Topiramate (All indications)

Cleft palate

R analysis
id Study   Lib. in paper Exposition period    Study type  Control type 
 
Tags OR 95%CI x1/n1 x0/n0 no cases no exposed ROB Ref.
S10173
R37191
Blotière (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2019 Cleft palate 1st trimester retrospective cohort (claims database) exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 1.16 [0.06;24.19] C
excluded (control group)
0/517   2/2,997 2 517
ref
S10048
R36442
Blotière (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2019 Cleft palate 1st trimester retrospective cohort (claims database) unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: No 1.54 [0.10;24.67] C 0/517   1,178/1,875,733 1,178 517
ref
S8616
R28778
Mines (Topiramate) (Other indications), 2014 Isolated cleft palate 1st trimester retrospective cohort (claims database) unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 0.60 [0.03;10.58] C 0/1,745   6/13,512 6 1,745
ref
Total 2 studies 0.97 [0.13;7.18] 1,184 2,262
x1: number of endpoints among exposed, n1: number of exposed; x0: number of endpoints among non exposed, n0: number of non exposed; C: calculated odds ratio from numbers of events and effectives

Forest plot

StudyTE95% CIn casesn exposedweightROBABCDEF Blotière (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2019Blotière, 2019 1 1.54[0.10; 24.67]1,17851752%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Mines (Topiramate) (Other indications), 2014Mines, 2014 2 0.60[0.03; 10.58]61,74548%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Total (2 studies) I2 = 0% 0.97[0.13; 7.18]1,1842,2620.25.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications; 2: Topiramate) (Other indications;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 0.97[0.13; 7.18]1,1842,2620%NABlotière (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2019 Mines (Topiramate) (Other indications), 2014 2 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed (disease free or unspecified)unexposed (disease free or unspecified) 1.54[0.10; 24.67]1,178517 -NABlotière (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2019 1 unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 0.60[0.03; 10.58]61,745 -NAMines (Topiramate) (Other indications), 2014 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 0.97[0.13; 7.18]1,1842,2620%NABlotière (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2019 Mines (Topiramate) (Other indications), 2014 2 All studiesAll studies 0.97[0.13; 7.18]1,1842,2620%NABlotière (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2019 Mines (Topiramate) (Other indications), 2014 20.25.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot

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Asymetry test p-value = NaN (by Egger's regression)

not enought points

p values plot

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Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 10173

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 1.54[0.10; 24.67]1,178517 -NABlotière (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2019 1 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 0.60[0.03; 10.58]61,745 -NAMines (Topiramate) (Other indications), 2014 1 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls 1.16[0.06; 24.19]2517 -NABlotière (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2019 10.510.01.0