The Characteristics of TCM Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review of ClinicalTrials.gov

Autor: Chen, Junchao, Huang, Jihan, Li, Jordan V., Lv, Yinghua, He, Yingchun, Zheng, Qingshan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
ISSN: 1741-427X
DOI: 10.1155/2017/9461415
Popis: Objective. The aim of this review is to characterize current status of global TCM clinical trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov. Methods. We examined all the trials registered within ClinicalTrials.gov up to 25 September 2015, focusing on study interventions to identify TCM-related trials, and extracted 1,270 TCM trials from the data set. Results. Overall, 691 (54.4%) trials were acupuncture, and 454 (35.8%) trials were herbal medicines. Differences in TCM trial intervention types were also evident among the specific therapeutic areas. Among all trials, 55.7% that were small studies enrolled
Databáze: OpenAIRE