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. 2020 Jul 22;2020:7250406. doi: 10.1155/2020/7250406

Table 2.

Assessment of response to treatment with sirolimus and outcome.

Patient no. Age of starting sirolimus Dose of sirolimus of starting (mg/m2) Final dose of sirolimus (mg/m2) Response to treatment with sirolimus Duration of treatment Side effects Outcomes and follow-up
1 8 weeks 0.5 0.2 and, then, discontinued Discontinued dextrose therapy after 10 days 3 months None Continue sirolimus therapy for 3 months, no hypoglycemic episodes for one year after tapering sirolimus. Eurodevelopmental growth compatible with the age

2 14 weeks 0.5 1.5 Discontinued dextrose therapy after 15 days and octreotide after 20 days More than one year until the present Mild transient elevation of liver aminotransferase levels Reduced hypoglycemic episodes for 6 months after receiving sirolimus, continued plus diazoxide, and developmental delay

3 4 weeks 0.5 0.7⟶0.4 Discontinued dextrose therapy after 17 days and diazoxide/octreotide after 20–24 days More than one year (continued until now) None Reduced hypoglycemic episodes for 6 months after receiving sirolimus. In 14 months of age, neurodevelopmental growth compatible with the age

4 6 weeks 0.5 1–1.5 Recurrent attacks of hypoglycemia and seizure, discontinued after 6 months 6 months None Recurrent hypoglycemia ended up in pancreatectomy after 6 months of receiving sirolimus, after pancreatectomy (focal hyperplasia in histologic findings) diazoxide therapy with minimal dose continued

5 3 weeks 0.5 0.5–0.7 Discontinued dextrose therapy after 25 days, continued diazoxide 15 mg/kg/d and octreotide 10 mcg/kg/d 8 months (discontinued follow-up after 8 months) None Reduced hypoglycemic episodes for 6 months after receiving sirolimus (no seizure or poor feeding) adequate developmental growth

6 5 years 0.5 0.5 Continued diazoxide (10–15 mg/kg/d) More than one year, continued until now None After surgery, the hypoglycemia episode was controlled by sirolimus plus diazoxide. No attacks of seizures, reduced hypoglycemia less than 1 time in the week