PK/PD - General Concepts
(Beginner – Intermediate Level)


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PK / PD General Concepts Workshop Program (Beginner – Intermediate Level)
Tuesday,
September 07th, 2004

Preliminary Program

Time

Topic

8:30

PK 1 Basic Principles - Michael Weiss
Structure of the body, administration and sampling sites
Transport processes
Clearance, volume of distribution, half-life

9:30

PD 1 Ligand Binding and Receptors - Nick Holford
Receptors and binding sites
Specific binding and non-saturable binding
Occupancy, stimulus and response models

10:30

Coffee

11:00

PK 2 Processes - Michael Weiss
Hepatic and renal elimination
Absorption and bioavailability
Plasma protein and tissue binding

12:00

PD 2 Immediate Drug Effects - Nick Holford
The Emax and Sigmoid Emax models of drug action
Time course of drug effect
Duration of drug effect

13:00

Lunch

14:00

PK 3 Data Analysis I - Michael Weiss
Compartmental and noncompartmental models

14:45

Population Data Analysis - Nick Holford
Individual vs population methods
Why understanding fixed and random effects is important
Sources of PK and PD variability

15:30

Coffee

16:00

Common Parallel Session – Discussion (PK and PD)
Nick Holford & Michael Weiss

16:30

End

 

 

PK / PD General Concepts Workshop Program (Beginner – Intermediate Level)
Wednesday,
September 08th, 2004

Preliminary Program

Time
Topic
PK / PD General Concepts
8:30 Advanced PK 4
Michael Weiss
Multiple dosing
Designing dose regimens
Nonlinear PK
9:30 PD 3 Delayed Drug Effects
Nick Holford

Distribution delay and the effect compartment
Physiological delay and the turnover model family
Thiopentone, digoxin, warfarin, anti-depressants
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Advanced PK 5 Data Analysis II
Michael Weiss

Oral administration
Metabolite PK
12:00 PD 4 Exposure Response
Nick Holford

What does exposure mean?
Cumulative effects and schedule dependence
Diuretics and anti-cancer agents
13:00 Lunch


Parallel sessions on Wednesday afternoon

14:30 - 16:30
PK / PD General Concepts
Physiologically Based PK - Michael Weiss
Recirculatory modeling (initial distribution)
PK in isolated organs and destructive sampling
Allometric up-scaling

(Including general discussion)
14:30 - 16:30
PK / PD General Concepts
Clinical Pharmacology = Disease Progression + Drug Action
Nick Holford

Introduction to the concepts of disease progression modeling
Application to clinical pharmacology and drug development
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease


(Including general discussion)
14:30 - 17:00
Applications in Anticancer Drug Therapy
Charlotte Kloft, Berlin:
Pharmacokinetics of high-molecular anticancer agents


Ulrich Jaehde
, Bonn:
Surrogate parameters in cancer chemotherapy


Rüdiger Port
, Heidelberg:
Tissue pharmacokinetics with non-invasive measurements

 

Link to the PK/PD Modeling Methods and Clinical Applications program at the
intermediate - advanced - expert level