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GIST Clinical Trial Results

Front-line Trials-Patients received no prior molecularly targeted therapy

Phase I Trials

Effect of the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor STI571 in a Patient with a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor NEJM, Full-text (requires registration) This is the report of the first GIST patient to ever take Gleevec
Heikki Joensuu, M.D., Peter J. Roberts, M.D., Maarit Sarlomo-Rikala, M.D., Leif C. Andersson, M.D., Pekka Tervahartiala, M.D., David Tuveson, M.D., Sandra L. Silberman, M.D., Ph.D., Brian Druker,M.D., and George D. Demetri, M.D.

Safety and efficacy of imatinib (STI571) in metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a phase I study. Pubmed abstract
van Oosterom AT, Judson I, Verweij J, Stroobants S, Donato di Paola E, Dimitrijevic S, Martens M, Webb A, Sciot R, Van Glabbeke M, Silberman S, Nielsen OS; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group.

STI 571, an Active Drug in Metastatic Gastro Intestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST), an EORTC Phase I Study.
Abstract No: 2 2001 ASCO
  
Author(s): Allan T. Van Oosterom, I. Judson, J. Verweij, E. Di Paola, M. van Glabbeke, S. Dimitrijevic, O. Nielsen, UZ Gasthuisberg KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium; EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group, Brussels, Belgium.

Update of the Imatinib (STI571, Glivec) phase I study in gastro intestinal stromal tumours (GISTs).
Abstract No: 327 2002 ASCO

Allan T van Oosterom, Ian Judson, Jaap Verweij, Eugenio Donato di Paola, Sasa Dimitrijevic, Herlinde Dumez, Michelle Scurr, Raf Sciot, Sandra Silberman, Martine Van Glabbeke, Ole S Nielsen, UZ Kuleuven, Leuven, Belgium; Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK; AZ Rotterdam - Daniel Den Hoed Kliniek, Rotterdam, Netherlands; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Brussels, Belgium; Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland; Novartis Pharmaceuticals, E. Hanover, NJ; Aarhus Kommunehospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

Phase II Trials

Outcome of Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Patients Treated With Imatinib Mesylate:Four-Year Follow-Up of a Phase II Randomized Trial
Poster PDF 71KB    ASCO 2006  Abstract*   ASCO 2006 Presentation
C. D. Blanke, H. Joensuu, G. D. Demetri, M. C. Heinrich, B. Eisenberg, J. Fletcher, C. L. Corless, E. Wehrle, K. B. Sandau, M. von Mehren
NOTE:
*The submitted abstract mistakenly stated that 63% of patients have died of Progressive Disease. The correct value is 40%.

Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of an Oral Molecularly-Targeted Therapy, STI571, in Patients (Pts) with Unresectable or Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTS) Expressing C-KIT (CD117).
Abstract No: 1    2001 ASCO

Author(s): Charles D. Blanke, Margaret von Mehren, Heikki Joensuu, Peter J. Roberts, Burton Eisenberg, Michael Heinrich, Brian Druker, David Tuveson, Sasa Dimitrijevic, Sandra L. Silberman, George D. Demetri, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA; Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Novartis Oncology, Basel, Switzerland; Novartis Oncology, East Hanover, NJ.

Efficacy and Safety of Imatinib Mesylate in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
NEJM, Full-text article (requires registration)
George D. Demetri, M.D., Margaret von Mehren, M.D., Charles D. Blanke, M.D., Annick D. Van den Abbeele, M.D., Burton Eisenberg, M.D., Peter J. Roberts, M.D., Michael C. Heinrich, M.D., David A. Tuveson, M.D., Ph.D., Samuel Singer, M.D., Milos Janicek, M.D., Ph.D., Jonathan A. Fletcher, M.D., Stuart G. Silverman, M.D., Sandra L. Silberman, M.D., Ph.D., Renaud Capdeville, M.D., Beate Kiese, M.Sc., Bin Peng, M.D., Ph.D., Sasa Dimitrijevic, Ph.D., Brian J. Druker, M.D., Christopher Corless, M.D., Christopher D.M. Fletcher, M.D., and Heikki Joensuu, M.D.

