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Trial reportActa parasitologica2019

Persistence of High In Vivo Efficacy and Safety of Artesunate-Amodiaquine and Artemether-Lumefantrine as the First- and Second-Line Treatments for Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria 10 Years After Their Implementation in Gabon.

Jacques M Ndong Ngomo, Guy J Ondzagha Megnie, Bridy Moutombi Ditombi, Jeanne V Koumba Lengongo, Noé P M'Bondoukwé, Christelle L Offouga, Denise P Mawili-Mboumba, Jean B Lekana-Douki, Pascal Ringwald, Thierry Fandeur and 1 more

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Trial report in Acta parasitologica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jacques M Ndong NgomoDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University des Sciences de la Santé, BP 4009, Libreville, Gabon. wendongj@outlook.fr.
Guy J Ondzagha MegnieUnité de Parasitologie Médicale (UPARAM) CIRMF, Franceville, Gabon.
Bridy Moutombi DitombiDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University des Sciences de la Santé, BP 4009, Libreville, Gabon.
Jeanne V Koumba LengongoDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University des Sciences de la Santé, BP 4009, Libreville, Gabon.
Noé P M'BondoukwéDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University des Sciences de la Santé, BP 4009, Libreville, Gabon.
Christelle L OffougaDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University des Sciences de la Santé, BP 4009, Libreville, Gabon.
Denise P Mawili-MboumbaDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University des Sciences de la Santé, BP 4009, Libreville, Gabon.
Jean B Lekana-DoukiDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University des Sciences de la Santé, BP 4009, Libreville, Gabon.
Pascal RingwaldGlobal Malaria Program, World Health Organization, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Thierry FandeurGlobal Malaria Program, World Health Organization, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Marielle K Bouyou-AkotetDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University des Sciences de la Santé, BP 4009, Libreville, Gabon.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeArtesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ) and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) have been widely used for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria since 2005 in Gabon. Since 2011, a rebound of malaria morbidity has been observed in this country, while no survey evaluating ACT efficacy was performed. During the same period, parasite resistance against artemisinin has been reported in Asia. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and tolerability of these two drugs in two sentinel sites of Gabon 10 years after their implementation.

methodsChildren aged from 12 to 144 months with uncomplicated malaria were recruited at the Regional Hospital of Melen, Libreville and in the Urban Health Center of Franceville between March 2014 and September 2015. The therapeutic efficacy was evaluated according to the WHO 2008 protocol of 28-day follow-up and PCR-uncorrected/corrected treatment outcomes were assessed.

resultsOne hundred and eighty-five children (98 ASAQ and 89 AL) were followed up until day 28. The PCR-corrected ACPR was 98.9% for AS-AQ and 96.4% for AL. Late therapeutic failure rate was 3.6% and 1.1% for AL and AS-AQ, respectively (p = 0.2). Adverse events and serious adverse events were rarely observed with both treatments.

conclusionAS-AQ and AL are still efficacious and well-tolerated for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Gabonese children.

Indexed as

AmodiaquineArtemether, Lumefantrine Drug CombinationArtemisininsChildChild, PreschoolDrug CombinationsGabonHumansInfantMalaria, FalciparumProspective StudiesSentinel SurveillanceTreatment OutcomeAmodiaquineamodiaquine, artesunate drug combinationArtemether, Lumefantrine Drug CombinationArtemisininsDrug CombinationsACTGabonPlasmodium falciparumSafetyTherapeutic efficacy

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PMCPMC6908552

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