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. 2019 Nov 14;12:9669–9683. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S195121

Table 1.

Papers About Everolimus And Stomatitis

Study Year Title Therapy Patients, n Stomatitis, n (%) G1/2, n (%) G3/4, n (%)
Amato et al27 2009 A phase 2 study with a daily regimen of the oral mTOR inhibitor RAD001 (everolimus) in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell cancer Everolimus at a dose of 10 mg daily orally without interruption (28-day cycle), with dose modifications for toxicity (graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria version 3.0). Patients were evaluated every two cycles (8 weeks) using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 39 12 (30.8) G1 4 (10.3)
G2 8 (20.5)
Andre et al28 2014 Everolimus for women with trastuzumab-resistant, HER2-positive, advanced breast cancer (BOLERO-3): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial In this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial, authors recruited women with HER2-positive, trastuzumab-resistant advanced breast carcinoma who had previously received taxane therapy. Eligible patients were randomly assigned (1:1) using a central patient-screening and -randomization system to daily everolimus (5 mg/day) plus weekly trastuzumab (2 mg/kg) and vinorelbine (25 mg/m2) or to placebo plus trastuzumab plus vinorelbine, in 3-week cycles, stratified by previous lapatinib use 280 175 (62) 138 (49) G3 37 (13)
Angelousi et al29 2017 Sequential everolimus and sunitinib treatment in pancreatic metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumours resistant to prior treatments A: 20 1st-line everolimus
B: 11 2nd-line everolimus
A: 20
B: 11
A: 2 (10)
B: 1 (9)
A: 2 (10)
B: 1 (9)
Armstrong et al30 2016 Everolimus versus sunitinib for patients with metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ASPEN — a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 2 trial) Everolimus orally at 10 mg once daily 52 27 (48) 22 (39) G3 5 (9)
Bajetta et al31 2014 Everolimus in combination with octreotide long-acting repeatable in a first-line setting for patients with neuroendocrine tumors Treatment-naïve patients with advanced well-differentiated NETs of gastroenteropancreatic tract and lung origin received everolimus 10 mg daily in combination with octreotide LAR 30 mg every 28 days 50 31 26 (52) G3 4 (8)
G4 1 (2)
Baselga et al32 2012 Everolimus in postmenopausal hormone-receptor–positive advanced breast cancer Double-blind phase III study, patients randomly assigned to treatment with oral everolimus or matching placebo (10 mg daily) in conjunction with exemestane (25 mg daily) 482 56 (11.61) 48 (9.95) G3 8
Baselga et al33 2009 Phase II randomized study of neoadjuvant everolimusplus letrozole compared with placebo plus letrozole inpatients with estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer 270 postmenopausal women with operable ER-positive breast cancer were randomly assigned to receive 4 months of neoadjuvant treatment with letrozole (2.5 mg/day) and either everolimus (10 mg/day) or placebo 137 50 (36.5) 47 (34.3) 3 (2.2)
Bergmann et al34 2015 Everolimus in metastatic renal cell carcinoma after failure of initial anti–VEGF therapy: final
results of a noninterventional study
Patients received everolimus 10 mg once daily until disease progression or unacceptable 334 22 (7) 18 (81) 4 (18)
Besse et al35 2014 Phase II study of everolimus–erlotinib in previously treated patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer Everolimus 5 mg/day + erlotinib 150 mg/day 66 48 (72.6) G1 11 (16.7) G2 16 (24.2) G3 21 (31.8)
Campone et al36 2009 Safety and pharmacokinetics of paclitaxel and the oral mTOR inhibitor everolimus in advanced solid tumours Everolimus was dose-escalated from 15 to 30 mg and administered with paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, and 15 every 28 days 16 6 (37.5) 5 (31.25) G3 1 (6.25)
