Levetiracetam (All indications)

Elective/induced termination of pregnancy

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.
S12676
R47900		 Mari (Levetiracetam), 2022 Abortion throughout pregnancy retrospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: No 0.64 [0.01;34.59] C 0/17   0/11 0 17
ref
S12886
R48696		 Hosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2021 Induced abortion 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 0.01 [0.00;0.92] C
excluded (control group) 		0/67   0/1 0 67
ref
S12887
R48699		 Hosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 Induced abortion 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 0.31 [0.01;16.03] C 0/67   0/21 0 67
ref
Total 2 studies 0.44 [0.03;7.32] 0 84
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 Mari (Levetiracetam), 2022Mari, 2022 1 0.64[0.01; 34.59]01749%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: lowROB classification: moderateROB missing: lowROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: unclear Hosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021Hosny, 2021 2 0.31[0.01; 16.03]06751%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: moderateROB classification: unclearROB missing: lowROB mesure: unclearROB reporting: moderate Total (2 studies) I2 = 0% 0.44[0.03; 7.32]-840.22.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Levetiracetam; 2: Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 0.44[0.03; 7.32]-840%NAMari (Levetiracetam), 2022 Hosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 2 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 0.31[0.01; 16.03]-67 -NAHosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 1 exposed to other treatment, sickexposed to other treatment, sick 0.64[0.01; 34.59]-17 -NAMari (Levetiracetam), 2022 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 0.44[0.03; 7.32]-840%NAMari (Levetiracetam), 2022 Hosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 2 All studiesAll studies 0.44[0.03; 7.32]-840%NAMari (Levetiracetam), 2022 Hosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 20.110.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot

Funnel plot not drawn. Less than 3 points.

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

not enought points

p values plot

Funnel plot not drawn. Less than 3 points.

Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 12886

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls Out of scale0.31[0.01; 16.03]-67 -NAHosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 1 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls Out of scale0.09[0.00; 6.48]-8448%NAMari (Levetiracetam), 2022 Hosny (Levetiracetam) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2021 20.510.01.0