Adverse effects (airways) · participants with epilepsy (BECTS)
Sulthiame may leads to higher adverse effects (airways) compared with levetiracetam (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) All participants Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine showed no clear difference in time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment)All… compared with phenytoin (time to treatment failure) (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 newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine showed no clear difference in time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment)… compared with phenytoin (time to treatment failure) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) Subgroup: generalised onset seizures (tonic‐clonic only) Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine may leads to higher time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment)… compared with phenytoin (time to treatment failure) (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
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
Time to first seizure (post‐randomisation) Subgroup: focal onset seizures Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine showed no clear difference in time to first seizure after randomisation Subgroup: focal onset… compared with phenytoin (secondary outcomes) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to first seizure (post‐randomisation) ‐ stratified by epilepsy type: generalised onset seizures (tonic‐clonic only) Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine showed no clear difference in time to first seizure after randomisationSubgroup: generalisedonset… compared with phenytoin (secondary outcomes) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to achieve 12‐month remissionAll participants Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine showed no clear difference in time to achieve 12‐month remissionAll participants Range of compared with phenytoin (secondary outcomes) (moderate 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
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
Time to 12‐month remission ‐ stratified by epilepsy type ‐ Generalized onset seizures (tonic‐clonic only) Range of · adults and children with newly onset partial or generalised epilepsy
Carbamazepine showed no clear difference in time to achieve 12‐month remissionSubgroup: generalisedonset tonic… compared with phenytoin (secondary outcomes) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to treatment failure (any reason related to treatment) All participants ‐ adjusted by seizure type 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) 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 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