Questions on FOCE and log transformed data
Dear NMusers:
I have two questions regarding model fitting.
1. FOCE vs. FOCE with INTERACTION. I have a rich data from phase I study. Drug
was administered by iv infusion. I used a one-compartment model with nonlinear
clearance (Michaelis-Menten kinetics) to fit this data. And I tried both FOCE
and FOCE with INTERACTION. The FOCE method generated a reasonable fit, while
FOCE with INTERACTION generated a biased prediction (underpredict) of
concentration. I thought FOCE with INTERACTION usually generate better result
than FOCE. Does this mean my model is just not good enough? I used a
proportional plus additional residual error model.
2. I also tried to fit log transformed data, but in the PRED vs. DV plot, the
points at lower concentrations are much more scattered than those at higher
concentrations. And this forms a trend that points are getting closer and
closer to the line as the concentration goes up. Does that mean log
transformation of my data is not appropriate or something is wrong with my
residual error model? The concentration ranges from 2 ng/ml to 1600 ng/ml. The
residual error model I used is listed as below:
$ERROR
CALLFL=0
IPRED=-3
IF(F.GT.0)IPRED=LOG(F); to avoid LOG(0)run-time error
Y=IPRED+EPS(1)
Any suggestion will be highly appreciated!
Huali