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(Continued)<br />

Mens 2007 KEN<br />

(146 participants)<br />

Ratcliff 2005 IDN<br />

(774 participants)<br />

Yeka 2007 UGA<br />

(414 participants)<br />

Zongo 2007 BFA<br />

(375 participants)<br />

verse event monitoring not described.<br />

Adverse events were recorded<br />

at each visit in the case record<br />

<strong>for</strong>m (days 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, and<br />

28). An adverse event defined<br />

as any unfavourable and unintended<br />

sign.<br />

Assessed daily until fever and<br />

parasites cleared then weekly<br />

until day 42. A symptom questionnaire<br />

and physical exam at<br />

each visit. Haemoglobin was<br />

checked at each visit.<br />

Standardized history, physical<br />

exam, and malaria film on days<br />

0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, and<br />

42 and any other day they were<br />

unwell<br />

Assessed at each visit including<br />

neurological examination. Adverse<br />

events described as any<br />

untoward medical occurrence.<br />

Assessed daily until day 3<br />

then weekly until day 42.<br />

A standardized history and<br />

physical exam at each visit.<br />

Haemoglobin was checked at<br />

baseline and last day of follow<br />

up.<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 />

study drug<br />

No other significant differences are noted between<br />

treatments<br />

Open label SAE: 1 patient treated with DHA-P died on day<br />

14. Assessed as unrelated to treatment.<br />

GI: No difference in anorexia, abdominal pain,<br />

diarrhoea, or vomiting<br />

CVS/RS: No difference in cough<br />

CNS: Weakness more common with AL6 (P =<br />

0.035). No difference in headache.<br />

Derm: No difference in pruritis<br />

Open label SAE: 1 death 60 days after treatment. Cause not<br />

known<br />

GI: Diarrhoea was more common with DHA-P<br />

(P = 0.003). Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain,<br />

and anorexia not different<br />

CNS: Headache and dizziness not significantly<br />

different<br />

CVS/RS: Palpitations and cough not different<br />

Other: No difference in rash or myalgia<br />

Single Blind SAE: 2 with AL, 5 with DHA-P, all judged unrelated<br />

to study meds (2 convulsions, 2 pyomyositis,<br />

vomiting, severe anaemia, dehydration)<br />

GI: Abdominal pain more common with AL (P<br />

= 0.05). No difference in anorexia, vomiting or<br />

diarrhoea.<br />

RS/CVS: No difference in cough or coryza<br />

CNS: No difference in malaise/weakness<br />

Derm: No difference in pruritis<br />

Overall comment: Most AE were of mild to moderate<br />

severity and consistent with symptoms of<br />

malaria<br />

Open label SAE: None observed<br />

GI: Less abdominal pain with DHA-P (P < 0.05),<br />

vomiting, diarrhoea, and anorexia not different<br />

CNS: Less headache with DHA-P (P < 0.05), no<br />

difference in weakness<br />

CVS/RS: No difference in cough<br />

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