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ReviewNeurology international2021

Cenobamate, a Sodium Channel Inhibitor and Positive Allosteric Modulator of GABA

Dustin R Latimer, Amber N Edinoff, Rachel D Ruff, Kelsey C Rooney, Kayla M Penny, Shaan B Patel, Suresh Sabbenahalli, Adam M Kaye, Elyse M Cornett, Omar Viswanath and 2 more

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Review in Neurology international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Cenobamate for Difficult-to-Treat Epilepsy - Selected Case Vignettes.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dustin R LatimerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Louisiana State University Health Science Center Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
Amber N EdinoffDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7436-6206
Rachel D RuffSchool of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sheveport, Sheveport, LA 71103, USA.
Kelsey C RooneySchool of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sheveport, Sheveport, LA 71103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3244-5878
Kayla M PennySchool of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sheveport, Sheveport, LA 71103, USA.
Shaan B PatelSchool of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sheveport, Sheveport, LA 71103, USA.
Suresh SabbenahalliDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Louisiana State University Health Science Center Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
Adam M KayeThomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 94103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7224-3322
Elyse M CornettDepartment of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7961-3931
Omar ViswanathCollege of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
Ivan UritsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3652-6085
Alan D KayeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2464-0187
Louisiana State University · USUniversity of the Pacific · USCreighton University · USLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical management of epilepsy seeks to eliminate or to reduce the frequency of seizures, help patients maintain a normal lifestyle, and maintain psychosocial and occupational activities, while avoiding the negative side effects of long-term treatment. Current FDA approved drugs have been shown to have similar efficacy; however, they all share a commonality of having side effects that have the potential to significantly reduce a patient's quality of life. Cenobamate, a newly-FDA approved drug used to treat partial-onset seizures in adult patients, has demonstrated promise in that it works on two proposed mechanisms that are commonly associated with epilepsy. Cenobamate acts as a positive allosteric modulator of the GABA

Indexed as

antiepileptic drugCenobamateepilepsyGABAA ion channelspartial seizuressulfamoylphenyl moietiesXCOPRI

Identifiers

PMID34207493
PMCPMC8293325
OpenAlexW3168275514

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