High incidence of durable responses induced by imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) in patients with unresectable and metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs)
Abstract No: 1608 2002 ASCO

Author(s): Margaret von Mehren, Charles Blanke, Heikki Joensuu, Mike C Heinrich, Peter Roberts, Burton Eisenberg, Sandra Silberman, Sasa Dimitrijevic, Beate Kiese, Jonathan Fletcher, Christopher Fletcher, George D Demetri, Fox Chase Cancer Ctr, Philadelphia, PA; OHSU, Portland, OR; University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Novartis Oncology, E. Hanover, NJ; Novartis Oncology, Basel, Switzerland; Dana-Farber Cancer Inst, Boston, MA.

KIT mutational status predicts clinical response to STI571 in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs)
Abstract No. 6 2002 ASCO

Phase II clinical study of STI571 in Japanese (Jpn) patients (pts) with malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): Results of the B 1201 study.
Abstract No: 4078 2004 ASCO
Citation: Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2004 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings (Post-Meeting Edition). Vol 22, No 14S (July 15 Supplement), 2004: 4078
Author(s):
T. Doi, T. Nishida, S. Hirota, T. Sugiyama, K. Yamao, M. Koseki, T. Okamura, K. Shirao, A. Ohtsu; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan; Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; Hokkaido University Medical Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan; National Kure Medical Center, Kure, Japan; National Kyusyu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan; National Cancer Center Hospotal, Tokyo, Japan

Efficacy of imatinib mesylate in metastatic or unresectable malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
Abstract No: 3312

M.-H. Ryu, T.-W. Kim, H.-M. Chang, H. Lee, J.-S. Kim, W.-K. Kim, J.-S. Lee, Y.-K. Kang; Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

A two arm phase 2 study of temozolomide (T) in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and other soft-tissue sarcomas (STS).
2003 ASCO Abstract     2003 ASCO Presentation
Abstract No. 3298
J. C. Trent, J. Beach, M. A. Burgess, L. L. Chen, R. S. Benjamin, S. R. Patel; MD Anderson Cancer Ctr, Houston, TX

Phase III Trials

Progression-free survival in gastrointestinal stromal tumours with high-dose imatinib: randomised trial  The Lancet, abstract (requires registration)  This is the European Phase III trial (EORTC)
Jaap Verweij, Paolo G Casali, John Zalcberg, Axel LeCesne, Peter Reichardt, Jean-Yves Blay, Rolf Issels,
Allan van Oosterom, Pancras CWHogendoorn, Martine Van Glabbeke, Rossella Bertulli, Ian Judson, for the EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group, the Italian Sarcoma Group, and the Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials GrouNational Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical practice Guidelines for Sarcoma (including GIST)

Outcome of patients with advanced gastro-intestinal stromal tumours crossing over to a daily imatinib dose of 800mg after progression on 400mg.
Pubmed abstract
2004 ASCO Abstract (No. 9004)     2004 ASCO Presentation
Zalcberg JR, Verweij J, Casali PG, Le Cesne A, Reichardt P, Blay JY, Schlemmer M, Van Glabbeke M, Brown M, Judson IR; for the EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group, the Italian Sarcoma Group and the Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group.

Dose effect of imatinib (IM) in patients (pts) with metastatic GIST - Phase III Sarcoma Group Study S0033.
2004 ASCO Abstract     2004 ASCO Presentation

Abstract No. 9005
C. Rankin, M. Von Mehren, C. Blanke, R. Benjamin, C. D. M. Fletcher, V. Bramwell, J. Crowley, E. Borden, G. D. Demetri, Collaborating Investigators of the North American Sarcoma Intergroup; The Sarcoma Group and SWOG Statistical Center, Seattle, WA; Fox Chase Cancer Ctr, ECOG, and The Sarcoma Group, Philadelphia, PA; OHSU, SWOG, and The Sarcoma Group, Portland, OR; MD Anderson Cancer Ctr and The Sarcoma Group, Houston, TX; Brigham and Women's Hospital and The Sarcoma Group, Boston, MA; NCI Canada and The Sarcoma Group, Calgary, SK, Canada; Cleveland Clinic, SWOG, and The Sarcoma Group, Cleveland, OH; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, CALGB, Sarcoma Group, Boston, MA

