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Table 5 Summary of previous reports on mTOR inhibitor dosing in neonates

From: Safety and efficacy of mTOR inhibitor treatment in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex under 2 years of age – a multicenter retrospective study

mTOR inhibitor

AAO of mTOR inhibitor

Dosing regimen

Dose [mg/m2/d]

Trough levels [ng/ml]

Duration

AE

Prophylaxis

Reference

EVE

NA

0.25 mg twice per day

2 days per week

NA

5–15

2.5 months

Increase of TG

Self-limiting diarrhea

Decreased CD/CD8 ratio lymphopenia

TMP/SMX

(Demir et al. 2012)

Sirolimus

10 days

0.4 mg daily

NA

NA

24 days

Increase of TG

TMP/SMX

(Breathnach et al. 2014)

EVE

20 days

0.1 mg daily

0.64

11

34 days

Transient hypokalemia

NA

(Mohamed et al. 2014)

EVE

2 days

0.25 mg twice per day

2 days per week

NA

3.6–7.8

3 months

NA

NA

(Dogan et al. 2015)

EVE

4 days

0.1 mg daily

0.64

11.5

42 days

NA

NA

(Goyer et al. 2015)

EVE

9 days

0.1 mg daily

0.64

10.2

NA

NA

NA

EVE

21 days

NA

3

4–5

NA

Hyponatremia

antibiotic

prophylaxis

(Mlczoch et al. 2015)

EVE

NA

0.25 mg twice per day

2 days per week

NA

NA

4 weeks

NA

NA

(Oztunc et al. 2015)

EVE

2 days

0.15–0.2 mg daily

1

10–15

19 days

Toxic levels of 108 ng/ml under initial dose of 0.4–0.45 mg (=1.5-2 mg/m2)

NA

(Wagner et al. 2015)

EVE

7 days

0.25 mg daily

1

NA

10 weeks

Mild mucositis

Increase of TG

NA

(Colaneri et al. 2016)

EVE

NA

0.25 mg twice per day

2 days per week

NA

5–10

NA

NA

NA

(Emir et al. 2017)

EVE

NA

0.5 mg daily

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Hoshal et al. 2016)

EVE

20 days

0.1 mg daily

NA

13.7

34 days

Suspected infection

NA

(Aw et al. 2017)

EVE

4 days

NA

NA

11

42 days

None

NA

EVE

9 days

0.1 mg daily

NA

10.2

NA

Oral ulcers

NA

EVE

1 day

0.1 mg daily

NA

10.2

36 days

None

NA

EVE

NA

0.03125 mg daily

0.12

3–7

2 weeks

Adenovirus pneumonia

High trough levels of 20 ng/ml under 0.125 mg (0.0558 mg/m2)

NA

(Chang et al. 2017)

EVE

NA

NA

0.35

1.81

NA

NA

NA

EVE

NA

0.125 mg daily

0.51

NA

Na

NA

NA

  1. AAO age at onset, AE adverse events, EVE everolimus, NA not available, TG triglycerides, TMP/SMX trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole