Vigabatrin (All indications)

All congenital malformations (majors, minors, majors and minors, or unspecified)

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.
S9803
R35179
Vajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2019 Fetal malformations at least 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 18.80 [0.36;971.86] C
excluded (control group)
0/1   20/406 20 1
ref
S9804
R35180
Vajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2019 Fetal malformations at least 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 31.00 [0.56;1711.11] C 0/1   5/176 5 1
ref
S9802
R35085
Tomson (Vigabatrin), 2018 Malformed Offspring at least 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: No 4.68 [0.24;91.38] C 0/4   74/2,514 74 4
ref
S9795
R35065
Källén (Vigabatrin) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Indications NOS), 2013 Relatively severe malformations early pregnancy population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 1.86 [0.10;33.18] C
excluded (control group)
0/8   37/1,084 37 8
ref
S9796
R35067
Källén (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 Relatively severe malformations early pregnancy population based cohort retrospective unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: No 2.06 [0.12;36.00] C 0/8   49,499/1,575,847 49,499 8
ref
S9797
R35069
Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2010 Major malformations 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 13.80 [0.22;853.65] C
excluded (control group)
0/1   2/37 2 1
ref
S9798
R35071
Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2010 Major malformations 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, disease free excluded Adjustment: No Matched 42.85 [0.79;2330.91] C
excluded (control group)
0/1   6/285 6 1
ref
S9799
R35073
Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2010 Major malformations 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 26.33 [0.38;1837.92] C 0/1   1/41 1 1
ref
S9800
R35081
Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2006 Major congenital malformation 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 2.64 [0.14;49.38] C
excluded (control group)
0/6   21/647 21 6
ref
S9801
R35083
Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2006 Major congenital malformation 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 2.34 [0.12;45.78] C 0/6   8/227 8 6
ref
Total 5 studies 5.04 [1.16;21.81] 49,587 20
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 Vajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2019Vajda, 2019 1 31.00[0.56; 1711.11]5113%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Tomson (Vigabatrin), 2018Tomson, 2018 2 4.68[0.24; 91.38]74424%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Källén (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013Källén, 2013 3 2.06[0.12; 36.00]49,499826%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: moderateROB classification: moderateROB missing: unclearROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2010Mawer, 2010 4 26.33[0.38; 1837.92]1112%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: moderateROB classification: lowROB missing: moderateROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2006Morrow, 2006 5 2.34[0.12; 45.78]8624%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Total (5 studies) I2 = 0% 5.04[1.16; 21.81]49,587200.9100.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick; 2: Vigabatrin; 3: Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS; 4: Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick; 5: Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 5.04[1.16; 21.81]49,587200%NAVajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2019 Tomson (Vigabatrin), 2018 Källén (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2010 Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2006 5 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed (disease free or unspecified)unexposed (disease free or unspecified) 2.06[0.12; 36.00]49,4998 -NAKällén (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 1 unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 8.40[1.05; 67.40]1480%NAVajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2019 Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2010 Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2006 3 exposed to other treatment, sickexposed to other treatment, sick 4.68[0.24; 91.38]744 -NATomson (Vigabatrin), 2018 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 5.04[1.16; 21.81]49,587200%NAVajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2019 Tomson (Vigabatrin), 2018 Källén (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2010 Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2006 5 All studiesAll studies 5.04[1.16; 21.81]49,587200%NAVajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2019 Tomson (Vigabatrin), 2018 Källén (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2010 Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2006 50.5100.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot
0.0-5.16.72.5990.000Vajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2019Tomson (Vigabatrin), 2018Källén (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2010Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2006

Asymetry test p-value = 0.0108 (by Egger's regression)

slope=-4.6716 (1.1199); intercept=3.8109 (0.6700); t=5.6882; p=0.0108

p values plot
0.01.00.01.0

Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 9800, 9797, 9798, 9795, 9803

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 6.73[0.37; 122.68]49,505932%NAKällén (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2010 2 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 8.40[1.05; 67.40]1480%NAVajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2019 Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2010 Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2006 3 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls 4.44[1.04; 18.99]154200%NAVajda (Vigabatrin) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2019 Tomson (Vigabatrin), 2018 Källén (Vigabatrin) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Indications NOS), 2013 Mawer (Vigabatrin) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2010 Morrow (Vigabatrin) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2006 50.510.01.0