Using the Simcyp R Package for PBPK Simulation Workflows With the Simcyp Simulator

ABSTRACT Physiologically based pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) modeling aims to understand how a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, excreted, and acts in a human or animal body. The Simcyp Simulator is a well‐known commercial PBPK/PD simulation software offering many options....

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Main Authors: Anthonia M. Onasanwo, Naresh Mittapelly, Laura Shireman, Barry Vinden, Kevin McNally, James Craig, Frederic Y. Bois
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Published: Wiley 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.70022
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Naresh Mittapelly
Laura Shireman
Barry Vinden
Kevin McNally
James Craig
Frederic Y. Bois
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description ABSTRACT Physiologically based pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) modeling aims to understand how a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, excreted, and acts in a human or animal body. The Simcyp Simulator is a well‐known commercial PBPK/PD simulation software offering many options. It can, for example, use multiple compounds and population specification files to study the behavior of specific drug formulations in particular population groups. Such features can greatly speed up and optimize clinical research and drug development studies. On the other hand, the statistical coding language R offers benefits, such as easy scripting, automation, flexible statistical analyses, and visualization of results. These benefits can be applied to PBPK modeling. We describe here version 23.0.64 of an R software package that can run the Simcyp Simulator from R, changing its inputs and processing its outputs. We detail the implementation of two automated workflows for model development and verification. The first demonstrates the verification of a drug–drug interaction model for Atazanavir, an antiretroviral drug indicated for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. The second is applied to the virtual bioequivalence assessment of paliperidone palmitate long‐acting injectable suspensions. We show how simulations that could take days otherwise can be executed, analyzed, and displayed in a matter of hours.
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spelling doaj-art-e366efc924fb45baaa48339a3656b7a42025-08-20T03:52:57ZengWileyCPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology2163-83062025-05-0114585386310.1002/psp4.70022Using the Simcyp R Package for PBPK Simulation Workflows With the Simcyp SimulatorAnthonia M. Onasanwo0Naresh Mittapelly1Laura Shireman2Barry Vinden3Kevin McNally4James Craig5Frederic Y. Bois6Certara Predictive Technologies Sheffield UKCertara Predictive Technologies Sheffield UKCertara Predictive Technologies Sheffield UKCertara Predictive Technologies Sheffield UKCertara Predictive Technologies Sheffield UKCERTARA Data Science Software Radnor, PA California USACertara Predictive Technologies Sheffield UKABSTRACT Physiologically based pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) modeling aims to understand how a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, excreted, and acts in a human or animal body. The Simcyp Simulator is a well‐known commercial PBPK/PD simulation software offering many options. It can, for example, use multiple compounds and population specification files to study the behavior of specific drug formulations in particular population groups. Such features can greatly speed up and optimize clinical research and drug development studies. On the other hand, the statistical coding language R offers benefits, such as easy scripting, automation, flexible statistical analyses, and visualization of results. These benefits can be applied to PBPK modeling. We describe here version 23.0.64 of an R software package that can run the Simcyp Simulator from R, changing its inputs and processing its outputs. We detail the implementation of two automated workflows for model development and verification. The first demonstrates the verification of a drug–drug interaction model for Atazanavir, an antiretroviral drug indicated for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. The second is applied to the virtual bioequivalence assessment of paliperidone palmitate long‐acting injectable suspensions. We show how simulations that could take days otherwise can be executed, analyzed, and displayed in a matter of hours.https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.70022PBPK modelingR statistical softwaresimulation workflow
spellingShingle Anthonia M. Onasanwo
Naresh Mittapelly
Laura Shireman
Barry Vinden
Kevin McNally
James Craig
Frederic Y. Bois
Using the Simcyp R Package for PBPK Simulation Workflows With the Simcyp Simulator
CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
PBPK modeling
R statistical software
simulation workflow
title Using the Simcyp R Package for PBPK Simulation Workflows With the Simcyp Simulator
title_full Using the Simcyp R Package for PBPK Simulation Workflows With the Simcyp Simulator
title_fullStr Using the Simcyp R Package for PBPK Simulation Workflows With the Simcyp Simulator
title_full_unstemmed Using the Simcyp R Package for PBPK Simulation Workflows With the Simcyp Simulator
title_short Using the Simcyp R Package for PBPK Simulation Workflows With the Simcyp Simulator
title_sort using the simcyp r package for pbpk simulation workflows with the simcyp simulator
topic PBPK modeling
R statistical software
simulation workflow
url https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.70022
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