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Table 4 Efficacy of first-line anti-malarials in three therapeutic efficacy monitoring sites in Angola, 2017

From: Efficacy and safety of artemether–lumefantrine, artesunate–amodiaquine, and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in three provinces in Angola, 2017

 

Efficacy (95% confidence intervals)

Benguela

Zaire

Lunda Sul

DPb

ASAQa

ALa

ASAQa

ALa

DPb

Uncorrected

 Per-protocol day 28

100 (95–100)

99 (94–100)

92.8 (85–97)

82.2 (72–89)

90.1 (82–95)

100 (95–100)

 Per-protocol day 42

94.6 (87–98)

100 (95–100)

 Kaplan–Meier estimate day 28

100 (100–100)

98.9 (97–100)

92.7 (88–98)

82.1 (75–90)

90.1 (84–96)

100 (100–100)

 Kaplan–Meier estimate day 42

94.6 (90–99)

100 (100–100)

PCR-corrected

 Per-protocol day 28

100 (97–100)

100 (97–100)

95.5 (89–98)

93 (85–97)

96.4 (90–99)

100 (96–100)

 Per-protocol day 42

100 (96–100)

100 (96–100)

 Kaplan–Meier estimate day 28

100

100 (97–100)

95.5 (91–100)

93.3 (88–99)

96.5 (93–100)

100

 Kaplan–Meier estimate day 42

100 (96–100)

100

  1. Per-protocol efficacy defined as proportion adequate clinical and parasitological response, Kaplan–Meier estimate calculated from estimate of survival function
  2. AL artemether–lumefantrine, ASAQ artesunate–amodiaquine, DP dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine
  3. a28-day follow up
  4. b42-day follow up