PreFem: "What Happens to the Vaginal Microbiota When a BV Infection is Treated With Metronidazole?"

NCT ID: NCT03187457

Last Updated: 2017-12-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-09-04

Study Completion Date

2017-11-14

Brief Summary

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The study will assess vaginal microbiota levels before and after antibiotic treatment in females infected with Bacterial Vaginosis (BV).

Detailed Description

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This method validation study will endeavour to obtain evidence for:

* Recruitment methodology effectiveness
* The usefulness of the "Canestest" test as a screening tool
* The time required for the vaginal microbiota (particularly Lactobacillus count) to return to normal after treatment of BV infection with metronidazole.
* The time required for the Nugent Score to return to normal after treatment of BV infection with metronidazole.

Conditions

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Bacterial Vaginosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment group

Metronidazole 400 mg 3 times daily for 5 days for Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) infection

Group Type OTHER

Metronidazole

Intervention Type OTHER

Women with Bacterial Vaginosis treated with Metronidazole for 5 days

Control group

Healthy women without Bacterial Vaginosis and without treatment

Group Type OTHER

Control: no treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Healthy women without Bacterial Vaginosis

Interventions

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Metronidazole

Women with Bacterial Vaginosis treated with Metronidazole for 5 days

Intervention Type OTHER

Control: no treatment

Healthy women without Bacterial Vaginosis

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Signed informed consent
* Female gender
* Over 18 years of age
* Have a high probability for compliance with and completion of the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Hypersensitivity to metronidazole --only applies to Group 2.
* Post-menopausal defined as at least 12 consecutive months without menstruation
* Treatment of BV in last 4 weeks
* Clinically significant menstrual irregularities
* Suspected presence of STDs or other vaginal infection
* Pregnancy
* Breast feeding
* Participation in other clinical studies which could influence genitourinary tract microbiota
* Substance abuse
* Investigator believes that the participant may be uncooperative and/or noncompliant and should therefore not participate in the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Community Pharmacology Services Ltd

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Danisco

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gordon Crawford, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CPS Research

Locations

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CPS Research

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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NH-03708

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id