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. 2009 Nov 16;1(1):e6. doi: 10.4081/ni.2009.e6

Table 4. Proportion of patients improving, having no change, or worsening from baseline to Week 16 for each cognitive test.

Cognitive Test Outcome N. (%) of patients
Lamotrigine (n=15) Topiramate ()*
COWA Test
 Improved 11 (73) 2 (13)
 No change 2 (13) 0 (0)
 Worsened 1 (8) 12 (92)
Stroop Color-Word Interference Test
 Improved 10 (67) 8 (62)
 No change 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Worsened 5 (33) 5 (38)
Digit Cancellation Test, total minus errors
 Improved 7 (47) 12 (100)
 No change 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Worsened 8 (53) 0 (0)
LGP Test, dominant hand
 Improved 7 (47) 9 (69)
 No change 1 (7) 0 (0)
 Worsened 7 (47) 4 (31)
RAVLT, delayed recall
 Improved 9 (60) 10 (77)
 No change 2 (13) 1 (8)
 Worsened 4 (27) 2 (15)
Symbol-Digit Modalities Test (correct number)
 Improved 9 (60) 2 (17)
 No change 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Worsened 6 (40) 10 (83)

COWA, Controlled Oral Word Association; LGP, Lafayette Grooved Pegboard; RAVLT, Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test.

*

n=12 for the Digit Cancellation Test and Symbol-Digit Modalities Test.