Considerations and suggestions on TCM clinical research of COVID-19/ 新型冠状病毒肺炎中医药临床研究的思考与建议

At present, there is still a lack of clinical evidence with clear efficacy in the prevention and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) The considerations and suggestions for further traditional Chinese medicine clinical research of COVID-19 were discussed from the aspects of medical ethics, research fields, research protocols, design of randomized controlled trials, real world research and clinical trial cooperation, etc for the purpose of providing reliable evidence for the evidence-based medicine (EBM)