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We present an approach to the analysis of pharmacodynamic (PD) data arising from non-steadystate experiments, meant to be used when only PD data, not pharmacokinetic (PK) data, are available. The approach allows estimation of the steady-state relationship between drug input and effect. The analysis is based on a model describing the time dependence of drug effect (E) on (unobserved) drug concentration (Ce) in an hypothetical effect compartment. The model consists of (i) a known model for the input rate of drug I(t), (ii) a parametric model; L(t, a) (a function of time t, and vector of parameters a), relating I to an observed variable X, (iii) a nonparametric model relating X to E. Ce is proportional to X. X(t) is given by I(X) * L(t, a)/AL, where L(t,α)=e −α 1 t * ∑ mk=1 , α2k e −α 2k+1 t, ∑ mk=1 α2k=1, AL=∫ ∞0 L(t) dt, and * indicates convolution.The nonparametric model relating X to Eis a cubic spline, a function of X and a vector of (linear) parameters β. The values of α and β are chosen to minimize the sum of squared residuals between predicted and observed E. We also describe a similar model, generalizing a previously described one, to analyze PK/PD data. Applications of the approach to different drug-effect relationships (verapamil-PR interval, hydroxazine-wheal and flare, flecainide and/or verapamil-PR, and left ventricular ejection fraction) are reported.
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Work supported in part by Department of Health, Education and Welfare Grants AG03104, AG04594, and GM26691.
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Verotta, D., Sheiner, L.B. Semiparametric analysis of non-steady-state pharmacodynamic data. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics 19, 691–712 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01080874
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