Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
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Battino (Epilepsy) 2024 |
Worldwide (47 countries) 1999 - 2022 prospective cohort |
The International Registry of Antiepileptic Drugs and Pregnancy (EURAP). | Pregnant women with epilepsy exposed to Eslicarbazepine acetate monotherapy at the time of conception. |
exposed to other treatment, sick
Pregnant women with epilepsy exposed to lamotrigine monotherapy at the time of conception. |
early pregnancy | 7 / 3584 | ||
Reporting physicians collected information on drug therapy after each trimester. | ||||||||
The UKIEPR (Epilepsy) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine) 2024 |
UK and Ireland 1996 - 2023 prospective cohort |
The United Kingdom Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register | Infants of women with epilepsy exposed to Eslicarbazepine acetate in monotherapy during the first trimester. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
exposed to other treatment, sick
Infants of women with epilepsy exposed to lamotrigine in monotherapy during the first trimester. |
1st trimester | 1 / 2098 | Data extracted from the publication Perucca 2024, an update of the Epilepsy-pregnancy registries. Study design based on Morrow 2006 and Campbell 2014. | |
Information was collected at registration and changes of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy were detected during the follow-up duration by sending a standardised questionnaire to the patient's general practitioner. Other health care practitioners were contacted if identified. | ||||||||
The UKIEPR (Epilepsy) (Controls unexposed, sick) 2024 |
UK and Ireland 1996 - 2023 prospective cohort |
The United Kingdom Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register | Infants of women with epilepsy exposed to Eslicarbazepine in monotherapy during the first trimester. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed, sick
Infants of women with epilepsy on no antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy. |
1st trimester | 1 / 541 | Data extracted from the publication Perucca 2024, an update of the Epilepsy-pregnancy registries. Study design based on Morrow 2006 and Campbell 2014. | |
Information was collected at registration and changes of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy were detected during the follow-up duration by sending a standardised questionnaire to the patient's general practitioner. Other health care practitioners were contacted if identified. |
Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Case | Control | Exposition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
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Risk of bias: : NA; : low; : moderate; : serious; : critical; : unclear;