Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) With Tinidazole

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

We are trying to determine if treatment of bacterial vaginosis with tinidazole is better than treatment with metronidazole

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Collaborator: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Treatments: Metronidazole; Tinidazole

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women be at least 18 years of age

• Have symptoms of vaginal odor and or/discharge

• Meet the clinical (Amsel) criteria for BV

• Willing to participate in research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of another vaginal infection or STD

• Allergy to metronidazole

• Pregnant or nursing

• Use of oral or intravaginal antibiotics within the past 2 weeks

• HIV or other chronic disease

• Inability to keep return appointments