ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Pharmacol.
Sec. Ethnopharmacology
Developing a value assessment index system of anti-tumour commercial Chinese polyherbal preparation in China: a modified Delphi study
Provisionally accepted
- Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Objective: To develop a value assessment index system of anti-tumour commercial Chinese polyherbal preparation (CCPP). Methods: A modified two-round Delphi method was conducted to establish consensus within a field to reach an agreement via questionnaire among a multidisciplinary panel of experts. In addition, the analytic hierarchy process was used to conduct weight analysis of indicators. Results: In two rounds of Delphi consultation, the experts' positive coefficient was over 90%, and the authoritative coefficient was over 0.70. The Kendall's W of two rounds was 0.401 and 0.438, and the P-value of Kendall's W test was all < 0.001 for each round. The final value assessment index system consisted of 7 primary indicators, 24 secondary indicators, and 50 tertiary indicators. Conclusion: This value assessment index system could promote the clinical rational use of CCPP and the development of the drug catalog and clinical guideline in China.
Keywords: Analytic hierarchy process, Anti-tumour, commercial Chinese polyherbal preparation, Delphi method, Value evaluation system
Received: 11 Aug 2025; Accepted: 05 Dec 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Xia, Hu, Luo, Yang, Chu, Xiang and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Zhe Zhang
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