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SarcomaPhase 3NCT00116935

Study Comparing 12 Months Versus 36 Months of Imatinib in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)

A Phase 3 study testing imatinib mesylate and imatinib in people with Sarcoma, run by Scandinavian Sarcoma Group at 1 site in Sweden.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

In this study, patients who have been diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive imatinib (Gleevec) either for 12 or for 36 months following surgery. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Sarcoma
What is being tested?
imatinib mesylate and imatinib
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
400 participants
Where
1 siteSweden
Study dates
Feb 2004to Dec 2010
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age 18 or older
  • Histologically documented diagnosis of GIST
  • Resectable GIST
  • GIST removed at open surgery
  • Immunohistochemical documentation of GIST (immunostaining for KIT/CD117)
  • High risk of tumor recurrence as defined as one of the following: 1) the largest tumor diameter greater than 10.0 cm (measured by a pathologist, with any mitotic count); 2) mitotic count over 10 mitoses per 50 high power fields (HPFs) (with any tumor size); the largest tumor diameter larger than 5.0 cm and the mitotic count is over 5/50 HPFs; 4) tumor spillage into the abdominal cavity at surgery (or tumor rupture). No residual tumors must be present at laparotomy, or in postoperative CT or MRI examinations. Patients who have microscopically infiltrated margins (or suspected microscopical infiltration, R1) are also allowed to enter study.
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  • Performance status 0, 1, or 2 (ECOG)
  • Adequate organ function, defined as follows: total bilirubin <1.5 x ULN (upper limit of normal), serum AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) <2.5 x ULN, creatinine <1.5 x ULN, ANC (neutrophil count) >1.5 x 10^9/L, platelets >100 x 10^9/L.
  • Negative pregnancy test (females with childbearing potential)
  • Written, voluntary informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Inoperable or metastatic GIST
  • Less than 1 week or more than 12 weeks has elapsed from surgery
  • Recurrent GIST
  • Patient has received any investigational agents within 28 days as calculated from the first day of the study drug dosing
  • Patient is less than 5 years free from another primary malignancy
  • Patient with grade III/IV cardiac problems as defined by the New York Heart Association Criteria
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  • Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Patient has severe or uncontrolled medical disease (i.e. uncontrolled diabetes, severe chronic renal disease, or active uncontrolled infection). Concurrent use of warfarin or acetaminophen are not allowed with imatinib.
  • Chronic liver disease
  • Known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  • Patient has received chemotherapy for GIST
  • Patient has received neoadjuvant imatinib therapy prior to randomization
  • Radiotherapy to 25% or more of the bone marrow
  • Patient with any significant history of non-compliance to medical regimens or with inability to grant reliable informed consent

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Sweden1 site
  • Scandinavian Sarcoma Group, Southern Swedish Regional Tumour Registry, Lund University Hospital

    Lund, SE-221 85

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About this study

Official title: Short (12 Months) Versus Long (36 Months) Duration of Adjuvant Treatment With the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Imatinib Mesylate of Operable GIST With a High Risk of Recurrence

In this study, patients who have been diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive imatinib (Gleevec) either for 12 or for 36 months following surgery. The study participants are required to have a histologically verified GIST with a high risk of GIST recurrence despite complete removal of all macroscopic GIST tissue at surgery. The high/very high risk of recurrence is defined as one of the following: 1) the largest tumor diameter is over 10 cm; 2) the mitosis count is high (over 10 mitoses per 50 high power microscope fields, HPFs); 3) the largest tumor diameter over 5 cm and the mitosis count is over 5/50 HPFs; 4) tumor spillage has taken place into the abdominal cavity at the time of surgery or following spontaneous tumor rupture. All study participants will receive imatinib 400 mg/day orally, but the duration of imatinib administration will be determined randomly (either for 12 or for 36 months). The study participants will be followed up using blood tests and computed tomography (or MRI) of the abdomen. The computed tomography examinations will be performed at 6 month intervals for a median of 5 years. A total of 280 patients will be entered into the study. The study hypothesis is that adjuvant imatinib may prevent some of the GIST recurrences, and that there may be a difference in the rate of GIST recurrence between the two groups.

Read the detailed description

This is an open-label, randomized, prospective, phase III, multicenter study carried out in the Nordic countries and in Germany. Following macroscopically complete surgery, the study participants will be allocated to receive imatinib either for 12 or for 36 months. At randomization, the patients are stratified into 2 strata: 1) local disease (1 GIST tumor); 2) intra-abdominal implants or resectable intra-abdominal/hepatic metastases, or intra-abdominal spillage is present, or R1 surgery has been carried out (microscopic disease has been left behind). The imatinib dose is 400 mg/day administered with food. Imatinib dose adjustments are made as per protocol.

Medical history, current medication, weight, height, and ECOG performance status are recorded prior to study entry. Physical examination, blood cell counts, blood biochemistry, pregnancy test, chest X-ray or CT, and CT or MRI of the abdomen and pelvis are carried out/measured prior to study entry. FDG-PET is an optional staging examination. Research serum samples are collected for banking prior to initiating imatinib and at 6-month intervals during the study. Tumor tissue is reviewed centrally to confirm the histological diagnosis of GIST, and KIT and PDGFRA gene mutation analyses will be performed from stored GIST tissue.

