suPERficial Slow-flow Vascular malFORMations Treated With sirolimUS

Summary

The most recent classification, adopted by International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) in 1996, and updated in Melbourne in 2014, divides these lesions into two broad categories: vascular tumors and vascular malformations. Vascular malformations (VMs) are subdivided into high-flow VM and slow-flow VM. Slow-flow VMs consist of congenital anomalies which may involve abnormal capillaries vessels, venous vessels, lymphatic vessels or combination of several of them. They can be superficial (involving cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues) and/or may have visceral involvement. They can be limited or diffuse, and are sometimes components of genetic hypertrophic syndromes. The diagnosis of slow-flow VMs is performed on physical examination (biopsy may be required for confirmation), and is completed with imaging (ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)). Slow-flow VMs may be particularly voluminous; associated with underlying hypertrophy responsible for functional impairment; painful; associated with seepage or continuous cutaneous bleeding; complicated with visceral signs or hematologic disturbances (anemia, thrombopenia). Management requires dedicated multispecialty care. There are no guidelines for treatment, and management may include no intervention - but natural history of these VMs is progressive worsening -, compression by physical bandage, sclerotherapy, resection (when feasible),anti-inflammatory or anti-coagulation drugs. Case reports and series have provided evidence for supporting the need for a clinical trial of sirolimus by reporting successful treatment on several children with complicated vascular anomalies. The choice of sirolimus is rational. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase regulated by phosphoinositide-3-kinase involved in cell mobility, cell growth and angiogenesis. Sirolimus inhibits mTOR, which induces inhibition of angiogenesis, in particular lymphangiogenesis, which has been demonstrated in several models.

Timeline

Start

2015-09-30

Primary completion

2019-03

Completion

2019-03

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Variations in the volume of vascular malformations detected on magnetic resonance imaging scans associated with the duration period were not overall significantly different between the interventional period and the observational period PMID 34524406 ↗

Publications

• Results Maruani A, Tavernier E, Boccara O, Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Leducq S, Bessis D, Guibaud L, Vabres P, Carmignac V, Mallet S, Barbarot S, Chiaverini C, Droitcourt C, Bursztejn AC, Lengelle C, Woillard JB, Herbreteau D, Le Touze A, Joly A, Leaute-Labreze C, Powell J, Bourgoin H, Gissot V, Giraudeau B, Morel B. Sirolimus (Rapamycin) for Slow-Flow Malformations in Children: The Observational-Phase Randomized Clinical PERFORMUS Trial. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Nov 1;157(11):1289-1298. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.3459.
• Maruani A, Boccara O, Bessis D, Guibaud L, Vabres P, Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Barbarot S, Chiaverini C, Blaise S, Droitcourt C, Mallet S, Martin L, Lorette G, Woillard JB, Jonville-Bera AP, Rollin J, Gruel Y, Herbreteau D, Goga D, le Touze A, Leducq S, Gissot V, Morel B, Tavernier E, Giraudeau B; Groupe de Recherche de la Societe Francaise de Dermatologie Pediatrique. Treatment of voluminous and complicated superficial slow-flow vascular malformations with sirolimus (PERFORMUS): protocol for a multicenter phase 2 trial with a randomized observational-phase design. Trials. 2018 Jun 27;19(1):340. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2725-1.

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