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Table 2 Parasitological and clinical outcomes among patients treated for uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria with either artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) or artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in 2012–2013 on three sites in Togo

From: Therapeutic efficacy trial of artemisinin-based combination therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria and investigation of mutations in k13 propeller domain in Togo, 2012–2013

Drug

Site

n

Non-PCR-corrected

PCR-corrected

Excl/loss

ACPR, n (%)

LCF

LPF

TF (%)

(95 % CI)

Excl/loss

ACPR, n (%)

LCF

LPF

TF (%)

(95 % CI)

Kaplan–Meier

AE (%)

ASAQ

Lomé

93

0

91 (97.8)

0

2

2 (2.2)

(0.3–7.6)

2

91 (100)

0

0

0 (0.0)

(0.0–4.0)

0.0 (0.00–0.00)

1 (1.0)

ASAQ

Sokodé

86

3

81 (97.6)

1

1

2 (2.4)

(0.3–8.4)

5

81 (100)

0

0

0 (0.0)

(0.0–4.5)

0.0 (0.00–0.00)

2 (2.3)

ASAQ

Niamtougou

83

0

77 (92.8)

0

6

6 (7.2)

(2.7–15.1)

3

77 (96.3)

0

3

3 (3.8)

(0.8–10.6)

0.03 (0.01–0.10)

1 (1.2)

ASAQ

Overall

262

3

249 (96.1)

1

9

10 (3.9)

(1.9–7.0)

10

249 (98.8)

0

3

3 (1.2)

(0.2–3.4)

1.2 (0. 4–3.6)

4 (1.5)

AL

Lomé

90

3

83 (95.4)

1

3

4 (4.6)

(1.3–11.4)

7

83 (100)

0

0

0 (0.0)

(0.0–4.3)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0 (0.0)

AL

Sokodé

88

6

72 (87.8)

3

7

10 (12.2)

(6.0–21.3)

14

72 (97.3)

0

2

2 (2.7)

(0.3–9.4)

0.03 (0.01–0.10)

3 (3.4)

AL

Niamtougou

83

7

65 (85.5)

1

10

11 (14.5)

(7.5–14.5)

16

65 (97.0)

0

2

2 (3.0)

(0.4–10.4)

0.03 (0.01–0.10)

4 (4.8)

AL

Overall

261

16

220 (89.8)

5

20

25 (10.2)

(4.7–6.7)

37

220 (98.2)

0

4

4 (1.8)

(0.5–4.5)

1.7 (0.6–4.4)

7 (2.7)

  1. There were no cases of early treatment failure
  2. ACPR adequate clinical and parasitological response, LCF late clinical failure, LPF late parasitological failure, TF treatment failures (TF = LCF + LPF), AE adverse events