Accelerating the development of Chinese urology in clinical research by taking the advantages and making cooperation

Abstract

The clinical research is an important cornerstone of medical innovation and development. In the past decade, there have been some breakthrough achievements in the field of urological clinical research internationally. However, there is still a large gap between Chinese urological clinical research and the international level. Urologists across China should improve the clinical research to a new level of awareness, starting with the idea of patients’expectation being our concern, and making clinical research our priority. The multi-center clinical research should be the priority, involving the real-world study, prospective randomized controlled trails, translational medicine, and artificial intelligence, etc. The standardized method must be adopted and the integrity of scientific research should be concerned in the process of clinical research. The clinical research results should not only be published in the international journals, but more importantly be published in the domestic journals. The proposal of "publishing the studies on the land of our motherland" should be vigorously advocated. Key words: Clinical research; Multicenter; Real-world study; Prospective randomized contro-lled trails; Translational medicine; Artificial intelligence; Research integrity