TABLE 2

Ketoconazole population pharmacokinetic parameters


Study Level Parameters Estimated
Parameter
Population Estimate
SEE
Interstudy Variability
SEE
Ka (h-1) 1.10 (16.3) 33% (67.2)
Vmax (mg/h) 41.1 (6.01) 49% (75.0)
Km (mg/l) 0.810 (12.5)
Keff (mg/l) 300.1 (12.1)
V4 (liters) 32.1 (11.4)
V5 (liters) 19.6 (38.0)
Q4 (l/h) 2.39 (7.82)
Residual error (proportional)
0.10
(25.0)


Parameters Fixed for the Enzyme Site Compartmenta
Parameter
Typical Value (fixed)
Interstudy Variability
Tmax (mg/h) 1 a
K2e (h-1) 1 a
Qh (l/h) 48 a
V2 and Ve (liters)
0.825
a
  • Ka, first order absorption rate constant; Vmax, maximum rate of elimination; Km, Michaelis Menten constant for saturable elimination kinetics; V4, central volume of distribution; V5, peripheral volume of distribution; Q4, intercompartmental flow constant; Tmax, maximum rate of efflux; Keff, saturable efflux constant; K2e, first-order rate constant for uptake into enzyme site; Qh, plasma flow between hepatic and central compartments; V2, hepatic volume of distribution in equilibrium with plasma; Ve, enzyme site volume of distribution within the hepatic tissue; SEE, standard error of the estimate in %; -, not estimated

  • a Assumed typical value for simulations without variability.