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. 2017 Nov 8;28(3):717–733. doi: 10.1177/0962280217735560

Table 3.

SFTM and IPCW results (with fortnightly intervals) for LTG:VPS.

Estimand Follow-up time:median (IQR) days
Number (%) with remission
Number (%) with treatment change
IPCW
LTG (n = 193) VPS (n = 194) LTG (n = 193) VPS (n = 194) LTG (n = 193) VPS (n = 194) TVCs included in WD model PLR OR (95% CI) Cox HR (95% CI)
ITT 385 (365, 646) 517 (365, 876) 143 (74%) 154 (79%) (No TVCs included in model) 0.72 (0.57, 0.94)
(Breslow) 0.77 (0.61, 0.97)
(Efron) 0.73 (0.58, 0.92)
(Exact partial likelihood) 0.72 (0.56, 0.93)
TF3 (PP) 365 (280, 531) 365 (365, 483) 90 (47%) 114 (59%) (No TVCs included in model) 0.65 (0.48, 0.87)
Breslow 0.73 (0.58, 0.89)
Efron 0.68 (0.52, 0.90)
(Exact partial likelihood) 0.65 (0.47, 0.90)
TF1 365 (280, 531) 365 (365, 483) 110 (57%) 141 (73%) 52 (27%) 26 (13%) No TVCs 0.70 (0.55, 0.996)
(Breslow) 0.77 (0.64, 1.00)
(Efron) 0.73 (0.57, 0.94)
(Exact partial likelihood) 0.70 (0.53, 0.94)
Seizures 0.68 (0.38, 1.26) 0.74 (0.42, 3.03)
Seizures and dose 0.67 (0.37, 1.36) 0.73 (0.22, 68.63)
Seizures, dose and AEs 0.66 (0.39, 12.09) 0.72 (0.29, 120.24)
TF2 365 (280, 531) 365 (365, 483) 108 (56%) 139 (72%) 55 (28%) 29 (15%) No TVCs 0.70 (0.54, 0.99)
(Breslow) 0.77 (0.60, 0.99)
(Efron) 0.73 (0.57, 0.94)
(Exact partial likelihood) 0.70 (0.52, 0.94)
Seizures 0.68 (0.38, 1.35) 0.75 (0.37, 3.11)
Seizures and dose 0.67 (0.34, 3.38) 0.73 (0.19, 29.71)
Seizures, dose and AEs 0.66 (0.38, 2.97) 0.72 (0.21, 102.47)
TF3 365 (280, 531) 365 (365, 483) 90 (47%) 114 (59%) 74 (38%) 59 (30%) No TVCs 0.65 (0.48, 0.87)
(Breslow) 0.73 (0.58, 0.89)
(Efron) 0.68 (0.52, 0.90)
(Exact partial likelihood) 0.65 (0.47, 0.90)
Seizures 0.61 (0.40, 1.10) 0.68 (0.53, 1.18)
Seizures and dose 0.60 (0.40, 1.84) 0.67 (0.47, 2.99)
Seizures, dose and AEs 0.59 (0.28, 1.54) 0.65 (0.26, 2.58)
SFTM
AF = eβ¯ (95%CI)
HR (95% CI)
Sw3 438 (365, 906) 570 (365, 1162) 143 (74%) 154 (79%) 59 (31%) 34 (18%) 0.77 (0.52, 0.999) 0.76 (0.57, 1.03)
Dir1 379 (365, 684) 365 (365, 485) 110 (57%) 119 (61%) 25 (13%) 9 (5%) 0.89 (0.72, 1.000) 0.73 (0.54, 0.98)
Dir2 379 (365, 684) 365 (365, 485) 111 (57%) 121 (62%) 25 (13%) 11 (6%) 0.89 (0.72, 1.000) 0.72 (0.54, 0.97)
Dir3 394 (365, 692) 365 (365, 496) 116 (60%) 129 (66%) 35 (18%) 18 (9%) 0.84 (0.67, 0.999) 0.68 (0.51, 0.90)

IPCW: inverse probability of censoring weighting; IQR: interquartile range; LTG: lamotrigine; VPS: sodium valproate; PLR: pooled logistic regression; OR: odds ratio; HR: hazard ratio; TVC: time-varying covariate; ITT: intention to treat; CI: confidence interval; PP: per protocol; AE: adverse events; SFTM: structural failure time model.