A study to compare masitinib with imatinib in the treatment of patients with gastro-intestinal stromal tumour in the first line medical treatment.

• Conditions: gastro-intestinal stromal tumour; MedDRA version: 18.0Level: PTClassification code 10051066Term: Gastrointestinal stromal tumourSystem Organ Class: 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps); Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04]

• Registration Number: EUCTR2008-000973-40-BE
• Lead Sponsor: AB SCIENCE

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-09-21
• Last Update Posted: 24 August 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 450

Inclusion Criteria

1. Histologically proven, metastatic or locally advanced non resectable,
or recurrent post surgery GIST
2. Naïve patient or patient previously treated with imatinib as
neoadjuvant/adjuvant who relapsed after imatinib discontinuation
3. Measurable tumour lesions with longest diameter = 20 mm using
conventional techniques or = 10 mm with spiral CT scan according
RECIST criteria
4. C-Kit (CD117) positive tumours detected by immuno-histochemically or PDGFR positive if c-kit negative
5. ECOG < 1
6. Patient with adequate organ function:
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) = 1.5 x 109/L
• Haemoglobin = 10 g/dL
• Platelets (PTL) = 75 x 109/L
• AST/ALT = 3x ULN (= 5 x ULN in case of liver metastases)
• Gamma GT = 2.5 x ULN (= 5 x ULN in case of liver metastases)
• Bilirubin = 1.5x ULN (= 3 x ULN in case of liver metastases)
• Normal Creatinine or if abnormal creatinine, Creatinine clearance =
50 mL/min (Cockcroft and Gault formula)
• Albumin > 1 x LLN
• Proteinuria < 30 mg/dL (1+) on the dipstick; in case of proteinuria =
30 mg/dL, 24 hours proteinuria must be = 1.5g
7. Patient with life expectancy > 3 months
8. Men or women, age =18 years
9. Men and women of childbearing potential must agree to use two
methods (one for the patient and one for the partner) of medically
acceptable forms of contraception during the study and for 3 months
after the last treatment intake. Female patient of childbearing potential
must have a negative pregnancy test at screening and baseline.
10. Patient should be able and willing to comply with study procedures
as per protocol.
11. Patient should be able to understand, sign, and date the written
voluntary informed consent form at screening visit prior to any protocolspecific
procedures. If the patient is deemed by the treating physician to
be cognitively impaired or questionably impaired in such a way that the
ability of the patient to give informed consent is questionable, the
designated legal guardian must sign the informed consent.
12. Patient able to understand the patient card and to follow the patient
card procedures, in case of signs or symptoms of severe neutropenia or
severe cutaneous toxicity, during the first 2 months of treatment.
13. Patients affiliated to a social security regimen
14. Patient weight > 40 kg and BMI > 18 kg/m²
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 225
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 225

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patient previously treated by tyrosine kinase inhibitors except
imatinib in case of inclusion criteria 2
2. Patient treated for a cancer other than GIST within 5 years before
enrolment, with the exception of basal cell carcinoma or cervical cancer
in situ
3. Patient with active central nervous system (CNS) metastasis or with
history of CNS metastasis
4. Patient presenting with cardiac disorders defined by at least one of
the following conditions:
• Patient with recent cardiac history (within 6 months) of:
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Acute heart failure (class III or IV of the NYHA classification)
- Significant ventricular arrhythmia (persistent ventricular tachycardia,
ventricular fibrillation, resuscitated sudden death)
• Patient with cardiac failure class III or IV of the NYHA classification.
• Patient with severe conduction disorders which are not prevented by
permanent pacing (atrio-ventricular block 2 and 3, sino-atrial block).
• Syncope without known aetiology within 3 months.
• Uncontrolled severe hypertension, according to the judgment of the
investigator, or symptomatic hypertension.
5. Patient with history of poor compliance or history of drug/alcohol abuse, or excessive alcohol beverage consumption that would interfere
with the ability to comply with the study protocol, or current or past
psychiatric disease that might interfere with the ability to comply with
the study protocol or give informed consent
6. Patient with any condition that the physician judges as detrimental
to subjects participating in this study, including any clinically important
deviations from normal clinical laboratory values or concurrent medical
events
Wash out
1. Treatment with any investigational agent within 4 weeks prior
baseline
2. Treatment by imatinib as neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy within 4
weeks prior baseline

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
• Study Design: Not specified