Time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Topiramate probably leads to higher time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment)Subgroup:… compared with carbamazepine (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) Subgroup: generalised onset tonic‐clonic seizures or unclassified epilepsy Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Topiramate showed no clear difference in time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment)… compared with carbamazepine (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to first seizure (post‐randomisation) All participants Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Topiramate showed no clear difference in time to first seizure after randomisation All participants Range of compared with carbamazepine (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to first seizure (post‐randomisation) Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Topiramate showed no clear difference in time to first seizure after randomisation Subgroup: focal onset… compared with carbamazepine (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to first seizure after randomisation Subgroup: generalised onset tonic‐clonic seizures or unclassified epilepsy Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Topiramate showed no clear difference in time to first seizure after randomisation Subgroup: generalised… compared with carbamazepine (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to 12‐month remission ‐ all participants Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Topiramate leads to lower time to 12‐month remission of seizures All participants Range of compared with carbamazepine (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
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
Topiramate leads to lower time to 12‐month remission of seizures Subgroup: focal onset… compared with carbamazepine (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to 12‐month remission of seizures Subgroup: generalised onset tonic‐clonic seizures or unclassified epilepsy Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Topiramate showed no clear difference in time to 12‐month remission of seizures Subgroup: generalised onset… compared with carbamazepine (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) All participants Range of · adults and children with focal onset or generalised onset seizures (generalised tonic‐clonic with or without other generalised seizure…
Summary of findings: lamotrigine probably leads to lower time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) All… compared with carbamazepine (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of · adults and children with focal onset or generalised onset seizures (generalised tonic‐clonic with or without other generalised seizure…
Summary of findings: lamotrigine probably leads to lower time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment)… compared with carbamazepine (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) Subgroup: generalised onset seizures Range of · adults and children with focal onset or generalised onset seizures (generalised tonic‐clonic with or without other generalised seizure…
Summary of findings: lamotrigine may leads to lower time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment)… compared with carbamazepine (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to first seizure ‐ all participants Range of · adults and children with focal onset or generalised onset seizures (generalised tonic‐clonic with or without other generalised seizure…
Summary of findings: lamotrigine leads to higher time to first seizure All participants Range of compared with carbamazepine (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to first seizure (post‐randomisation) Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of · adults and children with focal onset or generalised onset seizures (generalised tonic‐clonic with or without other generalised seizure…
Summary of findings: lamotrigine leads to higher time to first seizure Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of compared with carbamazepine (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to first seizure ‐ generalised epilepsy Range of · adults and children with focal onset or generalised onset seizures (generalised tonic‐clonic with or without other generalised seizure…
Summary of findings: lamotrigine showed no clear difference in time to first seizure Subgroup: generalised onset seizures Range of compared with carbamazepine (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to 12‐month remission ‐ all participants Range of · adults and children with focal onset or generalised onset seizures (generalised tonic‐clonic with or without other generalised seizure…
Summary of findings: lamotrigine showed no clear difference in time to 12‐month remission All participants Range of compared with carbamazepine (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Seizure freedom · people with newly diagnosed epilepsy
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Proportion of participants seizure‐free at 24 months after randomization ‐ not reported · people with newly diagnosed epilepsy
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
50% or greater reduction in seizure frequency · people with newly diagnosed epilepsy
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse events during treatment period · people with newly diagnosed epilepsy
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Proportion of participants with treatment‐emergent adverse events (TEAEs) ‐ Leading to discontinuation during the treatment period № of participants: 36 (1 RCT) · people with newly diagnosed epilepsy
It is very uncertain whether clonazepam changes proportion of participants with treatment‐emergent adverse events… compared with carbamazepine (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 2.61 [0.8, 8.52]
Studies not reported
Very low