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Karema 2004 RWA (Continued)<br />

Interventions 1. Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong>, 40 mg/320 mg tablets<br />

(Artekin: Holleypharm)<br />

• Total dose: DHA 4.8 to 9.3 mg/kg + P 38.4 to 73.8 mg/kg in 3 divided doses,<br />

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

2. Artesunate plus amodiaquine, loose <strong>combination</strong> (Arsumax: Sanofi)<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 />

3. 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 once on the first day<br />

All doses supervized<br />

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

2. Gametocyte prevalence during follow up<br />

3. Mean PCV at baseline and day 14<br />

4. Adverse events<br />

Not included in this review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Rwanda<br />

Setting: Peri-urban and rural health centres<br />

Transmission: Not reported<br />

Resistance: Not reported<br />

Dates: Oct 2003 to Apr 2004<br />

Funding: Belgian Development Co-operation in collaboration with the Prince Leopold<br />

Institute of Tropical Medicine. DHA-P provided by Holleypharm<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’Randomly allocated in blocks of 15’,<br />

computer generated sequence (in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

from author)<br />

Allocation concealment? Unclear ’Allocation of treatment was concealed until<br />

final recruitment’. No further details<br />

Blinding?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data addressed?<br />

All outcomes<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 />

No An open-label trial. ’Laboratory technicians<br />

reading malaria slides did not know<br />

the treatment received’<br />

Yes Very low losses to follow up in all groups<br />

(0.8% DHA-P vs 0.4% AS+AQ vs 1.2%<br />

AQ+SP)<br />

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