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1 Dorsey 2006 UGA; Faye 2003 SEN; Karema 2004 RWA; Kayentao 2006 MLI; Menard 2006 MDG; Yeka 2004 UGA.<br />

2 No serious limitations: Allocation concealment was assessed as ’low risk of bias’ in two trials. Laboratory staff were blinded in 3 trials.<br />

3 Serious inconsistency: Substantial heterogeneity (I 2 = 77%). In the three trials from east Africa AS+AQ tended to per<strong>for</strong>m better that<br />

AQ+SP, but AQ+SP still per<strong>for</strong>med well elsewhere.<br />

4 Serious indirectness: Due to variability in resistance rates generalization of results is likely to be unreliable.<br />

5 Very serious imprecision: Data not pooled due to high heterogeneity. <strong>The</strong> magnitude of effect is likely to vary between settings.<br />

6 and Mutabingwa 2004 TZA and Staedke 2003 UGA.<br />

7 No serious limitations: Allocation concealment was assessed as ’low risk of bias’ in four trials. Laboratory staff were blinded in four<br />

trials.<br />

8 Serious inconsistency: Substantial heterogeneity (I 2 = 91%). In the five trials from east Africa AS+AQ tended to per<strong>for</strong>m better than<br />

AQ+SP, but AQ+SP still per<strong>for</strong>med well elsewhere.<br />

9 Dorsey 2006 UGA; Faye 2003 SEN; Menard 2006 MDG.<br />

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

11 Very serious imprecision: <strong>The</strong> 95% CI is very wide including appreciable benefit and harm or each drug over the other.<br />

12 Faye 2003 SEN found a significant reduction in gametocytaemia at day three with AS+AQ. Staedke 2003 UGA found a significant<br />

reduction in gametocyte development with AS+AQ.<br />

13 No serious limitations.<br />

14 No serious inconsistency: Heterogeneity is low.<br />

15 Serious imprecision: <strong>The</strong> 95%CI of the pooled estimate includes appreciable benefit with AS+AQ over AQ+SP and crosses the line<br />

of no effect.<br />

W H A T ’ S N E W<br />

Last assessed as up-to-date: 25 March 2009.<br />

12 August 2009 Amended Tables <strong>for</strong> treatment comparisons, search strategy, primary outcome measures, adverse events, anaemia,<br />

and summary of findings moved to appendices.<br />

H I S T O R Y<br />

Protocol first published: Issue 4, 2008<br />

Review first published: Issue 3, 2009<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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