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Mukhtar 2005 SDN (Continued)<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Dates: Oct to Dec in 2004 and 2005<br />

Funding: National Centre <strong>for</strong> Research, drugs provided by Novartis, Amipharma and<br />

the national Malaria Control Programme<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Unclear ’A simple random technique of a hat draw’<br />

Allocation concealment? No None described<br />

Blinding?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data addressed?<br />

All outcomes<br />

No No details of blinding given. Malaria films<br />

were read by 2 independent microscopists.<br />

Yes Low losses to follow up in both groups (0%<br />

AL6 vs 3.8% AS+SP)<br />

Free of selective reporting? Yes <strong>The</strong> WHO recommends 42 days follow up<br />

in studies of AL6. Day 28 outcomes may<br />

under estimate the failure rate of AL6.<br />

Free of other bias? No In general details of the trial were limited.<br />

Very few baseline data given and no detail<br />

on drug regimens.<br />

Mutabingwa 2004 TZA<br />

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

Follow up: Participants were assessed clinically and by malaria film on days 0, 14, and<br />

28 or any other day they were unwell<br />

Adverse event monitoring: Parents or guardians were asked to report on side effects,<br />

tolerability, and usefulness of the treatment<br />

Participants Number: 1541 randomized into included treatment arms<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age 4 to 59 months, symptoms suggestive of malaria, P. falciparum ><br />

2000/µl, able to take oral meds, able to attend clinic <strong>for</strong> follow up, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Mixed infections, severe or complicated malaria, concomitant disease<br />

masking assessment of the response to treatment, intake of antimalarials other than CQ<br />

within the past 7 days, known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs<br />

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

Novartis)<br />

• 10 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 />

• > 35 kg 4 tablets twice daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

2. Artesunate plus amodiaquine, co-blistered/loose (Sanofi)<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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