Continuous vs intermittent imatinib treatment in advanced GIST after one year: A prospective randomized phase III trial of the French Sarcoma Group.
2004 ASCO Abstract     2004 ASCO Presentation
Abstract No. 9006
2005 ASCO Abstract 9031 (update)
J.-Y. Blay, P. Berthaud, D. Perol, I. Ray-Coquard, B. Bui, F. Duffaud, A.-C. Braud, M. Rios, F. Ducimetiere, A. Le Cesne; Hop. E. Herriot & C. L. Berard, Lyon Cedex 08, France; Novartis Pharma, Rueil Malmaison, France; Centre Leon Berard, Lyon Cedex 08, France; Institut Bergonie, Bordeaux, France; Hopital de La Timone, Marseille, France; Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseilles, France; Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France; Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

Phase III dose-randomized study of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec, STI571) for GIST: intergroup S0033 early results
Abstract No. 1651 2002 ASCO

George D Demetri, Catherine Rankin, Christopher Fletcher, Robert S Benjamin, Charles Blanke, Margaret Von Mehren, Vivien Bramwell, Robert G Maki, Ronald Blum, Karen Antman, Laurence Baker, Ernest Borden, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, CALGB, and Sarcoma Intergroup, Boston, MA; SWOG, San Antonio, TX; Dana Farber Cancer Inst and Intergroup, Boston, MA; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Intergroup, Houston, TX; ECOG, Philadelphia, PA; NCI Canada, London, ON, Canada; CALGB, New York, NY.

Phase III dose-randomized study of imatinib mesylate (STI571) for GIST: Intergroup S0033 early results.
2003 ASCO Abstract     2003 ASCO Presentation
Abstract No. 3271
R. S. Benjamin, C. Rankin, C. Fletcher, C. Blanke, M. Von Mehren, R. Maki, V. Bramwell, L. Baker, E. Borden, G. D. Demetri, for the Sarcoma Intergroup; UT MD Anderson Cancer Ctr, Houston, TX; SWOG, San Antonio, TX; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; ECOG, Philadelphia, PA; CALGB, New York, NY; NCIC, Calgary, Canada; SWOG, Ann Arbor, MI; DFCI, CALGB, and Sarcoma Intergroup, San Antonio, TX

Early efficacy comparison of two doses of imatinib for the treatment of advanced gastro-intestinal stromal tumors (GIST): Interim results of a randomized phase III trial from the EORTC-STBSG, ISG and AGITG.
2003 ASCO Abstract     2003 ASCO Presentation
Abstract No. 3272  NOTE: The Presentation presents updated information compared to the abstract; specifically in the presentation a statistically significant difference in progression-free survival was noted; this was not noted in the abstract.
J. Verweij, P. G. Casali, J. Zalcberg, A. Le Cesne, P. Reichard, J.-Y. Blay, R. D. Issels, M. Van Glabbeke, E. Donato Di Paola, I. R. Judson; Erasmus Univ Mdcl Ctr, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Istituto per lo Studio e la Cura die Tumori, Milano, Italy; Peter Maccallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Robert Roessle Klinik, Berlin, Germany; Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France; Klinikum Grosshadern, Munchen, Germany; EORTC Data Center, Brussels, Belgium; Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK

Imatinib (Glivec) 400 vs 800 mg daily in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): a randomized phase III trial from the EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group, the Italian Sarcoma Group (ISG), and the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG). A toxicity report.
Abstract No. 1650 2002 ASCO

Paolo G Casali, Jaap Verweij, John Zalcberg, Axel LeCesne, Peter Reichardt, Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Clemens Wendtner, Ian Judson, Eugenio D Di Paola, Martine Van Glabbeke, Rossella Bertulli, Haryana Dhillon, Ole S Nielsen, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy; Daniel Den Hoed Kliniek, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, East Melbourne, Australia; Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France; Universitatsklinikum Charite, Berlin, Germany; Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France; Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany; Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK; EORTC Data Center, Brussels, Belgium; AGITG Coordinating Centre, Camperdown, Australia; Aarhus Kommunehospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

Prognostic factors of toxicity and efficacy in patients with gastro-intestinal stromal tumors (GIST) treated with imatinib: A study of the EORTC-STBSG, ISG and AGITG.
2003 ASCO Abstract     2003 ASCO Presentation

Abstract No. 3286
M. M. Van Glabbeke, J. Verweij, P. G. Casali, J. Zalcberg, A. Le Cesne, P. Reichard, J.-Y. Blay, M. Schlemmer, E. Donato Di Paola, I. R. Judson; EORTC Data Center, Brussels, Belgium; Erasmus Univ Mdcl Ctr, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano, Italy; Peter Maccalum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Robert Roessle Klinik, Berlin, Germany; Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France; Klinikum Grosshadern, Munchen, Germany; Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK


