@article{f1d996a2819748a2935f37119cc19a66,
title = "The DEVA trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of dequalinium chloride versus usual care antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis",
keywords = "Antiseptic, Bacterial vaginosis, Clinical trial, Dequalinium, Metronidazole, Pessary, Protocol, Randomised controlled trial",
author = "Rebecca Haydock and Trish Hepburn and Jonathan Ross and Jane Daniels and Clare Brittain and Louise Jackson and Mara Ozolins and Janet Wilson",
note = "Funding Information: Janet Wilson is the Chief Investigator who conceived the idea and led the funding proposal supported by the Deputy Chief Investigator Jonathan Ross. Rebecca Haydock contributed to the trial redesign and wrote the first draft of the manuscript and was part of the team who developed the study design. Study design and trial management oversight were provided by Clare Brittain and Jane Daniels, Professor of Clinical Trials. Study design and statistical oversight are provided by Trish Hepburn supported by Mara Ozolins. Louise Jackson is the Health Economist. All authors critiqued the manuscript for important intellectual content and approved the final version. Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge all the patients who have contributed to the trial either as a PPI representative or a participant and the sexual health clinics involved in recruiting participants and collecting data. Thank you to all our TSC and DMC members. We would also like to thank Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit staff who have contributed to the delivery of the trial including Lisa Evans, Chris Rumsey, Richard Swinden, Phillipa Sum, Jen White, Emily McGann and Mickey Lewis. Helen Rollins and Michelle Loftus-Keeling manage the remote recruitment pathway from LSH and the sponsor, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1186/s13063-022-06954-x",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
journal = "Trials",
issn = "1745-6215",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}