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Bukirwa 2005 UGA (Continued)<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’An off-site investigator prepared computer-generated<br />

age-stratified randomisation<br />

codes’<br />

Allocation concealment? Yes ’<strong>The</strong> randomisation list was secured in a<br />

locked cabinet accessible only by the study<br />

nurse. Participants were enrolled by study<br />

physicians and treatments were assigned by<br />

the study nurse’<br />

Blinding?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data addressed?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Yes ’Only the study nurse was aware of treatment<br />

assignments. All other study personnel<br />

including study physicians and laboratory<br />

personnel involved in assessing outcomes<br />

were blinded’<br />

Yes Participants were excluded be<strong>for</strong>e enrolment<br />

only by predefined criteria. Losses to<br />

follow up after enrolment were low (1%<br />

AL6 vs 1.5% AS+AQ)<br />

Free of selective reporting? Yes <strong>The</strong> WHO recommends 42 days follow up<br />

in studies of AL6. Day 28 outcomes may<br />

under estimate treatment failure with AL6.<br />

Free of other bias? Yes No other sources of bias identified<br />

Djimde 2004 MLI<br />

Methods Trial design: A single blind (outcome assessors) randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: Days 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 or any other day they became ill, <strong>for</strong> a<br />

clinical assessment and malaria film<br />

Adverse event monitoring: Haemoglobin, glucose, complete blood count, liver enzymes,<br />

and creatinine were measured on days 0, 7, 14, and 28<br />

Participants Number: 502 randomized to included treatment arms<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age > 6 months, weight > 5 kg, axillary temp > 37.5 ºC, uncomplicated<br />

malaria of any species 2000 to 200,000/µl, able to tolerate oral treatment, resident of<br />

study area <strong>for</strong> entire period of follow up, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy, symptoms of severe malaria, allergy to a study drug, documented<br />

consumption of 1 of the study drugs in the previous 7 days<br />

Interventions 1. Artesunate plus amodiaquine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong>, 50/153 mg tablets (Arsucam:<br />

Sanofi-Aventis)<br />

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

• AQ 10 mg/kg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

2. Artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, loose <strong>combination</strong> (Arsumax: Sanofi-<br />

Aventis, Fansidar: Roche)<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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