Table 4 The following ethics committees (including institutions that did not enroll patients) approved the study protocol: Reference numbers for each approval are provided
# | Ethics committee name | Reference number |
|---|---|---|
1 | Ethics Committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital | KS2018077 |
2 | Institutional Review Board of Chinese PLA General Hospital | C2016–023-05 |
3 | Ethics Committee of Army General Hospital of PLA | BZEC2016-YW-001-03 |
4 | Ethics Committee of Beijing Hospital | 2016BJYYEC-105-05 |
5 | Peking University Third Hospital Medical Science Research Ethics Committee | 2017–007-04 |
6 | Biomedical Research Ethics Committee of Peking University First Hospital | 2016–07 |
7 | Ethics Committee of Naval General Hospital | HZYW-YJ-2016-7-2 |
8 | China Rehabilitation Research Center Medical Ethics Committee | 2017–008 |
10 | Tianjin Huanhu Hospital Medical Ethics Committee | 2018–7 |
11 | Ethical Committee of The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University | 2015R001846 |
12 | Ethics Committee of Harrison International Peace Hospital | 2016-03-08 |
13 | Ethics Committee of Jinan Central Hospital | AF/SC-02/02.0 |
16 | IRB of Shuguang Hospital affiliated with Shanghai University of TCM | 2016–491-42 |
17 | Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College | XYFY2016-YL016–15 |
18 | Ethics Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University | 2016-YW-008-LP-01 |
19 | Medical Ethics Committee of Zhejiang Hospital | 2016–15G-X3 |
20 | Ethics Committee of Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University | 2018–00000037 |
21 | Ethics Committee of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine | 20,170,809–5 |
22 | Ethics Committee of First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College | 2018–058 |
23 | Ethical Committee of The Jiangxi Provincial. People’s Hospital | 2018–11 |
24 | Ethics Committee of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University | 2016–001 |
26 | YiChang Central People’s Hospital Medical Ethics Committee | 2016–005-11 |
27 | Ethics Committee of Huangshi Central Hospital | 2016-SJN-004 |
28 | Ethics Committee of Xiangya Hospital Central South University | 201,708,085 |
29 | Ethics Committee of the Third Hospital of Changsha | 2016EC-006 |
30 | Ethics Committee of First People’s Hospital of Yueyang | 2016–006–2018-02 |
31 | Ethic committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University | XMYY-2016Y016–05 |
32 | Medical Ethics Committee of Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University | XMZSIRB2018–017 |
33 | Medical Ethics Committee of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University | 2019–03 |
34 | Medical ethics committee branch of Dongguan People’s Hospital | DRYA2016–008-B1 |
35 | Ethics Committee of Liuzhou Worker’s Hospital | 201,615-PL1 |
36 | Ethical Committee of Hainan provincial people’s Hospital | 2017–100 |
38 | Ethics Committee of the General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army | 2016-51-2 |
39 | Ethics Committee of the People’s Hospital of Jilin Province | 2016-Y-016 |
40 | Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University | 2016–008-09 |
41 | Ethics Committee of Inner Mongolia Baogang Hospital | 2016-BL-12 |
42 | Ethics Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People’s Hospital | YWLCSYLL2016–014-06 |
43 | Ethics Review Committee of Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital | 2016Y004 |
44 | Ethics Committee of Ningxia Medical University General Hospital | 2018–17 |
47 | Ethics Committee of Xuan Wu Hospital of Capital Medical University | 2016–022-2 |
48 | The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University Ethics Committee | 2017-KS-087 |
49 | Tianjin First Central Hospital Clinical Research Ethics Committee | 2019–010 |
50 | Ethics Committee of the First Hospital of Jilin University | 2018–161,123–224-1 |
51 | Ethics Committee of the Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital | 2016–07.1 |
52 | Ethics Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of University of South China | 201,806–01-034 |
53 | Ethics Committee of Xuzhou Central Hospital | XZXY-LY-20180502-2,016,010 |
55 | Ethics Committee of Pingxiang People’s Hospital | 2016D010-F08 |
56 | Ethics Committee of Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University | 2016-Y010-X02 |
58 | Ethics Committee of The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University | 2017–061 |
59 | Ethics Committee of Baotou Central Hospital | 2018-13H |
60 | Medical Ethics Committee of Lishui Municipal Central Hospital | 2017-02-03 |
61 | Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College | 2018LL-K001 |
62 | Ethics Committee of the second Hospital of Jilin University | 2017–006 |
63 | Ethics Committee of Jilin Neuropsychiatric Hospital | 2018--03 |
65 | Ethics Committee of Meihekou City Central Hospital | 2017-SNK-001 |
66 | Medical Ethics Committee of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University | 2017–006 |
67 | Quzhou People’s Hospital Ethics Committee | 2017-1-2 |
68 | Ethics Committee of Chenzhou First People’s Hospital | 20,170,629 |
70 | Medical Ethics Committee of Peking University Shougang Hospital | IRB-2017-023-11 |
71 | Ethics Committee of Taizhou People’s Hospital | YW201700620 |
72 | Ethics Committee of Huai’an Second People’s Hospital | HEYL-P-2017-01-03 |
73 | Ethic Committee of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University | 2017-08-2 |
74 | Handan Center Hospital Research Ethics Committee | 2017–001-02 |
75 | Ethics Committee of General Hospital of Xuzhou Mining Group | 2018–042301 |
76 | Ethics Committee of Zhengzhou First People’s Hospital | 2017–01-001 |
77 | Ethics Committee of Cangzhou Hospital of integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Hebei Province | 2,018,006 |
78 | Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital Of Henan University | No reference number available |
79 | Ethics Committee of Luohe Central Hospital | IEC-C-008-A07-V1.1 |
80 | Medical Ethics Committee of Dalian Municipal Central Hospital | 2017–013-02 |
81 | Ethics Committee of Tonghua Municipal Central Hospital | 2018–03 |