RE: Weibull distribution

From: Steve Troy Date: April 11, 2007 technical Source: mail-archive.com
Dear Abduljalil, I am not an expert on using the Weibull distribution for drug absorption, but I suspect that the value of TIME in the equation for DADT(1) should represent the elapsed time since the most recent dose. For example, if dosing occurs at 0, 24, and 48 hours, then the observation at 25 hours after the start of the study (ie, 1 hour after the most recent dose) should use TIME=1 hour in the equation for DADT(1). However, I suspect that TIME=25 hours is being used in the current problem. Good luck, Steve
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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Khaled Mohammed Abduljalil Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NMusers] Weibull distribution Dear NONMEM users, I have tried to study the pk profiles of a drug after multiple oral dosage regimen of 500mg every 12hr. The estimation process was well performed with the first dose (only) using Weibull function. but if i apply the same control file to the whole data (ie, single dose and multiple doses), it does not work any more. I can not detect my error. Could any one tell me where is it? neither first order nor Mich.-Menten models fitted the data like weibull model. thank you very much in advance for your response. sincerely yours Abduljalil $SUBROUTINES ADVAN6 TRANS1 TOL=3 $MODEL COMP=(DEPOT,DEFDOSE) COMP=(CENTRAL,DEFOBS) $PK CL=THETA(1)*EXP(ETA(1)) V=THETA(2)*EXP(ETA(2)) BETA=THETA(3)*EXP(ETA(3)) ALPHA=THETA(4)*EXP(ETA(4)) K=CL/V S1=1 S2=V $ERROR DEL=0 IF(F.EQ.0) DEL=0.001 W=F IPRED=F IRES=DV-IPRED IWRES=IRES/(W+DEL) Y=F+EPS(1) $DES DADT(1)=-A(1)*(BETA/ALPHA)*((TIME/ALPHA)**(BETA-1))*EXP(-(TIME/ALPHA)**B ETA) DADT(2)=-DADT(1)-A(2)*K $THETA (0.01,17,80); (10,115,900); (0.1,2.2,30) (0.1,2.6,30) (0.001,2) (0.001,1) $OMEGA 0.1 0.2 0.08 0.2 $SIGMA 0.2 $EST METHOD=1 INTER PRINT=5 NOABORT MAXEVAL=9999 ************************************************************ The contents of this message are intended only for the use of the individual to which they are addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message, any attachment or the information contained therein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the original sender immediately and delete all copies of this message, along with any attachments. Thank you. ************************************************************
Apr 11, 2007 Khaled Mohammed Abduljalil Weibull distribution
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