| Abstract: | The evidence provided by acupuncture and moxibustion is highly focused now.Different from medicine studies, the clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion has its unique clinical research management.Our study named "Good clinical practice for clinical research management of acupuncture and moxibustion research" started since 2012, and was supported by two national funds.The work group is composed of experts from different fields.It is proposed to standardize the management, design, implement, report, publication, researcher rights protection, and ethics in the clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion.After more than 15 times revising work and 5 worldwide consultations, we have drafted the protocol of "Good clinical practice for clinical research management of acupuncture and moxibustion".We hope that our work can improve the research quality of acupuncture and moxibustion. |
