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Table 4 Anti-Inflammatory Interventions, Dosing, and Timing of Administration

From: Use of a novel supplementary food and measures to control inflammation in malnourished pregnant women in Sierra Leone to improve birth outcomes: study protocol for a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical effectiveness trial

Intervention

Dose

Time of administration

Insecticide-treated mosquito net

n/a

• Enrollment

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

1500 mg/ 75 mg

• Enrollment or 13 weeks gestation, whichever is later

• Every 4 weeks until delivery

Azithromycin

1 g

• Enrollment or second trimester, whichever is later

• Weeks 28–34

Albendazole

400 mg once

• Enrollment or second trimester, whichever is later

Testing and treatment for bacterial vaginosis with metronidazole

750 mg PO daily for 7 days

• Enrollment

• Weeks 28–34