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Table 4 Kaplan–Meier survival estimates for in vivo effectiveness of AS-AQ versus AL (PP without and with PCR correction)

From: Effectiveness and safety of artesunate–amodiaquine versus artemether–lumefantrine for home-based treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children 6–120 months in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a randomized trial

Effectiveness evaluation

AS-AQ (95% CI)

AL (95% CI)

P-value*

 

n = 114

n = 128

 

PP without PCR correction

 ACPR day 28

94

107

0.363

 Censored (Persistent vomiting of study drug, LTFU, WT and PV)

16

13

 Treatment failures

4

8

 Cumulative incidence of success, day 28

96.5% (93.2–99.8)

93.8% (89.1–98.5)

PP with PCR correction

  

0.605

 ACPR day 28

94

107

 Censored (Persistent vomiting of study drug, LTFU, WT,PV and re-infections)

17

16

 Treatment failure (recrudescence)

3

5

 Cumulative success rate, day 28

97.4% (94.1–100.0)

96.1% (92.4–99.8)

  1. PP Per protocol, AS-AQ Artesunate-amodiaquine, AL Artemether-lumefantrine, LTFU Lost to follow-up, WT  Withdrawn, PV Protocol violation, n Number of participants enrolled on day 0 or followed-up until day 28, CI Confidence interval, *Determined using the Log rank (Mantel-Cox) chi-square test