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Grande 2005 PER<br />

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

Follow up: Days 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, and 63 or any other day they<br />

became ill, <strong>for</strong> a clinical assessment and malaria film. PCV measurement day 0, 7, 14<br />

and 63. P. vivax treated with CQ.<br />

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

any unfavourable and unintended sign, symptom or disease temporally associated with<br />

the drug administered. Complete blood count, liver, and renal function tests at days 0<br />

and 7.<br />

Participants Number: 522 randomized<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age 5 to 60 yrs, fever > 37.5 ºC or history of fever in the previous 24<br />

hours, P. falciparum mono-infection 1000 to 200,000/µl<br />

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy or lactation, severe malaria, any concomitant illness or<br />

underlying disease, contraindication to any of the trial drugs, history of treatment with<br />

mefloquine in the previous 60 days or chloroquine, primaquine or quinine in previous<br />

14 days<br />

Interventions 1. Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong> (Artekin: Holleykin)<br />

• Total dose: 6.3 mg/kg DHA and 50.4 mg/kg PQP in 3 divided doses, given once<br />

daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

2. Artesunate plus mefloquine, loose <strong>combination</strong> (Artesunate: Guilin, Lariam: Hoffman<br />

La-Roche)<br />

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

• MQ 8 mg/kg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

All doses supervized<br />

Outcomes 1. Day 63 cure rate PCR adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. P. vivax during follow up<br />

3. Gametocyte prevalence at day 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28<br />

4. Gametocyte development during follow up<br />

5. Adverse events<br />

Not included in this review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Peru<br />

Setting: 9 rural health posts<br />

Transmission: Low malaria transmission<br />

Resistance: High CQ and SP resistance<br />

Dates: July 2003 to July 2005<br />

Funding: Directorate-General <strong>for</strong> Development and Cooperation of the Belgian Government<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Unclear ’Randomized in blocks of 10’. No further<br />

details given.<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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