Analysis of the Registration Information on Interventions of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Trials in the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

Table 4

The number of clinical trials of acupuncture-moxibustion in WHO ICTRP.

Category	Characteristic	Number of (%)
Register time; (year)	2013	124
	2014	123
	2015	178
Study type	Intervention study	379
	Observation study	14
	Others	32
Study design	With control group	374
	Sham acupuncture in control group	164
	Acupuncture versus nonacupuncture; (e.g., pharmacologic treatment, physiotherapy)	163
	The other treatment program	97
Countries of recruitment	China
	United States	50
	Korea	47
	Other Countries	120
	Unclear	21
Sample size	Maximum/minimum	1000/4

Hongkong and Taiwan.