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Table 2 Treatment outcome on day 28, according to treatment arm at four sites in Mozambique, 2018

From: In vivo efficacy and safety of artemether–lumefantrine and amodiaquine–artesunate for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mozambique, 2018

Artemether–lumefantrine

Study site

Massinga (N = 95)

Moatize (N = 92)

Montepuez (N = 90)

Mopeia (N = 91)

Total (N = 368)

ACPR (uncorrected) n

62

79

80

64

285

ETF

0

0

0

0

0

LCF

8

0

0

15

23

LPF

15

2

3

5

25

New infections (with PCR)

20

2

3

17

42

Recrudescences (with PCR)

3

0

0

3

6

Undetermined (with PCR)

0

0

0

0

0

No treatment outcome (lost to follow-up or withdrawn)

10

11

7

7

35

PP day 28 efficacy (PCR-uncorrected) n/N (%) [95%CI]

62/85 (72.9) [62.2–82.0]

79/81 (97.5) [91.4–99.7]

80/83 (96.4) [89.8–99.2]

64/84 (76.2) [65.6–84.8]

285/333 (85.6) [81.3–89.2]

PP day 28 efficacy (PCR-corrected) n/N (%) [95%CI]

62/65 (95.4) [87.1–99]

79/79 (100) [95.4–100]

80/80 (100) [95.5–100]

64/67 (95.5) [87.5–99.1]

285/291 (97.9) [95.6–99.2]

Artesunate–amodiaquine

Massinga (N = 92)

Moatize (N = 0)

Montepuez (N = 90)

Mopeia (N = 91)

Total (N = 273)

ACPR (uncorrected) n

85

NA

89

82

256

ETF

0

NA

0

0

0

LCF

0

NA

0

2

2

LPF

1

NA

0

0

1

New infections (with PCR)

0

NA

0

1

1

Recrudescences (with PCR)

0

NA

0

1

1

Undetermined (with PCR)

1

NA

0

0

1

No treatment outcome (loss to follow-up or withdrawn)

6

NA

1

7

14

PP day 28 efficacy (PCR-uncorrected) n/N (%) [95%CI]

85/86 (98.8) [93.7–100]

NA

89/89 (100) [95.9–100]

82/84 (97.6) [91.7–99.7]

256/259 (98.8) [96.7–99.8]

PP day 28 efficacy (PCR-corrected) n/N (%) [95%CI]

85/85 (100) [95.8–100]

NA

89/89 (100) [95.9–100]

82/83 (98.8) [93.5–100]

256/257 (99.6) [97.9–100]

  1. ACPR adequate clinical and parasitological response, ETF early treatment failure, LCF late clinical failure, LPF late parasitological failure, PP per protocol, PCR polymerase chain reaction, NA not applicable