Topiramate (All indications)

Intrauterine deaths (as a whole or unspecified)

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.
S8564
R28485
Meador (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2020 Fetal loss (Spontaneous miscarriages and fetal death) 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 2.84 [0.13;62.17] C
excluded (control group)
0/6   3/113 3 6
ref
S8565
R28489
Meador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2020 Fetal loss (Spontaneous miscarriages and fetal death) 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, disease free excluded Adjustment: No 19.18 [0.35;1060.61] C
excluded (control group)
0/6   0/106 0 6
ref
S8566
R28493
Meador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Fetal loss (Spontaneous miscarriages and fetal death) 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 2.64 [0.05;149.97] C 0/6   0/15 0 6
ref
S8578
R28537
Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2018 Spontaneous fetal loss (both spontaneous abortion before 20 weeks of gestation and stillbirths occurring after 20 weeks of gestation) 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 9.17 [1.91;43.94] C
excluded (control group)
5/11   4/48 9 11
ref
S8579
R28538
Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Spontaneous fetal loss (both spontaneous abortion before 20 weeks of gestation and stillbirths occurring after 20 weeks of gestation) 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: Yes 38.86 [5.02;301.19] 5/11   5/178 10 11
ref
S8580
R28539
Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2018 Intrauterine foetal death throughout pregnancy prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 0.53 [0.07;4.08] C
excluded (control group)
1/51   14/382 15 51
ref
S8581
R28540
Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Intrauterine foetal death throughout pregnancy prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 3.33 [0.21;52.36] 1/51   1/170 2 51
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S8554
R28460
Arkilo (Topiramate), 2015 Unsuccessful pregnancies (miscarriages/stillbirths) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) retrospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: No 2.87 [0.09;91.05] C 0/2   2/24 2 2
ref
Total 4 studies 9.39 [2.18;40.53] 14 70
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 Meador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020Meador, 2020 1 2.64[0.05; 149.97]0613%ROB confusion: unclearROB selection: lowROB classification: lowROB missing: lowROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: low Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018Trivedi, 2018 2 38.86[5.02; 301.19]101144%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018Vajda, 2018 3 3.33[0.21; 52.36]25126%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: moderateROB classification: lowROB missing: lowROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Arkilo (Topiramate), 2015Arkilo, 2015 4 2.87[0.09; 91.05]2217%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: criticalROB classification: criticalROB missing: unclearROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Total (4 studies) I2 = 7% 9.39[2.18; 40.53]14700.9100.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick; 2: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick; 3: Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick; 4: Topiramate;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 9.39[2.18; 40.53]14707%NAMeador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Arkilo (Topiramate), 2015 4 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 10.79[1.74; 66.88]126824%NAMeador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 3 exposed to other treatment, sickexposed to other treatment, sick 2.87[0.09; 91.05]22 -NAArkilo (Topiramate), 2015 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 3.02[0.45; 20.26]4590%NAMeador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Arkilo (Topiramate), 2015 3   - Yes  - Yes 38.86[5.02; 301.00]1011 -NATrivedi (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 1 All studiesAll studies 9.39[2.18; 40.53]14707%NAMeador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Arkilo (Topiramate), 2015 40.5100.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot
0.0-4.87.12.4740.000Meador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018Arkilo (Topiramate), 2015

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

not enought points

p values plot
0.01.00.01.0

Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 8578, 8580, 8564, 8565

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) Out of scale19.18[0.35; 1060.61]-6 -NAMeador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2020 1 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls Out of scale10.79[1.74; 66.88]126824%NAMeador (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2018 3 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls 2.72[0.62; 11.90]297036%NAMeador (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2020 Trivedi (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2018 Vajda (Topiramate) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2018 Arkilo (Topiramate), 2015 40.510.01.0