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Table 7 Day 7 DEAQ and LF blood concentrations by presence or absence of selected AEs, safety population, Study-E

From: Tolerability and safety of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine fixed dose combinations for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: two open-label, randomized trials in Nimba County, Liberia

Study-E

ASAQ

AL

(6–59 months)

N = 149

N = 150

AEs of interest

Patients

DEAQ blood concentration

p-value

Patients

LF blood concentration

p-value

n/N*

[ng/ml] median (IQR)

**

n/N*

[ng/ml] median (IQR)

**

All patients

137/149

423 (314,602)

 

139/150

310 (200,447)

 

Fatigue (pool)

No AE

93/105

396 (302,529)

p = 0.004

122/130

332 (200,447)

p = 0.332

AE

44/44

501 (354,794)

 

17/20

256 (100,344)

 

Vomiting

No AE

122/133

435 (314,602)

p = 0.725

130/140

313 (200,447)

p = 0.428

AE

15/16

366 (277,743)

 

9/10

256 (100,329)

 

Nausea

No AE

137/149

423 (314,602)

na

138/149

310 (200,447)

na

AE

0/0

-

 

1/1

256

 

Anaemia

No AE

105/115

423 (310,554)

p = 0.455

116/127

305 (150,431)

p = 0.030

AE

32/34

443 (332,739)

 

23/23

380 (262,566)

 

Hepatotoxicity

No AE

125/136

416 (311,554)

p = 0.065#

121/132

329 (217,457)

p = 0.049

AE

12/13

569 (354,934)

 

18/18

150 (100,409)

 
  1. AE = adverse event; * n/N = number of blood samples available and quantifiable (n) among total patients with or without AE (N); ** Two-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann–Whitney) test; # When patients with deviations (quantifiable AQ on day 0 or day 7) were excluded from this comparative analysis (n = 6): p = 0.036.