title: [Key points on clinical trial of acupuncture].
abstract: Suggestions such as how to enhance the rationality of designation of clinical trails, regulate the evaluation system on therapeutic effects, control the quality strictly and unify the standard of report on key points of acupuncture clinical trials from the aspects of designation, therapeutic evaluation, quality control and report standard were expounded in this paper. Highlights such as perspective of acupuncture in qualitative investigation and practical clinical trails were explored as well in this paper. And some international and domestic disputes in the related fields such as placebo acupuncture and selection of acupoints were discussed and analyzed so as to provide methodological instruction for acupuncture clinical trails and promote its normalization process.
authors.affiliation: DME Central of Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong Province, China. doctorqiang1979@126.com
authors.forename: Sheng-Qiong
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ren-Ming
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Wei-Riong
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design