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Table 2 Risk (%) of adverse events (of moderate or greater severity) associated with study treatment within the first 14 days of treatment

From: Safety and tolerability of combination antimalarial therapies for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Ugandan children

 

AQ+SP (n = 396)

AS+AQ (n = 362)

AL (n = 362)

Signs and symptoms

   

Coryza

18 (4.6%)

29 (8.0%)

21 (5.8%)

Cough

30 (7.6%)

45 (12.4%)

37 (10.2%)

Anorexia*

39 (9.9%)

24 (6.6%)

15 (4.1%)

Weakness†

37 (9.3%)

20 (5.5%)

9 (2.5%)

Abdominal pain

11 (2.8%)

8 (2.2%)

6 (1.7%)

Vomiting

15 (3.8%)

5 (1.4%)

7 (1.9%)

Subjective fever‡

59 (14.9%)

31 (8.6%)

33 (9.1%)

Headache

2 (0.5%)

5 (1.38%)

4 (1.1%)

Rash

15 (3.8%)

10 (2.8%)

11 (3.0%)

Generalized pruritus

21 (5.3%)

19 (5.3%)

16 (4.4%)

Diarrhoea

0

4 (1.1%)

5 (1.4%)

Elevated temperatureγ

14 (3.5%)

8 (2.2%)

23 (6.4%)

Nausea

4 (1.0%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.3%)

Hepatosplenomegaly

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.3%)

Laboratory abnormalities**

   

Neutropaenia

1/381(0.3%)

2/345 (0.6%)

0/343

Anaemia

4/393 (1.0%)

5/356 (1.4%)

1/357 (0.3%)

Elevated ALT

0/392

0/358

1/357 (0.3%)

Thrombocytopaenia

1/389 (0.3%)

0/350

0/351

  1. * Anorexia: AQ+SP vs. AL, p = 0.004
  2. † Weakness: AQ+SP vs. AL, p < 0.001
  3. ‡ Subjective Fever: AQ+SP vs. AS+AQ, p = 0.010; AQ+SP vs AL, p = 0.017
  4. γ Elevated Temperature: AL vs. AS+AQ, p = 0.007
  5. ** Laboratory data not available on all participants