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Sagara 2005b MLI (Continued)<br />

• 25 to 34 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 mefloquine, co-blistered (Artequin: Mepha)<br />

• 10 to 14 kg AS 4 mg/kg and MQ 5 mg/kg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• 15 to 30 kg AS 100 mg and MQ 150 mg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

• > 31 kg AS 200 mg and MQ 250 mg once daily <strong>for</strong> 3 days<br />

All doses supervized<br />

Outcomes 1. ACPR at day 28, PCR adjusted and unadjusted<br />

2. Gametocyte carriage<br />

3. Prevalence of anaemia on days 0, 28<br />

4. Adverse events<br />

Not included in the review:<br />

1. Fever clearance<br />

2. Parasite clearance<br />

Notes Country: Mali<br />

Setting: Peri-urban<br />

Transmission: Hyperendemic with highly seasonal transmission<br />

Resistance: Not stated<br />

Dates: Aug 2004 to Feb 2005<br />

Funding: Pharmatech Inc (also donated AS+MQ), and Mepha Ltd.<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’A bloc randomisation code with treatment<br />

arm was computer generated by the study<br />

statistician’<br />

Allocation concealment? Yes ’Study codes were sealed in individual<br />

opaque and sequentially numbered envelopes’<br />

Blinding?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data addressed?<br />

All outcomes<br />

No An open label trial. Microscopists were<br />

blinded to the treatment arm.<br />

Yes Losses to follow up were low in both groups<br />

(2.1% AS+MQ vs 1.7% AL6)<br />

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

up in studies of AL6 and 63 days with<br />

AS+MQ. Day 28 outcomes may overestimate<br />

the efficacy of AL6 and AS+MQ.<br />

Free of other bias? Yes No other sources of bias identified<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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