Table 1 Demographic and parasitological baseline characteristics by treatment arm, mITT population

Sex (male), N (%)

86 (57.7)

89 (59.3)

Age (months), mean (sd)

37.2 (13.7)

37 (13.6)

Weight (kg), mean (sd)

12.8 (2.5)

12.9 (2.6)

Axillary temperature (°C), mean (sd)

37.1 (1.1)

36.9 (0.8)

Haemoglobin (g/dl) ^*, mean(sd)

9.2 (1.6)

9.3 (1.5)

P. falciparum trophozoites/μl, geometric mean, (95% CI)

20020

19152

(15878–25244)

(15386–23839)

P. falciparum trophozoite density/μl, N (%)

  < 2,000

0

0

  2,000 - < 50,000

105 (70.5)

113 (75.3)

  50,000 - < 100,000

21 (14.1)

22 (14.7)

  100,000 - < 150,000

15 (10.1)

8 (5.3)

  150,000 - < 200,000

6 (4.0)

7 (4.7)

  > 200,000

2 (1.3)

0

P. falciparum gametocytes carriage, N (%)

22 (14.8)

22 (14.7)