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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Maier, Corinna
• Hartung, Niklas
• Wiljes, Jana
• Kloft, Charlotte
• Huisinga, Wilhelm

Titel

Bayesian Data Assimilation to Support Informed Decision Making in Individualized Chemotherapy

Ist Teil von

• CPT: pharmacometrics and systems pharmacology, 2020-03, Vol.9 (3), p.153-164

Ort / Verlag

United States: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• An essential component of therapeutic drug/biomarker monitoring (TDM) is to combine patient data with prior knowledge for model‐based predictions of therapy outcomes. Current Bayesian forecasting tools typically rely only on the most probable model parameters (maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate). This MAP‐based approach, however, does neither necessarily predict the most probable outcome nor does it quantify the risks of treatment inefficacy or toxicity. Bayesian data assimilation (DA) methods overcome these limitations by providing a comprehensive uncertainty quantification. We compare DA methods with MAP‐based approaches and show how probabilistic statements about key markers related to chemotherapy‐induced neutropenia can be leveraged for more informative decision support in individualized chemotherapy. Sequential Bayesian DA proved to be most computationally efficient for handling interoccasion variability and integrating TDM data. For new digital monitoring devices enabling more frequent data collection, these features will be of critical importance to improve patient care decisions in various therapeutic areas.