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ArticleCPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology2021

Easy and reliable maximum a posteriori Bayesian estimation of pharmacokinetic parameters with the open-source R package mapbayr.

Félicien Le Louedec, Florent Puisset, Fabienne Thomas, Étienne Chatelut, Mélanie White-Koning

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Félicien Le LouedecInserm UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3699-2729
Florent PuissetInserm UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3083-5784
Fabienne ThomasInserm UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9886-412X
Étienne ChatelutInserm UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7740-9096
Mélanie White-KoningInserm UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5072-5489

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Abstract

Pharmacokinetic (PK) parameter estimation is a critical and complex step in the model-informed precision dosing (MIPD) approach. The mapbayr package was developed to perform maximum a posteriori Bayesian estimation (MAP-BE) in R from any population PK model coded in mrgsolve. The performances of mapbayr were assessed using two approaches. First, "test" models with different features were coded, for example, first-order and zero-order absorption, lag time, time-varying covariates, Michaelis-Menten elimination, combined and exponential residual error, parent drug and metabolite, and small or large inter-individual variability (IIV). A total of 4000 PK profiles (combining single/multiple dosing and rich/sparse sampling) were simulated from each test model, and MAP-BE of parameters was performed in both mapbayr and NONMEM. Second, a similar procedure was conducted with seven "real" previously published models to compare mapbayr and NONMEM on a PK outcome used in MIPD. For the test models, 98% of mapbayr estimations were identical to those given by NONMEM. Some discordances could be observed when dose-related parameters were estimated or when models with large IIV were used. The exploration of objective function values suggested that mapbayr might outdo NONMEM in specific cases. For the real models, a concordance close to 100% on PK outcomes was observed. The mapbayr package provides a reliable solution to perform MAP-BE of PK parameters in R. It also includes functions dedicated to data formatting and reporting and enables the creation of standalone Shiny web applications dedicated to MIPD, whatever the model or the clinical protocol and without additional software other than R.

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