Registration quality assessment of acupuncture clinical trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Registration can help with transparency of acupuncture clinical trials (ACTs) by making protocol information and results available to the public. Recently, the number of registered ACTs has increased greatly, but only a few researchers have focused on the quality of ACTs registration. This review provides the first assessment of the registration quality of ACTs and the baseline information for future development.

Methods

All records of ACTs registered in the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) were collected. Data was extracted and input to Excel spreadsheets. The current 20 items of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set (TRDS) and the special prepared items for acupuncture intervention details were used to assess

SUBMITTER: Gu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3610907 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature