Topiramate (All indications) updated on 04-22-2025

ASD (Autism spectrum disorder): Diagnosis/Risk

R analysis
id Study   Lib. in paper Exposition period    Study type  Control type 
 
Tags OR 95%CI x1/n1 x0/n0 no cases no exposed ROB Ref.
S16170
R69669
Hernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024 Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - At least two visits with codes for ASD - Median follow-up was 2 years 2nd and/or 3rd trimester retrospective cohort (claims database) unexposed, sick Adjustment: Yes 0.75 [0.37;1.52] -/623   102/8,815 - 623
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S17420
R73139
Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to LTG) (Mixed indications), 2024 Autism - ICD-8/9/10 codes - Mean 5-20 years old (according groups) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: Yes Partial overlapping 1.52 [0.86;2.69]
excluded (control group)
13/264   134/5,035 147 264
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S17421
R73145
Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Autism - ICD-8/9/10 codes - Mean 5-20 years old (according groups) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: Yes Partial overlapping 1.26 [0.73;2.18] 13/264   68,788/2,651,210 68,801 264
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S17422
R73151
Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sibling) (Mixed indications), 2024 Autism - ICD-8/9/10 codes - Mean 5-20 years old (according groups) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective sibling excluded Adjustment: Yes Partial overlapping 1.95 [0.64;5.98]
excluded (control group)
-/-   -/- - -
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S17285
R72398
Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to LTG) (Mixed indications), 2024 Autism - ICD10 codes - Median follow up 5.41 (3.59-8.40) years old during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) retrospective cohort (claims database) exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: Yes 0.28 [0.04;2.15]
excluded (control group)
-/154   20/939 - 154
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S17270
R72399
Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Autism - ICD10 codes - Median follow up 5.41 (3.59-8.40) years old during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) retrospective cohort (claims database) unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: Yes 0.31 [0.04;2.21] -/154   7,657/514,066 - 154
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S17278
R72400
Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sibling) (Mixed indications), 2024 Autism - ICD10 codes - Median follow up 5.41 (3.59-8.40) years old during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) retrospective cohort (claims database) sibling excluded Adjustment: Yes 0.31 [0.03;3.01]
excluded (control group)
-/-   -/- - -
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S12715
R48029
Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Diagnosis of childhood autism (F84.0), atypical autism (F84.1), and Asperger syndrome (F84.5) - Median follow up topiramate 5.7 (2.9-9.1) years old during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 2.51 [1.36;4.63] C
excluded (control group)
12/471   82/7,950 94 471
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S12716
R48030
Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2022 Diagnosis of childhood autism (F84.0), atypical autism (F84.1), and Asperger syndrome (F84.5) - Median follow up topiramate 5.7 (2.9-9.1) years old during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective unexposed (general population or NOS) excluded Adjustment: Yes 2.64 [1.50;4.65]
excluded (control group)
12/471   38,437/4,463,879 38,449 471
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S12718
R48031
Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Diagnosis of childhood autism (F84.0), atypical autism (F84.1), and Asperger syndrome (F84.5) - Median follow up topiramate 5.7 (2.9-9.1) years old during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective unexposed, sick Adjustment: No Controls: epilepsy indication 2.09 [1.16;3.76] C 12/471   267/21,634 279 471
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S10103
R46456
Coste (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2020 Diagnosis Pervasive developmental disorders (F84) (mean age of 3.7 years old) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) retrospective cohort (claims database) exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: Yes 0.55 [0.07;4.31] C
excluded (control group)
1/477   11/2,916 12 477
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S8613
R46457
Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Diagnosis Pervasive developmental disorders (F84) (mean age of 3.6 years old) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) retrospective cohort (claims database) unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: Yes 0.70 [0.10;4.70] 1/477   4,280/1,710,441 4,281 477
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S9959
R46460
Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2018 Autistic traits at 18 months and/or at 36 months (M-CHAT <2/6 critical or <3/23 or SCQ >13) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort propective exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 0.97 [0.10;9.00] C
excluded (control group)
1/6   13/76 14 6
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S9954
R46461
Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2018 Autistic traits at 18 months and/or at 36 months (M-CHAT <2/6 critical or <3/23 or SCQ >13) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort propective unexposed, disease free excluded Adjustment: No 1.99 [0.23;17.00] C
excluded (control group)
1/6   6,907/75,497 6,908 6
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S9956
R46462
Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Autistic traits at 18 months and/or at 36 months (M-CHAT <2/6 critical or <3/23 or SCQ >13) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort propective unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 1.81 [0.20;16.11] C 1/6   27/272 28 6
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S8591
R46459
Wood (Topiramate), 2015 Score >30 (CARS) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: No 17.00 [0.13;2166.90] C 0/1   0/9 0 1
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Total 7 studies 1.22 [0.77;1.93] 73,389 1,996
x1: number of endpoints among exposed, n1: number of exposed; x0: number of endpoints among non exposed, n0: number of non exposed; C: calculated odds ratio from numbers of events and effectives

