Table 3

PCR-corrected cure rates on all predefined analysis datasets

Data set

AS/AQ

AS+AQ

Difference (95% CI)

AS+AQ – AS/AQ


PP dataset

92.1% (315/342)

92.1% (313/340)

0.0% (-4.0%, 4.1%)

Modified PP dataset1

95.7% (315/329)

96.0% (313/326)

0.3% (-2.8%, 3.3%)

Full dataset (ITT)2

85.3% (320/375)

85.9% (322/375)

0.5% (-4.5%, 5.6%)


1. The modified PP dataset excluded patients vomiting/spitting out study drug in addition to patients already excluded from the PP dataset

2. Patient withdrawals due to vomiting/spitting out study drug, refusal to take study drug, loss to follow up, patients taking anti-malarial drugs during follow up, etc., were counted as failures for analysis purposes

Sirima et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:48   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-48

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