Castellano et al37 2013 Everolimus plus octreotide long-acting repeatable in patients with colorectal neuroendocrine tumors: a subgroup analysis of the phase III RADIANT-2 study Everolimus plus octreotide 19 11 (57.9)
Chan et al38 2013 A prospective, phase 1/2 study of everolimus and temozolomide in patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor Patients treated with temozolomide 150 mg/m2 per day on days 1–7 and 15–21 in combination with everolimus daily in each 28-day cycle. In cohort 1, temozolo mide was administered together with everolimus at 5 mg daily. Following demonstration of safety in this cohort, subsequent patients in cohort 2 were treated with temozolomide plus everolimus at 10 mg daily 43 27 G1 22 (51)
G2 4 (9)
G3 1 (2)
Choueiri et al39 2015 Cabozantinib versus everolimus in advanced renal cell carcinoma Everolimus at a dose of 10 mg daily 322 77 (24) 70 (21.7) 7 (2.2)
Chow et al40 2016 A phase 2 clinical trial of everolimus plus bicalutamide for castration-resistant prostate cancer Oral bicalutamide 50 mg and oral everolimus 10 mg, both once daily, with a cycle defined as 4 weeks 24 14 (58.3) 10 (41.6) G3 4
Chung et al41 2016 Phase Ib trial of mFOLFOX6 and everolimus (NSC-733,504) in patients with metastatic gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma Six patients were accrued to the first dose level of 2.5 mg everolimus daily with mFOLFOX6 A: 6 4 (66) G1 2 (33) G3 2 (33)
Ciruelos et al42 2017 Safety of everolimus plus exemestane in patients with hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer: results of phase IIIb BALLET trial in Spain Eligible patients started study treatment on day 1 with daily doses of everolimus (2/5/9 mg or 1/9/10 mg) and exemestane (25 mg) and continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity 429 272 (63) 232 (54) G3 40 (9)
Ciunci et al43 2014 Phase 1 and pharmacodynamic trial of everolimus in combination with cetuximab in patients with advanced cancer Not reported 29 4 (13.8) G2 4 (13.8)
Colon-Otero et al44 2017 Phase 2 trial of everolimus and letrozole in relapsed estrogen receptor-positive high-grade ovarian cancer Patients received oral everolimus 10 mg daily and letrozole 2.5 mg daily 19 2 (10.5) G3 2 (10.5)
Courtney et al45 2015 A phase I study of everolimus and docetaxel in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer Patients received everolimus 10 mg daily for 2 weeks and underwent a restaging FDG- PET/computed tomography scan. Patient cohorts were subsequently treated at three dose levels of everolimus with docetaxel: 5–60 mg/m2, 10–60 mg/m2, and 10–70 mg/m2. The primary end point was the safety and tolerability of combination therapy. 18 5 (27.7) 5 (27.7)
Deenen et al46 2012 Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of capecitabine and the oral mTOR inhibitor everolimus in patients with advanced solid malignancies Fixed-dose everolimus 10 mg/day continuously plus capecitabine twice daily for 14 days in 3-weekly cycles 18 9 (50) 9 (50)
Doi et al47 2010 Multicenter phase II study of everolimus in patients with previously treated metastatic gastric cancer Everolimus 10 mg orally daily A: 53 3 (5.7)
Elmadani et al48 2017 EVESOR, a model-based, multiparameter, phase I trial to optimize the benefit/toxicity ratio of everolimus and sorafenib Everolimus + sorafenib 26 6 (23.1) 6 (23.1)
Escudier at al.49 2016 Open-label phase 2 trial of first-line everolimus monotherapy in patients with papillary metastatic renal cell carcinoma: RAPTOR final analysis Oral everolimus 10 mg once daily until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity 92 23 (25) 23 (25)
Fazio et al50 2013 Everolimus plus octreotide long-acting repeatable in patients with advanced lung neuroendocrine tumors: analysis of the phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled RADIANT-2 study
Everolimus + octreotide 33 3 (9.1)
