Huan-Xi Zhang1, Chang-Cheng Sheng2,3, Long-Shan Liu1, Bi Luo2, Qian Fu1, Qun Zhao2, Jun Li1, Yan-Feng Liu4, Rong-Hai Deng1, Zheng Jiao2, Chang-Xi Wang1,5. 1. Organ Transplant Centre, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. 2. Department of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. 3. Department of Pharmacy, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, China. 4. Department of urology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China. 5. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, Guangzhou, China.
Abstract
AIMS: Various mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) population pharmacokinetic (popPK) models have been developed to describe its PK characteristics and facilitate its optimal dosing in adult kidney transplant recipients co-administered with tacrolimus. However, the external predictive performance has been unclear. Thus, this study aimed to comprehensively evaluate the external predictability of published MMF popPK models in such populations and investigate the potential influencing factors. METHODS: The external predictability of qualified popPK models was evaluated using an independent dataset. The evaluation included prediction- and simulation-based diagnostics, and Bayesian forecasting. In addition, factors influencing model predictability, especially the impact of structural models, were investigated. RESULTS: Fifty full PK profiles from 45 patients were included in the evaluation dataset and 11 published popPK models were identified and evaluated. In prediction-based diagnostics, the prediction error within ±30% was less than 50% in most published models. The prediction- and variability-corrected visual predictive check and posterior predictive check showed large discrepancies between the observations and simulations in most models. Moreover, the normalized prediction distribution errors of all models did not follow a normal distribution. Bayesian forecasting demonstrated an improvement in the model predictability. Furthermore, the predictive performance of two-compartment (2CMT) models incorporating the enterohepatic circulation (EHC) process was not superior to that of conventional 2CMT models. CONCLUSIONS: The published models showed large variability and unsatisfactory predictive performance, which indicated that therapeutic drug monitoring was necessary for MMF clinical application. Further studies incorporating potential covariates need to be conducted to investigate the key factors influencing model predictability of MMF.
AIMS: Various mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) population pharmacokinetic (popPK) models have been developed to describe its PK characteristics and facilitate its optimal dosing in adult kidney transplant recipients co-administered with tacrolimus. However, the external predictive performance has been unclear. Thus, this study aimed to comprehensively evaluate the external predictability of published MMF popPK models in such populations and investigate the potential influencing factors. METHODS: The external predictability of qualified popPK models was evaluated using an independent dataset. The evaluation included prediction- and simulation-based diagnostics, and Bayesian forecasting. In addition, factors influencing model predictability, especially the impact of structural models, were investigated. RESULTS: Fifty full PK profiles from 45 patients were included in the evaluation dataset and 11 published popPK models were identified and evaluated. In prediction-based diagnostics, the prediction error within ±30% was less than 50% in most published models. The prediction- and variability-corrected visual predictive check and posterior predictive check showed large discrepancies between the observations and simulations in most models. Moreover, the normalized prediction distribution errors of all models did not follow a normal distribution. Bayesian forecasting demonstrated an improvement in the model predictability. Furthermore, the predictive performance of two-compartment (2CMT) models incorporating the enterohepatic circulation (EHC) process was not superior to that of conventional 2CMT models. CONCLUSIONS: The published models showed large variability and unsatisfactory predictive performance, which indicated that therapeutic drug monitoring was necessary for MMF clinical application. Further studies incorporating potential covariates need to be conducted to investigate the key factors influencing model predictability of MMF.
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