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. 2015 Nov 3;56(12):1921–1930. doi: 10.1111/epi.13224

Table 4.

Incidence of TEAEs by baseline AED, age, and dosing subgroups

N = 571 patients Any TEAE n (%) Serious TEAE n (%) TEAE leading to discontinuation n (%)
Baseline AED
SCB(+), n = 269a 124 (46.1) 23 (8.6) 24 (8.9)
Lamotrigine, n = 134 64 (47.8) 13 (9.7) 15 (11.2)
Carbamazepine, n = 72 30 (41.7) 4 (5.6) 6 (8.3)
Oxcarbazepine, n = 52 26 (50.0) 5 (9.6) 3 (5.8)
SCB(−), n = 313a 157 (50.2) 34 (10.9) 38 (12.1)
Levetiracetam, n = 193 100 (51.8) 20 (10.4) 18 (9.3)
Valproate, n = 82 37 (45.1) 12 (14.6) 14 (17.1)
Topiramate, n = 23 12 (52.2) 1 (4.3) 4 (17.4)
Age
<65 years, n = 461 227 (49.2) 39 (8.5) 52 (11.3)
≥65 years, n = 110 50 (45.5) 17 (15.5) 9 (8.2)
Maintenance dose
<200 mg/day, n = 48 24 (50.0) 6 (12.5) NAa
200–300 mg/day, n = 240 104 (43.3) 21 (8.8) NAa
>300–400 mg/day, n = 161 59 (36.6) 11 (6.8) NAa
>400 mg/day, n = 17 12 (70.6) 4 (23.5) NAa

AED, antiepileptic drug; NA, not available; SCB(+), traditional sodium channel blocker; SCB(−), not considered a traditional sodium channel blocker; TEAE, treatment‐emergent adverse event.

Eleven patients belong to both groups.

a

The actual maintenance dose was not calculated for subjects who terminated the study prematurely.