Rational estimation of drug dosage through pharmacometric modeling: The case of a long-acting depot antipsychotic

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N Simon, J-M Azorin

Abstract

Drug manufacturer seeking authorization to bring a newly medicinal compound to the market (Market Authorization Application) have to undertake various studies, each of them providing a specific report. It is however essential to know how to pool results in order to understand the behavior of the drug in all the situations likely to be encountered in clinical practice. The exploitation of these data is now carried out through pharmacometric analyzes which aim at quantifying the exposure and the response of a drug over time. These methods (named "population approach") are based on non-linear mixed effects model and therefore, on the identification of a mathematical model. A first step is to model the variations in concentrations over time by integrating the physio-pathological characteristics of the patients. At this stage, the Bayesian analysis is essential to identify and select the factors of interindividual variability. This pharmacokinetic (PK) modeling allows us to obtain the prescribed dose for each patient, but also their exposure. The second step consists in defining the relationship between exposure and effect: pharmacodynamic (PD) modeling. In psychiatry, the response can be the receptors' occupancy rate or the evoluti...Continue Reading

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