A Pilot Study of Oral Tinidazole for Women With Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis

July 31, 2012 updated by: Kaiser Permanente
This is a study of the drug tinidazole for women with recurrent bacterial vaginosis. Half of the participants will get the drug for 10 days, the other half will get the drug for 10 days and then twice a week for 12 weeks.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study will recruit 60 women with recurrent bacterial vaginosis. These women must have a current infection to be enrolled in the study and have had two other infections within the past 12 months. After initial screening to make sure that the vaginal symptoms are due to bacterial vaginosis and not the results of a different infection, all of the women will receive tinidazole (a drug that is similar to metronidazole) by mouth for 10 days. At the end of the 10 days, patients will be re-examined. Those women who are free of bacterial vaginosis will enter the second phase of the study, where half of the patients will continue to take tinidazole twice a week for twelve weeks and the other half will take no medication. During this time participants will be examined by the study doctor every 4 weeks to see how effective the treatment has been at preventing the recurrence of bacterial vaginosis. At the end of the 12 weeks, women who are still free of bacterial vaginosis will be seen for 3 more visits over 3 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
        • Kaiser Permanente

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 45 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Current infection with bacterial vaginosis
  • 2 previous episodes of bacterial vaginosis within the past 12 months
  • Willing to use contraception
  • Able to swallow pills
  • Willing to refrain from douching or using vaginal products
  • Willing to refrain from alcohol consumption 24 hours before and for 72 hours after taking study medication (tinidazole)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women with same sex partners
  • Menstruating at initial exam
  • Presence of yeast, a sexually transmitted disease, or other vaginal infection
  • Purulent cervical discharge
  • Use of any drug for bacterial vaginosis or yeast within the past 2 weeks prior to enrollment
  • Pregnant or nursing
  • Taking lithium
  • Taking blood thinners (anticoagulation therapy)
  • Use of any investigational drug within the previous 30 days
  • Active HPV infection requiring treatment
  • Use of drugs that suppress the immune system
  • History of alcoholism
  • Taking disulfiram

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Efficacy of oral tinidazole for treatment of recurrent bacterial vaginosis
Efficacy of oral tinidazole for prevention of recurrent bacterial vaginosis

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Patient satisfaction with tinidazole for recurrent bacterial vaginosis

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Kaiser Permanente

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jennifer Gunter, MD, Kaiser Permamente

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 9, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 9, 2006

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

May 10, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

August 2, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 31, 2012

Last Verified

July 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CN-06JGunt-01-B

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