Study | Country Study period |
Population source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Sample size | Rmk |
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Battino (Barbexaclone) (Epilepsy), 2024 |
Worldwide (47 countries) 1999 - 2022 |
Pregnant women with epilepsy exposed to antiseizure medications at the time of conception and enrolled within the 16th week of gestation, where fetal outcome had not yet been determined. | Pregnant women with epilepsy exposed to Barbexaclone monotherapy at the time of conception. |
exposed to other treatment, sick
Pregnant women with epilepsy exposed to lamotrigine monotherapy at the time of conception. |
23 / 3584 | Overlapping/Update: Malfo as a whole: Battino 2024 (1999-2022) updates and totally includes Tomson 2018 (1999-2016), Tomson 2011 and Jimenez 2020 (1 center in Spain 2000-2018) => Use of Battino 2024 for the 8 (plus 16 in eSupp) monotherapies studied. |
Canger (Barbesaclone), 1999 |
Italy 1977 - 1996 |
517 women with epilepsy reffered to the study mainly from the Milan metropolitan and suburban areas or other Italian regions. They were followed up during the preconceptional period and/or from the beginning of pregnancy. | Infants of epileptic mothers exposed to barbesaclone monotherapy during the first trimester. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed, sick
Infants of epileptic mothers unexposed to antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy. |
1 / 25 | Most women gave birth at the San Paolo Hospital. Only the first pregnancies of each of the 517 women were included in the analysis. |
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1 study, not fulfilled eligibility criteria, were excluded. See excluded tab for the list of these studies and reason of exclusion.