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8 Very serious imprecision: <strong>The</strong>re were no participants with detectable gametocytes in either arm. <strong>The</strong>re were no significant differences<br />

in gametocyte carriage at days three or seven.<br />

9 Very serious imprecision: No serious adverse events were recorded in this trial. A trial of this size would be unlikely to detect rare but<br />

important adverse events.<br />

Is Artesunate plus mefloquine superior to Amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine <strong>for</strong> treating uncomplicated malaria?<br />

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

Settings: Africa<br />

Intervention: Artesunate plus mefloquine<br />

Comparison: Amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine<br />

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

(95% CI)<br />

Efficacy: Total Failure<br />

Day 28 PCR<br />

adjusted<br />

Efficacy: Total Failure<br />

Day 28 PCR<br />

unadjusted<br />

Vivax efficacy: P.<br />

vivax parasitaemia<br />

Transmission<br />

potential: Gametocyte<br />

carriage day 7<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 />

Artesunate plus<br />

mefloquine<br />

- - - 296<br />

(1)<br />

13 per 1000 14 per 1000<br />

(2 to 99)<br />

RR 1.08<br />

(0.15 to 7.59)<br />

No of participants<br />

(studies)<br />

300<br />

(1)<br />

Quality of the evidence<br />

(GRADE)<br />

⊕<br />

very low 1,2,3,4,5,6<br />

⊕<br />

very low 2,3,4,5,7<br />

- - - - Not reported<br />

118 per 1000 4 per 1000<br />

(0 to 55)<br />

RR 0.03<br />

(0 to 0.47)<br />

306<br />

(1)<br />

- - - 306<br />

(1)<br />

⊕⊕<br />

low 2,3,4,5,8<br />

⊕<br />

very low 2,3,4,5,9<br />

- - - - Not reported<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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