700
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 2011
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2012
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2013
Coartem™ (Artemether-lumefantrine combination)
AL (Coartem™) was administered twice daily for three days (six doses in total) with dosage determined according to body weight: one tablet (20mg artemether and 120mg lumefantrine) for children 5 to \<15kg, two tablets per dose for those 15 to \<25kg, and three tablets per dose for those 25 to \<35kg.
Coarsucam™ (Amodiaquine-artesunate combination)
AQ-AS (Coarsucam™) was administered once daily according to body weight: one 25mg artesunate and 67.5mg amodiaquine tablet in children \<9kg, one 50mg artesunate and 135mg amodiaquine tablet in children 9-17.9kg; and one 100mg artesunate and 270mg amodiaquine tablet in children \>18-35kg.
Hospital Rural de Montepuez, Montepuez
Hospital Rural de Chókwe,, Chokwé
Centro de Saúde de Dondo, Dondo
Hospital Provinvial de Tete, Tete
Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Manhiça
FHI 360
OTHER
Centro de Investigacao em Saude de Manhica
OTHER