Table 3.

Ethics committee names and approval registration number

Number	Ethics committees’ name	Approval registration number
01	Medical Ethics Committee of Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital	S2016–061-01
02	Medical Ethics Committee of First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital	NO
03	Ethics Committee of Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital of Rocket Forces	KY2016035
04	Medical Ethics Committee of Navy General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army	NO
05	Medical Ethics Committee of Beijing Shijitan Hospital	(2017) R&D Research No. (2)
06	Ethics Committee of Tianjin First Center Hospital	2017N001KY
07	Medical Ethics Committee of The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University	2017–001

Every hospital had China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA)-approved qualification for drug clinical trials, and all investigators had a Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certificate