Please assess the completion status of the following clinical trial:

Trial Title: Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) in the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis

Study Design Characteristics:
- Allocation: None
- Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
- Observational Model: None
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Time Perspective: None
- Masking: NONE
- Phase: PHASE2
- Number of Arms: 1.0

Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:~1. Age greater than or equal to eighteen years.~2. Clinical diagnosis of diffuse systemic sclerosis by ACR criteria, with a stable modified Rodnan skin score in the one month preceding introduction of oral Gleevec therapy. The modified Rodnan skin score must be greater than or equal to sixteen at screening and initiation of therapy.~3. Disease duration of less than or equal to 10 years.~4. Estimated ejection fraction of greater than 50% by echocardiography~Exclusion Criteria:~1. Inability to render informed consent in accordance with institutional guidelines.~2. Disease duration of greater than 10 years.~3. Patients with mixed connective tissue disease or overlap (i.e. those who satisfy more than one set of ACR criteria for a rheumatic disease.)~4. Ongoing treatment with other immunosuppressive therapies including cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, mycophenolic acid, methotrexate, or cyclosporine, or use of those medications within 3 months of trial entry.~5. Concurrent serious medical condition which in the opinion of the investigator makes the patient inappropriate for this study such as uncontrollable CHF, arrhythmia, severe pulmonary or systemic hypertension, severe GI involvement, serum creatinine of greater than 2.0, active infection, severe diabetes, unstable atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, malignancy, HIV, or severe peripheral vascular disease.~6. The use of other anti-fibrotic agents including colchicine, D-penicillamine, minocycline, or Type 1 oral Collagen in the three months prior to enrollment.~7. Limited scleroderma.~8. Systemic sclerosis-like illness associated with environmental or ingested agents such as toxic rapeseed oil, vinyl chloride, or bleomycin.~9. A positive pregnancy at entry into this study. Men and women with reproductive potential will be required to use effective means of contraception through the course of the study.~10. Use in the prior month of corticosteroids at doses exceeding the equivalent of prednisone 10 mg daily. Use of corticosteroid at \< 10 mg of prednisone can continue but not be increased during the course of the study.~11. Participation in another clinical research study involving the evaluation of another investigational drug within ninety days of entry into this study.~12. The presence of severe lung disease as defined by a diffusion capacity of less than 30% of predicted.

- Gender: ALL
- Minimum Age: 18 Years
- Maximum Age: None
- Healthy Volunteers: f

Study Arms:
- 400 mg daily of Imatinib Mesylate (Type: EXPERIMENTAL): All patients were treated with imatinib mesylate at a target dose of 400 mg daily by mouth for 12 months. Dose modifications and interruptions were made for AE and were recorded. After 12 months of treatment, imatinib was stopped for 3 months. Patients were reassessed and offered entrance to an extension phase of the trial.

Based on this trial design, predict the completion outcome and termination type (if applicable).

Answer: outcome: complete