Oral Presentation: Lewis Sheiner Student Session

A Disease Model Describing the Regulation of the Glucose-Insulin System in Diabetic Patients after IVGTT and OGTT

Thursday 16 October, 2025

PDF of presentation Objectives: Extension of a disease model describing the regulation of the glucose-insulin system after an intravenous glucose…

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Importance of Shrinkage in Empirical Bayes Estimates for Diagnostics and Estimation: Problems and Solutions

Thursday 16 October, 2025

Introduction: Empirical Bayes estimates (EBEs), known also as POSTHOC estimates, provide modelers with individual-specific values, such as individual predictions (IPRED),…

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Semi-mechanistic PK/PD model of indisulam in combination with capecitabine: a time-dependent pharmacokinetic interaction contributes to excessive hematological toxicity

Thursday 16 October, 2025

PDF of presentationIntroduction Indisulam is an experimental sulfonamide anticancer agent which was evaluated in a phase I dose escalation study…

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The SAEM algorithm for non-linear mixed models with left-censored data and differential systems: application to the joint modeling of HIV viral load and CD4 dynamics under treatment

Thursday 16 October, 2025

PDF of presentationIntroduction Maximum likelihood estimation in non-linear mixed effects models cannot be performed directly since the likelihood has no…

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A Study Comparing the Performance of the Proportional Odds Model to that of the Differential Drug Effect Model for Cumulative Logits

Thursday 16 October, 2025

PDF of presentation Introduction: In 1994, Lewis Sheiner proposed the use of the proportional odds model, a special case of…

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Normalized Prediction Distribution Error for the Evaluation of Nonlinear Mixed-Models

Thursday 16 October, 2025

Introduction: Although population pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic model evaluation is recommended by regulatory authorities, there is no consensus today on the…

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Modelling the Dynamics of Glucose, Insulin, Insulin Sensitivity and Beta-Cells in Subjects with Insulin Resistance and Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Thursday 16 October, 2025

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a progressive, metabolic disorder characterized by reduced insulin sensitivity (insulin resistance) and loss…

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Non-linear mixed-effects models for tests of interaction or of lack of interaction in cross-over and parallel pharmacokinetic studies: application to the test of interaction between protease inhibitors and nucleoside analogs in HIV patients

Thursday 16 October, 2025

PDF of presentation Introduction: Pharmacokinetic (PK) interaction, or lack of interaction, of a drug B on a drug A, is…

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