Outcome | Pyronaridine-artesunate | Artemether-lumefantrine | Difference (95% CI); |
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P valuea | |||
Day-28 PCR-corrected ACPR,b n/N | 329/339 | 165/167 | |
% (95% CI) | 97.1 (94.6–98.6) | 98.8 (95.7–99.9) | –1.8 (–4.3 to 1.6); P = .22 |
P value (exact binomial test)c | <.0001 | NC | |
Total failures | 10 (2.9) | 2 (1.2) | |
Early treatment failure | 2 (0.6) | 0 | |
Late clinical failure | 2 (0.6) | 0 | |
Late parasitological failure | 6 (1.8) | 2 (1.2) | |
Day-28 crude ACPR, n/N | 305/341 | 149/172 | |
% (95% CI) | 89.4 (85.7–92.5) | 86.6 (80.6–91.3) | 2.8 (–2.9 to 9.4); P = .35 |
Total failures | 36 (10.6) | 23 (13.4) | |
Early treatment failure | 2 (0.6) | 0 | |
Late clinical failure | 6 (1.8) | 4 (2.3) | |
Late parasitological failure | 28 (8.2) | 19 (11.0) | |
Day-42 PCR-corrected ACPR,b n/N | 257/275 | 133/139 | |
% (95% CI) | 93.5 (89.9–96.1) | 95.7 (90.8–98.4) | –2.2 (–6.5 to 3.1); P = .36 |
Total failures | 18 (6.5) | 6 (4.3) | |
Early treatment failure | 2 (0.7) | 0 | |
Late clinical failure | 2 (0.7) | 0 | |
Late parasitological failure | 14 (5.1) | 6 (4.3) | |
Day-42 crude ACPR, n/N | 249/325 | 130/166 | |
% (95% CI) | 76.6 (71.6–81.1) | 78.3 (71.3–84.3) | –1.7 (–9.1 to 6.4); P = .67 |
Total failures | 76 (23.4) | 36 (21.7) | |
Early treatment failure | 2 (0.6) | 0 | |
Late clinical failure | 14 (4.3) | 5 (3.0) | |
Late parasitological failure | 60 (18.5) | 31 (18.7) |