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Main Authors: Zhao, Yuxuan, Wong, Samuel W. K.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22313
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author Zhao, Yuxuan
Wong, Samuel W. K.
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Wong, Samuel W. K.
contents Pharmacokinetic modeling using ordinary differential equations (ODEs) has an important role in dose optimization studies, where dosing must balance sustained therapeutic efficacy with the risk of adverse side effects. Such ODE models characterize drug plasma concentration over time and allow pharmacokinetic parameters to be inferred, such as drug absorption and elimination rates. For time-course studies involving treatment groups with multiple subjects, mixed-effects ODE models are commonly used. However, existing methods tend to lack uncertainty quantification on a subject-level, for key measures such as peak or trough concentration and for making predictions of drug concentration. To address such limitations, we propose an extension of manifold-constrained Gaussian processes for inference of general mixed-effects ODE models within a Bayesian statistical framework. We evaluate our method on simulated examples, demonstrating its ability to provide fast and accurate inference for parameters and trajectories using nested optimization. To illustrate the practical efficacy of the proposed method, we provide a real data analysis of a pharmacokinetic model used for an HIV combination therapy study.
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spellingShingle Manifold-Constrained Gaussian Processes for Inference of Mixed-effects Ordinary Differential Equations with Application to Pharmacokinetics
Zhao, Yuxuan
Wong, Samuel W. K.
Methodology
Pharmacokinetic modeling using ordinary differential equations (ODEs) has an important role in dose optimization studies, where dosing must balance sustained therapeutic efficacy with the risk of adverse side effects. Such ODE models characterize drug plasma concentration over time and allow pharmacokinetic parameters to be inferred, such as drug absorption and elimination rates. For time-course studies involving treatment groups with multiple subjects, mixed-effects ODE models are commonly used. However, existing methods tend to lack uncertainty quantification on a subject-level, for key measures such as peak or trough concentration and for making predictions of drug concentration. To address such limitations, we propose an extension of manifold-constrained Gaussian processes for inference of general mixed-effects ODE models within a Bayesian statistical framework. We evaluate our method on simulated examples, demonstrating its ability to provide fast and accurate inference for parameters and trajectories using nested optimization. To illustrate the practical efficacy of the proposed method, we provide a real data analysis of a pharmacokinetic model used for an HIV combination therapy study.
title Manifold-Constrained Gaussian Processes for Inference of Mixed-effects Ordinary Differential Equations with Application to Pharmacokinetics
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22313