Low‐dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter‐individual variability implemented in Monolix and NONMEM

Abstract Neural ordinary differential equations (NODEs) are an emerging machine learning (ML) method to model pharmacometric (PMX) data. Combining mechanism‐based components to describe “known parts” and neural networks to learn “unknown parts” is a promising ML‐based PMX approach. In this work, the...

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Main Authors: Dominic Stefan Bräm, Bernhard Steiert, Marc Pfister, Britta Steffens, Gilbert Koch
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Published: Wiley 2025-01-01
Series:CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.13265
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description Abstract Neural ordinary differential equations (NODEs) are an emerging machine learning (ML) method to model pharmacometric (PMX) data. Combining mechanism‐based components to describe “known parts” and neural networks to learn “unknown parts” is a promising ML‐based PMX approach. In this work, the implementation of low‐dimensional NODEs in two widely applied PMX software packages (Monolix and NONMEM) is explained. Inter‐individual variability is introduced to NODEs and proposals for the practical implementation of NODEs in such software are presented. The potential of such implementations is shown on various demonstrational datasets available in the Monolix model library, including pharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamic (PD), target‐mediated drug disposition (TMDD), and survival analyses. All datasets were fitted with NODEs in Monolix and NONMEM and showed comparable results to classical modeling approaches. Model codes for demonstrated PK, PKPD, TMDD applications are made available, allowing a reproducible and straight‐forward implementation of NODEs in available PMX software packages.
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spelling doaj-art-503cc0d687884a82b88b54637a4e5df62025-01-07T20:48:59ZengWileyCPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology2163-83062025-01-0114151610.1002/psp4.13265Low‐dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter‐individual variability implemented in Monolix and NONMEMDominic Stefan Bräm0Bernhard Steiert1Marc Pfister2Britta Steffens3Gilbert Koch4Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB) University of Basel Basel SwitzerlandRoche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann‐La Roche Ltd. Basel SwitzerlandPediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB) University of Basel Basel SwitzerlandPediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB) University of Basel Basel SwitzerlandPediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB) University of Basel Basel SwitzerlandAbstract Neural ordinary differential equations (NODEs) are an emerging machine learning (ML) method to model pharmacometric (PMX) data. Combining mechanism‐based components to describe “known parts” and neural networks to learn “unknown parts” is a promising ML‐based PMX approach. In this work, the implementation of low‐dimensional NODEs in two widely applied PMX software packages (Monolix and NONMEM) is explained. Inter‐individual variability is introduced to NODEs and proposals for the practical implementation of NODEs in such software are presented. The potential of such implementations is shown on various demonstrational datasets available in the Monolix model library, including pharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamic (PD), target‐mediated drug disposition (TMDD), and survival analyses. All datasets were fitted with NODEs in Monolix and NONMEM and showed comparable results to classical modeling approaches. Model codes for demonstrated PK, PKPD, TMDD applications are made available, allowing a reproducible and straight‐forward implementation of NODEs in available PMX software packages.https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.13265
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Low‐dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter‐individual variability implemented in Monolix and NONMEM
CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
title Low‐dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter‐individual variability implemented in Monolix and NONMEM
title_full Low‐dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter‐individual variability implemented in Monolix and NONMEM
title_fullStr Low‐dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter‐individual variability implemented in Monolix and NONMEM
title_full_unstemmed Low‐dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter‐individual variability implemented in Monolix and NONMEM
title_short Low‐dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter‐individual variability implemented in Monolix and NONMEM
title_sort low dimensional neural ordinary differential equations accounting for inter individual variability implemented in monolix and nonmem
url https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.13265
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