The design of stratified,polycentric and prospective cohort study to appraise the curative efficacy of treatment based on syndrome differentiation / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Treatment based on syndrome differentiation which is a complicated procession,is a characteristic of Chinese medical diagnosis and treatment.How to appraise the efficacy of treatment based on syndrome differentiation becomes a important question.Randomized controlled trial is called golden design of clinical trial,but it has a strict condition and a low compliance.Cohort study has a high clinical operation,but it is difficult to control bias.Stratified,polycentric and prospective cohort study can avoid the shortcomings of randomized controlled trial and cohort study.So,it can be a prospective design to appraise the curative efficacy of treatment based on syndrome differentiation.