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Table 4 Treatment outcome stratified by country

From: Multicentre study evaluating the non-inferiority of the new paediatric formulation of artesunate/amodiaquine versus artemether/lumefantrine for the management of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Senegal

Treatment outcome stratified by country

Artesunate/Amodiaquine

Artemether/Lumefantrine

p value

Senegal (160 patients)

80

80

 

ITT analysis

   

Early treatment failure

00

00

--

Crude Parasitological failure at day 28

01/88 (1.1%)

01/72 (1.4%)

1

PCR adjusted failure rate at day 28

01/88 (1.1%)

01/72 (1.4%)

1

PCR adjusted ACPR at day 28

85/88 (96.6%)

67/72 (93.1%)

0.55

% difference

0.3 [-3.3;3.9]

 

PP analysis

   

Early treatment failure

00

00

--

Crude Parasitological failure at day 28

01/86 (1.2%)

01/68 (1.5%)

1

PCR adjusted failure rate at day 28

01/86 (1.2%)

01/68 (1.5%)

1

PCR adjusted ACPR at day 28

85/86 (98.8%)

67/68 (98.5%)

0.87

% difference

0.3 [-3.3;3.9]

 

Ivory Coast (160 patients)

80

80

 

ITT analysis

   

Early treatment failure

00

00

--

Crude Parasitological failure at day 28

02/80 (2.5%)

04/80 (2.5%)

0.68

PCR adjusted failure rate at day 28

01/80 (1.3%)

02/80 (2.5%)

1

PCR adjusted ACPR at day 28

79/80 (98.8%)

77/80 (96.3%)

0.36

% difference

2.5 [-0.9;5.9]

 

PP analysis

   

Early treatment failure

00

00

 

Crude Parasitological failure at day 28

02/79 (2.5%)

04/79 (5.1%)

0.68

PCR adjusted failure rate at day 28

01/79 (1.2%)

02/79 (2.5%)

1

PCR adjusted ACPR at day 28

79/79 (100%)

77/79 (97.5%)

0.16

% difference

2.5 [0.9;5.6]

 

Cameroun (161 patients)

81

80

 

ITT analysis

   

Early treatment failure

00

00

 

Crude Parasitological failure at day 28

02/81 (2.5%)

04/80 (5%)

0.66

PCR adjusted failure rate at day 28

02/81 (2.5%)

04/80 (5%)

0.66

PCR adjusted ACPR at day 28

79/81 (97.5%)

76/80 (95%)

0.40

% difference, 95%CI

2.5% [-3.3;8.4]

 

PP analysis

   

Early treatment failure

00

00

--

Crude Parasitological failure at day 28

02/81 (2.5%)

04/80 (5%)

0.66

PCR adjusted failure rate at day 28

02/81 (2.5%)

04/80 (5%)

0.66

PCR adjusted ACPR at day 28

79/81 (97.5%)

76/80 (95%)

0.40

% difference

2.5% [-3.3;8.4]