Clinical research reports are the main form of clinical evidence. Based on the requirements of clinical research reports and the characteristics of clinical research on traditional Chinese medicine, it is an important basic systematic project to construct a standardized system of clinical curative effects study report on Chinese medicine. This article elaborates existing problems, focus of attention and construction process in order to help promote the improvement of clinical curative effects research report on Chinese medicine, provide more high-quality evidences for clinical decision-making and promote the development of Chinese medicine.
The preferred reporting items for comprehensive evaluation of Chinese patent medicine (PRICE-CPM) were developed, and comprised six domains, 21 items and 72 sub-items. The EQUATOR collaboration network for the formulation and revision of reporting specifications was referred to and the final report list items were established by adopting the literature analysis method, the expert committee discussion and the Delphi method, and considering the characteristics of CPM evaluation.