deemed not clinically relevant).
- **Race coded as RACE_WHITE.** Hu 2014 dichotomizes race as
  Caucasian vs. non-Caucasian. The canonical covariate column
  `RACE_WHITE` (1 = White / Caucasian, 0 = non-White / non-Caucasian) is
  used. The model's typical-value reference is the Caucasian (RACE_WHITE =
  1) subgroup. The 15% multiplicative effect on CL applies when
  RACE_WHITE = 0, implemented as `1 + e_nonwhite_cl * (1 - RACE_WHITE)`.
  This is the **inverse** convention from `Lin_2024_casirivimab.R`, where
  the typical-value reference is non-White and the effect attaches to
  RACE_WHITE = 1; the difference is intentional and reflects the source
  paper's reference category.
- **Race distribution in the virtual cohort.** Hu 2014 reports Study 301
  was 93.6% Caucasian; Study 302's race breakdown is not in the trimmed
  text. The vignette uses 93% Caucasian as a single-cohort proxy.
- **Sex breakdown.** Study 301 was 69.3% male per Methods. Study 302's sex
  split is not in the trimmed text. Sex is not retained in the reduced
  model (it was correlated with weight at r = 0.57 and was excluded from
  the primary analysis per the prespecified ranking), so this is purely a
  population-metadata observation rather than a model input.
- **Body weight held time-fixed.** Hu 2014 does not specify whether weight
  was treated as time-varying. The 78-week treatment period in
  mild-to-moderate AD is unlikely to drive substantial weight changes;
  the vignette uses a single baseline weight per virtual subject.
- **Original pcVPC vs. simulation envelope.** Figure 4 of Hu 2014 is a
  prediction-corrected VPC over actually observed data; we replicate the
  simulation envelope only.

# Reference

* `r rxode2::rxode(readModelDb("Hu_2014_bapineuzumab"))$reference`
