PK data from individuals who vomited after drug ingestion

From: Seng Kok Yong Date: August 27, 2009 technical Source: mail-archive.com
Dear NM-users, I have a question regarding NONMEM modeling of PK data from individuals who vomited after drug ingestion. Basically, I have a set of data from about 150 subjects (about 5 measurements per subject) who orally ingested alcohol at time = 0 h. However, about 15% of this group vomited more than 1 h post-dose. Based on NONMEM modeling of PK data from subjects who did not vomit during the study, the mean elimination half-life is about 30 min. May I ask if I should model vomiting incidence (a "yes" or a "no") as a categorical covariate for analysis of all the data? I have demographic covariate information at hand. Or, should I introduce a mixture model during NONMEM modeling? I would expect the vomiting subgroup to display different values for Vd, Ka etc as compared to the non-vomiting subgroup. Thank you very much for your time and kind advice. Best wishes, Kok-Yong Seng, PhD DSO National Laboratories Republic of Singapore
Aug 26, 2009 Seng Kok Yong PK data from individuals who vomited after drug ingestion
Aug 27, 2009 Seng Kok Yong PK data from individuals who vomited after drug ingestion
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