Carbamazepine vs phenytoin
Time to first seizure (post‐randomisation) All participants Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine showed no clear difference in time to first seizure after randomisationAll participants Range of 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 1.15 [0.94, 1.4]4 studies · 582 participantsModerate