Status:

COMPLETED

A Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Imatinib Mesylate in Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Expressing C-kit Gene

Lead Sponsor:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Conditions:

Unresectable or Metastatic Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

In the core study, participants with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors expressing c-kit were treated with either 400 mg or 600 mg imatinib mesylate for 3 years. The 10 year ex...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men and non-pregnant women ≥18 years of age with the histopathologically documented diagnosis of malignant GIST that was unresectable and/or metastatic. Confirmation of KIT (CD117) expression via immunohistochemical analysis of tumor sample was also required
  • At least one measurable lesion, as defined by Southwestern Oncology Group (SWOG) Solid Tumor Response Criteria, which had not been previously embolized or irradiated
  • Performance status ≤3 as defined by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) criteria, as well as a life expectancy ≥6 months and adequate end organ function defined as follows: Total bilirubin \<1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN), aspartate aminotransferase (SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (SGPT) \<2.5 x ULN (or \<5 x ULN if hepatic metastases were present), creatinine \<1.5 x ULN, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>1.5 x 10\^9/L, platelet count \>100 x 10\^9/L

Exclusion

  • Patients with fewer than five years of disease-free survival from any other (non-GIST) malignancy except if the other malignancy was not currently clinically significant and did not require active intervention or if the other malignancy was a basal cell skin cancer or a cervical carcinoma in situ
  • Patients with known brain metastases
  • Evidence of any of the following disorders: Grade III/IV cardiac failure as defined by the New York Heart Association Criteria, severe concomitant disease, acute or known chronic liver disease (i.e. chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis) or HIV infection
  • Chemotherapy or other investigational therapy within four weeks prior to study entry (six weeks for nitrosourea or mitomycin-C) and/or radiotherapy to ≥25% of the bone marrow
  • Inability to cooperate
  • Major surgery within two weeks or exposure to other investigational agents within 28 days of entry into the study
  • Other protocol-defined inclusion / exclusion criteria may have applied.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2000

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

148 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00237185

Start Date

June 1 2000

End Date

June 1 2013

Last Update

August 19 2014

Active Locations (5)

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Dana Farber Cancer Institute Dept of Sarcoma Oncology

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

2

Oregon Health Sciences University Dept. of Oregon Health Sci.

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97201

3

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111

4

Novartis Investigative Site

Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 3220