Study of the Management of Vaginal Discharge in West African Using Single Dose Treatments
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This randomised controlled trial aimed to verify whether directly observed single dose
treatment (with tinidazole+fluconazole) would be as effective as the longer standard
treatments (metronidazole for 7 days, plus vaginal clotrimazole for 3 days) in the syndromic
management of women presenting with vaginal discharge in primary health care centers of
Ghana, Togo, Guinea and Mali. It was designed as an effectiveness trial, i.e. it was done
under conditions typical of routine work in these health centers