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Van Vugt 1998 THA (Continued)<br />

Blinding?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data addressed?<br />

All outcomes<br />

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

blinding.<br />

Yes Different losses to follow up in each group<br />

(11% AL6 vs 6% AS+MQ) but unlikely to<br />

affect the overall result<br />

Free of selective reporting? Yes <strong>The</strong> WHO recommends 63 days follow up<br />

in studies of AS+MQ, and 42 days with<br />

AL6. Day 28 outcomes may underestimate<br />

treatment failure with both drugs.<br />

Free of other bias? Yes No other sources of bias identified<br />

Yeka 2004 UGA<br />

Methods Trial design: A 3-arm single blind randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: Malaria film on days 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28 and any other day they were<br />

unwell. Haemoglobin on days 0 and 28 or the day of failure.<br />

Adverse event monitoring: Not described<br />

Participants Number: 1537 randomized to included treatment arms<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age > 6 months, axillary temp > 37.5 ºC or history of fever in the<br />

previous 24 hours, P. falciparum mono-infection 2000 to 200,000/µl, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy, danger signs, signs of severe malaria, concomitant febrile<br />

illness, history of treatment with an antifolate or amodiaquine during the previous week,<br />

history of serious side effects to the study meds<br />

Interventions 1. Amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, loose <strong>combination</strong><br />

• AQ 10 mg/kg on days 0 and 1 and 5 mg/kg on day 2<br />

• SP 25/1.25 mg/kg once on day 0, plus placebo on days 1 and 2<br />

2. Artesunate plus amodiaquine<br />

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

• AQ 10 mg/kg on days 0 and 1 and 5 mg/kg on day 2<br />

All doses supervized<br />

Outcomes 1. Risk of recurrent infection at day 28, PCR adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. Gametocytes during follow up<br />

3. Mean increase in haemoglobin<br />

4. Adverse events<br />

Not included in this review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Uganda<br />

Setting: District health centres<br />

Transmission: 4 sites with medium-high to high endemicity<br />

Resistance: CQ and SP resistance<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 />

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