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Charuka D Wickramasinghe1, Seongho Kim1, Jing Li1
1Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Abstract:
Quantitative understanding of drug penetration and exposure in the human central nervous system (CNS) and brain tumors is essential for the rational development of new drugs and optimal use of existing drugs for brain cancer. To address this need, we developed and validated a novel 9-compartment permeability-limited CNS (9-CNS) physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model, enabling mechanistic and quantitative prediction of spatial pharmacokinetics for systemically administered small-molecule drugs across different regions of the human brain, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain tumors. To make the 9-CNS model accessible to a broad range of users, we developed the SpatialCNS-PBPK app, a user-friendly, web-based R/Shiny platform built with R and Shiny programming. The app provides key functionalities for model simulation, sensitivity analysis, and pharmacokinetic parameter calculation. This tutorial introduces the development and evaluation of the SpatialCNS-PBPK app, highlights its key features and functions, and provides a step-by-step user guide for practical applications. By enhancing our ability to predict the spatial pharmacokinetics of anticancer drugs in the human CNS and brain tumors, the SpatialCNS-PBPK app serves as an invaluable computational tool and data-driven approach for advancing drug development and optimizing treatment strategies for more effective treatment of brain cancer.
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