Jurriaan M Peters1, Anna Prohl2, Kush Kapur3, Audrey Nath4, Benoit Scherrer3, Sean Clancy3, Sanjay P Prabhu3, Mustafa Sahin2, David Neal Franz4, Simon K Warfield3, Darcy A Krueger4. 1. Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Translational Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Computational Radiology Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: jurriaan.peters@childrens.harvard.edu. 2. Translational Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. Computational Radiology Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 4. Department of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We studied the longitudinal effects of everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), on callosal white matter diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). METHODS: Serial imaging data spanning nine years were used from the open label, Phase I/II trial (NCT00411619) and open-ended extension phase of everolimus for the treatment of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma associated with TSC. From 28 patients treated with everolimus and 25 untreated control patients, 481 MRI scans were available. Rigorous quality control resulted in omission of all scans with diffusion weighted imaging data in less than 15 directions or more than eight artifacted volumes, and all postsurgical scans. We applied a linear mixed-effects model to the remaining 125 scans (17 treated, 24 controls) for longitudinal analysis of each DTI metric of manually drawn callosal regions of interest. RESULTS: On a population level, mTOR inhibition was associated with a decrease in mean diffusivity. In addition, in treated patients only, a decrease of radial diffusivity was observed; in untreated patients only, an increase of axial diffusivity was seen. In patients below age 10, effect-sizes were consistently greater, and longer treatment was associated with greater rate of diffusion change. There was no correlation between DTI metrics and reduction of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma volume, or everolimus serum levels. CONCLUSIONS: Effects from mTOR overactivity on white matter microstructural integrity in TSC were modified through pharmacologic inhibition of mTOR. These changes sustained over time, were greater with longer treatment and in younger patients during a time of rapid white matter maturation.
OBJECTIVE: We studied the longitudinal effects of everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), on callosal white matter diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). METHODS: Serial imaging data spanning nine years were used from the open label, Phase I/II trial (NCT00411619) and open-ended extension phase of everolimus for the treatment of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma associated with TSC. From 28 patients treated with everolimus and 25 untreated control patients, 481 MRI scans were available. Rigorous quality control resulted in omission of all scans with diffusion weighted imaging data in less than 15 directions or more than eight artifacted volumes, and all postsurgical scans. We applied a linear mixed-effects model to the remaining 125 scans (17 treated, 24 controls) for longitudinal analysis of each DTI metric of manually drawn callosal regions of interest. RESULTS: On a population level, mTOR inhibition was associated with a decrease in mean diffusivity. In addition, in treated patients only, a decrease of radial diffusivity was observed; in untreated patients only, an increase of axial diffusivity was seen. In patients below age 10, effect-sizes were consistently greater, and longer treatment was associated with greater rate of diffusion change. There was no correlation between DTI metrics and reduction of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma volume, or everolimus serum levels. CONCLUSIONS: Effects from mTOR overactivity on white matter microstructural integrity in TSC were modified through pharmacologic inhibition of mTOR. These changes sustained over time, were greater with longer treatment and in younger patients during a time of rapid white matter maturation.
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