Table 4: Parasite and temperature clearance.
Treatment Outcome |
AL (N total = 72) |
ASMF (N total = 72) |
DHAP (N total = 72) |
Fever clearance Time (hours) |
12.57 h ± 3.50 |
11.25 h ± 5.11 |
11.02 h ± 2.33 |
Parasite Clearance time (hours) SD (CI95%) |
34.3 ± 18.4 (3.2-8.1; P = 0.0001) |
39.7 ± 21.4 (7.3-14.7; P = 0.0001) |
28.7 ± 9.64 (3.2-8.1; P = 0.0001) |
Positive blood film at D1 (N (%)) |
18 (25) |
21 (29.2) |
14 (19.4) |
Positive blood film at D2 (N (%)) |
11 (15.3) |
13 (18.0) |
11 (15.3) |
Positive blood film at D3 (N (%)) |
2 (2.8) |
1 (1.4) |
0 |
Withdrawal/loss to follow-up (D1-D7) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Withdrawal/loss to follow-up (D7-14) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
LTF (D7-14) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Analysed at D14 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
aAdequate clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) Day 14 (N,%) |
70 (100) |
72 (100 ) |
72 (100 ) |
Analysed at D28 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
Withdrawal/loss to follow up |
1 |
2 |
2 |
LTF (D15-28) |
2 |
4 |
1 |
Late parasitological failure (LPF) (N/total, %) |
7 |
3 |
4 |
aAdequate clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) Day 28 (N, %) |
60 (86.9) (IC95%; 85.3-88.5%) |
63 (90.0) (IC95%; 88.8-91.2%) |
65 (92.9) (IC95%; 92.1-93.7%) |
Analysed at D42 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
Withdrawal/loss to follow-up |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Late treatment failure on day 42 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
Late parasitological failure (LPF) (N/total, %) |
9 |
11 |
5 |
aAdequate clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) Day 42 (N/total, %) |
56 (81.1) (IC95% 78.8-83.4%) |
57 (83.8) (IC95%; 81.8-85.8%) |
63 (91.3) (IC95%; 90.3-92.3%) |
Note: aPCR uncorrected.