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SarcomaPhase 3NCT02413736

Three Versus Five Years of Adjuvant Imatinib as Treatment of Patients With Operable GIST

A Phase 3 study testing Imatinib in people with Sarcoma, run by Heikki Joensuu at 1 site in Finland.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

In this study, patients who have been diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and have been treated with adjuvant imatinib for 3 years after surgery will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive imatinib (Gleevec) for 2 more years (Arm A) or to stop imatinib (Arm B). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 100 years
Conditions the study is for
Sarcoma
What is being tested?
Imatinib
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
255 participants
Where
1 siteFinland
Study dates
May 2015to Jun 2033
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 to 100 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥ 18 years.
  • Morphological and immunohistological documentation of GIST (immunostaining for KIT and/or DOG-1 positive, or mutation of KIT or PDGFRA present in tumor tissue).
  • Macroscopically complete surgical resection of GIST (either R0 or R1 resection).
  • Mutation analysis of KIT and PDGFR genes has been carried out.
  • A high risk of GIST recurrence; either gastric GIST with mitotic count >10/50 HPFs, or non-gastric GIST with mitotic count >5/50 HPFs, or tumor rupture.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 2.
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  • Adequate organ function.
  • Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 14 days before initiation of study drug dosing. Postmenopausal women must have amenorrhea for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential. Male and female patients of reproductive potential must agree to employ an effective barrier method of birth control throughout the study and for up to 3 months following discontinuation of study drug.
  • Patient willing to be followed up at the study site regardless of the result of randomization.
  • Patient has provided a written, voluntary informed consent prior to study-specific screening procedures.

Who cannot join

  • Presence of distant metastases or local recurrence of GIST.
  • Not willing to donate tumor tissue and/or blood samples for the study molecular studies.
  • Presence of a substitution mutation at PDGFRA codon D842 (usually D842V).
  • Administration of adjuvant imatinib longer than for 3 years is planned regardless of the result of randomization, or "life long" imatinib administration is planned.
  • Prior adjuvant (+ neoadjuvant) therapy with imatinib mesylate for at least 35 months has not been completed, or the total duration of prior adjuvant (+ neoadjuvant) imatinib administration exceeds the total duration of 37 months.
  • Neoadjuvant imatinib for a duration that exceeds 9 months.
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  • Longer than 4-week break during adjuvant imatinib administration.
  • The dose of imatinib at completion of 3 years of adjuvant imatinib was 200 mg per day or less or greater than 800 mg per day.
  • Patient has received any investigational anti-cancer agents during adjuvant imatinib or between completion of adjuvant imatinib and the date of randomization.
  • Patient has been free of another malignancy for less than 5 years except if the other malignancy is not currently clinically significant nor requiring active intervention, or if the other malignancy is a basal cell skin cancer or a cervical carcinoma in situ. Recent existence of any other malignant disease is not allowed.
  • Patient with Grade III/IV cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Criteria (i.e., congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within 6 months of study entry).
  • Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
  • Severe and/or uncontrolled medical disease (i.e., uncontrolled diabetes, severe chronic renal disease, or active uncontrolled infection).
  • Known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Patient with a 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.

Finland1 site

  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    Helsinki, 00029

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About this study

Official title: Three Versus Five Years of Adjuvant Imatinib as Treatment of Patients With Operable GIST With a High Risk for Recurrence: A Randomised Phase III Study

In this study, patients who have been diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and have been treated with adjuvant imatinib for 3 years after surgery will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive imatinib (Gleevec) for 2 more years (Arm A) or to stop imatinib (Arm B). The study participants are required to have histologically verified GIST with a high risk of GIST recurrence despite removal of all macroscopic GIST tissue at surgery and 3 years of adjuvant imatinib. The high risk of GIST recurrence is defined as one of the following: gastric GIST with mitotic count >10/50 high power fields (HPFs) of the microscope, non-gastric GIST with mitotic count >5/50 HPFs, or tumor rupture. Study participants allocated to Arm A will receive imatinib 400 mg/day for 24 months after the date of randomization. All study participants will be followed up using blood tests and computerized tomography (or MRI) of the abdomen. The computerized tomography examinations will be performed at 6 month intervals. A total of 300 patients will be entered to the study. The study hypothesis is that adjuvant imatinib given for a total of 5 years may prevent some of the GISTs to recur as compared to patients who receive adjuvant imatinib for 3 years, and there may be a difference in the rate of GIST recurrence between the two groups.

Read the detailed description

The study will accrue patients in several countries in the Europe.

Conditions
Sarcoma
Being tested
Imatinib
Medical subject headings
Sarcoma

What participants receive

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

  • ImatinibDrug

    Also called Gleevec

    Imatinib 400 mg/day

Study groups in NCT02413736
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ImatinibExperimentalImatinib 400 mg/day for 24 months.
Receives: Drug: Imatinib
No imatinibNo interventionNo further imatinib.

What is being measured

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

  1. Recurrence-free survival

    Time from the date of randomization to GIST recurrence or death.

    Measured: 5 years

Secondary outcomes (3)

  1. Overall survival

    Time from the date of randomization to death.

    Measured: 5 years

  2. GIST-specific survival

    Time from the date of randomization to the date of death considered to be caused by GIST.

    Measured: 5 years

  3. Adverse effects

    Adverse effects considered to be related to the treatment.

    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 posted10 Apr 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2015
  3. Primary completionJun 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2033 (estimated)

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
255 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02413736
Sponsor's protocol ID
SSGXXII
Status last verified
Mar 2025
First submitted
7 Apr 2015
Last updated
12 Mar 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Imatinib in people with Sarcoma, run by Heikki Joensuu at 1 site in Finland.

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 15 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Mar 2025. 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 Finland. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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 NCT02413736.

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 12 Mar 2025.

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