Methods | Alternate allocation. | |
Participants | 105 women attending a venereal disease clinic in Bournemouth, England. Abstinence from sexual intercourse advised. Partners treated when they were available. |
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Interventions | Metronidazole 400 mg immediately followed by 4, 12 hourly doses of 400 mg (2 g) versus nimorazole 750 mg stat followed by 3, 12 hourly doses of 750 mg (3 g), oral. | |
Outcomes | Parasitological and clinical cure. Side effects. | |
Notes | Diagnosis by wetmount confirmed by culture. Follow up at days 7, 14, and 28. Loss to follow up and exclusion because of not taking drugs appropriately (1 in each group) accounted for 15/53 (28%) and 18/52 (35%) with metronidazole and nimorazole respectively. Excluded: those with less than 3 visits or attended follow ups for less than 28 days. |