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Clinical trial study on clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride dispersible tablets in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis
ZHANG Dai, LIU Zhao-hui
Chinese Journal of Practical Gynecology and Obstetrics ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5) : 553-556.
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Clinical trial study on clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride dispersible tablets in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis
Objective To study the clinical significance of clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride dispersible tablets in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis（BV）. Methods A prospective，randomized，double-blind，double-dummy，positive drug parallel controlled clinical trial was conducted. Totally 39 patients with bacterial vaginosis, who recevied treatment in Beijing University First Hospital from Mar.2017 to Dec.2021,were divided into the clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride dispersible tablets group （n=20） and the metronidazole group （n=19）. The changes in symptoms improvement and laboratory tests of the two groups of patients on the （7±3）th day（the first follow-up） and the （28±5）th day （the second follow-up）after drug withdrawal were analyzed. The clinical efficacy was determined by improvement rate of symptom and sign scores: improvement rate=（index score before treatment-index score after treatment）/index score before treatment ×100%. The Nugent score was used for BV diagnosis and efficacy evaluation. Results There were no significant differences in pH values of vaginal secretions between the two groups of patients before treatment，at the first follow-up，and at the second follow-up （P>0.05）. At the first follow-up，there was no significant difference in the Nugent score between the clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride dispersible tablets group（5.26±2.88）and the metronidazole group （4.88±3.18） （P>0.05）. At the second follow-up，there was no significant difference in the Nugent score between the clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride dispersible tablets group （5.65±2.96） and the metronidazole group （4.71±2.92）（P>0.05）. The improvement rates of symptom and sign scores of patients was 63.12% in the clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride dispersible tablets group and 47.06% in the metronidazole group at the first follow-up，and at the second follow-up，it was 64.71% and 50.00%，respectively；there was no significant difference （P>0.05）. Before treatment，the lactobacillus grading of both groups was Ⅱb/Ⅲ. At the first follow-up，a total of 30.6% of the patients in the two groups had their vaginal lactobacilli restored to grade Ⅰ and Ⅱa （26.5% vs 35.3%）；at the second follow-up，a total of 32.3% of the patients in the two groups had their vaginal lactobacilli restored to grade Ⅰ and Ⅱa （29.4% vs 35.7%）；there was no significant difference between the two groups（P>0.05）. Conclusions Clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride dispersible tablets are effective in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis，and the clinical efficacy is comparable to that of the metronidazole group. The recovery of vaginal lactobacilli after antibiotic treatment is not satisfactory，and therapeutic measures to assist the recovery of vaginal flora can be considered.
bacterial vaginosis / clindamycin palmitate / vaginal microecology
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition in which the vaginal microbiome presents an overgrowth of obligate and facultative anaerobes, which disturbs the vaginal microbiome balance. BV is a common and recurring vaginal infection among women of reproductive age and is associated with adverse health outcomes and a decreased quality of life. The current recommended first-line treatment for BV is antibiotics, despite the high recurrence rate. Live biopharmaceutical products/probiotics and vaginal microbiome transplantation (VMT) have also been tested in clinical trials for BV. In this review, we discuss the advantages and challenges of current BV treatments and interventions. Furthermore, we provide our understanding of why current clinical trials with probiotics have had mixed results, which is mainly due to not administering the correct bacteria to the correct body site. Here, we propose a great opportunity for large clinical trials with probiotic strains isolated from the vaginal tract (e.g., Lactobacillus crispatus) and administered directly into the vagina after pretreatment.
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginal discharge and is often associated with other health consequences mainly in pregnant women. BV is described by an imbalance in the vaginal microbiota where strictly and facultative anaerobic bacteria outgrow the lactic acid- and hydrogen peroxide-producing Lactobacillus species. The species involved in BV are capable to grow and form a polymicrobial biofilm in the vaginal epithelium. The treatment of BV is usually performed using broad-spectrum antibiotics, including metronidazole and clindamycin. However, these conventional treatments are associated with high recurrence rates. The BV polymicrobial biofilm may have an important role on the treatment outcome and is accounted as one of the factors for treatment failure. Other possible reasons for treatment failure include the presence of species resistant to antibiotics or the chance of reinfection after treatment. Therefore, novel strategies to increase the rates of treatment have been studied namely the use of probiotics and prebiotics, acidifying agents, antiseptics, plant-based products, vaginal microbiota transplantation, and phage endolysins. Although some of them are still in an initial phase of development with very preliminary results, they show great perspectives for application. In this review, we aimed to study the role of the polymicrobial nature of BV in treatment failure and explore a few alternatives for treatment.© 2023 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by Applied Microbiology International and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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