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Table 1 Population estimates for the first pediatric PopPK model of rivaroxaban

From: Pharmacokinetics of rivaroxaban in children using physiologically based and population pharmacokinetic modelling: an EINSTEIN-Jr phase I study

Parameter

Mean estimate

Relative standard error (%)a

Inter-individual variability CV (%)b

Relative standard error (%)

Description

ka for tablet and diluted suspension (1 h− 1)

0.717

21.3

39.7

63.9

Absorption rate constant

ka for undiluted suspension (1 h−1)

0.208

15.4

CL (l h−1)

7.26

9.38

26.2

39.2

Clearance for a subject with a body weight of 70 kg

V (l)

50.9

12

N/A

N/A

Volume of distribution in the central compartment for a subject with a body weight of 70 kg

Q (l h− 1)

0.928

17.5

N/A

N/A

Intercompartmental clearance

Vp (l)

13.5

51.5

N/A

N/A

Volume of distribution in the peripheral compartment

Exponent for CL scaling

0.323

27.1

Exponent to scale CL on the individual body weight

Exponent for V scaling

1

Fixed

Exponent to scale V on the individual body weight

F1

0.648

9.03

N/A

N/A

Relative bioavailability for the rivaroxaban 20 mg-equivalent doses in relation to the rivaroxaban 10 mg-equivalent doses with F1 = 1 per definition

Residual error (%)

46.6

14.1

Proportional residual error

  1. aRelative standard error expressed as a percentage of the estimate; bcoefficient of variation, calculated as the square root of the variance (which is approximately equivalent to coefficient of variation [%])
  2. CL, clearance, CV coefficient of variation, ka absorption rate constant, PopPK population pharmacokinetic, Q first-order inter-compartmental clearance, V volume of distribution Vp peripheral compartment