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Table 2 Efficacy and parasite clearance time of the three treatment groups

From: Randomized trials of artemisinin-piperaquine, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine phosphate and artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of multi-drug resistant falciparum malaria in Cambodia-Thailand border area

Therapeutic response

AP

(n = 110)

DHP

(n = 55)

AL

(n = 55)

Excluded(%)

0

0

0

Lost of follow-up (%)

0

0

0

Early Treatment Failure(%)

0

0

0

Late Clinical Failure(%, 95%CI)

13(11.8, 5.79~17.85%)

1(1.8, -1.71~5.34%)

13(23.6,12.41~34.86%)

ACPR (%, 95% CI)

on D14

on D21

on D28

109 (99.1, 97.31~100.86%)

105(95.5, 91.56%~99.35%)

97(88.2, 82.15%~94.21%)

55(100, 93.6%~100%)

55(100, 93.6%~100%)

54(98.2, 94.65~101.71%)

54(98.2, 94.65~101.71%)

48(87.3, 78.46%~96.08%)

42(76.4, 65.14%~87.59%)

ACPR by Intention-to-treat analysis on D28 (%)

97/110

(88.2)

54/55

(98.2)

42/55

(76.4)

ACPR adjusted by PCR on D28

(%)

97/102*â–²

(95.1)

54/55

(98.2)

42/51

(82.4)

Parasite clearance time, mean ± SD hours

66.7 ± 21.9*Δ

65.6 ± 27.3Δ

65.3 ± 22.5

Fever clearance time, mean ± SD hours

31.6 ± 17.7*Δ

34.6 ± 21.8

36.9 ± 15.4

  1. Note: *P > 0.05, compared with DHP;▲P < 0.05, compared with AL;ΔP > 0.05, compared with AL.