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10 Very serious limitations: <strong>The</strong> only trial which reports this outcome (Van den Broek 2004 ZAR) was excluded from the primary<br />

outcome due to baseline differences between groups.<br />

11 Very serious imprecision: <strong>The</strong>re were no serious adverse events in this trial. Trials of this size would be unlikely to detect rare but<br />

clinically important adverse events.<br />

Is Artemether-lumefantrine 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: Artemether-lumefantrine<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 />

- East Africa<br />

Efficacy: Total Failure<br />

(P. falciparum)<br />

Day 28 PCR unadjusted<br />

- East Africa<br />

Efficacy: Total Failure<br />

(P. falciparum)<br />

Day 28 PCR adjusted<br />

- West Africa<br />

Efficacy: Total Failure<br />

(P. falciparum)<br />

Day 28 PCR unadjusted<br />

- West Africa<br />

Vivax efficacy: P.<br />

vivax parasitaemia<br />

Transmission<br />

potential: Gametocyte<br />

carriage day<br />

14<br />

Assumed risk Corresponding<br />

risk<br />

Amodiaquine plus<br />

sulfadoxinepyrimethamine<br />

Artemetherlumefantrine<br />

220 per 1000 26 per 1000<br />

(13 to 53)<br />

486 per 1000 170 per 1000<br />

(146 to 199)<br />

15 per 1000 21 per 1000<br />

(8 to 52)<br />

43 per 1000 124 per 1000<br />

(80 to 192)<br />

RR 0.12<br />

(0.06 to 0.24)<br />

RR 0.35<br />

(0.3 to 0.41)<br />

RR 1.39<br />

(0.55 to 3.47)<br />

RR 2.88<br />

(1.86 to 4.47)<br />

No of participants<br />

(studies)<br />

618<br />

(2)<br />

1646<br />

(3)<br />

1051<br />

(3)<br />

1130<br />

(3)<br />

Quality of the evidence<br />

(GRADE)<br />

⊕⊕⊕<br />

moderate<br />

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8<br />

⊕⊕⊕<br />

moderate<br />

2,10,4,5,6,7,8,9<br />

⊕<br />

very low<br />

1,3,4,5,6,11,12,13<br />

⊕⊕⊕<br />

moderate<br />

3,5,6,11,12,14<br />

- - - - Not reported 15<br />

25 per 1000 11 per 1000<br />

(5 to 25)<br />

RR 0.46<br />

(0.21 to 1.01)<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 />

1536<br />

(4)<br />

⊕⊕<br />

low 16,17,18<br />

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