Forest plot

StudyTE95% CIn casesn exposedweightROBABCDEF Hernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024Hernandez-Diaz, 2024 1 0.75[0.37; 1.52]-62324%ROB confusion: moderateROB selection: moderateROB classification: moderateROB missing: criticalROB mesure: criticalROB reporting: moderate Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024Madley-Dowd_SE, 2024 2 1.26[0.73; 2.18]68,80126431%ROB confusion: seriousROB selection: lowROB classification: lowROB missing: lowROB mesure: criticalROB reporting: moderate Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024Madley-Dowd_UK, 2024 3 0.31[0.04; 2.21]-1545%ROB confusion: seriousROB selection: lowROB classification: criticalROB missing: unclearROB mesure: criticalROB reporting: moderate Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022Bjørk, 2022 4 2.09[1.16; 3.76]27947129%ROB confusion: unclearROB selection: lowROB classification: moderateROB missing: unclearROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020Coste, 2020 5 0.70[0.10; 4.70]4,2814775%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018Bjørk, 2018 6 1.81[0.20; 16.11]2864%ROB confusion: unclearROB selection: lowROB classification: lowROB missing: lowROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Wood (Topiramate), 2015Wood, 2015 7 17.00[0.13; 2166.90]011%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: lowROB classification: moderateROB missing: criticalROB mesure: lowROB reporting: moderate Total (7 studies) I2 = 29% 1.22[0.77; 1.93]73,3891,9960.250.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Topiramate) (Epilepsy; 2: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications; 3: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications; 4: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications; 5: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications; 6: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick; 7: Topiramate;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 1.22[0.77; 1.93]73,3891,99629%NAHernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024 Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Wood (Topiramate), 2015 7 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed (disease free or unspecified)unexposed (disease free or unspecified) 1.10[0.66; 1.84]73,0828950%NAMadley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 3 unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 1.34[0.59; 3.01]3071,10059%NAHernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 3 exposed to other treatment, sickexposed to other treatment, sick 17.00[0.13; 2166.90]-1 -NAWood (Topiramate), 2015 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 2.13[1.22; 3.74]3074780%NABjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Wood (Topiramate), 2015 3   - Yes  - Yes 0.97[0.64; 1.46]73,0821,5180%NAHernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024 Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 4 Controls   - epilepsy indication  - epilepsy indication 2.09[1.16; 3.76]279471 -NABjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 1 Partial overlappingPartial overlapping 1.26[0.73; 2.18]68,801264 -NAMadley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 1 All studiesAll studies 1.22[0.77; 1.93]73,3891,99629%NAHernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024 Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Wood (Topiramate), 2015 70.150.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot
0.0-5.86.02.9680.000Hernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018Wood (Topiramate), 2015

Asymetry test p-value = 0.7996 (by Egger's regression)

slope=0.3328 (0.3961); intercept=-0.2361 (0.8819); t=0.2678; p=0.7996

p values plot
0.01.00.01.0

Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 9959, 9954, 10103, 12715, 12716, 17420, 17422, 17285, 17278

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 1.46[0.78; 2.71]126,0871,37243%NAMadley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2022 Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2018 5 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 1.34[0.59; 3.01]4001,10059%NAHernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 3 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls 1.51[0.84; 2.71]2781,37330%NAMadley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to LTG) (Mixed indications), 2024 Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to LTG) (Mixed indications), 2024 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Coste (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2020 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2018 Wood (Topiramate), 2015 6 siblingssiblings 1.04[0.19; 5.74]--50%NAMadley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sibling) (Mixed indications), 2024 Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sibling) (Mixed indications), 2024 20.510.01.0

Umbrella review (other published meta-analyses)

Published MAControlPeriodTE95% CIn exposedkI2 Xu (All indications) (ASD risk)Xu (All indications) (ASD risk) 1.66[0.87; 3.18]66%-U,Sunexposed, sickAnyduring pregnancy (anytime or not specified)studies TTT-9 Xu (All indications) (ASD risk)Xu (All indications) (ASD risk) 1.11[0.84; 1.47]0%-U,GPunexposed (general population or NOS)Anyduring pregnancy (anytime or not specified)studies TTT-9 metaPregmetaPreg 1.22[0.77; 1.93]29%1,996----Hernandez-Diaz (Topiramate) (Epilepsy), 2024 Madley-Dowd_SE (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Madley-Dowd_UK (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, general pop) (Mixed indications), 2024 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2022 Coste (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Bjørk (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Wood (Topiramate), 2015 70.510.01.0