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Hutagalung 2002 THA (Continued)<br />

5. Adverse events<br />

Not included in the review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

3. Gametocyte clearance<br />

Notes Country: Thailand<br />

Setting: Malaria clinics of the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit<br />

Transmission: Low and unstable<br />

Resistance: Multiple-drug resistance<br />

Dates: July 2001 to June 2002<br />

Funding: Wellcome Trust of Great Britain<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’Computerized randomisation was in<br />

blocks of ten’<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 laboratory staff.<br />

Yes Losses to follow up balanced and low in<br />

both groups (8% AL6 vs 7% AS+MQ)<br />

Free of selective reporting? Yes <strong>The</strong> WHO recommends 63 days follow up<br />

in studies of AS+MQ. Day 42 outcomes<br />

may under estimate treatment failure with<br />

AS+MQ.<br />

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

Janssens 2003 KHM<br />

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

Follow up: Monitored daily until fever and parasites cleared then weekly to day 63.<br />

Temperature, symptom questionnaire, malaria film, and haematocrit at each visit.<br />

Adverse event monitoring: An adverse event defined as any new sign or symptom appearing<br />

after treatment started. At each visit a symptom questionnaire was completed.<br />

Participants Number: 464 randomized<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age > 1 yr, axillary temp > 37.5 ºC or history of fever, signs and<br />

symptoms of uncomplicated malaria, P. falciparum mono or mixed infections, written<br />

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

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy or lactation, signs or symptoms of severe malaria, > 4% red<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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