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Table 3 Uncorrected and PCR-corrected efficacy estimates, Burkina Faso therapeutic efficacy study, 2017–2018

From: Anti-malarial efficacy and resistance monitoring of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine shows inadequate efficacy in children in Burkina Faso, 2017–2018

 

Niangoloko

Nanoro

Gourcy

AL

DP

DP

AL

DP

DP

AL

DP

DP

28 Days

28 Days

42 Days

28 Days

28 Days

42 Days

28 Days

28 Days

42 Days

Enrolled

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

Reached study outcome (%)

109 (90.8)

113 (94.2)

112 (93.3)

114 (95.0)

113 (94.2)

112 (93.3)

110 (91.7)

113 (94.2)

113 (94.2)

Day 3 parasitaemia (%)

2 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

2 (1.8)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

4 (3.5)

0 (0.0)

Early treatment failure (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

2 (1.8)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

4 (3.5)

4 (3.5)

Late clinical failure (%)

13 (11.9)

2 (1.7)

4 (3.6)

35 (30.7)

2 (1.8)

16 (14.3)

25 (22.7)

2 (1.8)

11 (9.7)

Late parasitological failure (%)

25 (22.9)

1 (0.9)

9 (8.0)

47 (41.2)

6 (5.3)

22 (19.6)

32 (29.1)

3 (2.7)

20 (17.7)

Recrudescence

8

1

3

22

3

9

24

3

14

Reinfection

23

2

7

55

6

24

29

2

17

No PCR result available

7

0

3

5

1

5

4

0

0

ACPR

71

111

99

31

103

72

53

104

78

% ACPR Uncorrected (95% CI)

65.1 (55.4–74.0)

98.2 (93.8–99.8)

88,4 (80.0–93.7)

27.2 (19.3–36.3)

91.2 (84.3–95.7)

64.3% (54.7–73.1)

48.2 (38.6–57.9)

92.0 (85.4–96.3)

69.0 (59.6–77.4)

% ACPR PCR-Corrected (95% CI)

89.9 (81.0–95.5)

99.1 (95.1–100)

97.1 (91.6, 99.4

57.4 (43.2–70.8)

97.2 (92.0–99.4)

86.7 (77.5–93.2

68.8 (57.3–78.9)

93.7 (87.4.-97.4)

81.3 (72.0–88.5)

Kaplan–Meier cumulative Efficacy

 Uncorrected (95% CI)

65.5 (55.8–73.6)

98.2 (93.1–99.6)

88.5 (88.1–93.2)

27.8 (19.9–36.2)

91.2 (84.2–95.1)

64.3 (54.7–72.4)

48.7 (39.1–57.6)

92.0 (85.1–95.7)

69.1 (59.7–76.7)

 PCR-corrected (95% CI)

91.6 (83.9–95.7)

99.1 (93.9–99.9)

97.2 (91.7–99.1)

74.4 (63.5–82.5)

97.3 (92.0–99.1)

88.7 (80.5, 93.6)

75.6 (65.8–83.0)

93.9 (87.6–97.0)

83.6 (75.2–89.3)

  1. AL artemether lumefantrine, DP dihydroartemisinin piperaquine, CI confidence intervals, PCR polymerase chain reaction, ACPR adequate clinical and parasitological response