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Owusu-Agyei 2006 GHA (Continued)<br />

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

monitoring is stated although this outcome<br />

is not reported<br />

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

Ratcliff 2005 IDN<br />

Methods Trial design: An open-label randomized controlled trial<br />

Follow up: A symptom questionnaire, physical examination, malaria film and<br />

haemoglobin measurement daily until fever and parasites cleared then weekly to day 42<br />

Adverse event monitoring: A symptom questionnaire at each visit<br />

Participants Number: 774 randomized<br />

Inclusion criteria: Weight >10 kg, fever or a history of fever in the preceding 48 hours,<br />

slide confirmed malaria (P. falciparum, P. vivax or mixed infections)<br />

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy or lactation, danger signs or signs of severity, parasitaemia<br />

> 4%, concomitant disease requiring hospital admission<br />

Interventions 1. Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, fixed dose <strong>combination</strong>, 40 mg/320 mg tablets<br />

(Artekin: Holleykin)<br />

• Total dose: DHA 6.75 mg/kg + P 54 mg/kg in 3 divided doses, given once daily<br />

<strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

2. 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 />

Only the first dose of each day was supervized. All participants advised to take each dose<br />

with a biscuit or milk.<br />

Outcomes 1. Parasitological failure at days 42 and 28, PCR adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. P. vivax during follow up<br />

3. Gametocyte carriage after treatment<br />

4. Anaemia during follow up<br />

5. Adverse events<br />

Not included in the review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Indonesia<br />

Setting: Rural outpatient clinics<br />

Transmission: Unstable<br />

Resistance: Multiple-drug resistance<br />

Dates: Jul 2004 to Jun 2005<br />

Funding: Wellcome Trust UK and National Health and Medical Research Council Australia<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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