What is the ITMCTR?
The International Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Registry (ITMCTR) is a non-profit online register of clinicaltrials (researches) being conducted in the field of traditional medicine. It isoperated by the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and The China CenterFor Evidence Based Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is recognized as a PrimaryRegistry of WHO, and contributes data to the WHO ICTRP.
What trials are accepted in the ITMCTR?
Trials accepted for registration arethose conducted in the field of traditional medicine from any country includingChinese medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, ayurvida, homeopathy, yonani,complementary and supplementary medicines.
Key points about the ITMCTR
Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun(head)
Prof BIAN Zhaoxiang, Director of Clinical Division, School of Chinese Medicine, Associate Vice-President (Chinese Medicine Development) of Hong Kong Baptist University 224 Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tsai, HongKong, China
Dr CAO Bin, Vice President and Director, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital 2 Yinghua DongJie, Hepingli, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
Prof ELISABETSKY Elaine, Professor, Institute of Health Basic Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, WHO EAP member Avenida Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Dr GOH Cheng Soon, Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine in Malaysia, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Prof HUANG Luqi, President, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering 16 Dongzhimen S St, Dongcheng,Beijing, China
Dr Dennis LAM, C-Mer (Shenzhen) Dennis Lam Eye Hospital, Hongkong, China
Prof Emilio MINELLI, Professor, State University of Milan, WHO EAP member Via Schiaparelli 17, I-20125, Milan, Italy
Prof Muhammad Raza SHAH, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry University of Karachi, Pakistan
Prof SHANG Hongcai, Researcher and Executive Vice-President, Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine 5 Haiyuncang Hu Tong, Dongcheng,Beijing, China
Prof SUN Xin, Professor and Director, Chinese Evidence-based Medicine Centre and Cochrane China Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
Dr Sven Schroder, HanseMerkur Center for TCM at the University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf Martinistr. 64, UKE-Campus House W20, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
Prof GUO Dean, Professor, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zuchongzhi Rd., Shanghai, China