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Owusu-Agyei 2006 GHA<br />

Methods Trial design: A 3-arm, randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: Participants were assessed <strong>for</strong> adverse events and by malaria film on days 0,<br />

2, 3, 7, 14, and 28 or any other day they were unwell. Haemoglobin measured on days<br />

1, 2, 3, 7, and 28. Anaemia was treated with iron according to national guidelines<br />

Adverse event monitoring: Field workers visited their homes to solicit adverse events on<br />

days 0, 2, 3, 7, 14, and 28<br />

Participants Number: 355 randomized into included treatment arms<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age 6 months to 10 yrs, weight > 5 kg, axillary temp > 37.5 ºC or<br />

history of fever, parasitaemia 2000 to 200,000/µl, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Danger signs, signs of severe malaria, concomitant febrile illness, Hb<br />

< 7 g/dl<br />

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

Novartis)<br />

• Details not given<br />

2. Artesunate plus amodiaquine, co-blistered (Arsucam: Sanofi-Aventis)<br />

• Details not given<br />

All doses supervized <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

Outcomes 1. Parasitological and clinical failure at day 28, PCR unadjusted and PCR adjusted<br />

2. Gametocytaemia at day 7<br />

3. Haemoglobin at day 28<br />

4. Adverse events<br />

Notes Country: Ghana<br />

Setting: District hospital<br />

Transmission: Perennial, high with a peak July to August<br />

Resistance: Not stated<br />

Dates: June 2005 to May 2006<br />

Funding: Gates Malaria Partnership of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical<br />

Medicine<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’Randomization was done using Microsoft<br />

Excel 2003 randomisation generator’<br />

Allocation concealment? No None described<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. No comment on blinding<br />

of lab staff.<br />

Yes Moderate losses to follow up but similar in<br />

both groups (14% AL6 vs 15% AS+AQ)<br />

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