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Table 2 Treatment response.

From: A randomized trial of artemether-lumefantrine versus mefloquine-artesunate for the treatment of uncomplicated multi-drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum on the western border of Thailand

Treatment group

ALN* (n = 245)

MAS3** (n = 245)

Compliance, no. (%)

  

Completed day 7

241 (99.6%)

240 (99.2%)

Completed day 28

232 (95.9%)

233 (96.3%)

Completed day 42

225 (93.0%)

227 (93.4%)

Cumulative proportion of patients with clinical failure, no (%)

  

Day 7

0 (0)

0 (0)

Day 28

13 (5.6)

14 (6.0)

Day 42

27 (12.0)

24 (10.6)

PCR, no.

  

Novel

23

14

Recrudescent

2

8

Novel + recrudescent

1

1

Indeterminate/missing

1

1

PCR-adjusted cure rates, no. (%)

  

Day 7

0 (100)

0 (100)

Day 28

2 (99.1)

9(96.1)

Day 42

3 (98.8)

9 (96.3)

  1. * ALN = artemether-lumefantrine, ** MAS3 = artesunate-mefloquine