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| Title: | Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-centre analysis |
| Authors: | Zwang, Julien
Olliaro, Piero
Barennes, Hubert
Bukirwa, Hasifa
Karema, Corine
Bonnet, Maryline
Yeka, Adoke
Brasseur, Philippe
Cohuet, Sandra
D'Alessandro, Umberto
Djimdé, Abdulaye
Guthmann, Jean-Paul
Hamour, Sally
Ndiaye, Jean-Louis
Mårtensson, Andreas
Rwagacondo, Claude
Sagara, Issaka
Same-Ekobo, Albert
Sirima, Sodiomon B.
van den Broek, Ingrid
Taylor, Walter R.J.
Dorsey, Grant
Randrianarivelojosia, Milijaona |
| Keywords: | Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT)
Malaria.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Artemether and lumefantrine (AL)
Artesunate and amodiaquine (AS&AQ)
Efficacy of ACT
Antimalarial therapy |
| Issue Date: | 23-Aug-2009 |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| Citation: | Zwang, J., Olliaro, P., Barennes, H., Bukirwa, H., Karema, C., Bonnet, M., Yeka, A., Brasseur, P., Cohuet, S., D'Alessandro, A., Djimdé, A., Guthmann, J.P., Hamour, S., Ndiaye, J.L., Mårtensson, A., Rwagacondo, C., Sagara, I., Same-Ekobo, A., Sirima, S.B., van den Broek, I., Taylor, W.R.J., Dorsey, G., Randrianarivelojosia, M. (2009). Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-centre analysis. Malaria Journal, 8(203) |
| Abstract: | Background: Artesunate and amodiaquine (AS&AQ) is at present the world's second most widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). It was necessary to evaluate the efficacy of ACT, recently adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and deployed over 80 countries, in order to make an evidence-based drug policy.
Methods: An individual patient data (IPD) analysis was conducted on efficacy outcomes in 26 clinical studies in sub-Saharan Africa using the WHO protocol with similar primary and secondary endpoints.
Results: A total of 11,700 patients (75% under 5 years old), from 33 different sites in 16 countries were followed for 28 days. Loss to follow-up was 4.9% (575/11,700). AS&AQ was given to 5,897 patients. Of these, 82% (4,826/5,897) were included in randomized comparative trials with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) genotyping results and compared to 5,413 patients (half receiving an ACT). AS&AQ and other ACT comparators resulted in rapid clearance of fever and parasitaemia, superior to non-ACT. Using survival analysis on a modified intent-to-treat population, the Day 28 PCR-adjusted efficacy of AS&AQ was greater than 90% (the WHO cut-off) in 11/16 countries. In randomized comparative trials (n = 22), the crude efficacy of AS&AQ was 75.9% (95% CI 74.6–77.1) and the PCR-adjusted efficacy was 93.9% (95% CI 93.2–94.5). The risk (weighted by site) of failure PCR-adjusted of AS&AQ was significantly inferior to non-ACT, superior to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP, in one Ugandan site), and not different from AS+SP or AL (artemether-lumefantrine). The risk of gametocyte appearance and the carriage rate of AS&AQ was only greater in one Ugandan site compared to AL and DP, and lower compared to non-ACT (p = 0.001, for all comparisons). Anaemia recovery was not different than comparator groups, except in one site in Rwanda where the patients in the DP group had a slower recovery.
Conclusion: AS&AQ compares well to other treatments and meets the WHO efficacy criteria for use against falciparum malaria in many, but not all, the sub-Saharan African countries where it was studied. Efficacy varies between and within countries. An IPD analysis can inform general and local treatment policies. Ongoing monitoring evaluation is required. |
| URI: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/203
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1677 |
| ISSN: | 1475-2875 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Health-Sciences)
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