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Kobbe 2007 GHA (Continued)<br />

Exclusion criteria: Danger signs or signs of severe malaria, any other severe underlying<br />

disease, severe malnutrition, antibiotics or adequate antimalarials in the previous 7 days,<br />

a history of hypersensitivity to study drugs, unable to tolerate oral treatment<br />

Interventions 1. Artesunate plus amodiaquine, co-blister <strong>combination</strong> 50 mg AS/153 mg AQ, (Arsucam:<br />

Sanofi-Aventis)<br />

• 5 to 10 kg AS 1/2 tablet + AQ 1/2 tablet once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• 10 to 21 kg AS 1 tablet + AQ 1 tablet once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• 21 to 40 kg AS 2 tablets + AQ 2 tablets once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

2. Artemether-lumefantrine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong> 20/120 mg (Coartem: Novartis)<br />

• 5 to 15 kg 1 tablet twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• 15 to 25 kg 2 tablets twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• 25 to 35 kg 3 tablets twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

All doses supervized<br />

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

2. Haematological recovery at day 28<br />

3. Adverse events<br />

Not included in this review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

3. Parental acceptance of drug <strong>therapy</strong><br />

Notes Country: Ghana<br />

Setting: District Hospital<br />

Transmission: Holoendemic with seasonal peaks<br />

Resistance: CQ<br />

Dates: Oct 2006 to Sept 2007<br />

Funding: Vereinigung der Freunde des Tropeninstituts Hamburg E.V., German Academic<br />

Exchange Service. Drugs supplied free of charge by Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’Computer generated list with randomisation<br />

in blocks of ten’<br />

Allocation concealment? Yes ’Children received the first dose of the individually<br />

allocated treatment (in sealed,<br />

numbered, opaque envelopes)’<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. 10% of malaria slides<br />

were cross-checked by a blinded microscopist.<br />

No Moderate losses to follow up in both groups<br />

(14% AL6 vs 16% AS+AQ)<br />

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