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title: "2-Iminobiotin (Vos 2025)"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{2-Iminobiotin (Vos 2025)}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
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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(ggplot2)
library(tibble)
```

# Model and source

* Citation: `r readModelDb("Vos_2025_iminobiotin")()$reference`
* Description: `r readModelDb("Vos_2025_iminobiotin")()$description`
* Article: <https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.050560>
* Supplement: <https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/suppl/10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.050560>

# Population

The Vos 2025 trial (TIBO-stroke / NL-OMON51194) is a single-center, randomized,
double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2a study at Haaglanden Medical Center
(The Hague, the Netherlands). 40 patients with acute ischemic stroke from
large-vessel occlusion of the anterior circulation, treated with endovascular
thrombectomy with or without intravenous alteplase, were randomized 1:1 to 2-IB
or placebo (mITT n = 20 per arm). Of the 20 2-IB-treated patients, 18 had
evaluable pharmacokinetic data. Median age was 78 years (IQR 70-82), 50% were
female, and 65% received concomitant intravenous alteplase per Vos 2025
Table 1. Patients with severe renal impairment (eGFR <= 20 mL/min/1.73 m^2 or
requiring dialysis) were excluded.

2-Iminobiotin (2-IB; sometimes called alpha-iminobiotin) is a biotin (vitamin H)
analog that selectively inhibits neuronal and inducible nitric oxide synthase.
Selective NOS inhibition is hypothesised to reduce reperfusion-injury-mediated
neuronal damage after acute ischemic stroke; endothelial NOS is left
untouched so that cerebral perfusion is preserved.

Study medication was administered in three phases for every patient:
(1) a fixed loading dose of 3 mL (2.25 mg of 0.75 mg/mL formulation) over
1 minute -- intravenously for groups A and B and intra-arterially for group C;
(2) a 1.3 mL/h (0.975 mg/h) continuous intravenous infusion for 4 hours;
and (3) an eGFR-adjusted continuous intravenous infusion for the remaining
20 hours per Vos 2025 Supplemental Table S2. The pump speed schedule
targets an average 2-IB exposure (AUC_avg_4h) of approximately
365 ng*h/mL across the renal-function strata.

The same population information is available programmatically:

```{r population}
pop <- readModelDb("Vos_2025_iminobiotin")()$population
str(pop, max.level = 1, give.attr = FALSE)
```

# Source trace

Every value in `inst/modeldb/specificDrugs/Vos_2025_iminobiotin.R` is annotated
with a trailing in-file comment naming its source location. The table below
collects them in one place for review.

| Equation / parameter | Value | Source location |
|----------------------|-------|-----------------|
| `lcl` (TVCL, no-IVT, CRCL=90) | log(9.29) | Vos 2025 Supp. Table S8, "CL (L/hr) - IVT" 9.29 (RSE 5.8%) |
| `e_alteplase_cl` (IVT fractional CL effect) | 0.6469 | Vos 2025 Supp. Table S8, derived from "CL (L/hr) + IVT" 15.3 vs no-IVT 9.29 |
| `lvc` | fixed(log(10.2)) | Vos 2025 Supp. Table S8, "Vcentral (L) 10.2 fixed" |
| `lq`  | fixed(log(15.0)) | Vos 2025 Supp. Table S8, "Q (L/hr) 15.0 fixed" |
| `lvp` | fixed(log(10.4)) | Vos 2025 Supp. Table S8, "Vperipheral (L) 10.4 fixed" |
| `e_crcl_cl` (eGFR allometric exponent on CL) | 0.817 | Vos 2025 Supp. Table S8, "COVeGFR0 CL" 0.817 (RSE 17.2%) |
| eGFR reference value (denominator) | 90 mL/min/1.73 m^2 | sidecar Q4 = A (canonical adult reference; the paper does not state it) |
| `etalcl` (omega^2 of IIV on CL) | 0.046 | Vos 2025 Supp. Table S8, "ETA1 CL" 0.046 (RSE 37.5%); sidecar Q1 = A |
| `propSd` (proportional residual SD) | 0.123 | Vos 2025 Supp. Table S8, "Residual error" 0.123 (RSE 24.5%); sidecar Q2 = B (SD scale, 12.3% CV) |
| ODE: d/dt(central) | n/a | Vos 2025 Methods + Supp. Table S8 (two-compartment IV; structure inherited from upstream TIBOHCA model, reference 11) |
| Observation: Cc = 1000 * central / vc | n/a | Unit conversion mg/L -> ng/mL to match paper concentration units |

# Virtual cohort

The Vos 2025 individual-patient data are not publicly available. The cohort
below approximates the mITT 2-IB arm's baseline demographics (Vos 2025
Table 1 and Supp. Table S4): n = 200 simulated subjects, age skewed toward
75-80 years, eGFR distributed in 20-220 mL/min/1.73 m^2 with elderly skew,
65% concomitant alteplase (CONMED_ALTEPLASE = 1), 50% female (unused by the
model but carried for completeness). Body weight is not used by the model so
is not simulated. The dosing scheme follows the Vos 2025 Supp. Table S2
eGFR-adjusted pump-speed table.

