Sirolimus for Vincristine-Resistant Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon: Report of Eight Patients. 2017

Huaijie Wang, and Yitao Duan, and Ya Gao, and Xinkui Guo
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Xi'an JiaoTong University, Xi'an, China.

BACKGROUND The use of sirolimus for patients with multidrug-resistant Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon (KMP) has been reported in recent years. We present the experience of a single center in treating vincristine-resistant KMP using sirolimus alone. METHODS Children with vincristine-resistant KMP who were treated with oral sirolimus alone were eligible for inclusion in the study. We evaluated responses according to graded response criteria and acute toxicities according to the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria. RESULTS Between March 2012 and October 2014, eight patients underwent sirolimus treatment. The response rate of hematologic parameters was 100% (8/8). Three tumors shrank enough to allow excision. The tumors were resected after hematologic parameters normalized. Of the five patients with unresectable vascular lesions, three had complete response, and two had partial response of their tumors at the completion of long-term (39.7 ± 24.4 wks) sirolimus treatment. Grade 3 or 4 adverse events were not documented during treatment or follow-up. No recurrence or progression of the disease was observed during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS In this small case series, we found sirolimus to be highly effective, with minimal side effects, for vincristine-resistant KMP. A larger study to compare sirolimus and vincristine for KMP is warranted.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D012074 Remission Induction Therapeutic act or process that initiates a response to a complete or partial remission level. Induction of Remission,Induction, Remission,Inductions, Remission,Remission Inductions
D001774 Blood Chemical Analysis An examination of chemicals in the blood. Analysis, Blood Chemical,Chemical Analysis, Blood,Analyses, Blood Chemical,Blood Chemical Analyses,Chemical Analyses, Blood
D004334 Drug Administration Schedule Time schedule for administration of a drug in order to achieve optimum effectiveness and convenience. Administration Schedule, Drug,Administration Schedules, Drug,Drug Administration Schedules,Schedule, Drug Administration,Schedules, Drug Administration
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012494 Sampling Studies Studies in which a number of subjects are selected from all subjects in a defined population. Conclusions based on sample results may be attributed only to the population sampled. Probability Sample,Probability Samples,Sample, Probability,Samples, Probability,Sampling Study,Studies, Sampling,Study, Sampling

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