Clinical trial NCT01151852: Rechallenge of Imatinib in GIST Having no Effective Treatment: RIGHT
Official title: A Prospective, Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Trial of Imatinib Re-Challenge in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Who Had Benefit From Prior Imatinib But Progression From Both Imatinib and Sunitinib
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Keywords: Imatinib
Re-challenge
Lead sponsor: Asan Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-06-29
Enrollment: 81
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The objective of this study is to compare the clinical outcomes following resumption of dosing (re-challenge) with Imatinib plus best supportive care versus placebo plus best supportive care in patients with advanced/incurable Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors following failure of prior imatinib and sunitinib therapies.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged 18 years and older
* Patients with metastatic or unresectable malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumour which has been histologically confirmed by the detection of CD117 on immunohistochemical staining or genetically confirmed by the detection of mutation in KIT or PDGFRα genes on direct sequencing of tumor DNA.
* Prior benefit from 1st line imatinib defined as complete response, partial response, or stable disease at 6 months after the start of 1st line imatinib
* Patients whose disease has progressed despite at least both prior imatinib therapy (400mg/day) and then subsequently also failure of prior sunitinib therapy.
* ECOG(Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status 0 \~ 3
* Adequate bone marrow function as defined by platelets ≥ 75 x 109/L and neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 109/L
* Adequate renal function, with serum creatinine \< 1.5 x upper limit of normal
* Adequate hepatic function with serum total bilirubin \< 1.5 x upper limit of normal, alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase \< 2.5 x upper limit of normal in the absence of liver metastases, or \< 5 x upper limit of normal in the presence of liver metastases.
* Expected life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks in the absence of any intervention
* No other malignant disease apart from non-melanotic skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix or any other cancer except where treated with curative intent \> 5 years previously without evidence of relapse
* Written, informed consent to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Medical or psychiatric conditions that compromise the patient's ability to give informed consent or to complete the protocol or a history of non- compliance
* Last dose of radiotherapy received within 4 weeks before the start of study treatment, excluding palliative radiotherapy
* Obstruction of gastrointestinal tract
* Active gastrointestinal bleeding
* Myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to the study medication, and other clinically significant heart disease (e.g., unstable angina, congestive heart failure or uncontrolled hypertension)
* Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic disease or any concurrent condition which in the investigator's opinion makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the study or which would jeopardise compliance with the protocol
* Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding. Female patients must have had a negative pregnancy test within one week before starting imatinib.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Progression-free Survival
timeFrame: up tp12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Disease Control Rate
timeFrame: up to 12 weeks
measure: Progression Free Survival
timeFrame: up to 12 weeks
measure: Response Rate
timeFrame: Up to 12weeks
measure: Overall Survival(OS) and Time to Progression(TTP)
timeFrame: Up to 3years
measure: Safety and Tolerability of Imatinib
timeFrame: Up to 3years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Seoul
country: Korea, Republic of
facility: Asan Medical Center
state: Songpa-gu
Study officials:
affiliation: Asan Medical Center
name: Yoon-Koo Kang, MD, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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