Clinical Study

Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Randomised Phase III Study Comparing Secnidazole and Metronidazole

Table 5

Clinical cure with bacteriological improvement and/or cure at D14 and D28 in the mITT population.

Therapeutic success (%)Clinical cure with bacteriological cure
(i.e., clinical and bacteriological cure)or improvement* (%)
D14D28D14D28

Secnidazole65.0%60.1%72%69%
( )(158/243)(146/243)( )( )
Metronidazole66.2%59.5%72%67%
( )(157/237)(141/237)( )( )
95% CI Secnidazole-Metronidazole[ ; 0.073][ ; 0.094]

*Bacteriological improvement defined as a nugent score between 3 and 7.