Ferolla et al51 2017 Efficacy and safety of long-acting pasireotide or everolimus alone or in combination in patients with advanced carcinoids of the lung and thymus (LUNA): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, phase 2 trial A: everolimus
B: everolimus + pasireotide
A: 42
B: 41
Total A: 30 (72)
Total B: 15 (37)
A: 26 (62)
B: 13 (32)
A: G3 4 (10)
B: G3 2 (5)
Finn et al52 2013 Phase I study investigating everolimus combined with sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma A: sorafenib + everolimus 2.5 mg once daily
B: sorafenib + everolimus 5 mg once daily
A: 16
B: 14
A: 6 (37.5)
B: 6 (42.9)
Ulcers total 6 (37.5)
A: 6 (37.5)
B: 5 (35.8)
A: 0
B: 1 (7.1)
Fury et al53 2012 A phase I study of daily everolimus plus low-dose weekly cisplatin for patients with advanced solid tumors Not reported 30 11 (39) 11 (39)
Ghobrial et al54 2010 Phase II trial of the oral mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor everolimus in relapsed or refractory Waldenström macroglobulinemia Everolimus 10 mg daily for two cycles 50 4 (8) 4 (8)
Goldberg et al55 2015 Everolimus for the treatment of lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a phase II study Not reported 24 18 (75)
Gong et al56 2017 Efficacy and safety of everolimus in Chinese metastatic HR positive, HER2 negative breast cancer patients: a real-world retrospective study Everolimus was usually initiated at 10 mg or in some instances 5 mg daily, according to patients’ tolerance and request 70 40 (57.1) 34 (47.8) G3 6 (9.3)
Grignani et al57 2015 Sorafenib and everolimus for patients with unresectable high-grade osteosarcoma progressing after standard treatment: a non-randomised phase 2 clinical trial A: patients took 400 mg sorafenib twice a day together with 5 mg everolimus once a day 38 20 G1 11 (29)
G2 7 (18)
G3 2 (5)
Hainsworth et al58 2010 Phase II trial of bevacizumab and everolimus in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma All patients received bevacizumab 10 mg/kg intravenously every 2 weeks and everolimus 10 mg orally daily 80 48 36 (45) G3 12 (15)
Hatano et al59 2016 Outcomes of everolimus treatment for renal angiomyolipoma
associated with tuberous sclerosis complex: a single institution
experience in Japan
Everolimus set at 10 mg once a day for adults 47 43 (91) 42 (97.6) 1 (2.3)
Hatano et al60 2017 Intermittent everolimus administration for renal angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis complex Everolimus set at 10 mg once a day 26 23 (88) 22 1
Hurvitz et al61 2013 A phase 2 study of everolimus combined with trastuzumab and paclitaxel in patients with HER2-overexpressing advanced breast cancer that progressed during prior trastuzumab and taxane therapy Everolimus 10 mg/day in combination with paclitaxel (80 mg/m2 days 1, 8, and 15 every 4 weeks) and trastuzumab (4 mg/kg loading dose followed by 2 mg/kg weekly), administered in 28-day cycles 55 42 (76.3) G1 13 (23.6)G2 18 (32.7) G3 11 (20)
Jerusalem et al62 2016 Safety of everolimus plus exemestane in patients with hormone-receptor–positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer progressing on prior non-steroidal aromatase inhibitors: primary results of a phase IIIb, open-label, single-arm, expanded-access multicenter trial (BALLET) Not reported 2,131 1,126 (52.8) 926 (43.4) G3 198 (9.3) G4 2 (0.1)
Jovanovic et al63 2017 A randomized phase II neoadjuvant study of cisplatin, paclitaxel with or without everolimus in patients with stage II/III triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC): responses and long-term outcome correlated with increased frequency of DNA damage response gene mutations, TNBC subtype, AR status and Ki67 Not reported 96 37 (39) 37 (39)
Jozwiak et al64 2016 Safety of everolimus in patients younger than 3 years of age: results from EXIST-1, a randomized, controlled clinical trial Everolimus initiated at 4.5 mg/m2/day and titrated to blood trough levels of 5–15 ng/mL 18 12 (66.7)
