Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2726157 | The American Journal of Medicine | 2006 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Important methodologic components of randomized controlled trials of herbal medicines are incompletely reported including allocation concealment, method used to generate the allocation sequence, and whether an intention-to-treat analysis was used. Also, key information unique to these trials may be missing, such as percentage of active constituents and type or form of the herbal medicine preparation. We suggest trialists consult a recent extension of the Consolidated Standard of Reporting Trials statement specific to herbal medicine trials when designing and reporting randomized controlled intervention trials of herbal medicines.
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Authors
Joel J. ND, MSc, Jaime ND, Heather PhD, Paula MD, MPH, Claire MD,