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Menard 2006 MDG<br />

Methods Trial design: A 5-arm single blind (outcome assessors) randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: Patients returned <strong>for</strong> malaria films on days 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, and any<br />

other day they felt ill. Haemoglobin was assessed on days 0 and 28.<br />

Adverse event monitoring: Not described<br />

Participants Number: 166 randomized to included treatment arms<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age 6 months to 15 yrs, weight > 5 kg, axillary temp > 37.5 ºC, P.<br />

falciparum mono-infection 1000 to 200,000/µl, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Danger signs, severe or complicated malaria, febrile conditions other<br />

than malaria, severe malnutrition, severe anaemia (Hb < 5 g/dl), development of concomitant<br />

disease which could interfere with study outcome, known hypersensitivity to<br />

the study drugs, repeated vomiting of the first dose<br />

Interventions 1. Artesunate plus amodiaquine<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 />

2. 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 carriage at days 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28<br />

3. Mean increase in haemoglobin by day 28<br />

4. Adverse events<br />

Not included in the review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Madagascar<br />

Setting: Primary health centres<br />

Transmission: Low and predominantly seasonal<br />

Resistance: CQ resistance<br />

Dates: Feb 2006 to June 2006<br />

Funding: Natixis, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the<br />

IAEA project<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’Randomization was in blocks of 5’. Drawing<br />

numbered papers from a box (additional<br />

detail from author).<br />

Allocation concealment? Yes ’Treatment regimens were allocated by an<br />

independent individual not involved in the<br />

analysis of the study’<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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