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Table 1 Trial timeline

From: Treatment efficacy of azithromycin 1 g single dose versus doxycycline 100 mg twice daily for 7 days for the treatment of rectal chlamydia among men who have sex with men – a double-blind randomised controlled trial protocol

 

Recruitment Day 1

Days 2-6

Day 7

Day 14

Day 21

Follow up Day 28

Recruitment

 Pre-eligibility assessment

 

X

     

 Informed consent obtained

 

X

     

 Enrollment and randomisation

 

X

     

 Dosage under supervision

 

X

     

Data collection

Format

      

 Baseline questionnaire

Paper

X

     

 Adverse drug reactions

SMS/Online

 

X

    

 Sexual behaviour

SMS/Online

  

X

X

X

 

 Other medications

SMS/Online

  

X

X

X

 

 Drug adherence

SMS/Online

  

X

   

 Follow up questionnaire

Paper

     

X

Specimen collection

Number

      

 Self-collected swabs

3

X

     

 Self-collected swabs

2

     

X

 Test of cure swab

1

     

X

  1. SMS short message service. 3 swabs collected at recuitment: 1 for whole genome sequencing if required, one for mRNA and 1 for culture. 3 swabs collected at follow up: 1 for whole genome sequencing if required, 1 for mRNA and one for test of cure