Quality assessment of clinical trial registration with traditional Chinese medicine in WHO registries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the registration quality of clinical trials (CTs) with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) and identify the common problems if any.

Methods

The ICTRP database was searched for all TCM CTs that were registered up to 31 December 2017. Registered information of each trial was collected from specific registry involved in ICTRP through hyperlink. The primary analysis was to assess the reporting quality of registered trials with TCM interventions, which is based on the minimum 20 items of WHO Trial Registration Data Set (TRDS, V.1.2.1) plus optional additional three items recommended by ICTRP, and some specific items for TCM information (including TCM intervention, diagnosis, out

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398725 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature