Study to Evaluate Imatinib in Desmoid Tumors

Summary

The objective of the present study is to evaluate the activity and safety of imatinib in patients with aggressive fibromatosis who, after receiving the standard therapy, show an inoperable recurrent tumor or disease not readily controllable by surgery or radiotherapy.

Timeline

Start

2010-06

Primary completion

2016-12

Completion

2016-12

Publications

• Kasper B, Gruenwald V, Reichardt P, Bauer S, Rauch G, Limprecht R, Sommer M, Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss A, Pilz L, Haller F, Hohenberger P. Imatinib induces sustained progression arrest in RECIST progressive desmoid tumours: Final results of a phase II study of the German Interdisciplinary Sarcoma Group (GISG). Eur J Cancer. 2017 May;76:60-67. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.02.001. Epub 2017 Mar 8.
• Kasper B, Gruenwald V, Reichardt P, Bauer S, Hohenberger P, Haller F. Correlation of CTNNB1 Mutation Status with Progression Arrest Rate in RECIST Progressive Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis Treated with Imatinib: Translational Research Results from a Phase 2 Study of the German Interdisciplinary Sarcoma Group (GISG-01). Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Jun;23(6):1924-7. doi: 10.1245/s10434-016-5132-4. Epub 2016 Feb 9.

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