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Kobbe 2007 GHA (Continued)<br />

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

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

Koram 2003 GHA<br />

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

Follow up: Examination, symptoms recorded, temperature and pulse and malaria film<br />

on days 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28 and any other day they felt unwell. Full blood count<br />

and haemoglobin measured at days 14 and 28.<br />

Adverse event monitoring: None<br />

Participants Number: 105 randomized into included treatment arms<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age 6 to 59 months, signs and symptoms of uncomplicated malaria<br />

including axillary temp > 37.5 ºC, P. falciparum mono-infection of 2000 to 200,000/µl,<br />

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

Exclusion criteria: Signs and symptoms of severe malaria, other diseases requiring drugs<br />

with antimalarial or antihistaminic activities, Hb < 5 g/dl<br />

Interventions 1. Artemether-lumefantrine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong>, 20 mg/120 mg tablets (Coartem:<br />

Novartis)<br />

• Twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days <strong>based</strong> on weight<br />

2. Artesunate plus amodiaquine, loose <strong>combination</strong><br />

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

• AQ 10 mg/kg on days 0 and 1 and 5 mg/kg on day 2<br />

All doses supervized<br />

Outcomes 1. ACPR at day 28, PCR adjusted and unadjusted (excluded from primary analysis<br />

due to baseline differences)<br />

2. Gametocyte carriage on days 0, 7, and 14<br />

3. Mean haemoglobin on days 0, 14, and 28<br />

Not included in the review:<br />

1. Fever clearance time<br />

2. Parasite clearance time<br />

Notes Country: Ghana<br />

Setting: Hohoe District Hospital and Navrongo War Memorial Hospital<br />

Transmission: High transmission and markedly seasonal<br />

Resistance: CQ and SP resistance<br />

Dates: June 2003 to Aug 2003<br />

Funding: Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special<br />

Program <strong>for</strong> Research & Training in Tropical Diseases<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<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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