The Bayesian Analysis of Population Pharmacokinetic Models

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Abstract
Pharmacokinetics is the study of the time course of a drug and its metabolites following its introduction into the body. Population pharmacokinetic studies are becoming increasingly important as an aid to drug development. The data from such studies typically consist of dose histories, drug concentrations with associated sampling times, and often covariate measurements such as the age and weight of each subject. These studies aim to provide an understanding of the pharmacokinetics of the drug in question and so lead to an informed choice of dosage regimen. Such an understanding includes determining those covariates that are important predictors of fundamental pharmacokinetic parameters, such as clearance, defined as the volume of plasma cleared of drug in a unit of time. Determining those subpopulations (e.g., the elderly) with altered kinetics has implications for the choice of an appropriate dosage regimens, because predictive concentration profiles arising from a particular regimen in differen...

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