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Faye 2003 SEN (Continued)<br />

Outcomes 1. Day 28 ACPR PCR adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. Gametocyte carriage at days 0, 7, 14, 28<br />

3. Anaemia (Hb < 12) days 0, 14<br />

4. Adverse events<br />

Notes Country: Senegal<br />

Setting: Healthcare centres<br />

Transmission: Moderate with a peak in the rainy season<br />

Resistance: High levels of chloroquine resistance<br />

Dates: <strong>The</strong> transmission periods of 2002 and 2003<br />

Funding: Study drugs supplied by Sanofi-Aventis, Mepha, and Novartis<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Unclear Not described. Only described as ’randomized’<br />

Allocation concealment? No None described<br />

Blinding?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data addressed?<br />

All outcomes<br />

No An open label trial. No comment on blinding<br />

of lab staff<br />

Yes Losses to follow up were not reported in the<br />

original paper and figures were only given<br />

as percentages. Unpublished data reveal loss<br />

to follow up as low in all groups (3.1%<br />

AS+AQ, 0.7% AS+MQ, 1.3% AL6, 3.1%<br />

AQ+SP).<br />

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

<strong>for</strong> studies involving AL6 and 63 days <strong>for</strong><br />

AS+MQ. Day 28 outcomes may underestimate<br />

treatment failure with AL6 and<br />

AS+MQ.<br />

Free of other bias? Yes No other sources of bias identified<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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