title: Clinical trials in Ayurveda: Analysis of clinical trial registry of India.
abstract: Ayurveda is one of the complementary and alternative systems of medicine requiring generation of high quality evidence for rational practice. Evidence can be generated from study designs and the present study is an attempt to critically assess the registered studies in the field of Ayurveda from clinical trial registry of India. We found low number of trials conducted with more focus required on the quality of these studies to contribute to high quality evidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji. Electronic address: skannandr@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kannan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sridharan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Health, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji.
authors.forename: Gowri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sivaramakrishnan
keywords: Clinical trial registry; Complementary and alternative medicine; Evidence based medicine; Herbal drugs