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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Apr 30;213(5):729.e1–729.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.04.032

Table 2.

Comparison of outcomes between the TrimoSan© gel and no TrimoSan© gel groups (intent-to-treat analysis).

TrimoSan© gel (n (%) or mean ± standard deviation*) No TrimoSan© gel (n (%) or mean ± standard deviation*) p-value
BV by Nugent's criteria
2 weeks (n=106, 60 TrimoSan) 12 (20) 12 (26) 0.46
3 months (n=133, 62 TrimoSan) 15 (24) 16 (23) 0.82
Total Nugent's score
2 weeks* (n=106, 60 TrimoSan) 4.5 ± 2.1 4.7 ± 2.3 0.75
3 months* (n=133, 62 TrimoSan) 4.7 ± 2.3 4.6 ± 2.3 0.83
BV by BV® BLUE test
2 weeks (n=116, 63 TrimoSan) 0 (0) 2 (4) 0.12
3 months (n=137, 67 TrimoSan) 2 (3) 0 (0) 0.15
Pessary satisfaction
2 weeks (n=86, 49 TrimoSan) 44 (90) 32 (86) 0.64
3 months (n=115, 57 TrimoSan) 36 (63) 35 (60) 0.76
Excellent pessary satisfaction
2 weeks (n=86, 49 TrimoSan) 26 (53) 21 (57) 0.73
3 months (n=115, 57 TrimoSan) 23 (40) 27 (47) 0.50
Vaginal Symptoms
2 weeks
At Least One Vaginal Symptom Reported (n=110, 63 TrimoSan) 28 (44) 21 (45) 0.98
Vaginal discharge (n=110, 63 TrimoSan) 14 (22) 10 (21) 0.91
Vaginal itching (n=108, 60 TrimoSan) 11 (18) 8 (17) 0.82
Vaginal pain (n=109, 61 TrimoSan) 6 (10) 3 (6) 0.50
Vaginal cuts/sores (n=55, 33 TrimoSan) 4 (12) 1 (5) 0.34
≥1 vaginal symptom reported as increased since pessary fitting (n=63, 37 TrimoSan) 15 (41) 9 (35) 0.83
3 months
≥1 vaginal symptom reported (n=147, 72 TrimoSan) 30 (42) 24 (32) 0.30
Vaginal discharge (n=147, 72 TrimoSan) 17 (24) 12 (16) 0.25
Vaginal itching (n=147, 71 TrimoSan) 8 (11) 12 (16) 0.42
Vaginal pain (n=144, 71 TrimoSan) 6 (8) 6 (8) 0.96
Vaginal cuts/sores (n=78, 41 TrimoSan) 4 (10) 3 (8) 0.80
≥1 vaginal symptom reported as increased since pessary fitting (n=81, 42 TrimoSan) 18 (43) 13 (33) 0.41