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Table 1 Risk (%) of adverse events associated with study treatment within the first 14 days of treatment, including events of any severity grade

From: Safety and tolerability of combination antimalarial therapies for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Ugandan children

 

AQ+SP (n = 396)

AS+AQ (n = 362)

AL (n = 362)

Signs and symptoms

   

Coryza

115 (29.0%)

125 (34.5%)

118 (32.6%)

Cough

119 (30.1%)

108 (29.8%)

117 (32.3%)

Anorexia*

115 (29.0%)

89 (24.6%)

67 (18.5%)

Weakness†

93 (23.5%)

58 (16.0%)

47 (13.0%)

Abdominal pain

77 (19.4%)

56 (15.5%)

63 (17.4%)

Vomiting

64 (16.2%)

49 (13.5%)

41 (11.3%)

Subjective fever‡

59 (14.9%)

31 (8.6%)

33 (9.1%)

Headache

45 (11.3%)

38 (10.5%)

50 (13.8%)

Rash

38 (9.6%)

43 (11.9%)

46 (12.7%)

Generalized pruritus

34 (8.6%)

39 (10.8%)

30 (8.3%)

Diarrhoea

34 (8.6%)

29 (8.0%)

31 (8.6%)

Elevated temperatureγ

20 (5.1%)

14 (3.9%)

31 (8.6%)

Nausea

12 (3.0%)

14 (3.9%)

13 (3.6%)

Hepatosplenomegaly

6 (1.5%)

9 (2.5%)

4 (1.1%)

Laboratory abnormalities**

   

Neutropaenia

27/381 (7.1%)

18/345 (5.2%)

13/343 (3.8%)

Anaemia

9/393 (2.3%)

20/356 (5.6%)

11/357 (3.1%)

Elevated ALT

2/392 (0.5%)

1/358 (0.3%)

2/357 (0.6%)

Thrombocytopaenia

1/389 (0.3%)

0/350

0/351

Serious adverse events

7 (1.8%)

4 (1.1%)

4 (1.1%)

  1. * Anorexia: AQ+SP vs. AL, p = 0.001
  2. † Weakness: AQ+SP vs. AS+AQ, p = 0.015; AQ+SP vs. AL, p < 0.001
  3. ‡ Subjective Fever: AQ+SP vs. AS+AQ, p = 0.010; AQ+SP vs AL, p = 0.017
  4. γ Elevated Temperature: AL vs. AS+AQ, p = 0.013
  5. ** Laboratory data not available on all participants