Huang, Yunxuan
Zhang, Jiabi
Xiong, Buhui
Huang, Ruina
Zhao, Wenjing
Zhou, Mengxue
Chen, Qi
Xu, Danghan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9491-5815
Chen, Xinghua http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8398-8354
Funding for this research was provided by:
Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau of Guangdong Province (20183002)
Article History
Received: 2 June 2019
Accepted: 19 December 2019
First Online: 6 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study had been reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (ZYYECK2018–020). All participants must provide informed consent when informed of potential risks and benefits. We will protect participants’ confidentiality by a specially assigned person. There is no anticipated harm or compensation for trial participation. Participants will be asked on the consent form whether they agree to use their data if they choose to quit the trial. Participating universities or regulators, if relevant, will also require participants to allow the research team to share relevant data with participating universities or regulators. This test does not involve the collection of biological specimens for storage.In some cases, it may be necessary to amend the protocol for the sake of clinical trial science and subject protection. We will notify the sponsor and funder first and then the PI will notify the center and a copy of the revised protocol will be sent to the PI to add to the Investigator Site File. We will also update the protocol in the clinical trial registry, and any deviations from the protocol will be fully documented using a breach report form.
: All participants have agreed to publish the report individually.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.