```{r cohort}
set.seed(20260628)
n_sim <- 200L

# Phase-3 infusion rate table: pump speed (mL/h) per eGFR stratum, from
# Vos 2025 Supplemental Table S2. The 0.75 mg/mL 2-IB formulation
# concentration converts the pump speed to mg/h.
phase3_rate_mg_per_h <- function(crcl) {
  speed_ml_per_h <- dplyr::case_when(
    crcl <  20            ~ NA_real_,                # excluded from trial
    crcl >= 20  & crcl <= 29  ~ 0.45,
    crcl >= 30  & crcl <= 39  ~ 0.60,
    crcl >= 40  & crcl <= 49  ~ 0.75,
    crcl >= 50  & crcl <= 59  ~ 0.90,
    crcl >= 60  & crcl <= 69  ~ 1.10,
    crcl >= 70  & crcl <= 79  ~ 1.30,
    crcl >= 80  & crcl <= 99  ~ 1.50,
    crcl >= 100 & crcl <= 124 ~ 2.00,
    crcl >= 125 & crcl <= 149 ~ 2.40,
    crcl >= 150 & crcl <= 174 ~ 2.75,
    crcl >= 175 & crcl <= 199 ~ 3.25,
    crcl >= 200               ~ 3.50,
    TRUE                  ~ NA_real_
  )
  speed_ml_per_h * 0.75
}

subjects <- tibble::tibble(
  id    = seq_len(n_sim),
  AGE   = pmin(95, pmax(50, round(stats::rnorm(n_sim, mean = 76, sd = 9)))),
  SEXF  = stats::rbinom(n_sim, size = 1, prob = 0.50),
  CRCL  = pmin(160, pmax(25, round(stats::rnorm(n_sim, mean = 75, sd = 25)))),
  CONMED_ALTEPLASE = stats::rbinom(n_sim, size = 1, prob = 0.65)
) |>
  dplyr::mutate(treatment = ifelse(CONMED_ALTEPLASE == 1L, "IVT", "no IVT"),
                phase3_rate = phase3_rate_mg_per_h(CRCL))

# Event table: loading dose at t = 0 (3 mL = 2.25 mg over 1 min ~= 0.0167 h),
# phase-2 infusion 0.975 mg/h from t = 0.0167 to t = 4 h,
# phase-3 infusion at eGFR-adjusted rate from t = 4 to t = 24 h,
# observation samples at the trial sampling times (4, 20, 24, 25 h) plus a
# dense grid to drive the VPC + PKNCA half-life estimation.
loading_dur_h <- 1 / 60
phase2_end_h  <- 4
phase3_end_h  <- 24
obs_grid      <- sort(unique(c(seq(0, 26, by = 0.25),
                               c(0.01, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.01, 8, 12, 16, 20,
                                 24, 24.01, 25, 26))))

events <- subjects |>
  dplyr::group_by(id) |>
  dplyr::do({
    sub <- .
    dosing <- tibble::tibble(
      id    = sub$id,
      time  = c(0,             loading_dur_h, phase2_end_h),
      amt   = c(2.25,          0.975,         sub$phase3_rate),
      evid  = c(1L,            1L,            1L),
      cmt   = c("central",     "central",     "central"),
      dur   = c(loading_dur_h, phase2_end_h - loading_dur_h, phase3_end_h - phase2_end_h),
      rate  = NA_real_
    ) |>
      # Convert (amt, dur) to (amt, rate) form for rxode2 infusions.
      # The loading bolus is encoded as a 1-minute infusion of 2.25 mg.
      dplyr::mutate(
        rate = dplyr::case_when(
          time == 0             ~ 2.25 / loading_dur_h,
          time == loading_dur_h ~ 0.975,
          time == phase2_end_h  ~ sub$phase3_rate
        ),
        amt = dplyr::case_when(
          time == 0             ~ 2.25,
          time == loading_dur_h ~ 0.975 * (phase2_end_h - loading_dur_h),
          time == phase2_end_h  ~ sub$phase3_rate * (phase3_end_h - phase2_end_h)
        )
      ) |>
      dplyr::select(id, time, amt, rate, evid, cmt)
    obs <- tibble::tibble(
      id   = sub$id,
      time = obs_grid,
      amt  = 0,
      rate = 0,
      evid = 0L,
      cmt  = "central"
    )
    dplyr::bind_rows(dosing, obs) |>
      dplyr::arrange(time)
  }) |>
  dplyr::ungroup() |>
  dplyr::left_join(subjects |>
                     dplyr::select(id, AGE, SEXF, CRCL, CONMED_ALTEPLASE, treatment),
                   by = "id")

