Carbamazepine vs phenytoin
Time to achieve 12‐month remission (seizure‐free period) Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine showed no clear difference in time to achieve 12‐month remissionSubgroup: focal onset seizures… compared with phenytoin (secondary outcomes) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Carbamazepine versus phenytoin monotherapy for epilepsy: an individual participant data review 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyHR 1.06 [0.8, 1.42]3 studies · 430 participantsModerate