Tian Ye-Hong, Zhao Jian-Xin, Liu Jia, Jiang Xin, Jia Wen, Qi Xue-Wei, Zhang Qiao-Li, He Li-Yun, Huang Jin-Chang
Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of CM, Beijing 100029, China.
Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2020 Feb 12;40(2):217-20. doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190221-00014.
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is one of the common complications of tumor. Acupuncture-moxibustion therapy has several advantages for treatment of MPE. Acupuncture is regarded as a complex individualized intervention, and its characteristics of TCM is difficult to be reflected by strict randomized controlled trials. The registry study provides more possibilities for the data collection of individualized diagnosis and treatment under the guidance of the overall concept and syndrome differentiation, and is more suitable for data management and collection of large samples and multi-center trials in the real-world study. It has become an opportunity to carry out real-world study of acupuncture for MPE. There are many challenges in the registry study of acupuncture for MPE. However, it is of great significance to collect real-world data of acupuncture for MPE to improve the clinical effect of MPE and provide a new clinical research method for acupuncture in tumors and related complications.
