Study of Dose Escalation Versus no Dose Escalation of Imatinib in Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) Patients

NCT ID: NCT01031628

Last Updated: 2013-09-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

5 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-01-31

Study Completion Date

2011-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine if escalating the dose of imatinib to keep the drug blood level at ≥ 1100 ng/ml leads to better outcomes for patients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Keywords

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GIST Gastrointestinal stromal tumors Exon 9 Gleevec Imatinib blood levels

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm A

Patients with blood level less than 1100 will continue imatinib 400 mg daily

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Imatinib mesylate

Intervention Type DRUG

400 mg daily. Number of cycles: until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity develops

Arm B

Patients with blood level less than 1100 dose adjust imatinib mesylate to goal blood level ≥1100 ng/mL

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Imatinib mesylate

Intervention Type DRUG

600 or 800 mg daily. Number of cycles: until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity develops

Arm C

Patients with blood level ≥1100 will continue imatinib 400 mg daily

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Imatinib mesylate

Intervention Type DRUG

400 mg daily. Number of cycles: until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity develops

Arm D

Patients with tumors that harbor exon 9 mutations will continue imatinib mesylate at 400 mg or dose escalate up to 800 mg daily

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Imatinib mesylate

Intervention Type DRUG

400, 600 or 800 mg daily. Number of cycles: until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity develops

Interventions

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Imatinib mesylate

400 mg daily. Number of cycles: until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity develops

Intervention Type DRUG

Imatinib mesylate

600 or 800 mg daily. Number of cycles: until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity develops

Intervention Type DRUG

Imatinib mesylate

400, 600 or 800 mg daily. Number of cycles: until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity develops

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Gleevec Glivec Gleevec Glivec Gleevec Glivec

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years
* Unresectable and/or metastatic GIST
* Currently receiving imatinib 400 mg per day for a minimum of 4 weeks prior to registration, and for no more than 6 months prior to registration. This must be the first time that the patient has been treated for metastatic and/or unresectable GIST
* For patients who received imatinib following surgery at the time of an initial diagnosis of GIST, there must be a 6 month interval between completion of imatinib and the diagnosis of metastatic GIST
* Good physical functioning (ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1)
* Generally, good function of organ such as liver and kidneys

Exclusion Criteria

* Disease progression during adjuvant therapy with imatinib (adjuvant treatment is treatment that is given after surgery for GIST)
* Known intolerance of imatinib at a dose of 400 mg/day or higher
* Prior systemic therapy for advanced GIST with imatinib or those who have been on imatinib for longer than 6 months for unresectable and/or metastatic disease
* Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to Day 1 of study or who have not yet recovered from prior surgery
* Use of coumadin derivatives (i.e. warfarin, acenocoumarol, phenprocoumon)
* Patients who have received wide field radiotherapy ≤ 4 weeks or limited field radiation for palliation \< 2 weeks or who have not recovered from side effects of this therapy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Suzanne George, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Locations

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Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Sarcoma Oncology Center

Santa Monica, California, United States

Site Status

Washington Cancer Institute

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Indiana University Cancer Center

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Carolinas Hematology Oncology Associates

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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George S, Trent JC. The role of imatinib plasma level testing in gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2011 Jan;67 Suppl 1:S45-50. doi: 10.1007/s00280-010-1527-2. Epub 2010 Dec 8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21140148 (View on PubMed)

Marrari A, Trent JC, George S. Personalized cancer therapy for gastrointestinal stromal tumor: synergizing tumor genotyping with imatinib plasma levels. Curr Opin Oncol. 2010 Jul;22(4):336-41. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32833a6b8e.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 20489620 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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STI571BUS286T

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

SARC019

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id