Placebo design in WHO-registered trials of Chinese herbal medicine need improvements

Placebo design in WHO-registered trials of Chinese herbal medicine need improvements

Abstract Background Physical identical and pharmacological inert are the basic requirements for placebo design, which are essential in clinical trials to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention. However, it is difficult to makeup a placebo of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) because of special color,...

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Main Authors: Xuan Zhang, Ran Tian, Chen Zhao, Xudong Tang, Aiping Lu, Zhaoxiang Bian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Subjects:
Placebo
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM)
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
Clinical trial registration
WHO ICTRP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-019-2722-2

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