AHM Journal follows the recommendations by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors regarding clinical trial registration.

All clinical trials involving assignment of people to a treatment group should be registered prior to patient enrollment.

Accepted Registries:

Trials must be registered in ClinicalTrials.gov, the primary registry in the United States, or any registry that is a primary register of the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP).

For a full listing of accepted registries, please refer to the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, Primary Registries.

Some international examples:

The ISRCTN Registry: http://isrctn.org

European Union Clinical Trials Register (EU-CTR) https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) http://www.anzctr.org.au/

The UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR): http://umin.ac.jp/ctr/

The Center for Clinical Trials, Japan Medical Association: http://www.jmacct.med.or.jp/

Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR): http://www.chictr.org/en/

Notation of Registry and IRB Approval:

The clinical trial registry and trial registration number should be noted at the end of the abstract. In addition, the manuscript should note the registry, registration number, and date of registration in the Methods section.

All research involving human subjects should follow the Declaration of Helsinki’s “Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects” (https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/).

No manuscript describing investigations carried out in human subjects will be accepted for publication unless the text states that the study was approved by the author’s institutional human investigation committee or research ethics committee and that written informed consent was obtained from all subjects or legal guardians.

A statement regarding Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval and procedures is required and must be clearly stated in the first paragraph of the Methods section.