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. 2019 May 3;14:96. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1077-6

Table 2.

Safety profile of mTOR inhibitor therapy

Patient # Age at start of treatment Dosages Comedications AE Vaccination status before therapy Vaccination status during therapy
1 19 months 2.5 mg once daily VGB, MAD Recurrent URTI / LRTI Increase of cholesterol / TG Complete NA
2 14 months 2.5 mg 3 times per week VGB, STM, VPA None Complete No live vaccines
3 15 months 2.5 mg once daily LTG, VGB Transient stomatitis Complete NA
4 17 months 2 mg once daily LEV, VPA Transient stomatitis Complete NA
5 12 months 3 mg once daily OXC None NA No live vaccines
6 14 days 0.3 mg two times per week flecainide, propranolol None Incomplete NA
7 5 months 1 mg daily ACTH, OXC, VGB, TMP Transient anemia No vaccinations NA
8 14 months 2.5 mg daily different AEDs, TMP Recurrent URTI / LRTI Increase of cholesterol / TG Complete NA
9 7 days NA TPM, VGB, VPA, propanolol, melatonin Recurrent infections
Reduction of phosphate
Increase of cholinesterase
Increase of TG
Increase of LDH
NA Vaccinations under therapy
10 2 months NA LEV, VGB, sotalol Recurrent infections NA Vaccinations during 3 months pause of therapy
11 7 days 0.05 mg every other day VPA, VGB, TPM, propranolol, propafenone Worsening of infantile acne
Increase of phosphate
Increase of cholinesterase
NA Vaccinations under therapy
12 1 month 0.03 mg/m2twice per day LEV, VGB Transient neutropenia
UTI
NA NA
13 3 months 0.1 mg twice per day VGB, flecainide, metoprolol, amiodarone, metildigoxin Transient neutropenia
Recurrent URTI
NA NA
14 2 days 1.5-2 mg/m2 daily VGB, LEV, digoxin, TMP/SMX, nystatin Increase of cholesterol / TG
Transient lymphopenia
NA No live vaccines
15 2 days 0.25 mg daily TMP/SMX, nystatin None NA No live vaccines
16 7 months 0.5 mg twice per day PB, VGB Recurrent infections NA No live vaccines
17 10 months 5 mg daily OXC, VGB, KD None NA No live vaccines

ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone, AE adverse event, CR cardiac rhabdomyoma, DD developmental delay, KD ketogenic diet, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, LEV levetiracetam, LRTI lower respiratory tract infection, LTG lamotrigine, MAD modified Atkins diet, NA not available, OXC oxcarbazepine, PB phenobarbital, SEGA subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, SEN subependymal nodule, SMX sulfamethoxazole, STM sulthiame, TG triglycerides, TMP trimethoprim, TPM topiramate, URTI upper respiratory tract infection, UTI urinary tract infection, VGB vigabatrin, VPA valproic acid