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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The NAAED (Indications NOS) (Controls exposed to LTG) 2024 |
North America and Canada 1997 - 2023 prospective cohort |
The North American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Register | Infants of pregnant women who used Cenobamate as 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 pregnant women who used lamotrigine as monotherapy, during the first trimester. |
1st trimester | 2 / 2461 | Data extracted from the publication Perucca 2024, an update of the Epilepsy-pregnancy registries. | |
Women are interviewed at enrollment, at 7 months’ gestation and at 8 –12 weeks after the expected date of delivery. The computer-assisted interviews include questions on start and stop dates of each antiepileptic drugs taken, dose, frequency and changes in medication. | ||||||||
The NAAED (Indications NOS) (Controls unexposed, disease free) 2024 |
North America and Canada 1997 - 2023 prospective cohort |
The North American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Register | Infants of pregnant women who used Cenobamate as monotherapy, during the first trimester. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed, disease free
Infants of pregnant women, not taking an antiepileptic drug and without epilepsy, who were recruited from among the friends and family members of the enrolled women taking an antiepileptic drug. |
1st trimester | 2 / 1311 | Data extracted from the publication Perucca 2024 (for exposed pregnancies) and the North American AED pregnancy registry website (for controls). | |
Women are interviewed at enrollment, at 7 months’ gestation and at 8 –12 weeks after the expected date of delivery. The computer-assisted interviews include questions on start and stop dates of each antiepileptic drugs taken, dose, frequency and changes in medication. |
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;