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Karema 2004 RWA (Continued)<br />

Free of selective reporting? Yes All WHO outcomes reported. Day 28<br />

outcomes may underestimate failure with<br />

DHA-P due to its long half-life.<br />

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

Karunajeewa 2007 PNG<br />

Methods Trial design: A 4-arm open label randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: Standardized follow up including temperature and malaria film on days 0, 1,<br />

2, 3, 7, 14, 28, and 42. Drug levels assayed on day 7.<br />

Adverse event monitoring: None described<br />

Participants Number: 372 randomized to included treatment arms<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age 0.5 to 5 years, axillary temp > 37.5 ºC or history of fever in the<br />

preceding 24 hrs, > 1000/µl asexual P. falciparum or > 250/µl asexual P. vivax, P. ovale or<br />

P. malariae, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Features of severe malaria, evidence of another infection or coexisting<br />

condition including malnutrition, intake of study drug in previous 14 days<br />

Interventions 1. Artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, loose <strong>combination</strong> (Sanofi-Aventis,<br />

Roche)<br />

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

• SP 25/1.25 mg/kg once on the first day<br />

2. Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong>, 40 mg/320 mg tablets (Beijing<br />

Holley-Cotec)<br />

• DHA 2.5 mg/kg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• P 20 mg/kg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

3. Artemether-lumefantrine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong>, 20 mg/120 mg tablets (Novartis),<br />

given with milk<br />

• A 1.7 mg/kg twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• L 10 mg/kg twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 day<br />

All doses supervized except the evening dose of AL6<br />

Outcomes 1. ACPR (P. falciparum) at days 28 and 42, PCR adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. ACPR (P. vivax) at day 42<br />

3. Gametocyte prevalence during follow up<br />

4. Adverse events<br />

Not included in this review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

3. Drug levels day 7<br />

Notes Country: Papua New Guinea<br />

Setting: Health centres<br />

Transmission: Holoendemic<br />

Resistance: CQ and SP<br />

Dates: Apr 2005 to Jul 2007<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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