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

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

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Terminated

3

Start Date 01/05/2010

Age of Trial (yrs) 14.3

First-line

KIT/PDGFRA inhibitor

Block KIT

Specifically GIST and only GIST

SARC019, STI571BUS286T

Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration

Denise Reinke, MS, NP 734-930-7600 sarc@sarctrials.org

Randomized

Oral

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.
Criteria

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