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Table 3 Efficacy evaluation on Day 28 after PCR correction* Per-Protocol Analysis

From: Efficacy and safety of a fixed dose artesunate-sulphamethoxypyrazine-pyrimethamine compared to artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria across Africa: a randomized multi-centre trial

Efficacy evaluation

AS-SMP

3 days

(N = 435)

AS-SMP

24 hours

(N = 418)

AL

3 days

(N = 392)

ETF – n (%)

0

0

1(0.3%)

LCF – n (%, 95%CI)

3 (0.7%,0.1–2.0)

2 (0.5%,0.1–1.7)

0

LPF – n (%)

0

0

0

ACPR – n (%, 95%CI)

432 (99.3%,98.0–99.9)

416 (99.5%,98.3–99.9)

391 (99.7%,98.6–100.0)

Reinfection rate – (%, 95%CI)

12 (2.8%,1.4–4.8)

13 (3.1%,1.7–5.3)

14 (3.6%,2.0–5.9)

  1. *Subjects for which filters paper were not analyzed or were undetermined result by PCR or protocol violation cases were excluded