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Table 5 Neutropaenia day 0 severity grade compared to maximum severity grade at follow up, safety population

From: Tolerability and safety of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine fixed dose combinations for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: two open-label, randomized trials in Nimba County, Liberia

Study-T

 

ASAQ

AL

(>5 years)

 

N = 482*

N = 490*

Neutropenia grade at day 0

Maximum Neutropenia grade after day 0

Patients N (%)

0

0

332 (68.9)

325 (66.3)

1

0

33 (6.8)

25 (5.1)

2

0

2 (0.4)

2 (0.4)

missing

0

3 (0.6)

3 (0.6)

0

1

59 (12.2)

73 (14.9)

1

1

28 (5.8)

31 (6.3)

2

1

3 (0.6)

7 (1.4)

3

1

0 (0.0)

2 (0.4)

missing

1

4 (0.8)

3 (0.6)

0

2

6 (1.2)

7 (1.4)

1

2

6 (1.2)

5 (1.0)

2

2

6 (1.2)

2 (0.4)

3

2

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

1

3

2 (0.4)

1 (0.2)

3

3

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

Any worsening after baseline

73 (15.1)

86 (17.6)

Study-E

 

ASAQ

AL

(6-59 months)

 

N = 142*

N = 143*

Neutropenia grade at day 0

Maximum Neutropenia grade after day 0

Patients N (%)

0

0

121 (85.2)

125 (87.4)

1

0

3 (2.1)

3 (2.1)

missing

0

9 (6.3)

7 (4.9)

0

1

6 (4.2)

6 (4.2)

1

1

3 (2.1)

2 (1.4)

Any worsening after baseline

6 (4.2)

6 (4.2)

  1. * Shift tables were created for all patients with at least one neutrophil count available after day 0.