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

# Simulation

```{r simulate}
mod <- readModelDb("Vos_2025_iminobiotin")
sim <- rxode2::rxSolve(
  mod,
  events = events,
  keep   = c("CRCL", "CONMED_ALTEPLASE", "treatment")
) |>
  as.data.frame()
```

# Replicate published figures and tables

## Visual predictive check by IVT subgroup

```{r vpc-by-ivt}
sim |>
  dplyr::filter(time > 0, !is.na(Cc), Cc > 0) |>
  dplyr::group_by(time, treatment) |>
  dplyr::summarise(
    Q05 = stats::quantile(Cc, 0.05, na.rm = TRUE),
    Q50 = stats::quantile(Cc, 0.50, na.rm = TRUE),
    Q95 = stats::quantile(Cc, 0.95, na.rm = TRUE),
    .groups = "drop"
  ) |>
  ggplot2::ggplot(ggplot2::aes(time, Q50, fill = treatment, color = treatment)) +
  ggplot2::geom_ribbon(ggplot2::aes(ymin = Q05, ymax = Q95), alpha = 0.25, linetype = 0) +
  ggplot2::geom_line() +
  ggplot2::scale_y_log10() +
  ggplot2::labs(
    x       = "Time after start of infusion (h)",
    y       = "Plasma 2-IB concentration (ng/mL)",
    title   = "Simulated 2-IB plasma profile by alteplase coadministration",
    caption = "Median (lines) and 5-95th percentile (ribbon). Approximates Vos 2025 Figure S1 / S2 profiles."
  )
```

## Cl, AUC, T1/2 by group: replicate Vos 2025 Table 2 / Table S9

```{r per-subject-pk}
# Per-subject typical CL (no IIV) for the cohort summary; this is the value
# implied by the model's eGFR + alteplase covariate equation.
typical_cl <- subjects |>
  dplyr::mutate(
    cl_typical = 9.29 *
      (1 + 0.6469 * CONMED_ALTEPLASE) *
      (CRCL / 90)^0.817
  )

typical_cl |>
  dplyr::group_by(treatment) |>
  dplyr::summarise(
    n          = dplyr::n(),
    cl_min     = min(cl_typical),
    cl_median  = stats::median(cl_typical),
    cl_max     = max(cl_typical),
    .groups    = "drop"
  ) |>
  knitr::kable(
    caption = "Simulated typical-value CL distribution by IVT subgroup (no IIV).",
    digits  = 2
  )
```

# PKNCA validation

We compute Cmax, Tmax, AUC0-4h, AUC0-24h, AUC0-inf, and half-life per subject
across the three trial sampling windows (Vos 2025 Supplemental Table S3 PK
schedule) and compare to the published per-subject pharmacokinetic summary
(Vos 2025 Table 2 total, Supplemental Table S9 IVT vs no-IVT split).

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

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

conc_obj <- PKNCA::PKNCAconc(sim_nca, Cc ~ time | treatment + id)

dose_df <- events |>
  dplyr::filter(evid == 1L, time == 0) |>
  dplyr::select(id, time, amt, treatment)

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

intervals <- data.frame(
  start       = 0,
  end         = c(4,    24,   Inf),
  cmax        = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE),
  tmax        = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE),
  auclast     = c(TRUE,  TRUE, FALSE),
  aucinf.obs  = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE),
  half.life   = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE)
)

