Table 2.

Temperature persistence and parasite clearance

Characteristics	Treatment outcome		p-value
	Artefan® arm (n = 78)	Coartem® arm (n = 75)
Temperature persistence (temperature ≥ 37.5 °C)
On day 0	66 (84.6%)	61 (81.3%)	0.60
On day 3	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0.54
On day 7	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0.25
On day 14	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0.26
On day 21	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0.51
On day 28	3 (5%)	1 (1.7%)	0.31
Parasite clearance
Smear positive on day 3	0	0
Smear positive on day 7	0	0
Smear positive on day 14	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0.71
Smear positive on day 21	6 (7.7%)	10 (13.3%)	0.42
Smear positive on day 28	6 (7.7%)	6 (8%)	0.97
Mean hemoglobin concentration (SD)
Day 3	8.9 (1.5)	8.8 (1.4)	0.96
Day 7	9.0 (1.4)	9.1 (1.5)	0.73
Day 14	9.8 (1.3)	9.6 (1.3)	0.43
Day 21	10 (1.4)	9.8 (1.4)	0.97
Day 28	10.3 (1.4)	10.4 (1.3)	0.74