$DES : Initialising the value of A at time 0

From: Lars Erichsen Date: October 29, 2002 technical Source: cognigencorp.com
From:"LSEN (Lars Erichsen)" Subject:[NMusers] $DES : Initialising the value of A at time 0 Date:Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:16:31 +0100 Dear nmusers, I have been puzzled by unexpected initial values (at time 0) of A(1) from the NM code below. The NM data set contains no dosing information, so I would expect A(1) to be 0 at time 0 but instead the value at time 0 is = the value at 24 h (last time point) for the same subject. Can someone explain this to me? Thanks in advance, Lars Erichsen Novo Nordisk NM-code: $PROBLEM indirect response model $INPUT ID STDY DAY TIME PKK GIR DOSE CONC DV DELF DELB DTF DTB DBGF DBGB $DATA dataset.prn IGNORE=C $SUBROUTINES ADVAN6 TOL 5 DP $MODEL COMP=(CENTRAL,DEFOBS,DEFDOSE) $PK TVEMAX=THETA(1) EMAX=TVEMAX TVEC50=THETA(2) EC50=TVEC50*EXP(ETA(3)) TVKOUT=THETA(3) KOUT=TVKOUT*EXP(ETA(2)) TVV=THETA(5) V=TVV TVPOTE=THETA(6) POTE=EXP(TVPOTE) TVBASE=THETA(8) IF (STDY.EQ.2) TVBASE=THETA(9) BASE=TVBASE IF(STDY.EQ.1) EC50=POTE*EC50; STIM=EMAX*PKK**2/(EC50**2+PKK**2) $ERROR IPRE=BASE+A(1) Y=IPRE+ERR(1); Y IS NORMAL DISTRIB $DES A1=A(1) DADT(1)=GIR/V-KOUT*(1+STIM)*A(1) ___________________________________