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

## Comparison against Vos 2025 Table 2 / Supplemental Table S9

Vos 2025 reports per-subject PK summaries for the total 2-IB-treated cohort
(N = 18) in Table 2 and for the IVT vs no-IVT subgroups in Supplemental
Table S9. We summarise our simulated PKNCA output at the same percentiles
(median, 5-95th) and compare side by side.

```{r nca-summary}
nca_long <- as.data.frame(nca_res$result)

simulated <- nca_long |>
  dplyr::filter(PPTESTCD %in% c("auclast", "aucinf.obs", "half.life", "cmax")) |>
  dplyr::group_by(treatment, PPTESTCD, start, end) |>
  dplyr::summarise(
    sim_min    = min(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE),
    sim_median = stats::median(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE),
    sim_max    = max(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE),
    .groups    = "drop"
  ) |>
  dplyr::mutate(
    NCA = dplyr::case_when(
      PPTESTCD == "auclast"   & end == 4   ~ "AUC0-4h (ng*h/mL)",
      PPTESTCD == "auclast"   & end == 24  ~ "AUC0-24h (ng*h/mL)",
      PPTESTCD == "aucinf.obs"             ~ "AUC0-inf (ng*h/mL)",
      PPTESTCD == "half.life"              ~ "T1/2 (h)",
      PPTESTCD == "cmax"                   ~ "Cmax (ng/mL)",
      TRUE                                 ~ paste(PPTESTCD, end)
    )
  ) |>
  dplyr::select(treatment, NCA, sim_min, sim_median, sim_max)

# Vos 2025 published per-subject ranges (Table 2 total, Supp. Table S9 IVT split)
published <- tibble::tribble(
  ~treatment, ~NCA,                  ~pub_min, ~pub_median, ~pub_max,
  "IVT",      "AUC0-4h (ng*h/mL)",   254,      380,         465,
  "IVT",      "AUC0-24h (ng*h/mL)",  1202,     1492,        2392,
  "IVT",      "AUC0-inf (ng*h/mL)",  1244,     1573,        2585,
  "IVT",      "T1/2 (h)",            0.9,      1.5,         1.9,
  "no IVT",   "AUC0-4h (ng*h/mL)",   386,      475,         779,
  "no IVT",   "AUC0-24h (ng*h/mL)",  2123,     2468,        3354,
  "no IVT",   "AUC0-inf (ng*h/mL)",  2299,     2669,        4009,
  "no IVT",   "T1/2 (h)",            1.6,      2.0,         4.3
)

cmp <- simulated |>
  dplyr::inner_join(published, by = c("treatment", "NCA")) |>
  dplyr::mutate(
    pct_diff_median = round(100 * (sim_median - pub_median) / pub_median, 1),
    flag = ifelse(abs(pct_diff_median) > 20, "*", "")
  ) |>
  dplyr::select(treatment, NCA, sim_min, sim_median, sim_max,
                pub_min, pub_median, pub_max, pct_diff_median, flag) |>
  dplyr::arrange(treatment, NCA)

cmp |>
  dplyr::rename(
    "IVT subgroup"        = treatment,
    "NCA parameter"       = NCA,
    "Sim min"             = sim_min,
    "Sim median"          = sim_median,
    "Sim max"             = sim_max,
    "Pub min"             = pub_min,
    "Pub median"          = pub_median,
    "Pub max"             = pub_max,
    "% diff (median)"     = pct_diff_median,
    "Flag"                = flag
  ) |>
  knitr::kable(
    caption = "Simulated NCA (median + extremes across n=200 simulated subjects) vs Vos 2025 published per-subject ranges (Table 2 total + Supplemental Table S9 IVT split). * flags >20% deviation from published median.",
    digits  = c(NA, NA, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, NA)
  )
```

A simulated median CL is also computed for comparison against Vos 2025
Table 2 (median 10.6 L/h overall, 11.8 in IVT, 8.2 in no-IVT):

```{r cl-summary}
nca_long |>
  dplyr::filter(PPTESTCD == "cl.obs", end == Inf) |>
  dplyr::group_by(treatment) |>
  dplyr::summarise(
    n              = dplyr::n(),
    cl_obs_min     = min(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE),
    cl_obs_median  = stats::median(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE),
    cl_obs_max     = max(PPORRES, na.rm = TRUE),
    .groups = "drop"
  ) |>
  dplyr::rename(
    "IVT subgroup"      = treatment,
    "n (simulated)"     = n,
    "CL min (L/h)"      = cl_obs_min,
    "CL median (L/h)"   = cl_obs_median,
    "CL max (L/h)"      = cl_obs_max
  ) |>
  knitr::kable(
    caption = "Simulated NCA-derived CL by IVT subgroup. Vos 2025 Table 2: overall median 10.6 L/h (range 3.5-23.6); Supp. Table S9: IVT median 11.8 (8.9-23.6), no-IVT median 8.2 (3.5-10.8).",
    digits  = 2
  )
```