Kato et al65 2014 Efficacy of everolimus in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to VEGFR-TKIs and safety compared with prior VEGFR-TKI treatment Not reported 19 7 (37) 6 (32) 1 (5)
Kim et al66 2014 A multicenter phase II study of everolimus in patients with progressive unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma Everolimus given at 10 mg daily until progression or occurrence of unacceptable toxicities 34 27 (79.4) 26 (96.2) 1 (2.9)
Kim et al67 2018 Clinical outcomes of the sequential use of pazopanib followed by
everolimus for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma:
a multicentre study in Korea
Everolimus 36 15 (41.7) 14 (38.9) 1 (2.8)
Koutsoukos et al68 2017 Real-world experience of everolimus as second-line treatment in metastatic renal cell cancer after failure of pazopanib Not reported 31 8 (26) G1 4 (13)
G2 1 (3)
G3 3 (10)
Kulke et al69 2017 A randomized, open-label, phase 2 study of everolimus in combination with pasireotide LAR or everolimus alone in advanced, well-differentiated, progressive pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: COOPERATE-2 trial A: everolimus + pasireotide LAR
B: everolimus
A: 78
B: 81
A: 46 (59)
B: 51 (63)
A: 39 (50)
B: 44 (54.4)
A: 7 (9)
B: 7 (8.6)
Kumano et al70 2013 Sequential use of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors
in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma following failure of tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Everolimus 57 17 (29.8) 14 (82.35) 3 (5.3)
Moscetti et al71 2016 Safety analysis, association with response and previous treatments of everolimus and exemestane in 181 metastatic breast cancer patients: a multicenter Italian experience Not reported 181 115 (63.5) G1 54 (29.8) G2 46 (25.4) G3 15 (8.3)
Motzer et al72 2016 Phase II trial of second-line everolimus in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RECORD-4) Not reported 133 7 (5.26)
Motzer et al73 2014 Phase II randomized trial comparing sequential first-line everolimus and second-line sunitinib versus first-line sunitinib and second-line everolimus in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma Everolimus 238 53 (22.26) 47 (19.74) G3 6 (2.52)
Motzer et al17 2008 Efficacy of everolimus in advanced renal cell carcinoma: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase III trial
Everolimus 10 mg once daily 269 107 (40) 98 (36.43) G3 9 (3.34)
Motzer et al74 2015 Lenvatinib, everolimus, and the combination in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomised, phase 2, open-label, multicentre trial Everolimus 10 mg day 50 21 (42) 20 (40) G3 1 (2)
Oh et al75 2012 Phase 2 study of everolimus monotherapy in patients with nonfunctioning neuroendocrine tumors or pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas Everolimus was administered daily at a dose of 10 mg for 4 weeks. 34 6 (17.6) 4 (11.7) 2 (5.9)
Ohtsu et al76 2013 Everolimus for previously treated advanced gastric cancer: results of the randomized, double-blind, phase III GRANITE-1 study Everolimus 10 mg/day + BSC 437 174 (40) 154 (35) 20 (5)
Ohyama et al77 2017 Efficacy and safety of sequential use
of everolimus in Japanese patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma after failure of first-line treatment with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor: a multicenter phase II clinical trial
Not reported A :53 26 (49.1) 22 (41.6) 4 (7.5)
Panzuto et al78 2014 Real-world study of everolimus in advanced progressive neuroendocrine tumors Everolimus 169 37 (21.9) 33 (19.6) 4 (2.3)
Park et al79 2014 Efficacy and safety of everolimus in Korean patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma following treatment failure with a vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Everolimus 100 42 (44) 36 (38) 6 (6)
