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15 Only one trial reported on P. vivax and there were too few events to draw a conclusion.<br />

16 Data were also available <strong>for</strong> day seven where gametocyte carriage was significantly lower with AL6.<br />

17 Serious limitations: Only one of the four trials had adequate allocation concealment.<br />

18 Serious imprecision: <strong>The</strong> 95% CI of the pooled estimate includes appreciable benefit with AL6 and crosses the line of no effect.<br />

19 No serious limitations: Allocation concealment was assessed as ’low risk of bias’ in three trials.<br />

20 Two trials reported vomiting of medication on day 0 (as an exclusion criteria not an outcome) and found no difference.<br />

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

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

Settings: Endemic areas worldwide<br />

Intervention: Artesunate plus amodiaquine<br />

Comparison: Artesunate 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: Gametocyte<br />

carriage day<br />

14<br />

Harms: Serious adverse<br />

events (including<br />

deaths)<br />

Assumed risk Corresponding<br />

risk<br />

Artesunate plus<br />

sulfadoxinepyrimethamine<br />

Artesunate plus<br />

amodiaquine<br />

44 per 1000 28 per 1000<br />

(16 to 48)<br />

RR 0.64<br />

(0.37 to 1.08)<br />

No of participants<br />

(studies)<br />

1419<br />

(7)<br />

- - - 1614<br />

(7)<br />

Quality of the evidence<br />

(GRADE)<br />

⊕⊕<br />

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

⊕<br />

very low 1,2,4,6,7<br />

- - - - Not reported<br />

91 per 1000 81 per 1000<br />

(46 to 140)<br />

2 per 1000 2 per 1000<br />

(0 to 14)<br />

RR 0.89<br />

(0.51 to 1.54)<br />

RR 0.99<br />

(0.14 to 7.02)<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 />

520<br />

(3)<br />

1108<br />

(4)<br />

⊕<br />

very low 8,9,10,11<br />

⊕<br />

very low 9,10,11<br />

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