Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine and Technology Assessment
How can traditional Chinese medicine trials achieve global credibility
Abstract Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) needs credible evidence that meets international evidence-based medicine standards to achieve global credibility and acceptance. A fundamental and crucial task is to conduct high-quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs). To achieve global credibility, TCM RCTs should meet universal standards of scientific rigor, such as addressing clinically important questions, achieving sufficient sample size and minimizing risk of bias, and enhance generalizability through appropria …