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Table 5 Median of pharmacokinetic parameters for mefloquine, chloroquine and lumefantrine in patients with homologous parasites by treatment outcome

From: Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of chloroquine and artemisinin-based combination therapy with primaquine

 

Mefloquine

Chloroquine

Lumefantrine

Cure

Relapse

p-value

Cure

Relapse

p-value

Cure

Relapse

p-value

N of patients

53

6

52

7

52

7

AUC(0–63 day) (µg/mL h)

 Per outcome

338.6

302.0

0.67

105.9

95.8

1.0

7.3

3.73

0.96

 Overall

338.6 [256.0–408.0]

103.8 [83.0–126.3]

6.7 [2.7–12.0]

Half-life (days)

 Per outcome

17.7

25.6

0.58

18.5

19.3

0.42

NA

NA

 Overall

17.8 [15.0–24.8]

18.7 [15.4–27.8]

NA

 

  1. Overall values are median with 25–75 percentiles in square brackets and N = 59
  2. NA non-applicable