The future of complementary and integrative medicine research - international perspectives.

Abstract

rently, there are about 57,500 CAM trials from all over the world registered in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and about 690 systematic CAM reviews in the Cochrane Database. Berman presented a few examples of systematic CAM reviews before concluding with future challenges, such as conducting reliable subgroup analyses (e.g., individual patient data meta-analysis or network meta-analysis) and systematic reviews on complex interventions as well as defining what can be considered as scientifically rigorous or relevant to real-world practice of medicine.