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Tran 2002 VNM<br />

Methods Trial design: An open label randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: Malaria film on days 0, 2, and 7. Participants followed up to day 56 but<br />

further details not described<br />

Adverse event monitoring: Not described<br />

Participants Number: 243 randomized to included treatment arms<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age > 2 yrs, microscopically confirmed uncomplicated P. falciparum<br />

malaria<br />

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy, evidence of organ dysfunction, unable to tolerate oral<br />

medication, unable to return <strong>for</strong> follow up, resident in Dac O <strong>for</strong> > 2 years<br />

Interventions 1. Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong>, 40 mg/320 mg tablets<br />

(Artekin: Holleykin)<br />

• Adults: 2 tablets at 0, 6, 24, and 48 hrs<br />

• Children < 15 yrs: 1 tablet at 0, 6, 24, and 48 hrs<br />

2. Artesunate plus mefloquine, loose <strong>combination</strong> (artesunate: Guilin, Lariam: Hoffman-<br />

La Roche)<br />

• AS 4 mg/kg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• MQ 25 mg base/kg as 2 divided doses 6 hours apart on day 3<br />

Outcomes 1. Parasitological failure at days 42 and 28, PCR adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. Adverse events<br />

Not included in this review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Vietnam<br />

Setting: Health station<br />

Transmission: Low and seasonal<br />

Resistance: Multiple-drug resistance<br />

Dates: Nov 2001 to Mar 2002<br />

Funding: Wellcome Trust of Great Britain<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Unclear ’Patients were randomly allocated one of<br />

three treatments in a ratio of 2:2:1’. No<br />

further details given.<br />

Allocation concealment? Unclear ’Drugs were kept in identically numbered<br />

opaque envelopes’. No further details.<br />

Blinding?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data addressed?<br />

All outcomes<br />

<strong>Artemisinin</strong>-<strong>based</strong> <strong>combination</strong> <strong>therapy</strong> <strong>for</strong> treating uncomplicated malaria (Review)<br />

Copyright © 2009 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Cochrane</strong> Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />

No An open label trial. No comment on blinding<br />

of laboratory staff.<br />

Yes ’<strong>The</strong>re were no losses to follow-up’<br />

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