Sodium valproate vs phenytoin monotherapy: Time to achieve 12‐month remission (seizure‐free period) Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of
Sodium valproate showed no clear difference in time to achieve 12‐month remission (seizure‐free period) Subgroup:… compared with phenytoin monotherapy (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Sodium valproate vs phenytoin monotherapy Time to achieve 12‐month remission (seizure‐free period) Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of · adults and children with newly‐onset focal onset or generalised tonic‐clonic seizures Sodium valproate showed no clear difference in time to achieve 12‐month remission (seizure‐free period) Subgroup:… compared with phenytoin monotherapy (moderate certainty). Sodium valproate versus phenytoin monotherapy for epilepsy: an individual participant data review (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | HR 1.11 [0.78, 1.6] | 4 studies · 244 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium valproate versus phenytoin monotherapy for epilepsy: an individual participant data review 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.