A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial of MRSA throat carriage treatment, with either standard decolonization alone or in combination with oral clindamycin

Table 1 Schedule of enrollment, interventions, and assessments

	Enrolment and allocation of treatment	Post-treatment control swab	Post-treatment control swab*
Timepoint/assessments	T₀	T_{1 month}	T_{6 month}
Enrollment	X
Eligibility screen	X
Informed consent	X
Interventions
Standard decolonization + clindamycin	X	X	X
Standard decolonization + placebo	X	X	X

^*If MRSA positive at T_{1 month}, the participant leaves the trial and will not be sampled in the trial at T_{6 month}

ISSN: 1745-6215