Quality in the design of the clinical trial in Natural and Traditional Medicine

Authors

  • Marisel Negret Hernández Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Matanzas, Cuba.
  • Sandra Naranjo Rodríguez Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Matanzas, Cuba.
  • Mabel Ponce Santoyo Filial Tecnológica de la Salud Mártires del 27 de Noviembre. Matanzas, Cuba.
  • Aylen Pineda Cruz Filial Tecnológica de la Salud Mártires del 27 de Noviembre. Matanzas, Cuba.
  • Lázaro Vichot Fernández Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Matanzas, Cuba.

Keywords:

clinica trial, investigation, Natural Traditional Medicine, quality of the methodologic design.

Abstract

The Natural and Traditional Medicine has entered a new stage of development with the striking increase of the therapeutic alternatives demand. One of its limitations is the scarcity of researches, done applying the scientific method to acquire and evaluate the obtained results or the incorrect design of the research, mainly in those including the evaluation of agents, therapeutic procedures or diagnosis of Natural and Traditional Medicine, through clinical trials. With the objective of assessing the quality of the   methodological design of the clinical trials of Natural and Traditional Medicine we carried out a cross-sectional, descriptive research to evaluate the clinical trials protocols of the Master´s defenders and residents of this specialty, from July to November 2011. We analyzed in total 36 protocols of clinical trials. The main problems detected were: 41,7 % of the trials did not add relevant information; 80,5 % had problems in the design; in 22,2 % of them there was a lack of previous clinical information justifying the beginning of the trial, and 16, 7 %  did not fulfilled the ethical aspects of a clinical trial   

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Published

2012-05-15

How to Cite

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Negret Hernández M, Naranjo Rodríguez S, Ponce Santoyo M, Pineda Cruz A, Vichot Fernández L. Quality in the design of the clinical trial in Natural and Traditional Medicine. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2012 May 15 [cited 2025 Mar. 9];34(3):354-61. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/918

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 3 (2012)

Section

Research article

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