Necessities and feasibilities of the establishment of traditional Chinese medicine clinical research protocol database

摘要

Abstract Highlights： This research collected TCM clinical research protocols which were published in international journals and established Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Protocol Database (TCMCPD), in order to promote the localization of high quality researches and improve the ability of TCM clinical research in China. Further describes the necessities and feasibilities of building Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Protocol Database (TCMCPD) and puts forward some basic technological ideas, so as to provide a theoretical foundation for building the database. Abstract With the internationalization and modernization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), TCM clinical research has accumulated a lot of research information resources. However, these information resources are often scattered in various retrieval systems, which brings some difficulties to the reference and use of this information. Therefore, we collected TCM clinical research protocols which were published in international journals and established Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Protocol Database (TCMCRPD), in order to promote the localization of high-quality researches and improve the ability of TCM clinical research in China. After analyzing the major existing problems of TCM clinical research protocols, this essay describes the necessities and feasibilities of building Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Protocol Database (TCMCRPD) and puts forward some basic technological ideas, so as to provide a theoretical foundation for building the database.