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Table 1 Relevant guidelines for design and reporting

From: Effectiveness guidance document (EGD) for Chinese medicine trials: a consensus document

Document

Design

Reporting

Reference

Effectiveness guidance document for acupuncture research

X

 

[9]

SPIRIT for content of clinical trial protocols

X

X

[18]

CONSORT for parallel group randomized trials

 

X

[19]

CONSORT extension for pragmatic trials

 

X

[20]

CONSORT for non-pharmacological trials

 

X

[21]

CONSORT extension for cluster randomized trials

 

X

[22]

CONSORT extension for acupuncture trials

 

X

[23]

CONSORT extension for herbal interventions

 

X

[24]

CONSORT extension for non-pharmacological treatment interventions

 

X

[25]

CONSORT extension for traditional Chinese medicine

 

X

[26]

CONSORT extension for patient reported outcomes

 

X

[27]

Guidelines for randomized controlled trials investigating Chinese herbal medicine

 

X

[28]

Extending the CONSORT statement to moxibustion

 

X

[29]

  1. CONSORT = Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials.