Developing a Core Outcome Set for Clinical Trials of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Lumbar Disc Herniation
The developed COS for TCM-related LDH clinical trials provides standardized recommendations for outcome selection and reporting, which can enhance the consistency of research evidence, facilitate meta-analysis, and ultimately advance the quality of TCM-based interventions for LDH.
Authors
- Junhua Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-8928)
- Xiangyu Xiao
- Bo Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9176-9282)
- Bin Shi
- Xu Wei
- Liguo Zhu
- Xiaokuan Qin
- Kai Sun
Institutions
- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (CN)
- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Shandong First Medical University (CN)
- Core Laboratories (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jebm.70117
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
- National Key Research and Development Program of China