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	Test d'equivalència (TOST	Model compartimental farmacocinètic
Camp	Estadística	Farmacometria
Família	Hypothesis test	Regression model
Any d'origen	1987	1982
Autor original	Donald J. Schuirmann	Gibaldi & Perrier
Tipus	Parametric equivalence test	Deterministic ODE-based pharmacokinetic model
Font seminal	Schuirmann, D.J. (1987). A Comparison of the Two One-Sided Tests Procedure and the Power Approach for Assessing the Equivalence of Average Bioavailability. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, 15(6), 657–680.	Gibaldi, M., & Perrier, D. (1982). Pharmacokinetics (2nd ed.). Marcel Dekker. ISBN: 978-0-8247-1042-2
Àlies	TOST, two one-sided tests, bioequivalence test, Eşdeğerlik Testi (TOST — Two One-Sided Tests)	Mammillary Compartment Model, Multi-Compartment PK Model, Compartmental Analysis, Farmakokinetik Kompartman Modeli
Relacionats	5	3
Resum	The equivalence test using the Two One-Sided Tests (TOST) procedure is a parametric hypothesis test designed to demonstrate that the difference between two group means falls within a pre-specified equivalence region ±Δ. Introduced by Schuirmann (1987) in the context of pharmaceutical bioequivalence, TOST reverses the logic of classical null-hypothesis testing: instead of trying to detect a difference, it provides positive evidence of similarity.	The pharmacokinetic compartment model represents the body as one or more hypothetical compartments interconnected by first-order rate processes, describing how a drug is absorbed, distributed, and eliminated over time. Systematized by Gibaldi and Perrier in 1982, these models use ordinary differential equations to characterize plasma concentration-time profiles. They are the cornerstone of drug development, dosage regimen design, and regulatory submission pharmacokinetic analyses.