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Swarthout 2004 ZAR (Continued)<br />

Notes Country: Democratic Republic of Congo<br />

Setting: Small town health centre<br />

Transmission: Highly endemic and seasonal with peaks in the rainy seasons; March to<br />

May and September to November<br />

Resistance: CQ and SP resistance<br />

Dates:April 2004 to May 2004<br />

Funding: Médecins sans Frontières (Holland) and ECHO<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Item Authors’ judgement Description<br />

Adequate sequence generation? Yes ’Randomization in blocks of 12 was per<strong>for</strong>med<br />

by computer be<strong>for</strong>e the study<br />

started’<br />

Allocation concealment? Unclear ’A sealed envelope containing the treatment<br />

allocation...was opened only after in<strong>for</strong>med<br />

consent had been obtained’<br />

Blinding?<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data addressed?<br />

All outcomes<br />

No ’Neither patients nor clinicians were<br />

blinded to the treatment given, microscopists<br />

unaware of treatment allocation<br />

read all slides’<br />

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

(7.8% AS+AQ vs 10% AS+SP)<br />

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

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

Tangpukdee 2005 THA<br />

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

Follow up: <strong>The</strong> patients were admitted to hospital <strong>for</strong> 28 days. Clinical evaluation and<br />

parasite counts were per<strong>for</strong>med 12-hourly until parasites cleared then daily <strong>for</strong> 28 days.<br />

Adverse event monitoring: Assessed daily using non-suggestive questioning. Side effects<br />

were defined as signs and symptoms which occurred or became more severe after treatment<br />

started. Routine haematology, biochemistry, and urinalysis were conducted and<br />

baseline and weekly during follow up.<br />

Participants Number: 180 randomized<br />

Inclusion criteria: Age >14 years, weight > 40 kg, P. falciparum on blood smear, ability<br />

to take oral medicines, agree to stay in hospital <strong>for</strong> 28 days, in<strong>for</strong>med consent<br />

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy or lactation, severe malaria, severe vomiting, concomitant<br />

systemic diseases, other antimalarials in the previous 14 days or the presence of<br />

sulphonamides or 4-aminoquinolones in the urine<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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