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. 2018 Apr 17;15(4):e1002553. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002553

Table 4. Comparison of the primary outcome, treatment failure at 1 week, between treatment arms.

Primary outcome definition Arm Difference Upper limit 95% CI p-Value
Conditional, n (percent) Universal, n (percent)
Treatment failure 1 (danger sign, hospital admission, death, malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, or reported fever)
Per-protocol 16 (0.80) 90 (4.61) −3.81% 0.65 0.002
Intention-to-treat 19 (0.89) 94 (4.57) −3.67% 0.57 0.002
Treatment failure 2 (danger sign, hospital admission, death, malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, or reported fever ≥3 days)
Per-protocol 12 (0.60) 25 (1.28) −0.68% 0.43 <0.001
Intention-to-treat 12 (0.56) 29 (1.41) −0.847% 0.18 <0.001
Treatment failure 3 (danger sign, hospital admission, death, malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, or measured fever [≥37.5°C])
Per-protocol 10 (0.50) 14 (0.72) −0.22% 0.42 <0.001
Intention-to-treat 10 (0.47) 17 (0.83) −0.36% 0.27 <0.001
Treatment failure 4 (danger sign, hospital admission, death, malaria, pneumonia, or diarrhoea)
Per-protocol 7 (0.35) 3 (0.15) 0.20% 0.55 <0.001
Intention-to-treat 7 (0.33) 6 (0.29) 0.03% 0.36 <0.001