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Analysis 6.8. Comparison 6 Artesunate plus mefloquine vs Artemether-lumefantrine, Outcome 8 Serious<br />

adverse events (including deaths).<br />

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

Comparison: 6 Artesunate plus mefloquine vs Artemether-lumefantrine<br />

Outcome: 8 Serious adverse events (including deaths)<br />

Study or subgroup AS+MQ AL6 Risk Ratio Risk Ratio<br />

n/N n/N M-H,Fixed,95% CI M-H,Fixed,95% CI<br />

Van Vugt 1998 THA 1/50 1/150 3.00 [ 0.19, 47.08 ]<br />

Lefevre 1999 THA 0/55 0/164 0.0 [ 0.0, 0.0 ]<br />

Hutagalung 2002 THA 0/245 0/245 0.0 [ 0.0, 0.0 ]<br />

Stohrer 2003 LAO 1/55 1/53 0.96 [ 0.06, 15.01 ]<br />

Mayxay 2003 LAO 3/110 0/110 7.00 [ 0.37, 133.94 ]<br />

Van den Broek 2003a BGD 0/121 0/121 0.0 [ 0.0, 0.0 ]<br />

Faye 2003 SEN 0/145 0/149 0.0 [ 0.0, 0.0 ]<br />

Total (95% CI) 781 992 2.96 [ 0.64, 13.76 ]<br />

Total events: 5 (AS+MQ), 2 (AL6)<br />

Heterogeneity: Chi 2 = 0.97, df = 2 (P = 0.62); I 2 =0.0%<br />

Test <strong>for</strong> overall effect: Z = 1.39 (P = 0.17)<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 />

0.005 0.1 1 10 200<br />

Favours ASMQ Favours AL<br />

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