Soumitra Tole1, Michelle Fantauzzi2, Diana Cottingham3, Joao G Amaral4, Philip R John4, Irene Lara-Corrales5, Elena Pope5, Manuel D Carcao1,6. 1. Department of Paediatrics, Division of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. 2. Department of Nursing, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. 3. Department of Social Work, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. 4. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Division of Interventional Radiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. 5. Department of Paediatrics, Section of Dermatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. 6. Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety and efficacy of rapamycin in treating children with vascular tumours and malformations. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a retrospective review at a large tertiary care paediatric centre to assess the efficacy and safety of using rapamycin to treat vascular tumours and malformations. Response to therapy was defined by patient-reported symptom improvement, radiological reduction in size of lesions, and/or improvement of laboratory parameters. RESULTS: Forty-two patients (7 with vascular tumours and 35 with vascular malformations) have been treated with rapamycin. Despite 33 of 42 patients being diagnosed in the first year of life, the median age of initiating rapamycin was 11 years. Of the 38 children treated for a minimum of 4 months, 29 (76%) exhibited a clinical response. Twenty-one patients had follow-up imaging studies and of these, 16 (76%) had radiographic decrease in lesion size. Median time to demonstration of response was 49 days. All five children with vascular tumours and all three children with vascular malformations under the age of 4 years showed a clinical response. Response rate was lower for children ≥ 4 years of age (0/2, 0% for vascular tumours; 21/28, 75% for vascular malformations). No patient experienced an infection directly related to rapamycin or discontinued rapamycin due to toxicity. CONCLUSIONS: Rapamycin is safe and efficacious in most children with select vascular tumours and malformations. Young children appear to respond better, suggesting that early initiation of rapamycin should be considered.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety and efficacy of rapamycin in treating children with vascular tumours and malformations. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a retrospective review at a large tertiary care paediatric centre to assess the efficacy and safety of using rapamycin to treat vascular tumours and malformations. Response to therapy was defined by patient-reported symptom improvement, radiological reduction in size of lesions, and/or improvement of laboratory parameters. RESULTS: Forty-two patients (7 with vascular tumours and 35 with vascular malformations) have been treated with rapamycin. Despite 33 of 42 patients being diagnosed in the first year of life, the median age of initiating rapamycin was 11 years. Of the 38 children treated for a minimum of 4 months, 29 (76%) exhibited a clinical response. Twenty-one patients had follow-up imaging studies and of these, 16 (76%) had radiographic decrease in lesion size. Median time to demonstration of response was 49 days. All five children with vascular tumours and all three children with vascular malformations under the age of 4 years showed a clinical response. Response rate was lower for children ≥ 4 years of age (0/2, 0% for vascular tumours; 21/28, 75% for vascular malformations). No patient experienced an infection directly related to rapamycin or discontinued rapamycin due to toxicity. CONCLUSIONS: Rapamycin is safe and efficacious in most children with select vascular tumours and malformations. Young children appear to respond better, suggesting that early initiation of rapamycin should be considered.
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