[Effect of a large scale community-based distribution of artemether-lumefantrine on its therapeutic efficacy among children living in a rural area of Burkina Faso]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2015 Mar;108(2):120-3. doi: 10.1007/s13149-015-0420-y. Epub 2015 Feb 27.
[Article in French]

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the effect of an integrated community case management of malaria and pneumonia programme (iCCMmp) on the efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine (AL). Thus, we carried out two open label and unique centre clinical trials, before and after the iCCMmp, on the therapeutic efficacy of AL. A total of 210 children aged 6-59 months, were included in the study, 105 before and 105 after the iCCMmp. The adequate clinical and parasitological response was 90.5% and 86.7% respectively before and after the iCCMmp (p value = 0.516). Our findings reported no effect of iCCMmp on the therapeutic efficacy of the AL.

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
  • Artemether
  • Artemisinins / therapeutic use*
  • Burkina Faso / epidemiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Delivery of Health Care* / statistics & numerical data
  • Ethanolamines / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Fluorenes / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lumefantrine
  • Malaria / drug therapy*
  • Malaria / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Population Density
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / statistics & numerical data
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
  • Sample Size
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Artemisinins
  • Ethanolamines
  • Fluorenes
  • Artemether
  • Lumefantrine