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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2022

How to design high quality acupuncture trials-a consensus informed by evidence.

Yu-Qing Zhang, Rui-Min Jiao, Claudia M Witt, Lixing Lao, Jian-Ping Liu, Lehana Thabane, Karen J Sherman, Mike Cummings, Dawn P Richards, Eun-Kyung Anna Kim and 17 more

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Yu-Qing ZhangInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Rui-Min JiaoInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Claudia M WittInstitute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lixing LaoVirginia University of Integrative Medicine, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Jian-Ping LiuCenter for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Lehana ThabaneDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Karen J ShermanKaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle WA, USA.
Mike CummingsBritish Medical Acupuncture Society, London, UK.
Dawn P RichardsPatient and Public Engagement, Clinical Trials Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Eun-Kyung Anna KimDepartment of Western Medicine, Virginia University of Integrative Medicine, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Tae-Hun KimKorean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Myeong Soo LeeClinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Michael E WechslerNational Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA.
Benno BrinkhausInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jun J MaoIntegrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Bendheim Integrative Medicine Center, New York, NY USA.
Caroline A SmithTranslational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Wei-Juan GangInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Bao-Yan LiuChina Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhi-Shun LiuGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yan LiuKey Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Hui ZhengSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina/The Third Affiliated Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, China.
Jia-Ni WuGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Alonso Carrasco-LabraCenter for Integrative Global Oral Health, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mohit BhandariDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Philip J DevereauxDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Xiang-Hong JingInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0272-1576
Gordon GuyattDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Acupuncture TherapyHumans

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PMCPMC8965655

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