Gleevec-resistant GIST Trials (some trials may include other tumor types)

Phase I and Phase I/II Trials

Phase I dose-escalation study of the SRC and multi-kinase inhibitor BMS-354825 in patients (pts) with GIST and other solid tumors. ASCO 2005 abstract  ASCO 2005 presentation
Abstract No: 3034
Author(s): T. R. Evans, J. A. Morgan, A. D. van den Abbeele, I. R. McPherson, S. George, D. Crawford, J. M. Mastrullo, S. Cheng, J. A. Fletcher, G. D. Demetri

Safety and pharmacokinetics of AMG 706 in patients with advanced solid tumors
Abstract No: 3013          ASCO 2005 abstract           ASCO 2005 presentation
Author(s): L. Rosen, R. Kurzrock, E. Jackson, L. Wathen, M. Parson, M. Eschenberg, M. Mulay, M. Purdom, L. Yan, R. S. Herbst

A phase I/II trial of the oral mTOR-inhibitor everolimus (RAD001) and imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) in patients (pts) with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) refractory to IM:
ASCO 2004 abstract        ASCO 2004 presentation
ASCO 2005 abstract        ASCO 2005 presentation Study update
Abstract No. 3002
A. T. Van Oosterom, H. Dumez, J. Desai, S. Stroobants, A. D. Van Den Abbeele, P. Clement, N. Shand, J. Kovarik, A. Tsyrlova, G. D. Demetri; UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland

Clinical activity and tolerability of the multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor SU11248 in patients (pts) with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) refractory to imatinib mesylate.
Abstract No: 3273         ASCO 2003 Abstract  ASCO 2005 abstract      ASCO 2005 presentation
Citation: Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 22: page 814, 2003 (abstr 3273)
Author(s): G. D. Demetri, S. George, M. C. Heinrich, J. A. Fletcher, C. D. M. Fletcher, J. Desai, D. P. Cohen, P. Scigalla, J. M. Cherrington, A. D. Van Den Abbeele, for the GIST SU11248 Study Group; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; OHSU, Portland, OR; Brigham and Women's Hospital and DFCI, Boston, MA; Pharmacia Corp., Peapack, NJ; Sugen Inc., S. San Francisco, CA

A phase I/II trial of the oral PKC-inhibitor PKC412 (PKC) in combination with imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) in patients (pts) with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) refractory to IM.
ASCO 2005 abstract      ASCO 2005 presentation
Abstract No: 3016
Author(s): P. Reichardt, D. Pink, T. Lindner, M. C. Heinrich, P. S. Cohen, Y. Wang, R. Yu, A. Tsyrlova, S. Dimitrijevic, C. Blanke
 

Results with AMN107, a novel kinase inhibitor, in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST): Preclinical rationale and early results in a patient (Pt) with imatinib (IM)-resistant GIST
ASCO 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
Abstract No. 53

Phase II Trials

 

Phase III Trials

Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of SU11248 in patients (pts) following failure of imatinib for metastatic GIST
ASCO 2005 abstract  ASCO 2005 presentation
Abstract No: 4000
Author(s): G. D. Demetri, A. T. van Oosterom, M. Blackstein, C. Garrett, M. Shah, M. Heinrich, G. McArthur, I. Judson, C. M. Baum, P. G. Casali

Continuation Trials

Results from a continuation trial of SU11248 in patients (pts) with imatinib (Gleevec)-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
Abstract No: 9011     
  
ASCO 2005 abstract               ASCO 2005 presentation
Author(s): R. G. Maki, J. A. Fletcher, M. C. Heinrich, J. A. Morgan, S. George, J. Desai, K. Scheu, C. D. Fletcher, C. Baum, G. D. Demetri
 


Adjuvant Treatment

Adjuvant imatinib mesylate in patients with primary high risk gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) following complete resection: Safety results from the U.S. Intergroup Phase II trial ACOSOG Z9000   ASCO 2005 abstract                 ASCO 2005 presentation
Abstract No: 9009
Author(s): R. P. Dematteo, C. R. Antonescu, V. Chadaram, Y. N. You, L. McCall, R. Maki, A. Murgo, G. Demetri, P. Pisters, M. F. Brennan, American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG)


 

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