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Trial reportMalaria journal2019

Comparison of malaria treatment outcome of generic and innovator's anti-malarial drugs containing artemether-lumefantrine combination in the management of uncomplicated malaria amongst Tanzanian children.

Manase Kilonzi, Omary Minzi, Ritah Mutagonda, Philip Sasi, Appolinary Kamuhabwa, Eleni Aklillu

Open access · goldAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Malaria journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Manase KilonziDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P. O. BOX 65013, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. manasekilonzi@yahoo.com.
Omary MinziDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P. O. BOX 65013, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Ritah MutagondaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P. O. BOX 65013, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Philip SasiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P. O. BOX 6515, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Appolinary KamuhabwaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P. O. BOX 65013, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Eleni AklilluDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital-Huddinge C1:68, 141 86, Stockholm, Sweden.
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences · TZKarolinska University Hospital · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn 2006, artemether-lumefantrine (ALU), specifically Coartem

methodsThis was an equivalence prospective study that aimed to determine the effectiveness of anti-malarial generic Artefan

resultsOut of 230 recruited participants, 200 met inclusion criteria and were randomized equally to receive Artefan

conclusionThe findings of this study indicate that both Artefan

Indexed as

AntimalarialsArtemether, Lumefantrine Drug CombinationChild, PreschoolDrugs, GenericEquivalence Trials as TopicFemaleHumansInfantMalariaMalaria, FalciparumMaleProspective StudiesTanzaniaTreatment OutcomeAntimalarialsArtemether, Lumefantrine Drug CombinationDrugs, GenericArtefan®Coartem®Effectiveness

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PMID30975147
PMCPMC6460845
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