Pavel et al80 2016 Safety and QOL in patients with advanced NET in a phase 3b expanded access study of everolimus Not reported 123 29 (23.6) 23 (18.7) G3 6 (4.9)
Quek et al81 2011 Combination mTOR and IGF-1R inhibition: phase I trial of everolimus and figitumumab in patients with advanced sarcomas and
other solid tumors
Figitumumab (20 mg/kg IV every 21 days) with full-dose everolimus (10 mg orally once daily) 21 21 (100) G1 11 (52.4)
G2 7 (33.3)
G3 3 (14.3)
Safra et al82 2018 Everolimus plus letrozole for treatment of patients with HR+, HER2advanced breast cancer progressing on endocrine therapy: an open-label, phase II trial Everolimus 10 mg daily and letrozole 2.5 mg daily 72 39 (54.2) 18 (45.9) G3 21 (8.3)
Salazar et al83 2017 Phase II study of BEZ235 versus everolimus in patients with mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor-naïve advanced
pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Everolimus 10 mg once daily 31 20 (64.5) 18 (58) 2 (6.5)
Sarkaria et al84 2011 NCCTG phase I trial N057K of everolimus (RAD001) and temozolomide in combination with radiation therapy in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme patients All patients received weekly oral RAD001 in combination with standard chemoradiotherapy, followed by RAD001 in combination with standard adjuvant temozolomide 18 11 (61.1) G2 11 (61.1)
Strickler et al85 2012 Phase I study of bevacizumab, everolimus, and panobinostat (LBH-589) in advanced solid tumors 10 mg panobinostat three times weekly, 5 or 10 mg everolimus daily, and bevacizumab at 10 mg/kg every 2 weeks 12 4 (33) 3 (25) 1 (8)
Sun et al86 2013 A phase 1b study of everolimus plus
paclitaxel in patients with small-cell lung cancer
A: everolimus 2.5 mg 6
B: everolimus 5 mg 11
C: everolimus 10 mg 3
20 8 (40) A 2 10)
B 5 (25)
C 1 (5)
Takahashi et al87 2013 Efficacy and safety of concentration-controlled everolimus with reduced-dose cyclosporine in Japanese de novo renal transplant patients: 12-month results Everolimus 1.5 mg/day starting dose (target trough 3–8 ng/mL) + reduced-dose cyclosporine 61 14 (23)
Tobinai et al88 2010 Phase I study of the oral mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor everolimus (RAD001) in Japanese patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma
everolimus 5 or 10 mg orally once daily
Not reported 13 7 (53.7) G1 3 (23.7)
G2 4 (30.7)
Vlahovic et al89 2012 A phase I study of bevacizumab, everolimus and panitumumab in advanced solid tumors Everolimus and flat dosing of panitumumab at 4.8 mg/kg and bevacizumab at 10 mg/kg every 2 weeks 32 24 (76) 20 (63) 4 (13)
Wang et al90 2014 Everolimus for patients with mantle cell lymphoma refractory to or intolerant of bortezomib: multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 study Not reported 58 12 (20.7) 11 (19) G3 1 (1.7)
Werner et al91 2013 Phase I study of everolimus and mitomycin C for patients with metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinoma Oral everolimus (5, 7.5, and 10 mg/day) in combination with intravenous MMC 5 mg/m2 every 3 weeks. 16 9 (56.25) G1 8 (50) G3 1 (6.25)
Wolpin et al92 2009 Oral mTOR inhibitor everolimus in patients with gemcitabine-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer Everolimus 10 mg daily 33 10 (30) G1 8 (24)
G2 1 (3)
G3 1 (3)
Yao et al93 2008 Efficacy of everolimus and octreotide LAR in advanced low- to intermediate-grade neuroendocrinetumors: results of a phase II study
RAD001 5 mg/day or 10 mg/day and octreotide LAR 30 mg every 28 days 64 Aphtous ulcers 5 (8)
Dysgeusia 1 (2)
Yao et al94 2011 Everolimus for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors 10 mg once daily 204 131 (64) 117 (57) 14 (7)
Yee et al95 2006 Phase I/II study of everolimus in patients with relapsed or refractory hematologic malignancies Not reported 27 10 (37) 10 (37)
Total over all 8,201 3,490 (42.55)
Total with grade 7,796 3,347 (42.93) 2,839 (36.41) 508 (6.51)