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. 2023 Jun 13;5:1118030. doi: 10.3389/frph.2023.1118030

Table 4b.

Cervical mucus score (Insler Score, 0–15), simplified slide test, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019.

Treatment group
TFV/LNG IVR (n = 11) TFV-only IVR (n = 11) Placebo IVR (n = 5)
Visit 5: Day 14 of 1st menstrual cyclea
Observations 10 11 5
<7 6 (60.0%) 3 (27.3%) 1 (20.0%)
7–10 3 (30.0%) 5 (45.5%) 4 (80.0%)
Good (>10) 1 (10.0%) 3 (27.3%) 0 (0.0%)
Median (IQR) 6.0 (5.0–8.0) 9.0 (6.0–11.0) 9.0 (9.0–10.0)
Visit 8: Day 14 of 3rd menstrual cycleb,c
Observations 5 7 4
<7 2 (40.0%) 1 (14.3%) 2 (50.0%)
7–10 3 (60.0%) 6 (85.7%) 1 (25.0%)
Good (>10) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (25.0%)
Median (IQR) 7.0 (6.0–8.0) 9.0 (7.0–10.0) 6.5 (5.5–10.0)

TFV, tenofovir; LNG, levonorgestrel; IVR, intravaginal ring; IQR, interquartile range.

a

One woman did not attend Visit 5; percentages are based on 26 participants.

b

Eleven women did not attend Visit 8; percentages are based on 16 participants.

c

Visit 8 for this table includes 12 women attending Visit 8, which was prior to end of treatment (EOT) IVR removal and 4 who attended Visit 9 (EOT IVR removal) at the time of Visit 8 visit window.