The study participants are monitored during adjuvant treatment and following adjuvant treatment. Physical examination, weight and ECOG performance status are assessed at 4- to 26-week intervals. Adverse events are collected using structured forms at the times of the evaluation visits. Blood cell counts and blood biochemistry are measured at 2- to 6-week intervals during imatinib therapy, and at 6-month intervals following completion of adjuvant therapy. CT or MRI examinations of the abdomen and pelvis are performed at 6-month intervals during the study.

Conditions
Sarcoma
Being tested
imatinib mesylate, imatinib
Keywords
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, GIST, Sarcoma, Imatinib, Adjuvant therapy, KIT, PDGFRA, Receptor tyrosine kinase, Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Medical subject headings
Sarcoma, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • imatinib mesylateDrug

    Also called Gleevec

    imatinib 400 mg/day orally qd for 12 months

  • imatinibDrug

    Also called Gleevec

    imatinib 400 mg/d orally qd for 36 months

  • imatinibDrug

    Also called Gleevec

    imatinib 400 mg/d orally qd for 36 months

Study groups in NCT00116935
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1Active comparator1 year of adjuvant imatinib mesylate 400 mg/day orally
Receives: Drug: imatinib mesylate; Drug: imatinib
2Experimental3 years of adjuvant imatinib mesylate 400 mg/day orally
Receives: Drug: imatinib

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Recurrence-free survival

    Measured: 5 years

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Adverse effects

    Measured: 5 years

  2. Survival

    Measured: 5 years

  3. GIST-specific survival

    Measured: 5 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted1 Jul 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2004
  3. Primary completionDec 2010
  4. Study completionDec 2010

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
400 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00116935
Sponsor's protocol ID
SSGXVIII/AIO
Status last verified
Dec 2011
First submitted
30 Jun 2005
Last updated
30 Dec 2011
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Joensuu H, Reichardt A, Eriksson M, Hohenberger P, Boye K, Cameron S, Lindner LH, Jost PJ, Bauer S, Schutte J, Lindskog S, Kallio R, Jaakkola PM, Goplen D, Wardelmann E, Reichardt P. Survival of patients with ruptured gastrointestinal stromal tumour treated with adjuvant imatinib in a randomised trial. Br J Cancer. 2024 Jul;131(2):299-304. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02738-z. Epub 2024 Jun 11.

    PubMed 38862742
  • Joensuu H, Eriksson M, Sundby Hall K, Reichardt A, Hermes B, Schutte J, Cameron S, Hohenberger P, Jost PJ, Al-Batran SE, Lindner LH, Bauer S, Wardelmann E, Nilsson B, Kallio R, Jaakkola P, Junnila J, Alvegard T, Reichardt P. Survival Outcomes Associated With 3 Years vs 1 Year of Adjuvant Imatinib for Patients With High-Risk Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: An Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial After 10-Year Follow-up. JAMA Oncol. 2020 Aug 1;6(8):1241-1246. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2091.

    PubMed 32469385
  • Joensuu H, Wardelmann E, Sihto H, Eriksson M, Sundby Hall K, Reichardt A, Hartmann JT, Pink D, Cameron S, Hohenberger P, Al-Batran SE, Schlemmer M, Bauer S, Nilsson B, Kallio R, Junnila J, Vehtari A, Reichardt P. Effect of KIT and PDGFRA Mutations on Survival in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Treated With Adjuvant Imatinib: An Exploratory Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2017 May 1;3(5):602-609. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5751.

    PubMed 28334365
  • Joensuu H, Eriksson M, Sundby Hall K, Reichardt A, Hartmann JT, Pink D, Ramadori G, Hohenberger P, Al-Batran SE, Schlemmer M, Bauer S, Wardelmann E, Nilsson B, Sihto H, Bono P, Kallio R, Junnila J, Alvegard T, Reichardt P. Adjuvant Imatinib for High-Risk GI Stromal Tumor: Analysis of a Randomized Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jan 20;34(3):244-50. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.62.9170. Epub 2015 Nov 2.

    PubMed 26527782
  • Joensuu H, Eriksson M, Sundby Hall K, Hartmann JT, Pink D, Schutte J, Ramadori G, Hohenberger P, Duyster J, Al-Batran SE, Schlemmer M, Bauer S, Wardelmann E, Sarlomo-Rikala M, Nilsson B, Sihto H, Monge OR, Bono P, Kallio R, Vehtari A, Leinonen M, Alvegard T, Reichardt P. One vs three years of adjuvant imatinib for operable gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2012 Mar 28;307(12):1265-72. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.347.

    PubMed 22453568

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing imatinib mesylate and imatinib in people with Sarcoma, run by Scandinavian Sarcoma Group at 1 site in Sweden.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Dec 2011. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Sweden. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Recurrence-free survival (time frame: 5 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00116935, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Dec 2011.

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