Journal article
Factors influencing the quality of clinical trials on traditional Chinese medicine—Qualitative interviews with trial auditors, clinicians and academic researchers
Abstract
BACKGROUND: As clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies have increased, several empirical studies have shown that the quality of TCM trials is generally low in terms of risk of bias. This qualitative study aimed to investigate the factors influencing the quality of TCM clinical trials to provide strategic advice on trial quality improvement.
METHODS: One focus group with clinical trial auditors …
Authors
Han X-Y; Li X; Liang N; Yan Y-Q; Wang Y; Fei Y-T; Zhang Y; Robinson N; Liu J-P
Journal
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Vol. 37, , pp. 109–114
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.09.004
ISSN
1744-3881