Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 50%Low 1 · 50%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Treatment withdrawal · adults (aged 16 years and over) with drug‐resistant epilepsy

It is very uncertain whether ketogenic diet (KD) changes treatment withdrawal compared with usual care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Ketogenic diets for drug‐resistant epilepsy 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 5.38 [0.42, 69.53]
2 studies · 141 participants
Very low

Treatment withdrawal · children (aged 1 to 18 years) with drug‐resistant epilepsy

Ketogenic diet (KD) showed no clear difference in treatment withdrawal compared with usual care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Ketogenic diets for drug‐resistant epilepsy 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.08 [0.74, 1.57]
5 studies · 425 participants
Low