Using Prior subroutine

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Using Prior subroutine

From: Byung-Jin Ahn Date: February 20, 2008 technical
.Bold { font-weight: bold; } .Title { font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #cc3300; } .Code { border: #8b4513 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;color: #000066; font-family: 'Courier New' , Monospace;background-color: #ff9933; } Dear all. To estimate the PK parameters of an antibiotics and define the adequate dose regimen is one of my  present woks. Because of sparseness of data, I performed the PK analysis using prior subroutine " NWPRI " in  NONMEM(ver 6). and then stabilized estimation of PK parameters could be possible. However,  Wings for NONMEM, Perl-speaks NONMEM as front end of NONMEM did not open or  read the text file including subroutine Prior. I question whether this problem is a my own problem or general problem.  I wish to hear experiences of this problem. Sincerly. Thank you.  BODY{FONT-SIZE: 10pt;} DIV, P {FONT-SIZE: 10pt;margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;} TD {FONT-SIZE: 10pt} Byung-Jin Ahn M.D. Research Doctor CMC Clinical Research Coordinating Center College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea TEL: +82-2-590-4957 FAX: +82-2-590-7843 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using Prior subroutine

From: Nick Holford Date: February 20, 2008 technical
Byung-Jin, The default NONMEM method puts all its output and run files in the same folder as the control stream file. Experienced NONMEM users find this organization is too simple which prevents such obvious things like running two NONMEM runs at the same time from the same directory. Both WFN and PSN create run-directories for NM-TRAN/NONMEM to do their work. While this solves the problem of running several simultaneous runs and also organizes the results more clearly (WFN) it brings its own problems for unusual uses which require locating external files such as the PRIOR subroutine. In your control stream you will have to specify a path to the PRIOR subroutine file so that NM-TRAN can find it from the run-directory. e.g. for WFN $SUBR PRIOR=../prior.for will look for prior.for in the same directory as the control stream file. PSN has a much more complicated run-directory system and usually (but I dont know for sure always) will need to look 2 levels higher e.g. $SUBR PRIOR=../../prior.for WFN (and most likely PSN) will let you use a full path to the file so that it can be located anywhere you want e.g. $SUBR PRIOR=X:/solarsystem/earth/newzealand/auckland/prior.for Good luck. Nick Byung-Jin Ahn wrote: > > Dear all. > > To estimate the PK parameters of an antibiotics and define the adequate dose > regimen is one of my > > present woks. > > Because of sparseness of data, I performed the PK analysis using prior > subroutine " NWPRI " in > > NONMEM(ver 6). and then stabilized estimation of PK parameters could be > possible. > > However, Wings for NONMEM, Perl-speaks NONMEM as front end of NONMEM did not > open or > > read the text file including subroutine Prior. > > I question whether this problem is a my own problem or general problem. > > I wish to hear experiences of this problem. > > Sincerly. > > Thank you. > > Byung-Jin Ahn M.D. > > Research Doctor > CMC Clinical Research Coordinating Center > College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea > 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea > TEL: +82-2-590-4957 FAX: +82-2-590-7843 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Image] -- Nick Holford, Dept Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology University of Auckland, 85 Park Rd, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel:+64(9)373-7599x86730 fax:+64(9)373-7090 www.health.auckland.ac.nz/pharmacology/staff/nholford

RE: Using Prior subroutine

From: Jakob Ribbing Date: February 20, 2008 technical
Hi Byung-Jin, As an alternative to Nicks suggestions PsN can move additional files into the actual run directory. You need to add the argument "extra_files" and specify the file name. For example, using the tool "execute": execute run1.mod -extra_files=prior.for where run1.mod is the name of the control stream and prior.for is the name of the text file holding the NWPRI subroutine. Good luck! Jakob