Clinical Study

Sustained Effectiveness of a Fixed-Dose Combination of Artesunate and Amodiaquine in 480 Patients with Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Côte d’Ivoire

Table 3

Secondary effectiveness outcome variables in the ITT population.

Period 1Period 2 value
= 288 = 286

ACPR rate at D28 after PCR correction267 (92.7%)259 (90.6%)0.385
Absence of fever at D3271 (95.4%)274 (98.6%)0.046
Parasite clearance at D3284/2841 (100.0%)276/2781 (99.3%)0.484
Mean time to parasite clearance (days)3.0 ± 0.13.0 ± 0.20.031
Gametocyte carriers at D28NoneNone

Information on parasitaemia was missing for 4 patients in Period 1 and for 8 patients in Period 2.