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Fanello 2004 RWA<br />

Methods Trial design: An open-label randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: Participants were admitted to hospital <strong>for</strong> the first 3 days then seen at days<br />

7, 14, 21, and 28. At each visit history, clinical signs and symptoms, temperature and<br />

malaria film. PCV and WBC were recorded on days 0 and 14.<br />

Adverse event monitoring: All adverse events were recorded on the clinical record <strong>for</strong>m<br />

and a causality assessment was made<br />

Participants Number: 500 randomized<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age 12 to 59 months, weight >10 kg, axillary temp > 37.5 ºC or<br />

history of fever in the previous 24 hrs, P. falciparum mono-infection 2000 to 200,000/<br />

µl, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Severe malaria, concomitant illness or underlying disease, known<br />

allergy to the study drugs, a clear history of adequate antimalarial treatment in the<br />

previous 72 hrs<br />

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

• < 15 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 />

2. Amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, loose <strong>combination</strong><br />

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

• SP 25/1.25 mg/kg on day 0<br />

All doses supervized<br />

Outcomes 1. ACPR at day 28, PCR adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. Gametocyte carriage during follow up<br />

3. Mean PCV at days 0 and 14<br />

4. Adverse events, including mean WBC at days 0 and 14<br />

Not included in the review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Rwanda<br />

Setting: Rural health clinics<br />

Transmission: Variable<br />

Resistance: Not described<br />

Dates: July 2004 to Dec 2004<br />

Funding: Belgian Development Co-operation (DGIS) and the Prince Leopold Institute<br />

of Tropical Medicine<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’Randomly allocated in blocks of 20...according<br />

to a randomization list prepared in<br />

Belgium’<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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