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Table 2 Primary efficacy endpoints of quinine plus clindamycin and artemether-lumefantrine

From: Efficacy of 3-day low dose quinine plus clindamycin versus artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kenyan children (CLINDAQUINE): an open-label randomized trial

 

Probability of cure

Outcome

Quinine plus clindamycin

Artemether-lumefantrine

Risk difference

(95% CI)

P-value

Per protocol analysis

 PCR-uncorrected ACPR

58/182 (31.9%)

[25.1% to 38.7%]

134/171 (78.4%)

[72.2% to 84.6%]

− 46.5

[-36.1 to -56.9]

 < 0.0001

 PCR-corrected ACPR

80/182 (44.0%)

[36.8% to 51.2%]

166/171 (97.1%)

[94.6% to 99.6%]

− 53.1

[− 43.5 to − 62.7]

 < 0.0001

Intention-to-treat analysis

 PCR-uncorrected ACPR

58/192 (30.2%)

[23.7% to 36.7%]

134/192 (69.8%)

[63.3% to 76.3%]

− 39.6

[− 29.6 to − 49.6]

 < 0.0001

 PCR-corrected ACPR

80/192 (41.7%) [34.7% to 48.7%]

166/192 (86.5%)

[81.7% to 91.3%]

− 44.8

[− 35.2 to − 54.4]

 < 0.0001