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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |