Optimal parametric design with applications to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic trials

Jixian Wang

Journal of Applied Statistics, 2006, vol. 33, issue 8, 837-852

Abstract: This paper considers optimal parametric designs, i.e. designs represented by probability measures determined by a set of parameters, for nonlinear models and illustrates their use in designs for pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) trials. For some practical problems, such as designs for modelling PK/PD relationship, this is often the only feasible type of design, as the design points follow a PK model and cannot be directly controlled. Even for ordinary design problems the parametric designs have some advantages over the traditional designs, which often have too few design points for model checking and may not be robust to model and parameter misspecifications. We first describe methods and algorithms to construct the parametric design for ordinary nonlinear design problems and show that the parametric designs are robust to parameter misspecification and have good power for model discrimination. Then we extend this design method to construct optimal repeated measurement designs for nonlinear mixed models. We also use this parametric design for modelling a PK/PD relationship and propose a simulation based algorithm. The application of parametric designs is illustrated with a three-parameter open one-compartment PK model for the ordinary design and repeated measurement design, and an Emax model for the phamacokinetic/pharmacodynamic trial design.

Keywords: D-optimal design; model discrimination; pharmacokinetic models; repeated measure design; parametric design; PK/PD models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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