Cochrane · systematic review · CD011547

Artemisinin‐naphthoquine for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Isba, R, Zani, B, Gathu, M, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library

Infectious DiseasesAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 75%Low 1 · 25%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Artemisinin‐naphthoquine versus AL for treating uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria

Population: Adults and children with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Treatment failure at day 28
Artemisinin‐naphthoquine vs AL
RR 1.02 [0.24, 4.37]3 studies · 487 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness
Treatment failure at day 42
Artemisinin‐naphthoquine vs AL
RR 0.09 [0, 1.59]1 study · 186 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness

Artemisinin‐naphthoquine versus DHA‐P for treating uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria

Population: Adults and children with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Treatment failure at day 28
Artemisinin‐naphthoquine vs DHA‐P
no estimate extracted1 study · 143 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Treatment failure at day 42
Artemisinin‐naphthoquine vs DHA‐P
RR 0.91 [0.13, 6.26]1 study · 143 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness