Zhao, Qing
Lin, Lin
Kwan, Ada
Hu, Huanyu
Wu, Lei
Chen, Yuanbin
Shi, Zengping
Li, Bohan
Xiao, Jingmin
Tong, Guangyu
He, Wenjun
Luo, Huanyuan
Li, Qingqing
Wang, Run
Zhong, Dongmei
Liu, Siyuan
Xie, Yunyun
Li, Jiaqi
Zhang, Lanping
Huang, Zizhen
Zhu, Xiaoqing
Wan, Yuting
Chen, Xiaoshan
Huang, Wanqing
Tian, Yaoming
Li, Xianwen
Zhou, Yuxin
Cai, Yiyuan
Xu, Dong Roman
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Cough and Dyspnea (2023A03J0226, 2023A03J0226, 2023A03J0226)
Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (2024A1515011610)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (71974211)
the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (81067392)
Article History
Received: 24 September 2024
Accepted: 26 March 2025
First Online: 23 April 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study has received trial registration before patient recruitment and the approval from the Institutional Review Board of Southern Medical University with a waiver of informed consent from each participating western practitioners.
: Not required.
: Any protocol modifications will be communicated to the relevant parties through an amendment. If the amendments impact USP participants in any way, they will be notified of the changes. If necessary, additional consent will be obtained and recorded. Additionally, online trial registries will be updated accordingly.
: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
: This protocol has obtained ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Southern Medical University (#Southern Medical Audit (2023) No. 060). The authors plan to publish the findings in a peer-reviewed publication.