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(Continued)<br />

Mayxay 2003 LAO<br />

(220 participants)<br />

Sagara 2005b MLI<br />

(270 participants)<br />

Stohrer 2003 LAO<br />

(108 participants)<br />

oratory tests (including FBC<br />

liver and renal function tests) at<br />

baseline and each day of followup.<br />

Routine follow up daily until<br />

fever and parasites cleared then<br />

weekly until day 42 or anytime<br />

they felt unwell<br />

Potential side effects were<br />

recorded at each visit<br />

Routine follow up on days 1, 2,<br />

3, 7, 14, 21, and 28<br />

Complete blood count, ALT<br />

and creatinine on 20% of participants<br />

on days 0 and 14<br />

A serious adverse event was defined<br />

according to the International<br />

Conference on Harmonisation<br />

Treatment emergent symptoms<br />

and signs were recorded on days<br />

0 to 3<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 />

AS+MQ<br />

CNS: Headache, dizziness, and sleep disorder-<br />

27.4% AL vs 16.4% AS+MQ<br />

CVS/RS: ECG 2% of each group showed QT prolongation<br />

of potential relevance with no cardiac<br />

complication<br />

Haematological: Slight worsening of anaemia after<br />

3 days in both groups<br />

Biochemical: Liver function tests slightly abnormal<br />

at baseline. All baseline parameters normalized<br />

over the course of treatment. Renal function,<br />

electrolytes, glucose. Protein, urine tests showed<br />

no relevant changes after baseline in either group.<br />

Other: Skin reactions 8 AL vs 2 AS+MQ<br />

Open label SAE: 3 serious neuropsychiatric events in AS+MQ<br />

group<br />

GI: Nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and<br />

diarrhoea more common with AS+MQ (P < 0.05)<br />

CNS: Weakness, dizziness, headache, confusion,<br />

and irritable/angry all more common with<br />

AS+MQ (P < 0.05). No difference in nightmares<br />

and tinnitus.<br />

CVS/RS: No difference in palpitations or dyspnoea<br />

Other: No difference in urticaria, herpes or blurred<br />

vision<br />

Open label SAE: Not mentioned<br />

GI: Vomiting more common with AS+MQ (P =<br />

0.04). No significant difference in abdominal pain<br />

or diarrhoea.<br />

CNS: No significant difference in headache, weakness,<br />

dizziness (P = 0.06) or malaise<br />

Dermatological: No significant difference in pruritis<br />

or rash<br />

Biochemical: States ’both treatments were similar<br />

<strong>for</strong> laboratory adverse events’<br />

Open label SAE: 1 AL: severe diarrhoea, 1 ASMQ heavy sleep<br />

disorder and dizziness<br />

GI: None of the patients in either arm vomited<br />

within 1 hour of drug intake. No differences<br />

in abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea,<br />

anorexia.<br />

CNS: Headache, dizziness, weakness, sleep disorder:<br />

14 AL vs 22 ASMQ no significant difference<br />

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