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Test Code CENO Cenobamate, Serum


Specimen Required


Supplies: Sarstedt Aliquot Tube, 5 mL (T914)

Collection Container/Tube: Red top (serum gel/SST are not acceptable)

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 1.2 mL Serum

Collection Instructions: Within 2 hours of collection, centrifuge, and aliquot serum into a plastic vial.


Useful For

Monitoring serum concentrations of cenobamate to optimize efficacy and minimize toxicity

Method Name

Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Reporting Name

Cenobamate, S

Specimen Type

Serum Red

Specimen Minimum Volume

Serum: 0.5 mL

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Serum Red Refrigerated (preferred) 28 days
  Ambient  28 days
  Frozen  28 days

Reject Due To

Gross hemolysis OK
Gross lipemia OK
Gross icterus OK

Clinical Information

Cenobamate was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of partial-onset seizures in adult patients. Cenobamate reduces repetitive neuronal firing by inhibiting voltage-gated sodium currents and is a positive allosteric modulator of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA-A) ion channel.

 

Common side effects may include double vision (diplopia), dizziness, somnolence, fatigue, or headache. Severe effects include QT interval shortening and acute hepatic failure.

 

Cenobamate has good oral bioavailability (88%) is extensively metabolized and primarily eliminated through the renal system (approximately 6% unchanged) with a long elimination half-life (50-60 hours).

Reference Values

Trough concentrations of 5 to 35 mcg/mL for daily dosages of 100 to 400 mg/day

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Friday

Report Available

Same day/1 to 2 days

Specimen Retention Time

2 weeks

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

Test Classification

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

CPT Code Information

80299

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
CENO Cenobamate, S 96909-7

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
624174 Cenobamate, S 96909-7