title: [Discussion on solutions to ethical issues of clinical researches in a real world].
abstract: The paradigm of a real world study has become the frontiers of clinical researches, especially in the field of Chinese medicine, all over the world in recent years. In this paper, ethical issues which probably exist in real-world studies are raised and reviewed. Moreover, some preliminary solutions to these issues such as protecting subjects during the process of real-world studies and performing ethical review are raised based on recent years' practices to enhance the scientificity and ethical level of real-world studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Science and Technology, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Beijing.
authors.forename: Si-Cheng
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bao-Yan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ning-Ning
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Run-Shun
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xue-Zhong
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qiao
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans