Frank Vajda , Terence J. O’Brien , Janet Graham , Alison Hitchcock , Piero Perucca , Cecilie Lander , Mervyn Eadie
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Balancing foetal disadvantage and seizure freedom in women capable of pregnancy – the Australian pregnancy register experience
Objective
To determine which antiseizure medications (ASMs) provide the best overall compromise between a lower risk of foetal malformation and continuing control of maternal epilepsy during pregnancy.
Methods
Analysis of relevant data on women taking one of the 5 most commonly prescribed ASMs (levetiracetam (LEV), lamotrigine (LTG), carbamazepine (CBZ). Topiramate (TPM) and valproate (VPA)) in 2403 pregnancies of women with epilepsy (WWE) contained in the Raoul Wallenberg Australian Pregnancy Register of Antiepileptic Drugs (APR).
Results
LEV offered the greatest advantage with regard to low risk of foetal malformation, followed by LTG, then CBZ and then VPA. In relation to preserving seizure freedom throughout pregnancy valproate (VPA) was best, followed by LEV and CBZ, then LTG. When these individual rankings, equally weighted, were combined, LEV scored highest, followed by VPA and then LTG and CBZ (equal). However, if avoiding foetal malformation was weighted more heavily, the sequence became LEV, then LTG and CBZ, and then VPA. TPM rated poorly to all criteria assessed.
Significance
Overall, LEV appeared the most advantageous ASM to employ in the population studied, balancing the risk of foetal malformations with the chance of maintaining seizure control. This outcome is broadly in conformity with prescriber behaviour determined largely by trial-and-error experience in contemporary Australian practice.
期刊介绍:
Epilepsy & Behavior is the fastest-growing international journal uniquely devoted to the rapid dissemination of the most current information available on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy.
Epilepsy & Behavior presents original peer-reviewed articles based on laboratory and clinical research. Topics are drawn from a variety of fields, including clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging.
From September 2012 Epilepsy & Behavior stopped accepting Case Reports for publication in the journal. From this date authors who submit to Epilepsy & Behavior will be offered a transfer or asked to resubmit their Case Reports to its new sister journal, Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports.