Carbamazepine (All indications)

Urinary malformations

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.
S12856
R48498
Thomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2021 Urinary malformations 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 0.40 [0.04;3.68] C
excluded (control group)
4/490   1/50 5 490
ref
S12858
R48510
Thomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 Urinary malformations 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 0.46 [0.13;1.64] C 4/490   6/340 10 490
ref
S9678
R34455
Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Renal malformations at least 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: No 1.93 [0.79;4.74] C 12/1,957   8/2,514 20 1,957
ref
S9643
R34310
Veiby (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 Urinary throughout pregnancy population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: No 1.83 [0.30;10.97] C 3/685   2/833 5 685
ref
S9652
R34352
Artama (Carbamazepine), 2005 Urinary system 1st trimester retrospective cohort (registry) unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 2.34 [0.21;25.81] C 2/805   1/939 3 805
ref
Total 4 studies 1.30 [0.60;2.80] 38 3,937
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 Thomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021Thomas, 2021 1 0.46[0.13; 1.64]1049028%ROB confusion: seriousROB selection: moderateROB classification: moderateROB missing: unclearROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018Tomson, 2018 2 1.93[0.79; 4.74]201,95746%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Veiby (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014Veiby, 2014 3 1.83[0.30; 10.97]568516%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: moderateROB classification: moderateROB missing: moderateROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Artama (Carbamazepine), 2005Artama, 2005 4 2.34[0.21; 25.81]38059%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Total (4 studies) I2 = 19% 1.30[0.60; 2.80]383,9370.25.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick; 2: Carbamazepine; 3: Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications; 4: Carbamazepine;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 1.30[0.60; 2.80]383,93719%NAThomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Veiby (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 Artama (Carbamazepine), 2005 4 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 0.74[0.17; 3.19]131,29528%NAThomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 Artama (Carbamazepine), 2005 2 exposed to other treatment, sickexposed to other treatment, sick 1.91[0.86; 4.26]252,6420%NATomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Veiby (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 2 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 1.30[0.60; 2.80]383,93719%NAThomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Veiby (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 Artama (Carbamazepine), 2005 4 All studiesAll studies 1.30[0.60; 2.80]383,93719%NAThomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Veiby (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 Artama (Carbamazepine), 2005 40.25.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot
0.0-2.93.11.4710.000Thomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018Veiby (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014Artama (Carbamazepine), 2005

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 12856

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 0.74[0.17; 3.19]131,29528%NAThomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2021 Artama (Carbamazepine), 2005 2 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls 1.60[0.75; 3.39]303,1320%NAThomas (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2021 Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Veiby (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 30.510.01.0