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Bukirwa 2005 UGA<br />

Methods Trial design: A single blind randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: Days 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, and 28 or any other day they became ill, <strong>for</strong> a<br />

standardized history, examination and malaria film. Haemoglobin measurement day<br />

0, 28 or day of failure. Participants with Hb < 10 g/dl given ferrous sulphate and<br />

antihelminthic treatment.<br />

Adverse event monitoring: Assessed at each follow-up visit, an adverse event defined as<br />

any untoward medical occurrence<br />

Participants Number: 419 randomized<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age 1 to 10 yrs, axillary temp > 37.5 ºC or history of fever in previous<br />

24 hrs, P. falciparum mono-infection 2000 to 200,000/µl, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Danger signs or evidence of severe malaria, evidence of a concomitant<br />

febrile illness, repeated vomiting of first dose of medication, history of serious side effects<br />

to study drugs<br />

Interventions 1. Artemether-lumefantrine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong>, 20 mg/120 mg tablets (Coartem:<br />

Novartis)<br />

• 10 to 14 kg 1 tablet twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• 15 to 24 kg 2 tablets twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• 25 to 34 kg 3 tablets twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• > 35 kg 4 tablets twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

2. Artesunate plus amodiaquine, loose <strong>combination</strong> (Arsumax: Sanofi-Aventis, Camoquin:<br />

Parke-Davis)<br />

• AS 4 mg/kg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• AQ 10 mg/kg on days 0 & 1 and 5 mg/kg on day 2<br />

• Plus placebos in the evening <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

All doses supervized<br />

Outcomes 1. Risk of recurrent parasitaemia and recurrent symptomatic malaria at day 28, PCR<br />

adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. Gametocytes during follow up<br />

3. Mean change in haemoglobin from baseline to last day of follow up<br />

4. Adverse events<br />

Not included in the review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Uganda<br />

Setting: Rural health centre<br />

Transmission: High transmission, holoendemic with peaks following 2 rainy seasons<br />

Resistance: CQ and SP resistance<br />

Dates: Dec 2004 to July 2005.<br />

Funding: Centers <strong>for</strong> Disease Control and Prevention, Association of Schools of Public<br />

Health, DfID<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<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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