OT: keep TTT! [PK / PD]

posted by yjlee168 Homepage – Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2013-07-23 01:42 (4297 d 10:13 ago) – Posting: # 11035
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Dear Helmut,

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❝ Please no! Contrary to R²adj TTT is based on PK-grounds. I would not call it model-dependent. OK, it is based on a one-compartment model but the estimation of λz is within the boundaries of NCA, IMHO. For multiple distribution / elimination phases it is the responsibility of the user to select the last loglinear phase visually.


OK. I plot your simulated data as semi-log scale (log(C) vs. time) to see if the 'breakpoint' (which is occurring at 9) is easy to figure out visually. It is not. I don't know if you put too much noise or not. If we can visually figure out the 'breakpoint' easily, then we probably can change current TTT algo as a semi-automatic way. That is to pick the last 3-4 data points first (automatically) and then to show plots to allow user to add more until reaching 'breakpoint' (manually). I guess it will work only if user knows which is the 'breakpoint.' One more question: what if the 'breakpoint' is just not one of scheduled sampling times?

❝ Anyhow, I’m not overly optimistic yet – especially if at least one of the following conditions applies: Noisy data. [...]



Agree.

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