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Imatinib Mesylate or Observation Only in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Localized Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

NCT00103168 ↗

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving imatinib mesylate after surgery may kill any remaining tumor cells. It is not yet known whether imatinib mesylate is more effective than observation only in treating gastrointestinal stromal tumor. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying imatinib mesylate to see how well it works compared to observation only in treating patients who have undergone surgery for localized gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

Timeline

Start
2004-12
Primary completion
2008-10
Completion
2017-09

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper 5-year IFFS was 87% in the imatinib arm versus 84% in the control arm (hazard ratio, 0.79; 98.5% CI, 0.50 to 1.25; P = .21) PMID 26573069 ↗

paper No significant difference in IFFS was observed PMID 26573069 ↗

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Imatinib Small molecule 400 mg Oral