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Is Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine superior to Amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine <strong>for</strong> treating uncomplicated<br />

malaria?<br />

Patient or population: Patients with uncomplicated malaria<br />

Settings: Africa<br />

Intervention: Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine<br />

Comparison: Amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine<br />

Outcomes Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) Relative effect<br />

(95% CI)<br />

Efficacy: Total Failure<br />

(P. falciparum)<br />

Day 28 PCR adjusted<br />

Efficacy: Total Failure<br />

(P. falciparum)<br />

Day 28 PCR unadjusted<br />

Vivax efficacy: P.<br />

vivax parasitaemia<br />

Transmission<br />

potential: Gametocytedevelopment<br />

(in those negative<br />

at baseline)<br />

Harms: Serious adverse<br />

events (including<br />

deaths)<br />

Harms: Early vomiting<br />

Assumed risk Corresponding<br />

risk<br />

Amodiaquine plus<br />

sulfadoxinepyrimethamine<br />

Dihydroartemisininpiperaquine<br />

114 per 1000 34 per 1000<br />

(19 to 62)<br />

181 per 1000 67 per 1000<br />

(45 to 100)<br />

RR 0.3<br />

(0.17 to 0.54)<br />

RR 0.37<br />

(0.25 to 0.55)<br />

No of participants<br />

(studies)<br />

802<br />

(2)<br />

848<br />

(2)<br />

Quality of the evidence<br />

(GRADE)<br />

⊕⊕⊕<br />

moderate<br />

1,2,3,4,5,6,7<br />

⊕⊕⊕<br />

moderate<br />

1,2,3,4,5,6,7<br />

- - - - Not reported<br />

55 per 1000 38 per 1000<br />

(15 to 98)<br />

RR 0.7<br />

(0.27 to 1.79)<br />

367<br />

(1)<br />

- - - 374<br />

(1)<br />

⊕<br />

very low 5,8,9<br />

⊕<br />

very low 8,10,11<br />

- - - - Not reported 12<br />

*<strong>The</strong> assumed risk is the mean risk from the studies included in this review, calculated as the number of patients in the control<br />

groups with the event divided by the total number of patients in control groups. <strong>The</strong> corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence<br />

interval) is <strong>based</strong> on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).<br />

CI: confidence interval; RR: risk ratio<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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