Table 1

Treatment outcome of AL and AS/AQ at D28.

Study site
Drug used
Enrolled
Parasitaemic patients on D0 N (%)
Patients seen at D28 N (%)
Crude parasitological failure (%)
Geometric mean parasite density D28 (p/μl)
PCR adjusted failure rate*
PCR adjusted cure rate

Badeku & Ojoku/Ajia Nigeria

AL

432

306 (70.8%)
C.I. 67%–75%

184 (60.1%)

77/184 (41.8%)
C.I. 35%–49%

2835

14/154 (9.1%)

90.9%
C.I.
86%–95%
Ejisu-Juaben, Ghana

AS/AQ

848

603 (71.1%)
C.I. 68%–74%

205 (34%)

57/205 (27.8%)
C.I. 22%–34%

15080

17/197 (8.6%)

91.4%
C.I.
87%–95%
Bugiri, Uganda

AL

460

280 (60.9%)
C.I. 56%–65%

217 (77.5%)

8/217 (3.7%)
C.I. 1.2%–6.2%

N/A

6/216 (2.8%)

97.2%
C.I.
95%–99%

*= Samples that could not be classified by PCR were excluded from the analysis

AL = artemether-lumefantrine

AS/AQ = artesunate-amodiaquine

Ajayi et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:190   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-190