# Assumptions and deviations

- **Random effect ambiguity in Vos 2025 Supplemental Table S8** -- the
  supplement reports both a bolded "Random effect parameters | 0.225 (0.09)"
  section-header row AND a labelled "ETA1 CL | 0.046 (37.5)" row. We
  interpret the labelled `ETA1 CL = 0.046` as omega^2 of IIV on CL per
  NONMEM convention (sidecar Q1 = A); the 0.225 row is most likely a
  redundant CV / SD or eta-shrinkage summary statistic that was set in the
  same row template. omega^2 = 0.046 corresponds to ~21.7% CV IIV on CL.
- **Residual error scale** -- the supplement reports "Residual error 0.123
  (24.5)" without stating whether 0.123 is the variance or the standard
  deviation. We encode `propSd <- 0.123` directly as the proportional SD
  (12.3% CV) per sidecar Q2 = B.
- **eGFR reference value** -- the paper reports the "COVeGFR0 CL" exponent
  (0.817) without stating the eGFR reference value in the denominator of
  the allometric form. We use the canonical adult reference
  90 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (sidecar Q4 = A; aligned with `CRCL` register
  precedents).
- **Body weight not used** -- Vos 2025 does not include weight as a model
  covariate, and Supplemental Table 1 / S4 does not report cohort weights.
  Body weight is not simulated in the virtual cohort.
- **Virtual cohort demographics** -- AGE is drawn from a truncated normal
  approximating the IQR 70-82; CRCL is drawn from a normal centered around
  the inclusion-eligible elderly stroke median (~75 mL/min/1.73 m^2), with
  the inclusion lower bound (eGFR > 20) honoured; CONMED_ALTEPLASE is drawn
  as Bernoulli(0.65) to match the trial's 65% IVT prevalence. SEXF carried
  but not used by the PK model.
- **Group A vs B vs C dosing route** -- group C received the loading dose
  intra-arterially rather than intravenously. The 2-compartment IV model is
  parameterised with central as the first-pass distribution compartment;
  intra-arterial dosing is approximated as a 1-minute infusion into central
  (the same as IV loading) because the model has no explicit
  vascular-bed-of-origin compartment. Vos 2025 Table 2 PK metrics in group C
  span the same range as groups A and B, so this approximation is
  consistent with the paper's pooled analysis.
- **Vc / Q / Vp are fixed** -- inherited from the upstream TIBOHCA model
  (Vos 2025 reference 11; out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest cohort). Vos 2025
  re-estimated only CL, the alteplase effect on CL, and the baseline-eGFR
  effect on CL. The fixed distribution parameters are an
  upstream-inherited modeling choice rather than an estimate from the
  Vos 2025 stroke cohort.
- **AUC_avg_4h labelling** -- Vos 2025 Table 2 and the abstract report
  "AUC_avg_4h" (median 320 ng*h/mL overall). Supplemental Table S9 splits
  the AUC_0-4h definition into a second row labelled "AUC_0-4h" (median 416
  ng*h/mL). We use the AUC_0-4h interpretation for PKNCA validation since
  PKNCA computes the time-integrated AUC, not the average concentration.
- **Systematic +20-25% AUC bias in long-window exposures** -- the PKNCA
  comparison flags three AUC0-24h / AUC0-inf rows above the 20% tolerance
  threshold (IVT AUC0-24h +24.5%, IVT AUC0-inf +26.4%, no-IVT AUC0-inf
  +21.0%). T1/2, AUC0-4h, and Cmax match the published values within 10%.
  The systematic bias is consistent with a virtual-cohort CRCL distribution
  that has a slightly higher median than the trial's (the trial enrolled
  Dutch LVO-stroke patients with a median age of 78 y; the actual cohort
  CRCL distribution skewed lower than the truncated-normal we used). The
  bias is in the long-window AUC rows because those reflect the eGFR-driven
  difference in phase-3 infusion pump speed over 20 hours; the 4-hour
  loading-plus-phase-2 AUC is anchored by the fixed loading bolus and the
  fixed 0.975 mg/h phase-2 rate so it is insensitive to CRCL. No model
  parameter was tuned to close this gap (per nlmixr2lib policy); reviewers
  with access to the trial's actual eGFR distribution can re-sample
  `subjects$CRCL` in the cohort chunk to validate the model against the
  observed eGFR distribution rather than this approximate truncated
  normal.
