• 1. Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China;
  • 2. Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
  • 3. TCM Date Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China;
  • 4. Department of Clinical Research Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China;
  • 5. The School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China;
  • 6. The Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
  • 7. The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
LIU Bao-yan, Email: liuby@mail.cintcm.ac.cn
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In this essay, classical events and related characters in the developments of clinical trial methodology were searched and summarized. The 'first' and major methodological progresses in the milestone events of clinical trials were therefore presented. This study is purposed to delineate the historically vicissitudinous progress of the clinical trial with typical figures and events, study and analyze the profound background of the renovation of clinical research methods, and provide references for clinical and scientific researchers, health policy makers and medical students to comprehensively review the history of clinical trial.

Citation: LIU Ya-li, XIE Qi, LIU Bao-yan, FANG Ze-ping, ZHANG Li-li, LUO Jing-yi, FENG Yu-chen, ZHANG Xiao-kang. Overview of the 100-year History of Clinical Trials. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(11): 1241-1249. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160189 Copy

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